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'sATTERLEE TAKES THE oArH

And Enters On His Duties as Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. s-Herbert u Sat-
teriee of New York was to-day sworn in as
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy. The
oath of Office was administered by Edwin
B. Hanna. solicitor of the Department.
After the ceremony Secretary Newberry
introduced Assistant Secretary Satterlee 10
the various bureau chiefs and naval officers
on duty in the Department with whom he
will come in contact In. the course Of his
work Mr. Sat.eriee at once started 10
upon his new duties
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WOMEN HELPED ELECT TAFT.
Ten Chipped In to Raise the $4,000
Credited to Gen. CofbinS Wife.

Ten Chipped In to Raise the $4,000
Credited to Gen. Corbins Wife.
WASHINGTON Dec. 3.--When the list
of contributors to the Republican national
campaign was published last week it
became known that contribution OF
$4,000 had been made in the name OF
Mrs. Henry G. Corbin. wife Of the Major.
General, retired. It came out to-day that
Mrs. Corbin, although q wealthy woman,
was not the sole donor OF this amount,
but that nine other women joined her In
the donation. As the nine others are said
to be women prominent Ia the social life
Of the capital there 10 Of course n good
deal of curiosity regarding the identity
of these fair Taft partisans.
Gen. Corbin has been appealed to, but
he declines to satisfy the taste Of those
who crave gossip.
aMrs. Corbin and ] prefer not to say any.
thing more about it, said the General
I'VE think the money served a good pur-
pose and the givers are all satisfied 10
let IL go at that %.
According to the story current in Wash.
inRton to-day. that 900 contribution
was sent to Judge Taft personally In the
form Of ten $1,000 bills .a
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GOv. MAGOON IN WASHINGTON.
VIII Discuss With the President the Dee
taIls OF the Eyacuatien or Cuba.

viii Discuss With the President the dee
talls Of the Eyacuatlen Of Cuba.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.--GoV. Magoon Of
Cuba arrived In Washington to-day from
Havana to confer with President Roose-
welt and Secretary Of War Wright in
regard to the details OF the evacuation Of
Cuba. He was accompanied by Capt,
James A. Ryan. Fifteenth Cavalry, his
military aide. Gov. Magoon called on
Secretary Wright and they discussed
affairs In Cuba for few minutes. Coy.
Magoon and Secretary Wright will begin
serious consideration OF Cuban affairs
tomorrow.
One Of the questions to be discussed is
whether the American troops will be
withdrawn from Cuba on january %.
when Gen. Jos4 Miguel Gomez. the Rew
President OF Cuba, Ii inaugurated, or
whether they will be allowed to remain
in Cuba for several months after his
Inauguration to. guarantee the stability
Of the new republic.
Another question is that Of the necessity
for issuing loan.
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Mr.. RICHARD DE barry, an English
traveller who has written a book pn the
United States. is a brave man. He calls
Boston -the oultus capital Of the conti-
mental hinterland and Of the States and
cities behind New England indianapolis
writhes in pain and anger. And what
error or prejudice stings Mr.. De barry to
say that assimilation to American cul-
tnre happens more slowly in Chicago than
in any other great city Of the American
Union? There will be tears and break
ing hearts, II not broken heads, for this.
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II 10 said that Governor JOHN A. JoHN-
SON Of Minnesota has not decided to
recommend free trade with Canada In his
message TO the Legislature. Why In the
name OF common sense should he do soS
Mr.. BBrAN's late rival may have q live
Issue in his proposal that the tarin bars
between this country and Canada be
thrown down-time win tell but we
think he is too shrewd and practical q
man to urge it on the Legislature In q
public document The question might be
brought up in the Legislature In the form
of a resolution addressed to Congress;
there would be no impropriety In that;
but it is not generally regarded as the
business Of Governor to deal in his mes
sages with national question like the
tariff
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rying charges. Professor Z. r. A.
SEEddMAN was quoted as saying In an
address at the budget exhibit that
unless property owners succeed In
placing q limit to the rise IN taxes sub
stantial equities In real property viii
gradually fade away How many
equities already faded away are repre-
sented by the tax liens that win be put
UP for sale next February?
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More Than o Third Of Panama Canal
Dug.

