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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-27
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WILL CLOSE, THIS WEEK.
Tariff Hearings Covering Ia Schedules
Nearing Its End.

Washington, Jan. 26-The tariff hear.
ings, covering the Il schedules of the
present law. along with the free list and
miscellaneous articles and general admin
istrative provisions, will come to close
with the end Of this week.
The wool schedule, perhaps the most
formidable of all from the tariff makers
standpoint win be taken up. tomorrow
with prospects for "a lively session and
plenty of arguments from wool growers
manufacturers and clothiers.
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Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington. Jan 26.-The winds
along the New England and Middle
Atlantic coasts will be moderate to
brisk southwest and west, shifting to
north, by Monday night. Tempera
ures are still above the seasonal av-
erage over practically the entire coun-
try. There win be rain, Monday, in
he East Gulf and South Atlantic
states extending into the Middle At
lantic states and New England, Mon
day night and continuing, Tuesday. 1t
Will he colder, Monday night, in the
Atlantic states.
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Boston Forecast.

Boston, Jan. 26.-Foreeast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Cloudy, Monday
followed by rain or snow, at night or
Tuesday; brisk west to north winds.
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ceive anybody. The delegates decided
that the advantages to be derived from
the resumption of hostilities would be
in proportion to the risks they ran, and
that they would not take that step un-
less absolutely forced to do SO.
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Alfred, son of Ell Pepin. II years old.
of Woonsoeket, r. T., swallowed toy
balloon and its wooden mouthpieee,
Sunday. and died before he could he
taken to a hospital.
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Rep. Clark Smith, California, Dead.

Los Angeles. Jan. 26-Representa-
tive sylvester Clark Smith of Bakers
field, member of Congress from the
sth California district, died here, to-
day. after long illness, aged "a
years.
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War Between Bolivia and Peru.

WAT betWss' b0rFVfa "'F@
Lima, Peru, Jan. 26.--The Union IN an
alarming EDITORIAL. today, declares that
war seems inevitable between Peru ana
Bolivia This conclusion is drawn from
Bolivia's recent warlile preparations, Bo-
3livia's ambition is said to be port on the
Pacific.
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7-2O-4

Output now 100000 weekly. BY far the
largest selling brand OF Toe. cigars In the
world Factory. Manchester. N. H
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THE CONFERENCE.

Boston, Jan. GA resolution re-
questing the governors of each New
England state to appoint two citizens
from his state as members of a New
England railroad conference was
adopted, Saturday, at a meeting here
of FIVE New England governors. The
executives declared this 10 be the in
itial step in solving transportation
problems of New England. The reso-
luton specified that the men appoint
ed to attend the railroad conference
would consider and report on the
best modes Of developing and operat-
ing the New England railroad sys-
tem.p
The conference was called by Gov.
Eugene n. Foss and followed a luneh-
con at local hotel. Those present
were Gov. Eugene n. Foss of Massa-
chusetts, Samuel E. Felker of New
, Hampshire, Allen NJ Fletcher of Yer
mont, Abram j. Pothier of Rhode Is
land and Simeon f. Baldwin of Con
necticut. A copy of the conclusions
| Of the executives was mailed to Gov.
William r. Haines of Maine, who was
unable to attend because of illness.
other things the conference commit
| tee consider the establishment of a
permanent conference, composed of
| the heads of the state commissions
having supervision over railroads; the
question of creating state directors
| representing the various New Eng
| land states in the management of the
railroad system; the consideration of
means to complete the extension of
the Grand Trunk Railway lines to Bos-
ton and Providence, r.. l., and plan
of inter changeable mileage through
out New England.
At the end of the meeting it was
| announced that the members of the
conference would be appointed shortly
The hope was expressed that a report
would be made to the Legislatures now
| in session
At the conclusion of the conference
The following statement was ISSUED
from the office of Gov. Foss:
AT the conference of New Englant
governors held here, today, five gov
errors We're present Gov. Haines o
Maine sent his regrets that, owing t
Illness, he was unable to be present
Gov. Baldwin presided.
''The following resolution wa
passed by the conference:
Voted that the governor of eac
New England state be requested I
Continued on Page Four.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
"Sheeney Mikes" ESCAPE

