The evening world., 1912-12-10
WOMAN THIEF GETS
OUT Of MODEL JAIL
IN MAGICAL ESCAPE
IND 2Pound Key of River
bead Oily Prison Door in
Her Possession.
AUTO WAITED FOR HER.
Took Carefully Packed Grip
Along and Went Back
for Typewriter.
AUTO WAITED FOR HER

ers0 the new s2so.0oo SUFFOLK County
jan aA Riverhead, L. I.
Jorsbrey. mtMderous bad man. fought
his way through steel walls and barred
windows by brute force and cunning,
but the highly civilized and artistic
NJ Harris. who has Q police record
fIombroso could weave q poem out Of,
wai1rsd debonairiy through two haff-
~ steel doors. daintily raised the port
otliis and slapped out to Q waiting
motor car.
Incidentally shs carried with her her
sypswritsr and all her luggage. not for
Ostt1ng TO look all the doors after her
- return for courtesies Of the prison
omc1als and the polite Sheriff. Mr.. Mel
VIE d. BruAh. II would have been In
coustderase to . degree to have dsdiv-
ersd the entire jail.
DID CHE MEeMERizE THE TURN.
KEW WITH MAGIC TALisMAN7
Mss Heisn Lowell. o. 'The RED Pet
e1ooat'' company. who made the COM
paint upon which the vanishing Miss
AAsv1s was arrested last May. declared
to-day. aftsr she heard Of the remark
sAas escape that she believed that the
talented Esther had hypnotized the jail
Ofaa3als-
@Bther HaFrts had been Miss Lowslrs
Aousekeeper In the aotress's summer
WA near Riverhsad for six weeks In
IL fall Of 1911. She had suddenly
passed out OF the villa with 8. 800 worth
u 3swslry. among the baublss q Tas-
manian voodoo gem. which 10 alleged to
contain mystic properties
Tho Weaser Of this st0ne-cat1sd BY
ne llsoris Of Tasmania The Magic
uhr'-s believed to possess mesmsric
Sov~s which should enable her to
waak through nifty steel doou II not
tl,rouSh walls Of solid masonry.
No1oRED AWAY FROM JAIL IN
THE eMALL HOURS.
N investigation Of this Riverhead
ssneation. though. y not likely b re-
veaa that the pest dressed and most
refined woman IN jail" achieved any
thans In me nature Of an occult set
away.
M fsces Of Esther Harris's escape
sr. 1ust coming to Hight. II - now
kn~vu chat eaas woman rnotorsd awAy
tom there between uAdoiGht and
o'oaock yesterday morning. TURNKEY
Arthur Howsu was on guard n the
bsonttfal new, Strong. glver-plsted.
nichde-platsd. open plumbing. hot end
cola oatts, showers. needle sprays snd
tes,saaked soored 3au for which the tax
aNsrs OF Suffolk County had contributed
ons quarter Of . million doharA
But cheer up, Suffolk folk. MISS Harras
n only shs sixth prisoner to walk out
Il your Dc luxe prison.
And these six escapes have, sfter AZ
b>sn spread over several months.
carefully PACKED GRIPS, PRE-
PAIRING FOR ESCAPE.
Yes. Turnkey Howell was on guard,
making his rounds UP and down the
corridors. up and down tho four flights
Of stairs, tangiing his keys and num-
ping the hours and adding the stsrso-
typed phrase "All's wsli!''
Ana all Wa we'll with MAns HArris-
Won bstohai Without the aid Of the
mstron shs booked On her silkatins
GOWN. bvttoosA her patent leather
Ashoss and adjusted her motor val.
kcaxstuly and even msticulously she
backed h~ luggage In two large srlps.
fastened her tyvswsitsr h IT. case and
hea suzi,sd - hsrssaf end waited to
lsaP che swsst &n0ls Of the turkeys
lxsys jinels n the Astanes.
VVhan the Jingle became low enough.
NM, Haras laughed Notwithstanding
nof how ansry Dsstrtot-Attornsy Green
lwos,aA b after "a his work over those
I've Srand iarosay indtetrpsutA Surely.
IT. was - hugh
Tnrs was rarely the faint murnsur
Of aIewsirs keys to disturb tho dienco
Of Miss Harris's tier on the second floor
when she deity opened her cell door.
HRoNT DOOR OF THE JAIL
WAsKT LOCKED BY WARDEN.
opsnang the cen door was no effort as
u was never looked. The cell Is situated
m q eour-csll compartment. secured by
greetings and Q heavy grilled door. The
Other three cells were empty. and once
ebs sonpartmsnt door was opened there
va1 only one barrier TO confront thos>
S~<6nuG iyberty--another grilled door.
n 'front.' door of the Jail was never
Iodae>A by Warden Conklng. There
reany didn't sssm to be any use to SocS
up the portals when there were sici
othsr tremendous doors to confine Mrs
Ceu,ahg's guests in their cages.
n q now known that the elderly pu
rsgousceful spinster-Miss Harris
afty-two, severe-lookins but elegant II
hsr ohoics Of attire--must have had II
her possession the big key that open
those two prison doors. 1t is a two
pound key. with twelve slots to tumbl
thA twelve tumblers in the locks. Their
are only ave such keys in existence
snAA Sheriff Brush to-day. One tn
Jhsrtn has. another reposes with War
den Conxling Ed Brush. the Sheriff
son, has another and the two other
~ entrusted to the turnkeys. One
a--------------------- -------