The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

you say. only never trust . Mexican.
you know"
At o'clock on Thursday afternoon
the tailer and his assistant, an imbe-
Gle old Mexican, brought IN the dinner
and placed 1t on the floor OF the corri-
dor, near the doors OF the cells, whers
1t would be convenient to hand In. II
was the custom to feed Hernandez first.
Roohan unlocked the door OF the con-
demned cell and said to his attendant.
as he held the door open:
Take the plate in, Rafael"
As the old man stepped into the cell.
Hernandez, who during the night
had bitten through the heavy cords
which bound his hands, dashed the
old man aside, sprang across the
cell with the quickness OF thought
and grasped Roohan around the
body, Selling at the same time the
knife which the jailer wore IN a
belt at his waist The impact OF the
body Of the Mexican against the Taller
hurled them both out into the corridor
Then commenced the fearful death
struggle in the presence Of the other
prisoners. who were unable to render
either jailer or desperate the least as
sistance.
Rafael" called the JaiIer, run and
give the alarmr'
But the imbecile waiter shrank IN
the end Of the corridor In terror and
buried his face In his hands. Roohan
then tried to draw q revolver vhfch ha
also carried in his belt. but Hsrnandes
hugged him so closely that ha oouId
not get at It, There were rfvsted unon
the ankles Of the prisoner at the tims
immense iron shackles Weighing foo
pounds, and yet the other prisoners
testified that they seemed OF no aopar-
ent weight to him. He had wound
them with cloth and strapped thsm 20
his legs In way to be Of az little IN
convenience to him as possible
With a swift hand ana pow.re,f
lunge he stabbed the TALLER In the neck
with one hand, while he held him WITH
the other. These wounds brought
Roohan to his knees Strurxlfnr 49,
his feet. he put forth every effort to
overpower his willy foe. But we.k
ened from the loss OF blood. he felI :,
his knees again. Herrandez than
stabbed him to the heart and throu~n
the lungs. killing him almost tnstanfiv
The jailer once dead, with the ut-
most GOODNESS Hernandez set about
making good his escape. With tha
Keys IN MS possession he now had oonn-
mand of the Jail. He first Iooked ~.
outer door OF the corridor. next onan.S
one or the cells In which there were
seven men, thrust the trembling Rafa.I
in and again locked the door.
Then he began the task OF tryin~ 20
AChONe MS irons Before Sfqrffn~
however. Hernandez said to the na-, =,
the cells. who were all watching him
II any or you in there raise vo,,-
voices or make any noise to give a.
alarm I will kill you. You knor 80
ana Know | will keep my word"
During the hour which followed ~
prisoners hardly as much as breathe6
audlnly- AT the end OF that time Hsr-
nandez saw that It would be frnnossihI.
Ior MN 10 remove the irons fror, ~
iess without help. Among the nrisor,
ers In one OF the cells was a Chiiaro a.
IRONS. VINO had been imprisoned IN. a., =,
neIore Tor stabbing man at AlrrsSs-
hernandez released this man ans 49,.
went together to the taflersa nr,--tI
room. where they round ales go 80
cnlsels necessary for their nn-r,-- Oiu
Z ne task OF freeing themselves va.
Lons and arduous one, for the bsa.s.
sndSKies were secured to the arI11as
VITA half inch bolts riveted in ~ ,.e..s
substantial Ananner IN the most
II was nearly O'Clock in tba -.
lng when the fling and hamme~t-
last ceased Then the dasr~(S az
MADE their escape, taking VIII, .Loes .L
-. M IenoIvers r,o and over $500 in eoIa
.aon, ,.,,rn rNoonan had in a drawer in H.
This was the last ever seen .,
,l,ousn hernandez, or a man tho,~hn
49,, Deen ne. is said to have 20
AIlIeu some years later In tn -en Ssen
part OF the state nerthern