The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-15

the messages for e my q tlon
- the two ygotfIs correct had
seven letters Surely that would be
Edt1Ife enough Ia give me the others ia
time. though I Remembered them Inn
perfectly and needed to hear them
AGAIN.
aid not hear them AGAIN Till the
next night but heard other letters
ana short words thar added 20 my
knowledge Of the code The letter
was used quite often by itself, as was
the letter A. Besides when a con'
versation was ended during the day
the last words were two. and ] WIS
not long in Interpreting them as good
by, This gave me nine letters, Or
d third OF the alphabet Within q
few days had It all, but It required
practice to read As to telegraphing
myself, practiced at sending messages
to myself by tapping with my finger
on the wall OF my cell and soon be-
came quite proficient
As soon as could read readily de-
termined to take a hand in the dla-
Iogues. Two men. both poiiticals, were
communicating, the one a young man
who had been sent to Siberia from
university; the other had been impll-
Gated in a conspiracy to assassinate
minister OF police. The latter was
much older than the former-at least
he talked more sedateiy- While the stu
dent was full OF hope and enthusiasm.
He was discussing withthe other plans
for escape. which his correspondent
discouraged as impossible and would
only bring down more horror on those
who attempted them.
The call signal ] learned at the out
set. It was three taps at Intervals I'LL
the party to be called responded. When
was suflclently practlced to bold
conversation gave the signal. A re-
ply came
whit is 1t. Paul?"
made the reply myself said TINT
was a political prisoner, young girl;
that had heard their conversations
over the pipe and had Interpreted their
code. would be pleased to talk with
them when they We're not engaged
chatting with each other. Paul, the
university man. asked me how long /
had been in learning the code and-
when / told him. compllmented me on
my readiness I asked him If he We're
not afraid of the prison authorities be-
coming aware that he was communl-
eating. to which he replied that tue
prisoners all knew the hours when the
guards were due and we're careful to-
refrain from tapping when they came
round. He added that the latter We're
stupid lot and. If they heard the tap
ping and suspected code, could never
learn it as had done.
Doubtless the principal deterrent
from insanity among prisoners is plan
ming escapes Paul, who, learned, was
in the cell directly below me, was full
OF these plans. which he: had been
proposing to Alexis. who was in the
cell above me. After came into the
trio Paul consulted me rather than
Alexis as to the practica bility of his
plans. but 1 had not been there long
enough to have. any knowledge OF the
prison or the habits of our guards and
could, sbesofano use to. him.s Neverthe'
less he finally, laid a plan intended for
! my escape. with, the assistance of the
other two.swhich Alexis pronounced
feasible, though not probable. No es..
cape could be made without bfibinE
TIE gnard. and this could not be- dome
| without is$befnE able to make 4E4db-
| pear that Ile!wils innocent A wdtnan.
Maria, had charge Of the cells for the
woman prisoners. and | succeeded IN
winning her sympathy. Indeed. she
became so fond OF me that she would
lgwilIIngly aid me 10 get away provided
she should not suffer for negligence or
labetting me in my escape.
PauFs plan was for me to effect n
1cIlange OF, clothing with him. to pretend
illness, be sent to the hospital and trust
Flo luck TO get back into woman's attire
| and go out as an unidentified prisoner.
There seemed to be no way TO carry
out the initiatory part OF the plan until
Il proposed to do my clothes up in n
bundle that could be put through the
| window bars and let it down to Paul
| on the floor below Then ! would haul
up his clothes by the same mems
could make cord by tearing certain
PARTICLES of my clothing into strips.
We exchanged the clothing without
difficulty, aud the next morning when
4 Maria came around she found me in
mans dress. offered, if she would
help me. to send her Il thousand rubles
| from home. This she declined. but
agreed to assist me because she piticd
and loved me. though she would be
obliged to leave the prison and Kara
MS we'll ms | IL she did so. She went
away. leaving my cell unlocked,
agreeing to give her n couple of hours
to get away. At the end of that time
walked out into the corridor till
saw a jaiier approaching. then fell on
the floor. Coming to me, he picked me
up and. not knowing who l was. but
thinking me to be i'll. sent me to the
hospital. where was put to bed.
The nurses were men, and had no
opportunity to appropriate woman's
clothes. But at midnight got out Of