"Sheeney Mike thought that the time
had come for some new manifestation of
his mysterious disease which would still
So as the new treatment of the con-
sulting doctors was begun. Mike made
preparation for some new symptoms He
scraped an opening in his right side and
each night rubbed. salt and pepper into it,
He soon had an angry looking infamma-
ton which shortly produced flow of
pus. When Mike had reached this achieve
ment with his sore he languidly called the
doctors attention to it.
This new development was enough
The doctor sadly shook his head Things
were going from bad to worse.
My poor man. he said. you probably
haven't a month to live-certainly. not in
this prison. You might improve if you
had your freedom: / don't know l am
convinced that it would be murder to keep
you here. I shall at once recommend to
Governor Butler that you be pardoned
decline to have your death on my con-
science any longer"
On the ground that the patient could
not possibly live more than few weeks
in prison all three doctors solemnly GER
titled to the Governor that "Sheeney Mike"
was a dying man and recommended i'm
mediate pardon. Governor Butler ap-
proved the recommendation, and next day
out walked "Sheeney Mike, free. par
doned and restored TO full citizenship.
Soap suds, little salt and a sprnkling
of pepper had opened the bars for him.
But what did "Sheeney Mike" gain by
all this? Nothing.
He had his freedom and laugh on the
doctors-but his astonishing persistence
in his soap-sud poisoning had so under
mined his health that he never recovered
his strength and he finally died in Belle
yue Hospital in great agony after a long
and painful illness.
And now one more case-also unusual
and remarkable
Of course, the escape of Eddie Guerin a
few years ago, from Devils Island sur
prised everybody and attracted great deal
Of attention. Guerin is a wellIknown thief
who has operated in England, America and
more or less all over Europe. Guerin, with
a companion, robbed a bank in Lyons
France. OF. $4,000. and a little later stole
$4,000 from the American Express Com
pany In Paris. These two Jobs were too
much for the French police. and they
grabbed Guerin.
Guerin. travelling under the name o
Walter Miller, and assisted by an accom-
plice, entered the American Express Com
panys Office In Paris under the pretensf
of transacting some business. The Other
man busted himself attracting the atten
ton Of the agent while Guerin sprant
across the counter with a drawn pistol. A
this moment the agent and a couple o
clerks noticed Guerin's peculiar activity
but they were unable to make any outer.
or move because Guerin's accomDlice kep
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
ingenious Method of GettiinO
Out of q Massachusetts, Prison.
Eddie Guer1n's Figkatful Expe-
Uences Escaping from Devils
Island, and Other Instances.

