The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
CONVICT STARS
SPIRITED AWAY.
Whether or Not Manchester Man
Took French Leave i'll Shoe
Box is Uncertain.
MUST HAVE HAD ACCOMPLlCEs
Gould Not Have Effected Escape
Had Not Some One Given
Hss Him Lift.

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sa Hidden in inlpenetrable mystery is the
disappearancc OF w. e. Stars from the
psnitentiary during the morning hours
d ~ Yesterday, or else late III the preceding
afternoon.
Jyhether STARS simply. dotted his own
e paraphernalia and donned that OF CIVIL CIVIL
ized man and boldly walked past the
4 issf,a r,3a nj the doors, or was carried out,
Concealed in q consignment OF shoes, OF
aSstancd in other conceivable ways TOO
mum ero,,s to recount, has not Deen ue'
ifarmined by the authorities at the pen
nc the present writing. There are many
3stheories 10 account for the man absence
from compulsory duty, but none o. the.i
ms been demonstrated as being the cor
rect one. ,,,..ar
ssIast February a year ago, and had an
eight year term to serve on two cn cha rses
M house breaking. He has passed his
s5ihlrty year mark, and was regarded oy
5i4hn officers las dangerous man to cope
with or even to butt up against. Inc
regular reward Of $50 has been onered
n Tor his capture, and the police throush-
out the State and contiguous territory
have been notified to be on inc loo 'A1
for the convict.
Did Not aysAdsum.'
ssThe known facts are these: The ' dinner Dime.
bells sounded at noon and out came the
convicts trooping to satisfy their hungry
4appetites. Roll call. and STARS did noe
N respond the customary "adsum." This
aroused suspicion, and an investiEsat ton
revealed the fact that the man was no.
Il where on the premises and had probably
made off with a whole skin, and subse-
4 ouently skedaddled like forty 1t IS
known that he is not In the pen. any
longer.
n Various reasons are given to account
for, the method Of escape employed ny
! the man. The officers are Inclined 10
think that he either concealed himself IN
j big box containing q consignment OF
I. shoes fol. an out f-town firm, or else
was carried off among some scrap leather
Ia cat ch a train for neighboring city.
STARS was employed In the office OF the
shoe company, in order that he might
! bo watched continually and be under the
n personal supervision Of the officials Fie
had to be kept away from all tools what
II soever, and that accounted for MS belnB
4 In the office. Thence nc may have gotten
n OF either In the box or among the scraps
Sof leather. a ).
i AlS number Of barrels which left the
h pen gates yesterday were later caught
IN with and searched. but there y was
4 no evidence of the missing man. similarly
q with the leather scraps, and still no
\ man. But the shoe boxes could not be
4 searched, and 1t looked as If STARS used
4 this means of escape.
The description Of the man follows:
u nc is thirty years old, and is five feet
ten Inches high Of light complexion,
\ weighs about 1856 pounds. has light-bro wn
B hair, gray. eyes, and on his right arm
THE tattoo OF a mans head with hat
" on, and the initials wv. H."
Some think that the man may be in
hiding in this city or the vicinity. and
Il that he ha saccomplices here who may
n have helped him to escape. Meantime,
the police ure keeping a sharp lookout
Il for him, in case he shows his nose for
( burglarlous intent or otherwise around
these pa rts.