Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-03


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II was not due TO the marksnialtsh
of the guards that the prisoners Nct4
rccaptured ono of them ran dis
tance OF 900 yards under fire ana f"ll
FROM exhaustion Another made for
an ice house in the Nat north Of tho
prison wall, and succeeded in reacllfn'
it, only To be discovered by q spalcli
ing party as he was attemptne To-
crawl under the floor \ third iaada .
clump of bushes 400 Yards away In
spite OF the bullets that suffered
around him. and WAS hunted ont Of
his hiding place
The fourth had as exciting an cy
perience as any dime novel hero could
wish for He worked his way along
the prison wall directly beneath tie
range, scaled stone wall that was
higher than his head. braved a maze
of railroad signal wires In eaping to
1 the railroad track, and then caught a
freight train as 1t passed him Mt full
1 speed
Had 1t not been for the fact that
residents of Ossining who had been
attracted by the excitement in the
| prison yard and out of it saw the pis-
oner swing in between two freight
cars he probably would have succeed
ed in getting away Several citizens
ran down the bluff east Of the prison
] and notified Warden Frost that one OF
his men was going south al twenty
mile clip with ii good hold on IA
coupling device between two cars
The attention of the wardels force
had been concentrated on the land "
ing close to the river, and they We're
still sculrying over i, when the ne vs.
about the freight train reached Thorn
Six guards We're Immediately hustled
into an automobile, and with an extra
supply OF ammunition. were sent soath
under orders TO overhaul the freight
train and cut off retreat into the hills
along fits left flank
Another squad was sent directly
down the track on foot to see that no
body wearing a prisoners gray es-
capped in that direction while a pas
senger train was Communicated to
rush a squad past the freight and form
an advance guard for 1t.
Tho freight was ordered stopped by
senger train speeded past it. stopping
Immediately afterward long enough to
let off Warden F'rost's men. They be
gan their search of the freight on a
siding just north of Scarborough. into
which it had been directed to pull by
the railroad officials ON request OF
Warden Frost.
The guards coming from the rear
and those who covered the roadways
leading toward the hills closed In grad
4 nally. while the squad that had come
on the passenger train rched care
fully through the freight cars
4 At first it seemed that their quarry
had got away from them but suddenly
he darted out from between two cars
track. only to find himself an easy cap.
tive in the hands OF a squad of guards
who were too tired from their long
run from Ossining to chase him fur.
ther and were willing to use their re.
peating rifles.
4 The prisoner. by skillfnllv manoeu-
vering between the cars and under
them. had escaped detection during
the first part of the sarcii, but had
i finally broken from cover TO take a
chance on the fleetness of hts heels
/ He was marched back MP the railroad
to Ossining surrounded by the three
squads that came ont TO make the cap
tire certain When he was taken Ia
Il his cell the count stood | 81; which
was the fun number of Warden Flosls
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