Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-14
THE ROOF GARDEN.
Attempt at Escape Frustrated-Mem- bers of the Four Hundred
 Defy the Law

Special Officer McCloud. on duty at the quarantined house of James Wilson, artist and clubman. on Nine ty-ffth street. reported this morning a daring attempt at escape, made at 8 a. m It Is in this house that some eight or nine members of the smart set were imprisoned during the course of a dinner party. when the Japanese butler developed smallpox. The party shut in the house includes Miss Kath- erine McNair. the daughter of Theo- dore McNair of the Inter-Ocean sys- ten; MT and Mrs. Dallas Brown. the Misses Mercer, Maxwell Reed. the well-known clubman and whip. and a Mir. Thomas Harbison. guest of the Dallas Browns ard South American.
 "'Offcer McCioud's story. told to 6 Chronicle reporter this morning. is as follows: The occupants of the house had been uneasy all day. From the afr of subdued hustle, and from care full inspection of the roof, made by the entire party during the afternoon, his suspicion had been aroused. Nothing unusual, however, occurred during the early part of the night. From eight o'clock to twelve McCioud was re- lieved from duty. his place being taken by Michael Shane of the Eighty sixth street station.
 "'when McCloud came on duty at midnight. Shane reported that about II o'clock the searchlight of a steamer on the river. flashing over the house, had shown a man crouching on the parapet, evidently surveying the roof across. which at this point Is only 12 fee. distant, with view of making his escape On seeing Shane below. however. he had beat a retreat, but not before the officer had seen him distinctly. He was dressed in evening clothes and wore a light tan over coat.
 "'Oficer McCloud relieved Shane at midnight, and sent for a plain-clothes man from the station house. This man was stationed on the roof of the Bev- ington residence next door, with strict inJunctions to prevent an escape from the quarantined mansion. Nothing suspicious having occurred, the man on the roof left about 5 a. m., report ing to McCloud below that everything was quiet. At that moment, glancing skyward, one of the officers was as- founded to see q long narrow board project itself from the coping of the Wilson house. wayer uncertainty for a moment, and then advance stealth fly toward the parapet across. When 1t was within a foot or two of a rest ing place. McCloud called sharply 10 the invisible refugee above, at the same time firing his revolver in the ground
 The result was surprising. The board stopped, trembled. swayed a lit- tie. and dropped. missing the yigilant officer by a hairs breadth, and crash ing to the cement with a terrific force. An inspection of the roof from the Beyington house, later. revealed noth- ing unusual. IL Is evident however. that the quarantine Is proving irksome to the inhabitants of the seqUestered residence. most of whom are typical society folk, without resources in themselves. Their condition. without valets and maids, Is certainly pitiable It has been rumored that the ladies are doing their own hair. and that the gentlemen have been reduced to put ting their own buttons in their shirts. This deplorable situation, however, is unayoldable.
 The vigilance of the board of health has been most commendable in this case. Beginning with a wager over the telephone that they would break quarantine in z4 hours. and end ing with the attempt to span a 12-foot gulf with board, over which to cross to freedom, these shut-in society folk have shown characteristic disregard of the laws of the state. It Is quite time to extend to the millionaire the same strictness that keeps the com muter at home for three weeks with the measles; that makes him get the milk bottles and groceries from the gate-post and smell like dog soap for a month afterward. as a result of dis infection"