New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-15
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER Is lSoI

he
done, and then he and the sprang into the
car from the side farthest from the field The next
instant the car in rapid notion dealehiIS
noise of it's engine had never ceased AND before tne
1rarders had finished fattenng bullets against It's
amor Crarnpiron was engaged IN changing the
s,,it he wore for something less conspicuous
1t was neat conspiracy, and proved once lnore
+ha+ the prisoner on whose behalf his friends are
prepared to spend unlimited money and Inucn
intellect can escape from no matter what caPI'iIy
1t had been an axiom IN Dartmoor tnat escape Wa
irT,nossib1e that even in a fog freedom won could
not be rnaintained.-yet here, by the simplest ana
most expensive means, the InPoSSiple hao oeeI
achieved Evidently the conditions had Oeen studied
and the human and other tools selected with tne
rninutest care and the finest judgment But tnen
minute care and fine Judgment are Lhe PRIMARY
essentials of every large enterprise Inc deSpatCh
Of the governor and the governors fast automobile
by means of a forged telegram, on TOOL erIana
to a remote part of the county, was an exaInpS o1
tho LOVING Workmanship with which the affair had
been rounded off The device OF the torger ex-
Cursion t1p the field ingenious invention OF
nothing 1t not necessary; but II rllfllInlzed
the risk Of CranpirOnS being shot, and It was more
over. pretty piece Of embroidery, well worth IT'S
When the car had descended about third Of the
long hill leading TO Merivale It stopped. and the
little man who had unbalanced the warder and
helped CrarnpIron into the car, SAID Succlncty
Get OUT As he uttered the words ne TED
Champions necllte. and gave HIM a coat
NY boots,' said Crampiron
Get OUT" repeated the little man He had
FCrampiron obeved Before he could say word
the car still barking horribly. had Sid OF down the
hill At the same moment another car with a very
large body. came at a taIr pace up the mn -
stoned exactly opposite the J1nshod CrInplron It's
door opened and a voice SAID:
C-ampiron Jumped in and the car continued It's
Journey up the hill toward the prison and the dangers
which Crarnpiron had Just left Within the car
were stout man and exceedingly stout Old woman
who kept tanning herself. II was the old man who
had invited Crampiron 70 be quick He now invited
him 10 lie down under the right hand seat When
the latter had complied with this request, the old
woman who had occupied the major part OF the LETT
hand seat crossed over.
Within ten minutes OF the departure Of the
rnored car from the vicinity OF the potato field.
the other arriving at the same neId A man
with gun stood IN the middle OF the road ana
shouted The car came 70 a re ,uctant standstTi
at a distance Of about two feet from the intrepid
man with the gun.
Look here" angri1y protested the chauffeur. of
the car IN the naughty accents OF accustomed %
power. YOU know quite well YOU have no right
to play this sort of monkey trek. Please get out
" II beg pardon sir" said the warder, one Of
our prisoners has escaped
oh. see, the chauffeur responded. instantly
notified
Have YOU seen a motor car with high gray
sides going the direction OF TaviStock: the man
with the gun inquired
Yes said the chauffeur. Il met II down near
MerIvae 1t was doing fifty miles an hour at least
You don't mean 10 say Your convict was N that =
Wen. ia go after /, for You with pleasure, only
| cant do more than thirty. You'd better tele
phone 70 TavIstock. There's one thing, he's bound
10 stick TO the main roads
Thank YOU, sir" The man lirnPed aside
Hurt
No sir Only sprain.
The touring car proceeded on It's dignided way
Bridges Hotel, gave that house the first exciting
news of the escape, and bought petrol The IT.