Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-04

HERE'S CoRPsEW CALLED VOICE THAT
HE RECOGNIZED.
children and found it difficult to prove
10 a jury representing an enraged
people that he was not Gallagher.
whom he very much resembled. The
consequence was that he was convicted
of the crime and hurried away to the
state penitentiary. His parting with
his wife and children was so affecting
that some doubted if after all he was
a guilty man.
There was certain work to be done
outside the prison Enclosure, and Red
field, who had been an inmate of the
institution for several years, with an
excellent record for good behavior,
was chosen as one of the gang Of la
borers. Nevertheless. though they
We're all men picked for their tractable
dispositions, prison officials stood over
them with loaded firearms ready to
shoot any man who might attempt TO
escape.
Donald Redfield. working with a
pick, ceasing his efforts for a moments
rest, Strengthened up and saw strange
conformation of clouds in the west.
His fellow convicts were all bent over
their work, the guards did not dare
take their eyes from the prisoners for
n moment. The consequence was that
he was the only person present who
saw coming one of those cyclones that
have occasionally visited the state
| of Kansas The sound 1t made did not
travel so much faster than the wind as
to give a warning, but Redheld had
| time TO look about him for means of
! protection. A few yards from him was
a sudden drop in the ground forming
/ q, perpendicular bank some two feet
/ high. He resolved to throw himself
/ under this projection.
/ The other prisoners and the guards
were taken completely unaWares and
were scattered, for they were caught
| in the direct line of the cyclone Red
field by hugging the bank managed to
maintain his position. The hurricane
| was of short duration, and when Ii had
passed he saw several of the prisoners.
! who had been blown against some OBJ
stacle or were running in different di-
rections. Not one of the guards was
visible. All was confusion, and he
realized that for brief time he would
be free to make his way as far as he
| could from the prison.
Since confusion was likely TO be his
greatest aid he darted off in the wake
of the storm. There was no installing
the path. for it had leveled every stand
| ing object in a swath about 300 feet
| wide. There was not much hope for
the fugitive on account of his stripes.
But seeing a man in nightshrt stand
ing near the wreck of house-an in
! valid who had been in bed when the
| storm came-he Invested himself Of his
| prison garb and ran on with II under
his arm, preferring to get rid Of ii as
soon as he should come TO a good hid
ing place, fc- 4 man In his underclOth.
ing and Invested OF stripes would be
very suggestive Of an escaped prisoner.
Thick clouds were swirling above In
The path or the storm. and 1t was
growing dark. Stumbling on. Redield
crossing a heap Of timbers that a short
while before dad been a house tram
Dled upon something softer than wood.
1Iancing at r. he saw the body OF a
man whose face had been so disng
ured as to be unacceptable. 1t flash
ed upon Redfeld that II he coulC
change clothes with this corpse hi
chances Of escape would be greatly i'm
proved. Looking about him, ne coult
distinguish only few people. and the!
were absorbed in their own efforts
He managed to get coat. waistcoat an,
trousers off the corpse and, withou
stopping to put them on, set abou
drawing his striped garments on to tn
dead man. Some time was needed I
effect the exchange, since the bod
was partly covered with heavy tin
bers. which were removed with diff
Guilty.
However, when the fugitive had FL
tkhed the work be ran on with II