Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-08-08

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see the point and will obey orders"
my official position on the rock ever
since I arrived has been that of cleo
tr1cal tutor in chief to the governor. I
have started his dynamo working and
have wired such portions Of the place
as were not already wired before.
During these lessons 1 have kept my
eyes open. So far as the prison Is con-
cerned, there are the governor, a sort
Of head clerk, the jailer and his assist
ant-four men, and that is all. The
ja1ler's assistant appears to be the
cook of the place, although the cook
Ing done Is of the most limited descrip-
ton. The black bread is brought from
st. Petersburg, ! think. as also timed
meat and soup, so the cuisine is on a
somewhat limited SCALE"
do you mean to say that only these
four men are in charge Of the prison?"
practically so, but there is the gar
r1son as we'll. The soldiers live in q
suit of rooms directly above us, and
as near as 1 can form an opinion there
are fourteen men and two officers.
When a steamer arrives, they draft as
many soldiers as are necessary, I'M
load the boat, and then the Tommies go
upstairs again. The military section
apparently holds little intercourse with
the officials, whom they look upon as
Ja1lers. I should judge that the mill
tary officer is chief of the rock because
when he found the governors room lit
by electricity he demanded the same
for his quarters. That's how / came
to get upstairs. Now, these stairs are
hewn In the rock, are circular, guarded
by heavy oaken doors top and bottom,
and these doors possess steel bolts on
both sides Of them. 1t is thus possible
for either the military authorities up
stairs or the civil authorities to isolate
themselves from the others. In case
OF a revolt among the soldiers the gov
ernor could bolt them into their attic,
and they would find great difficulty In
getting out. Now, my plan of pro-
cedure is this: We will disarm taller
and assistant, take their keys, outside
garments and caps. The jailer's toy
gerry will fit you, and the other fellows
NNS Wv AC. AACA VIC Wlll LUCK
them In here, and if we meet clerk or
governor in the passages we will have
time to overcome either or both before
they are aware Of the change. I'll 60
up the circular stair, bolt from the in
Side the upper door and afterward bolt
the lower door. Then we open all the
cells and release the other prisoners,
d6Soand from fhn r0a1~ 1~o4 +o H.
Finnish fishing boat, keep clear of the
two cannon that are up above us and
sail for the Swedish coast. We can't
miss it. We have only to travel west,
and ultimately we are safe. There Is
only n danger, which is that we may
make our attempt when the steamer Isl
here, but we must chance that"
isn't there any way of finding out?
Couldn't you pump the governor?"
He is always very much on his
guard and is a taciturn man. The mo-
ment the tunnel is finished 1 shall
question about some further electrical
material, and then perhaps 1 may get
a hint. about the steamer. I imagine
she comes irregularly, so the only safe
plan would be for us to make our at
tempt just after she had departed"
Would there be any chance Of our
finding a number of the military down
stairs?"
II don't think so. Now that they.
have their electric light they spend.
their time playing cards and drinking
vodka"
Every well, Jack; that scheme seems
reasonably feasible. Now get through
your material to me and issue your in
structions."