The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-19
DUG OUT Or JAIL
WITH TIN SPOON
RodIfuues Makes a Clever Get.
Away and EIudes
Pursuit.

Digging out Of Sail with a spoon was
the ieat accomplished by Peter Rodri-
Hucs late Saturday night, and all e.
forts Of the police have mot vet re.
suited in his capture. Rodrigucs was
seen last night at Iwilei, but managed
TO slip through the police net that was
drawn around the district as soon as
Chief McDuhie heard Of It.
However patriotic we might have
deemed the exploit Of the federal pris-
oners at Libby Prison in the Civil
War, when thoy dug a tunnel over
hundred feet long with the same imple-
ment, the police do not feel gratified
over Rodrigues being able to dig
through wire mesh reinforcement with
tin tablespoon, such as is used in
prisons. But such is what he did.
Rodrigues laid his plans very care
fully. In the cell opposite him was
Carlos Santos, the only other Porto
Rican in the city, say the police, who
has any use for him. Next to him was
Francisco Castro, who was serving q
few days for drunkenness and who spe-
officially stated to McDuffie that Rodri-
CUES was his worst enemy. 1t is prob
ably true.
LOCKED IN Cell.
castro, however, was discharged Sat
urday. Rodrigues had been confined in
his cell continuously, allowed only one
hour in the afternoon for exercise, ow-
ing to the fact that he had just been
connected with the Klemme burglary
and had refused to divulge the hiding
place of fob and several other arti-
cles. In the afternoon, as soon as the
prisoners had been locked up, he must
have started work with his spoon. BY
breaking off the spoon after he had dug
as far as the wire mesh, he was able
to prod the concrete behind that and
when the hole was completed, he twist
ed the spoon in the mesh until he had
broken the latter. The whole job was
not testimonial to the contractor.
The concrete is reinforced with iron
bars fourteen inches apart and the ne
gro, who is a big man, Clipped away
until he had come to these and dug be-
tween them. How he got his big bulk
through such small snace is mys-
terry to the police. Chief MeDufie aft
erwards tested the wall with hammer
and got quick results.
The guard, who makes an inspection
twice an hour, asserts that he saw the
pile of dirt in Rodrigues' cell and at
once went upstairs to call the turnkey,
as he did not have key to the lock.
He neglected to snap the lock to the
vacant cell, however, and when he came
back the man was gone. From another
source, however, it was learned that
Santos and Rodrigues had called the
guard over and told him to go upstairs
and stop one of the prisoners there
from making so much noise that they
couldn't sleep he went.
Rain Cuts Tratl. d
Chief McDufie had just turned in
when the report came in, as he had
been ordered around the island yester-
day by the sheriff He called Sergeant
Kellett, and with few Others and the
police dog they went to the Jail. The
rain was pouring, however, and if there
was scent enough for the dog left be-
hind, it had been washed out. tfBilly''
Woods of the Oahu Jail was asked for
his dog at half-past two in the morn
ing, but reported that it was too dark
and no one would be able to keep up
with the animal when he got on the
scent. Iwilei was searched without re-
suit.
Last night a Porto Rican rushed up
to the headquarters of the special staff
all out of breath and said he had seen
Rodrigues at Iwilei dressed in a XII
mono and that the latter had asked
him to go to Monkey" a notorious
woman there, to get his glasses for him.
The chief considered the report correct,
as he happened to know that the woman
had Rodrigues glasses. He went over
with his entire staff and scattered his
men at all the approaches, but there
was no sign of the escaped man. Rod
rigues has threatened to kill "Mon-
key"
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