WAsHIEGTos, Dec. s.-A total OF 2,s7s,-
4s4 cubic yards of material was removed
from the Isthmian Canal in November.
The excavation since the United States
Government began the work Of digging
the canal has been 56.651. go cubic yards.
The amount of excavation necessary for
an IS foot look waterway was estimated
at la 900 900 yards, which leaves a'total
OF IS. .s4s. .55i cubic yards 10 be removed ?
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COST 1s YEARS OF LABOR.
Asher Hlnds Completes ms Cempiiatioa
OF Precedents OF the House.

WASHINGTON Dec. s.-After thirteen
years OF labor Asher Kinds Of Maine. the
parliamentarian OF the House, who has
prompted Speakers Of that body from
time out of mind, has just completed a
compilation of precedents OF the lower
branch of Congress-. Mr.. Kinds has
been engaged in tho work since 1895. 1t
has kept him busy early and late, in sea-
sion and out OF session. Mr.. Kinds has
brought the precedents together In eight
volumes, with O total of Approximately
o. 600 pages. Six volumes have already
come from the press and the others are
expected at the Capitol in day or two.
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suitlns the wsrd 70 the Action.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sr: ls It not
,ust az well for the eternal ntn ess Of things thai
a tea and coffee business established In Indian
apolis by a Nj. A. b. Cony mote the consecu
tiyity Of initials, should have been perpetusted
as the "coffy Coffee Compsny"i corTErnlS
NEW YosK. DcrembeIS.
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mo- I.nl,,. 1h,i,tian Nam..

To TEE Eprron or TEE suH-.str: 10 memory
serves me correctly Mr.. Juhk Of Ross county.
Ohio, spells HE name 'oAthor. not Other" +"
He ran Aealns, .. Henry Swope.
NIw YonE December 3. Mol, WILSON.
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President Discusses Woman suffrage with
MRS. Snowdeh.

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-The President
discussed the woman suffrage movement
briefly to-day with Mrs. Philip Snoyden
Of England, whose husband represents
the Blackburn district in Parliament.
Mrs. Snowden came to the United States
to aid the suffragist cause.
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rlor,a. woman reli.a Big vote.
F,on a, FIor,aa T,m.s,Unson.

The only woman who ever ran Tor once In
FLORIDA. Mrs. s. r. J. Linn. the Socialist candidate
for state Superintendent OF schools, received
nearly 1000 votes. She had i,s2s votes more to
her credit than the candidate for Governor on
that ticket.
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TO TEE Eplron or TEE spH--.sir. I notice
In the philadelphia Record fecipe for Bryan
oake" had supposed that this cake Wns dough.
Win 10 amiga, for that mafsfr. tawtrd the dcdo.
NHw Yokk. December ., c'S p,
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These navy orders were issued;