After few weeks In New York, where
he received the warm congratulations OF
many friends on our escape from Sing
Sing, we went to Canada to visit our
children who were in school there. 1t was
Lot long before our funds began to get
low. ! thought this a favorable time &c
remind my husband OF his promises and
to urge him to get some honest employ
nent But ne would not listen to me-
That would be all very well If had
any money" he said; but can't settle
down until have enough capital to give
me decent start. Wait until / do one
more good bank job and then will think
about living differently
An Easy Bank Robbery
y, agreed to this reluctantly for felt
premonition that when this "one more
Job" was finished. We should both find
ourselves back in Sing Sing again And.
as 1t turned out. I was right
IT was not altogether lack OF money or
the desire to live q decent life which made
me plead with Ned to reform. The fact
that there was q reward on both our heads
and that at any minute some ambitious
detective was liable TO recognize US was
beginning to tell on my nerves. Ned used
to try to laugh. my fears away by saying
ehat saw policemen in my sleep. Prob
ably l did-at any rate know that for
months. asleep or awake, would jump at
the slightest sound thinking It was an
officer come TO take us back to Sing Sing.
we could not live natural lives but had
To- be constantly lodging about and occa-
sionally running 10 cover for long inter
walls.
The ''one moro Job my husband had in
mind was the robbery OF Montreal bank.
He looked the ground over. found it, 10
his liking and then sent for a friend Of
ours, Dave Cummings. an experienced
oank ro0oer. TO come on from New York
ane help us.
y IL was really very simple undertak-
ing for three such expert criminals as We
were Ny part of it was merely 10 stand
In the shadow OF an alley and watch for
che possible return Of one OF The bank 8
two .watchmen There was small chance
OF his putting in an appearance. for
my husband had previously cultivated
his acquaintance and on this particular
evening had been plying him with mugs
OF ale until he had left him fast asleep in
nearby saloon
Inside the bank there was a second
Waterman. He was an old man. but when
he discovered Ned and Dave crawling
through the rear window. which they had
opened with their jimmies he put up such
a stiff fight that they had all they could
do to stun him with a blow on the head,
stuff handkerchief down his throat and
tie his hands and feet with piece OF rope.
AS Fl was. they made so much noise that
i nearly had nervous prostration in the
alley where | was crouching half a block
away
Il think Id better keep an eye on this
old chap. while you get the coin. Dave"
my husband said, ruefully rubbing a
bruised check he had received in the tus-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20

and o'clock, when he went out 10 get
something TO eat. Mike secured false
Key which unlocked a door to the ware
house, and arranged for two trucks 10 be
on hand at few minutes past 12 one
night.
when the truckmen arrived they found
Mike at the door OF the warehouse coolly
smoking cigar Quite naturally they
thought he was the proprietor After
helping the men to load the trucks with
S20,O0O worth of expensive silks, "Sheeney
Mike" turned out the lights, locked the
door and drove away to Medford, a suburb
OF Boston, where the goods were unloaded
before Mike found an opportunity to
snip his plumber to New York he was ar
rested, found guilty and sentenced to ff-
teen years in prison.
he tried every means OF escape he could
think OF without avail. AT last in his des-
peration to get out, he began drinking
large quantities of strong soap suds. This
made him deathly sick and unable to re-
tain any nourishment. His sufferings be-
came so Intense that he had TO be re-
moved his cell TO the prison hospital
In the prison hospital the doctor in
charge began watching his patient TO be
sure that some trick was not being played
on him. A careful examination of Mike
revealed. no organic trouble-thc doctor
could find no reason for the strange
symptoms. And yet right in front of his
eyes Mike would be taken with violent
pains in the stomach, followed by vomit-
ing.
The prison doctor was worried. He gave
stomach tonics. Still the spasms and
nausea continued. He put his patient on
a cereal debut his vomiting was not
iessened He changed the diet he gave
peer juice; he changed it to milk and
brandy-nothing brought relief.
The prison doctor uaa u,orriao Lave
was this once vigorous man wasting away
TO pallid skeleton in spite OF his best
efforts The doctor was a conscientious
man and he called a consultation OF two
outside physicians at his own expense
They patiently went over the record Of the
case and examined "Sheeney Mike mi
nutely-there was nothing to account for
the patients alarming condition. Still, il
might possibly be this or that. and SO
they would recommend trying few
things that had not yet been tried by the
prison doctor.
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The plans for my escape having been
fully arranged and the day agreed
upon. walked for the signal. Soon it
eame--a long, peculiar whistie--and
slipped my false key into the lock, let
myself out, closed and locked the door
again. A heavy snow was falling, and
FASTENED along, bareheaded, in house
slippers and without any wrap. Near.
by. at the place agreed upon, was a
leigh, and standing beside it, with a
heavy fur coat in his outstrekched
arms. ready for me. stood Med Lyons.
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Not many days after my husbands
escape was out with the prison mat
roma children, acting an their nurse.
! noticed an old indian peddIer hang
ing around trying TO cell baskets and
beada He followed us. and was an
noycd at his persistence, and finally
bousht pair Of slippers to get rid
Of him AS ! paid him the money he
presaed a tightly folded scrap Of paper
into my fnand-and instantly l recog-
ntzed in that eoppcrcolored face and
!ons-haired black wig my husband. Ned
Lyons.
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Horrors Worse Than Death


