The daily Alaskan., 1910-10-26
By cARRNGToN FORD
Copyright Ila by American Press
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critics that they always have a lawyer at Jhtr elbows Jo advise them that they shah keep within the law. It would have been wy.l for James Max son had be done the same. The differ ence beJween Ma1san and these men s that they are rosges putting them selves without the pale of the law, while Nazs1u was au honest man put ting himself iu position where the law was obliged ,u luu.sL him.
 MaXsau Uas a banker young man not over thirty with lovely wife and tuo ueautiul children whom he ataTei WUh.u. knowing that be was doing su be violated Jle national bank iug .4w aud was sent Go prison for ten years. Ta. parting Wigb his wife and children Eas narrowing beyond meas uFe He le-, chat 40 serve Jhe whole of his term would break him down completely and ue would not live to reiuia chem A number of very strong friends laeuEgaa.el llm JU che prison doors. and aI told him that if there was anything ,ley could do for him to cumuslJ chem NaN,gu begged them Co assist him lo escape, and they prom is-d I0 lo so.
 Two of them, Woodruff and S0mers, met Jae same evening aJ Mrs Max sons house Co form plan Uu which 10 set the husband and father at liberty, I- was agreed thag Aggs. MaNson, who could easily galu access Co the prison. should Interest some oE the officials there l her case aud Induce them either through sympathy or by bribery Go assist ler husband yg get out of the pFuGeHrary l.Hsure
 ILe formation gf plan ot escape made a wonderful difference both to tha prisoner and bis family The easiest way -1 turn child from dis appointment is Co divert lis mind with tle rra-.se ut something Co take the place uf -le object coveted The man is but rle -ruvl child Iy was com pararrely easy for Nay,ou Go endure bis captivity s1 long as bis mind was occupied with saJ bis hopes were cen tered 0u his escape
 Ou her seeauI ylsIJ Co her husband she began Co study Jle officials there U.rl a E-es tl selecting one or more 0f them co interest -u her case, Max son. being much broken down in health at bs entrance MJ1 rLe prison sue ceedad ll setting himself transferred r5 tla hospital There Mrs N8Nson while visiting l.I made che acquaiut- auce uf Thomas Boyle hospital ward ea. a man WlJa E,ld disposition She look r-Ias g1 Ja-. him the story of her husbands incarceration how it be bad managed certain financial ygausac- usus u a l-Ia.eal s.ay from what he llI le would have been stllL a respect ed banker Instead gL le.0u Then she told Usu uf che wreck at their hap rv home. how their two little children vegr constantly asking when papa Uas coming l.rE GO them. of her own dis-razs Il .-ls way she won the mans sympathy and aualy by Ouer- Ing Jo make l.u independent in case be would .agU.ye ro -eJ her husband beyond tle prison walls she captured him .g h.. purpose
 Boyle Jl0ugar che matter over and decided upon taking iu an assistant A night Wa|eauau named Hunter had access Co rHe main otlee room of the prison where was kegta key that must be- obtained or duplicated before there would le any hope ut getting MaNson gur yf che prison building. Boyle told Mrs. MlZs5l Co euLaly0r J0 interest Hunter u rle plan by offering him a large sum yf money. She succeeded, and after she bad done 50 Boyle com muGica,ed with Hunter, and they formed plan together to get Max sou out of che building and into ,he prison yard There they were to assist him Co scale the walls, and he was to be met by bis friends on the other side.
 The key required Was to open Max sons cell Il hung on nail in the wardeus safe. Hunter could get in there only when tbe garden was pres enL To take Jhe key from the nail and not return ir Immediately would have revealed the fact chat Iaxs0u was to . be permitted to escape Hunters ob- . feet was Co secure an impression Of the key. from which a duplicate could be made When be was ready to op- crate Le rushed into the warden's of flee and told him be had heard some thing like a shot in the other end of : the prison. The warden went to the door and listened. Hunter while the mans back was turned slipped the key be wanted from its nail and hung an other Ia its place. Then Hunter left ! the office. saying that he would go and see # there was any trouble. When . he returned he had a wax impression of the key and watching his opportu- nity. exchanged the real key for its substitute.
 Meanwhile Boyle had procured a ! adder, which he had concealed in a ! convenient place to be used by Maxson in climbing the wall There was ! second wall which the prisoner would need to climb. and Mrs MaxsOn had ! arranged with his two friends, Wood run and S0mers, to be outside this