Rear Admiral j.. Y, Merrell. appointed com
mnndant naval station NJ rragansett Bay.
Lieutenant Commander +. N. Freeman from
command Of ths PTeble to temporary 'du'! At
Lieut.. z. b! LArimer, 70 command second no.
tulA pacihc torpedo fleet s
Lieut. NJ, s. Davis. from command OF the fot
70 command the Rowan. thence TO command the
Lieut.. VI. J. Moses. from the Preble to the
Lieut.. C, T. Brilliant. from command OF the
Rowan 20 command the Preble.
Ensign Z. r, shIpp. iron the Davis 10 command
Ensisn c. a. woodruff, from the Albany to The
Davis -. .
= Passed xssis,sn. surgeon 2. T ps.,ss: fro"
dieitenant Commander +. s. Wilson, from
the Colorado 10 Mare Island yard. ,-Z 80
heut. r. NJ. Griswold from the Colorado 10
NJ Lieut. sSi O. r, Cooper from III. Washington to
Enslsn II. O. Fuileh from the Colorado TO th'
Esslan J. S. Woods, from the Maryland to th'
Easiss. c. L. Hand, from the FsIr,sht TO the
Lieut. j.. N, Mitchell. from the colorsdo to
Lieut.. 2. W. AcIniyre trom. command OF the
Active to the Colorado .lss,lsL ~ 49, =.
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Our weather forecaster at the Manila
observatory now goes to sleep with the
comforting assurance that II the barom-
eter talSes q sudden plunge downward
during the night an alarm will ring, he will
be aroused and warning cables will be
sent to whom II may concern on the Asian
coasts 10 the north. Inventive genius
was stimulated by the sad affair that oc-
CURED at Hongkong on the morning OF
September 1S, 1905. and now an electrical
alarm attachment has been added to the
mercurial barometer in the Manila Office.
1t works like a charm.
The Manila and Hongkong observato-
ries failed to warn Hongkong Of the dis
astrous typhoon that was approaching,
That storm cost hundreds Of lives and the
destruction of much shipping, but no
warning OF il had reached Manila when
the Office closed at night. The typhoon
was Of tremendous force. butof very small
diameter. 90 that it did not reach any OF
the island cable stations that otherwise
would have sent timely warning. IL the
observer, however. at Manila had known
Of the steady fall OF the barometer in the
early morning. or the telltale drop OF the
mercury had been seen at the Hongkong
observatory. the loss would have been
greatly. diminished Hongkong was hit
with only half an hours warning. though
the barometer recorded what was coming
some hours before.
Hereafter the weather forecaster at
Manila will have oontrivance at his
elbow that VIM call his attention to the
earliest indication ofperil. The Bulletin
Of the observatory eays that he may re-
tire for the night with faith that he will be
warned II mischief is brewing. for the new
mechanical device Is not subject TO the
human weakness Of going TO sleep. q
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Army and Navy orders.

Issued to day:
Pirst Lieut., Jesse NJ. Holmes. 10 Twenty.
seventh Infantry.
First Lieut.. Maynard Z. Wells, TO Seventeenth
Infantry. ....
First Lieut., Hans Q. Olson, to Third Infsn,ry,,
First Lieuts Charles A; Donaldson and frsnh'
lin r. Burt 10 Twelfth InfSntry. ..
First Lieut., Townsend whelen. TO Twenty
ninth Infantry.
First Lieut. Charles S. Hamilton. 10 Thlrtoenn
Infantry. D.. -. al,
second Lieut.. Lewis c. Rockwell. from Third
10 Tenth Infantry.
The rctirements OF Chaplain Patrick p. Garry.
Coast Artillery, and Capt Albert s. BroOkes,
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Lobster Pets In church.
r.om IN. Innhnn standard.

From We L0nd0H SldHdaTd
At service OF thanksgiving for the harvest Of
the sea al Port Isaac Church the walls from end
TO end were draped with nahinE nets, while lob
ster pots and packing barrels occupied the window
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paris once 52 Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily
end sunday editions are on sale at R'osaue L. near
thb Grand Hotel; Klosquc u. Boulevard dcs Gap
,,tinss corner Place dc ropera. and KiosQue 10.
,ltaiierard des Itaells corner Rue Louis ie Grand
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Ii our Trfesds rho faDor US ptth manusoTtpfs for
f,lbicsises irish 10 ila 'sJeres drffeles refurnes
~ tst III eli cases SEND stamps FOR that purpose.
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m. cap nat cAe.r, Alaska.