. The tragic end OF one of the party ter.
rihed Guerin and the remaining convict.
and put an end to the conspiracy against
Guerin But the strainIng OF the canoe
when it had nearly upset and the rising
sea had made the boat begin to leak.
Guerin and his fellow voyager decided that
they could not risk 1t any longer in the
noat but must make a landing and con-
tlnue their journey through the swamps
and widernesses and run the risk of en-
countering hostile natives
After the canoe was beached they hauled
1t up on shore and hid it among the trees
so RS to leave no track in case searching
party should follow after theM. They had
no very definite idea OF the proper direc.
tfon TO follow--knowing only that they
were on the wild coast of Dutch Guiana.
and must travel inland several miles 10
ind settlement Both men were as thin
as skeletons, worn out with baiiing and
padding the leaky boat, and their scanty
food supply was scarcely fit to eat. They
plunged haphaZard into the tropical for
est and swamp. They had nothing to mark
the time but the sun. which was sometimes
completely hidden by the dense foliage
threading cautiously through the swamps
and forests filled with treacherous death
traps, they were terrified and tortured by
the constant presence Of poisonous snakes
and venomous Insects and lizards. De-
crlbing this trip which lasted several DAYS
Guerin said:
After while we seemed to be strug-
Cling through an endless maze, that was
leading in the end to nowhere and this
sort OF thing went on and on Sometimes
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sic with the faithful guardian OF the bank
So as a matter Of precaution, my hus-
oand mounted guard with his revolver
over me Waterman, while Dave solved the
combination OF the safe Nothing further
happened TO interfere with our plans and
oy day0Teak we were well on our way to-
ward the Canadian border
We had expected TO get at least $40 900
from this robbery, but when we came 40
empty the satchel in which Dave had
placed the plumber We found there was
not quite half that amount 1t was ell
Dawes fault as we learned lager from the
newspapers. He. had carelessly over
looked a bundle of currency containing
S2o.o00. | had always considered Dave
Cummings thoroughly careful and relia-
bic man. but this expensive oversight OF
his rather shook my confidence in him
J My husband and returned TO New York
with our share OF the booty There. a
lew days later, we were arrested but not
for the bank robbery in Montreal The
detectives who had been searching for us
ever since our escape from Sing Sing, had
found our hiding place at last and they
took us back to prison to serve out our
terms.
In our prison cells, once more, we had
ample opportunity TO consider how fruit
less OF results our escape had been. For
all the risks we had run in getting out
spent In lodging detectives We had nothing
to show except the feeting satisfaction of
few days with our children. What had
We gained? Nothing.
How Billiard Got Out
criminals reputation for cleverness
among his fellows depends very largely
upon his ability to escape-or to helm his
friends to escape. Mark Shinburn used
to take more pride in the way he broke
into the jail at White Plains. New York,
10 free Charley Billiard and Ike Marsh,
two friends Of his, than he did in some of
his boldest robberies.
After accommodating the ground and
carefully planning the Jail delivery. Shin
burn and his companion. Raymond, put in
a hard nights work burrowing into the
jail. They took Marsh and Billiard out,
but what was gained? Marsh was soon In
trouble again and Billiard was taken again
and ended his days in prison.
And now one more instance-a very
curious one
, OF all the ways by which thieves have
cheated the law out of it's due the most
ingenious was probably the way "Sheeney
Mike brought about his release from the
Massachusetts State prison. He feigned
illness so cleverly that the eminent ply
sicians Of the State Medical Board pro-
nounced him suffering from a mysterious
and incurable disease and ordered his re-
lease after he had served only three years
of his twelve-ycar sentence for one of his
daring burglaries.
1t was the robbery Of Scott &, Co.'S sill
warehouse in Boston that sent "Sheenel
Mike" to Charlestown prison, from which
