The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-06-21

cnduCes OF escape WOulQ ne greatly I'M
proved. Looking about him. he could
distinguish only few people. and they
were absorbed In their own efforts.
He managed to get coat. waistcoat and
trousers or the corpse and. without
stopping to put them on. set about
drawing his striped garments on to the
dead man. Some time was needed to
effect the exchange. since the body
was partly covered with heavy tim
bers. which were removed with diff.
Guilty.
However, when the fugitive had fin-
ished the work he ran on with the
clothes he had obtained on his arm till
he reached a clump Of trees. which he
entered and put them on. When he
emerged 1t had grown quite dark. and
he took heart. feeling that he had
some chance Of making his escape.
But he well knew that a force from
the prison would scour the neighbor-
hood till every one Of the laboring
gang outside the walls Mt the time of
the storm had been brought in either
alive or dead or was known to have
put long distance between him and
the penitentiary; therefore 1t behooved
him to 60 on.
He did not overestlmate the energy
Of the prison officials, for he had not
gone a quarter of a mile when, hear
Ing distant shouts. he turned and saw
a clump Of lights flashing in his eyes.
1t was too soon after the storm FOR
rescue party to have collected; such
rapidity could only have come from
the prison. Satisfied that It would be
better to employ strategem rather than
attempt to outrun these persons he
looked about for place of conceal
ment. He was near II house that had
been spun around. Its front door fac
Ing yard that had been in its rear.
1t had been partly wrecked. and the
fugitive crawled In under some Tower
timbers. drawing post over him to
Indicate that 1t had fallen on him.
Having thus prepared to play dead
man. he waited in his uncomfortable
position under the timber which he
would make others believe had killed
him. The voices came near. and the
party at last tackled the house in
which Red6eld was lying with view
to saving any person in 1t who might
still be alive. They were. as he had
supposed. the prison officials looking
for escaping prisoners. but they had
been Joined by several persons who
were bent on rescue work. Redfeld
had fabian tho nroca,,%so,, -, H. y. ~,
face so that he must be turned over for
it to be exposed.
Here's a. corpse called a voice that
he recognized as that of the warden
OF the prison. You fellows look into
1t. We must move on
The wnrden's footsteps died away,
and Redfield knew that another light
was turned upon him. Then the tim
Der was lifted off him. and he felt
hand laid over his heart
Bring some liquor" cried voice.
''This man isn't dead. We may save
him."
His jaws were pulled open. flask
put to his lips and whisky poured
down his throat. He needed 1t. but
not for what the rescuers supposed 1t
was required to give him strength and
to plny his part. Having stim-
ulated him. his rescuers carried him
put and laid him on board. it being
evident from what they said that he
was to await an examination from
surgeon whenever one could attend to
him. But there were calls In so many
directions that one by one his attend
lms left him for more pressing duties.
There were by this time SO many
persons about that Redfeld concluded
hat it would be safer for him to tenn
join rescue party than to
pursue his fight. Arising from his
hard bed. he went to the nearest |
wrecked house. where some men with |
anterns were working. md assisted IN !
he removal Of several wounded per. |
ions. While doing so he heard a man
'ay to another:
THE party we laid on a board to
wait for a surgeon has disappeared"
impossible" said the other.
Sure as you live. ! found a doctor
or him. and when we found the place
where we had left him the board was
here but the man was gone. l won.
Ter II rescue party came along and.
linking him dead. buried him."
1t was midnight before all the wreck
d houses had been examined and the
PERSONS engaged in the work dispersed
ind stiffness reigned. Then Redfeld
'egan a tramp that did not end till
e had reached the Mississippi river,
where under the name Of Jacob Thomp-
on he shipped as deck hand on steam
'oat bound for New Orleans.
Meanwhile Mrs. Redfeld learned that
Ter husband had escaped from i'm
risonment during the cyclone and his
'ody found under a wrecked building.
hough no one could account for his
aving been there when the house was
1t was two months after
his that she received letter from her
dated at Rio de Janeiro. In
orming her that he was alive and
yell and requesting her to join him
nth the children.
Keeping the information to herself
nd hiding her Joy SO far as she could.
he made her preparations TO depart