Tea IA a good article for barter in buying fur
from the Indiana but they will accept only black
The sun., 1908-12-04

rir, LAaaisdy-rtyodaH aHov ,,ppins y sduess
weEes %
TO much 70 eat 80
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Not an IN xeiasivsly fsainins Fsfiins.
Knloksr-Yeuf clothes get ou, Of fashion while
they are being made.
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Coa nihs.


I may add that the oar is usually kept In
New YORK city and that the garage ohatges
incurred are included In Expenses" The
qasolene costs % cents a gallon.
Ntw YORK December z. RADIATOR.
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fabllshed by the sun Printing and Publishing
association at 40 Nassau street, In the Borough
e hsAhhBt,an. New York President and Treas
Sls<f .of. tht Association. william NJ. Laran. ITO
Nassau street secretary Of the Association.
slIkhklin bartlett o Nassau street.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
VIRGINIA BELLE ELOPED
Daughter of President of State Su.
preme Court Welded.
Surprised Family when She Told OF
Marriage at Rockville ON
January 3.
Special to The washington Herald.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Richmond, Va, April Miss Juliet
Chiffon Keith. eighteen years old. daugh-
ter Of Judge James Keith, president of
the Virginia Supreme Court was secretly
married in Rockville. Md, on January 3.
to William Oglesby Crockett, OF Wythe-
vile, a law student at Richmond College.
The wedding followed an elopement
from Fairfax County. where the girl was
visiting. and to which point the young
man followed her
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Thomas ]. Packard, OF the Pro
testant Episcopal Church. who. under
promise TO the young couple. kept the
matter profound secret Crockett. who
was afraid to face the father of the girl.
contided the secret to Dr. George Ben
Johnson, who on Saturday told Judge
Keith.
Miss Keith. the bride. was prominent
in society here. being a debutante OF the
present winter
Judge Keith is much depressed over the
marriage Of his daughter, and it is feared
the shock will cause the death Of the
girls mother. who has been an invalid
for year.
Crockett and his pretty wife wiz live
with Judge Keith until his graduation,
three years hence.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
ROYAL ARCANUM BANQUET.
Feast Follows the Installation OF
Officers.

Feast Follows the Installation OF
Officers.
Installation Of officers. followed by a
banquet at the Riggs Hotel last night.
marked the close OF the fourteenth an
.nual session Of the Grand Council Of the
Royal Areanum. Fully 900 representatives
of the nine subordinate councils Of this
city were present.
The officers. elected Friday night at
Scottish Rite Temple. were installed by
the representatives Of the supreme regent.
H. II. c. Miller a past supreme regent
assisted by II. s. Burkhardt, both Of the
Chicago Council.
Following the installation. the entire
body marched to the Riggs Hotel, where
the banquet was served.
Between the courses. the Areanun
quartet, composed of Melville d. Hensey.
first tenor; Joseph Duney. second tenor:
F. A. Murry, first bass, and Frank
Dugan, second bass, gave several selec-
tons
After the many good things were stored
away Claude r. Zapponey. chairman Of
the banquet committee. introduced Past
speaker. Mr.. Miller explained the work
of the Grand Council Of the District OF
Columbia. He said that though the Dis
trict jurisdiction was the smallest in the
Royal Arcanum, they had made the best
record during the last year, and that
il was not only pleasing to the members
of the local councils. but most gratifying
to the Supreme Grand Council.
James T. Shaftoe, representing the
Massachusetts councils. expressed the
great pleasure it gave him to be at the
meeting. He also brought the greetings
of the Bay State councils
Following are the officers installed, ard
who VIII serve the ensuing year: Grand
regent, Arthur z. Cook; grand vice regent.
George S. Britt; Grand orator. Charles I.
James: Sitting past grand regent, William
W. Chase; grand secretary, BENJAMIN
White eleventh term; grand treasurer,
G. NJ. COpenhaver (sixth term: grand
chaplain, Harry G.. Lenz; grand guide.
s. l. Besselievre: grand warden. Glendie
B. Young; grand sentry, B. Barlow Mer-
Ger. and grand trustee, John r. Gis-
burne.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
SUFFERS FOR YEARS;
THEN CURES ECZEMA.
Patient and Little Granddaughter Both
Secure Permanent Results from
Wonderful Liquid Remedy.