be SO ingeniously escaped. He discovered
that the Waterman was vigilant all through
the night except between the hours of l:
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Ho~Ex Women
of
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by poisonous snakes and beset by ven.
omous tropical Insects and lizards.
the underground, waist high would rustic
as an invisible snake took flight before u.s.
The next moment we would be founderns
In Quagmire not knowing whether to go
back or to the left or to the right, and con.
scous Of sinking deeper with each second
OF INDIGESTION.
with throbbiDg head, burning Skin, chat
tering teeth, aching and leaden limbs. we
were inclined to throw ourselves down to
miserably die. and we knew that tho
swamp fever was upon us"
Finally Guerin and his companion
reached a river and concluded that they
would follow It's bank In the hope OF com.
ing upon native camp, where they would
take chances OF friendly or unfriendly
reception Before long their bloodshot
eyes beheld hut. AS they approached II,
swaying and trembling from their hunger
and hardships and fever. black native
emerged and set up shout which soon col.
lected many other blacks from neighboring
nuts who rushed at them with spears
Guerin could not understand their Ian.
guage, but endeavored to explain to them
that they wanted food. rest and guide.
Guerins companion. in an EFFORT to make
plain their Willingness to pay for what they
wanted. showed couple OF francs in silver
This was an unfortunate move. because
1t excited the cupidlty OF the blacks, who
promptly fell upon them and searched them
and took away everything they had of
value. after which they were pushed into o
hut and kept prisoners
Sick, weak, almost discouraged, Guern
and his companion managed to escape and
stumbling through the treacherous mo-
rasses. emerged In the neighborhood of an
Indian village. Unlike the blacks, these
natives greeted the strangers in friendly
manner and invited Guerin and his com,
panion to stay with them until they were
rested and able to continue their journey.
after a few days Guerin and the other con-
vict were given guide by the Indians and
ne piloted them to seaport, where they
embarked on boat loading for New Or.
leans. From New Orleans Guerin went TO
Boston, and then took passage, for England.
hoping to find the woman he had been In
love with when he was sent away to DEVILS
Island. Guerin found her. but she was
then the sweetheart OF another. In the
row that followed this woman and her
lover tried to shoot Guerin.
And So Eddie Guern escaped--hut he
purchased his freedom at frightful cost
OF agony and ruined health.
Does crime pay? Nobody will claim that
1t does If the criminal gets into prison.
But criminals often escape from prison. II
ia urged-what then! And It Is to answer
this question that have to-day on this
page endeavored to take the public behind
the scenes and show them the real truth
about a few famous escapes from prison
and how the escaped convtcts proited
nothing. but were, indeed. worse of than
they we're before.
SOPHIE LYONS.
(SJpyr nv thn QtarCY
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my revolver. and for them to stop padding
would mean only prolongation of the agony
OF our escape"
AT last all we're SO exhausted that thew
decided to try to rig sail by tying their
shirts to an oar. A breeze had sprung up
and moderately large sea was now en-
danger1ng the craft. Everywhere about
the boat were big man-eating sharks.
THESE creatures SWAN around the boat
frequently whirling over on their backs
and swapping their jaws within reaching
distance OF the little craft
One OF Gucrin's companions began to
complain about his eyes. and the reflection
OF the fierce tropical sun on the water had
almost blinded all three convicts. Sud.
denly this man stood up In the boat and
pressed his sun-burned hands to his eyes.
he CROPPED for moment about him like
blind man, and then lost his balance and
fell to the side OF the canoe The boat
heeled over and began to take water over
the side and Guerin and this companion
were thrown into the water shark
close by made dash for Guerin's compan-
ION. and this gave Guerin a chance to
Chamber back into the canoe. as another
shark swept around the stern, narrowly
missing the American burglar