The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-01-12
ANOTHER JAIL BREAK

nr;son breaks ever recorded in the his
torv of the Nevada state prison was
that made yesterday afternoon wnei
Richard Forest and James Watson, TWO
Of the most desperate and hardened
criminals in the institution, dug their
way from the laundry to the guards
Quarters and there donned the Sunday
clothes of Lieutenant J. Z. Muller
walked out of the front gate to free
dom. They escaped just before
o'clock in the afternoon choosing that
time because the guards are then at
dinner, but their liberty was shorS-
lived for at 6:15 last evening Warien
Considine and posse located the par
in a "blind well' in Chinatown and
a few minutes afterward they we 9
taken from the place and on their way
back to the prison.
The two men were working In the
laundry department of the prison yes
terday afternoon and at 3:4O O'Clock
Lieutenant Muller was in the place and
the pair evidently placed a tub or
something else over the hole when
they had dug from that department
into the guards rooms which imme-
diately adjoins. It would require
probably an hours work to tunnel
through the stone wall which is about
two feet in thickness and cemented
with mud and no doubt one had worked
on the job during the early afternoon
III kill %ho okhar ofnn1 O11ord
1t is thought that Immediately If
ter Muller visited the place they went
through the tunnel as the pair were
missed at the 4 O'Clock roll call.
When the alarm was first spread a
visit to the laundry showed how the
men had made their way to the guards
room and there one of them donned an
overcoat belonging to Lieutenant Null
Ter which completely concealed his
convice clothes while the other put on
a pair of trousers and a long froik
coat worn by the Lieutenant on august
occasions. Then they walked out the
front door of the quarters into the
yard and assuming the looks of won
dering sightseers strolled to the front
entrance and started to walk briskly
toward Carson City.
They had gone but a short distance
when a wagon driven by - Berger,
of Carson City who was returning from
the prison, overlook them and the
pair asked for leave to ride to the city.
Permission was granted and within a
few minutes they were being driven
rapidly away from the prison. When
they reached the state o~rphanage the
pair thanked Mr.. Berger and getting
out struck toward Chinatown.
The posse from the prison headed
by Warden Considine traced the pair
that far without much effort but there
all trace apparently ended. 1t was
thought that the men would likely
head for some of the "dope dives' in
order to secure opium and accordingly
the pursuers visited these places and
where they were refused admittance
forced it, in order to conduct a thor
ough search.
Tracks of the men were found lead
ing to the old race grounds but the
trail showed they had left that rem
devious. Shortly after guards had
been posted about Chinatown, for
Warden Considine was firmly con-
WINGED the men were still in that sec
ton, tracks were discovered leading
over some old buildings, the trail be-
ing plainly discernible in the snow.
They were followed for some distance
and finally an aperature was noted be-
tween two buildings several feet in
width and at this place the tracks
ended.
Warden Considine stationed himself
on one side of the building, Guard
Jesse Newman got in front of what
was surmised to be the entrance to
the "blind well' and Guards Robert
Smyth and Robert Brule started to
closer investigate the place. Brule
caught sight OF Forest in the cavern
between the two buildings AL com
manded the man to surrender and
come out but the fugitive refused.
Work was then begun and a large
section of one of the buildings was
torn away in order to get the pair.
When finally captured they submitted
without resistance and were soon On.
route back to prison. Neither If tho
men were armed although they could
have secured weapons in the guards
quarters.
The pair are regarded as the most
desperate in the state prison. Taey
have made two former attempts to
escape from the prison last fall NJ.
tempting to tunnel from the dunacoz