| Mrs. Alfred Aldrich, Of Ponaoanoosuc,
/ Vt, and her little granddaughter were
/ both cured Of itching, burning skin dis
eases by the use of ordinary oil OF win
/ tergreen mixed with glyeerine, thymol,
/ etc, the case having attracted consider
able attention among medical men.
! Mrs. Aldrich had doctored for years
| for Eczema without finding any relief.
while her granddaughter was developing
the beaded psoriasis spots which threat
ened 10 become permanent. Yet only enc
bottle of the oil Of wintergreen wash,
compounded in d. D. d. Prescription,
cured the two cases. 1t was the quick
ness of the cure under such short treat
ment that aroused the interest of special
/ lists generally, for usually Eczema. psori-
asis. BARRIERS itch. salt rheum and other
| diseases of like character. are cured. if
cured at ALL only by a long course of
treatment.
Mrs. Aldrieh writes: 81 had sores on
my face for three years and during all
that time I tried everything / could find
took any amount of blood medicines
and used all kinds Of healing salves. One
day my husband told me to send for your
d. D. d. Prescription and try IT, and
am orly too happy to say that d. D. D.
not only cured me, but also my little
granddaughter"
Oil Of wintergreen, the chief ingredient
of D. D. d. Prescription, is compounded
with other healing vegetable properties
to produce this liquid remedy which is
as easy to apply as water. It acts di-
rectly on the skin. so the relief is instan-
taneous-as yau win find by your first
trial. we know if and vouch for II. We
will be glad TO furnish a free booklet on
the causes and cures of diseases of the
skin; also a pamphlet on d. D. D. Soap.
For sale and recommended in Washing
ton by II. Evans, s24 ? street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
WARNER CONTROLS COUNTY.
VIII Have ia Votes in Montgomery
County Convention.

SPECIAL 70 The Washington Herald
Rockville April 7-Complete returns
from the Republican primary election in
this county last Saturday show that B.
H Warner carried outright eleven os the
sixteen election precincts, thus securing 90
delegates. N addition to these he will
have about fifteen additional delegates
elected on tickets put up by the so-caued
Pearre combination" This will give
Warner ia votes in the county conven-
ton next Thursday, out Of the total men,
bership OF IA.
II was said by the Pearre people that
Warner had no leader with him in his
campaign. 1t is an actual fact that the
opposition is devoid of a single leader
among the few delegates they elected
United States District Attorney Bai,er.
the main stay of the Pearre forces. was
badly defeated in his own district Of
Clarksburg.
Cumberland April THE Republicans
Of Allegany County selected mass dele
CATION, headed by Congressman Pearre
TO the Republican State convention to be
held in Baltimore on April 60 The dele
gates were instructed TO vote for dele
gates TO the national convention i'm favor
OF Taft The resolutions also commend
the course Of Congressman Pearre, who
addressed the convention at considerable
length, and he was much applauded
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
SUIT BEGUN AGAINST BROWN
Another Chapter in His Marriage
Annulment Action.
Riggs National Bank Asks to he Re-
lieved of the Octogenarian's
Bank Account and Bonds.

