The evening world., 1912-09-02


We6t 70 sleep he cannot tell. but he
slspt end slept soundiy while the man
he was supposed to guard was maxi
ing an amazing getaway.
: o0rsbrey elept upon . mattress ana
jsDrings laid over two wooden saw
horses. ana II wss by means OF those
ssw-horses that he managed to get hold
Of the ventiiator grating and pull 1t
out He dragged these saw-hsrses to
the back OF the cell and placed one
upon the Other. got up on them and
wet 10 work on the iron grating with
HE fingers. He had no tool OF any sort.
The cell ives black as pocket and
there was only . dim light In the mar
row little passageway. where Trusty
Carino sat ana siumbered. Forsbrsy
hAa TO erope In every move he made.
but he gropsd with unerring precision.
and he pulled out that ventiiator graf
ing with his bare hands He must
have done this on tiptoe. SO II can be
seen how securely the grating was
fastened. There was also evidence In
the cell that whsn the prisoner pulled
cut the grating he fell back into the
cell with It. But Trusty Carino slept
on aad Keeper Hoilihan came not.
CLIMBED TEN FEET UP WALL
OF CELL.
VITA the grating out Forst-ey had
90 ~ up his saw horses again and then
climb up into the eiehteenfnch aper-
euA. This in itself was an amazing
synnastic feat. but he not only got up
that zen tea Of wall. but pulled his
6ianhst up with him.
wzGgling through this hole he came
into what 10 called the service shaft
the ssms sort Of shaft down which Wit
con escaped from the seventh tier OF the
prison on July Z last This shaft carries
she p1pss and electric wires up through
shs prison and II runs down into a nar-
NV closed court that opens directly
in1o Q compartment used as carpenter
ohoD. There are no bars or graings
q ths bottom Of this shaft and there
4 soothing 20 proven, ingress into the
uarDsutsr shop In tho basement.
TIE prisoner seemed 70 know all about
- construction OF this shaft and the
uunsbGs Of feet he would have 70 drop.
eUP h tied his blanket to one OF the
pspss near the ventiiator aperture OF
~ On ana sd down the blanket.
kn was q twslve-foot drop for Fors-
osvy 10 he bottom of the service shaft
ood % he fell ON his feet he stood al
mest directly In front Of an unbarred
sptranos 10 the carpenter shop and ven
tiisting plant. Here again the YOUNG
despsrado had to gropc In inky darkness
"a choose one Of four barred windows
thrvush which to escape into . blind
courtyard between the prison building
and the prison wall.
II Just happened for the convenience
OF the young man that there were I'VE
ladders In the shop. all Of which he
seems 10 have used. dsagging them to
sash Of the four windows and testing
the strsngth Of the bars. HIS only tUol
in trying the strsnsth Of the bars was
. pleos Of wooden scAntiing or joist and
whsn he came 70 the window that
Looked out on che Centre street wall he
Yeu1A Q loose bar that osnk and then
ssaSksd on from its soldering Just I'M
~ tho pcseGnrs q the wooden 3olst
TAis bar was ,uet eso1sl IN the masonry
q q shoula hAvs essn. but merely
pGoasesd In Q shallow indsatatton and
onss Torsbrsy got II loose he ysnked
Il cut with his hand
THEN FOUND HiMogLF IN A
SllNo COURT.
M tsft him an Apsrturs 10 inches
SQuars to crawl through. and once
outside ne found himself In . blind
court that 10 never visited BY any
81 the keepers on their rounds. II
- an L-shaped court. shut In by
the Centre and Franklin street cor
Ger of the Tombs wall. On the
csntre street slide Il 10 closed by q
so-foot wall and on the Franklin street
eide by q heavy iron door.
Onos out there and with Trusty Carln,
eth deep IN sleep and Keeper HOLMAN
cot on his tour. the prisoner was al
liberty 20 take his time In negotiating
ne lo-foot prison wall and Its bristlinl
Vhsve2x-ds.friss. He Trad provided foI
This contingency by throwing thu
wooden jolst out Of the window bsfor'
% himself crawisd out This joist hs<
Iale Q dossn spikes sticking In It, con
s0tGme to use AZ the rungs OF . ladder
Laytng the $oist against the wall
feroeey Climbed uu the spikes unit
10 essiid reach a piece Of Ornamental
kea WORK that curled down from thu
hp q the wall. Grasping this he psalet
Himself W 70 the top and hung ther'
sntii he saw that the eoast was eiea
On Centre street. ~ any rolieena'
shouh have been Whereabouts on fixes
tost none was there when tho youn:
timinal scaled the ten-foot iron paling
lbovs the wall and then dropped dow
b the pavement below. The spot wher
" landed 10 les than thirty feet fror
he Centre street entrance 70 the prison
tGEPGRs RUSH PRACTICALLY
AROUND JAil, YARD.
II WAS just a.ss O'Clock when S.sa
varlsn Jones rushed out Into Certr
treet In the rain and began maxim
tantie gestures and noises. lie wa
bon followed by Night Kevpe
lothian, patrol OF the prison yard
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