The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-12
BY PAUL KELLY.

TITS hell bsIng a convict l don't
mind the work. | could stand the con-
fnement and discipline, but ! can't do
the work Of a day laoorer on starvation
rations It's all right at Sing Sing
There you get enough food, and IL you
behave yourself are treated right. The
prisoners camp at Bear Mountain was
all right while Mr.. Parks had charge OF
the kitchen, but about two months ago
he was displaced by a Mr.. Mulford,
and since then we haven't had enough
to eat to keep fox terrier alive, let
alone an able bodied man who worked
out doris in the cold all day.
1T was the grub that made me and
Mccarthy make up our mind to escape
Tuesdays dinner was so rotten that
We couldn't eat It. SO about o'clock
that afternoon Mac and | decided to
make break for It, We didn't have
much hope OF getting away without
being captured, but Mac wanted awful
bad to see his wife and three kids as
live in New York, and by that time
N' N"iN 'ciS HAHNH Nl'uN UdppSDeu
to me.
Sneaked Into the Woods.
There are forty-three prisoners up
there and only seven keepers, 30 tho
escape part wasn't so hard Mac there
was working on the Ice with a saw aud
l was carrying beams for one OF the
new buildings. We jus, sort OF sneaked
away and II was some time before they
discovered that We We're gone. BY tina,
time We were safe In he woods.
You know how tie country Is there.
all mountains and woods We'll. We
climbed ana climbed until We got on
top, where we had a tine view of the
Hudson Valley. The snow was thick
on the ground and VIVA; with the wet
from the unde-brush the two Of us
were soon soaking wet. Heading due
west we came down the other side of
the range, which Is ca led the Storm
King Range, and into the Ramapo
Valley. Here We strikes Il bad. for
trying to wade over tue Eamapo River
Mac goes through tie ice and have
TO fish him out. Finally We got across,
and keeping straight west, crossed the
valley and climbed one OF the noun.
ta!ns in the Shawangunk Range. By
he time We got pretty well into the
woods II was pitch dark, SO We builds
nice big fire and lays down in the
lDow. We had nothing 10 tat, but We
were so tired We didn't mind that. and
slept pretty good u about midnight,
when ii started TO rain pltcAforKs
Walked to Keep Warm.
This put our fire out, So to keep warm
We wandered about ill daylight Then
We followed the Erie tracks until about
, O'Clock that night re struck the out
skirts OF West Haverstraw. We must
have gone over thirty miles by then,
all told, and the sign post said We had
another ,hirty-hvc before reaching New
York We were too cold and wet and
frightened TO stop, So We lust pIuygrd
along We left the tracks and made our
way through the woods until We came
10 another river and went through Tie
ice again. | don't know whore .l1, was
but 1t nearly did fOr the pair Of US Thu,
time II was Mac as pulled me ont
We just plugg"d along ~, night I'M
III II WAS so lgut We didn't dare keep
IN the open. We were near New York,
we knew. so We found this boat on the
banks Of the creek and u in that II
was torture though. lying there with
the hunger gnawlnE "a your insldes.
your clothes soaking Wet and shivsrng
with the cold. Finally wy,ouldn't stand
u any longer and Mas v ft out to set
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