The Riggs National Bank yesterday filed
a suit In equity 10 be relieved of the bank
account OF John A Brown. the octogenar-
ian. and also as custodian of bonds and
notes belonging to him. Mr.. Brown, IN
December. brought suit 10 annul his mar
riage 10 Rachael Anna Brown. which
took place in November, 1907. It was
alleged the marriage took place without
his consent, as he was physically and
mentally incapacitated from contracting a
marriage.
Justice Gould recently allowed Mrs
Brown $40 a month slimony. and the
Riggs Bank was directed TO pay into
court the sum Of $500. out of which this
alimony is TO be paid pending the de-
termination Of the suit
II is set forth that the aged man has
on deposit in the bank the sum of s.. 266 .
and bonds and notes. valued at about
S365o0- In view of the litigation in con-
nection with the marriage. and until the
court has definitely decided as 10 Brown s
mental capacity. the bank requests the
court 10 appoint a receiver to take charge
Of the bank account and the securities
belonging 10 him
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
PRINCE NOT ENGAGED
Family Friend Says He Nay
Never Wed Nine. Gould.
STORIES OF TROUBLE DENIED
De sagan Dimes with Countess Cas-
teIIane and Then Goes Motoring
with HeF-Admits He "Used Ia Be'
CsthoIic-WIlIing 10 Marry Di-
vOrcee-PapaI DisDensatiOn.

New York. April IA close personal
friend Of Nine. Gould ana Prince de
sagan to-day denied that there existed
any engagement between the two and he
said further that there had been no dis
ruDtion IN the Gould family because of
the proposed match.
The family friend said that there was
no statement coming from Nine Gould
because she felt that she had already an
swered all the questions that the public
is entitled to ask She is not going to
sail at once for France, said the family
friend. She has not engaged passage and
she will not sail until at least ten days
after she engages passage
There was a dinner tonight at the
house Of Edwin Goulds, but il is said au-
thoritatively that the engagement was not
discussed at the dinner.
De Sagan. who is stopping at the Wal
dorf, spent little time there to-day, but
he was at the ST. Regis. where Nine.
Gould has suite. He dined at the St.
Regis with Nine. Gould and the Tyler
Morses and after luncheon went out in
an automobile with Nine. Gould
The prince was told that it was reported
that the Gould family had decided to let
Nine, Gould act as she chose since she
was more than twenty-one years old.
Prince Praises Her.
"Oh, have they" said the prince. Il
knew perfectly well taat she was a wo-
man not easily TO be influenced"
When asked point blank il he was
going 10 marry her, the prince replied
that Nine. Gould could answer that ques-
tion better than anyone else
Are you catholic?" he was asked.
Il used TO be" he answered, ''but l am
not borrowing troubles. My affairs will
regulate themselves. Anyway. religion
viii not stand between me and happI-
ness"
But, If you are a Catholic. how can
you marry a divorced woman?"
The prince shrugged his shoulders.
VIII you try 10 get a special papal dis
pensation?"
Maybe, was all that he would say.
VIII stay as Long as She Does.
Asked If it were true that before she
sailed for this country, he and Nine.
Gould had had an understanding. the
prince replied that he could not deny II.
How long viii you remain here?"
That I cannot say"
Have your plans ehanged?"
Yes. may stay here as long as Nine.
Gould does"
The Gould family would not be seen by
reporters tonight 1t was said that they
had nothing to say.
Nine. Gould and the prince went with
friends to see the parade Of the automo-
biles, tonight being the opening Of the
car carnival to celebrate the tenth ami
versaTy Of the coming 10 New York of
the automobile
In spite Of denial, however. the prince
does not look dOwncast He sees report
ers and smiles
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
NEGREsS ESCAPES PRISON.
Works Way Through Brick wall Nine
Feet Thick.

Special to The Washington Herald
Richmond, Va, April Lizzie Dodson.
colored, a life-term prisoner in the State
penitentiary. made a sensational escape
from the prison last night,
Il was the second time in her career
that she has escaped from the female
ward The cell next to that Of the wom-
an had been left unlocked, there being
no occupant for It. The woman, during
the night, worked her way through nine
feet Of brick into the unlocked cell. from
the walkway in front Of which she swung
to a roof. and from thence to the ground
outside the prison walls.
The hole in the wall was made with a
piece Of iron detached from the woman's
bed.
The woman was captured before she
had gotten a mile away. She feigned in
sanity when the officers came upon her.