Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-22


this under your blouse" be said.
He dipped over his own mattress
and his quick fingers tore open the
under sheet Of ticking. He found five
ten dollar bills sewed together as one
PUT this in your KICK" he told Mont.
gomery. "You will need it Don't ask
any questions. There amt time.
had it slipped in from the outside"
In two minutes more they would say
goodby to each other II the escape was
successfully managed
Don't forget the old man. KID" Bill
said solemnly. ~ don't know how
much 1t counts. but you might think Of
me at night when you say your pray.
ers. If you make out all right. get a
personal In the Herald and sign 1t
Kid The Butcher Is on his good be
havior and gets the paper regular
He'll watch for it and let me know
Any kind of code you make up we
can dope out in here"
The bell sounded for mess formation
Bill held out bis hand. and Mont
gomery took 1t in both of his.
The open head of the oblong box in
the machine shop lay between the legs
Of the table at which convict No. co.
lOS made his record OF machinery re-
ceived and machinery shipped from
the prison. Apparently It was ready
to be taken from the prison.
-Four men were staggering out Of the
shop with Grated machine when the
convict at the desk asked how many
more pieces their wagon could take.
Zone more" replied one Of the men.
"Can you handle this long box to
finish the loadT'
Its just right to finish up with for
the night"
"All right Take It out when you
return. | may be out of the shop 1t
Is time to turn In will put 1T down
on my list as having been sent"
Montgomery was alone in the room
and at his desk. Outside be heard the
clatter Of the heavy shoes Of the truck.
desk for a moment and then disap-
peared. A gray form wrtggled feet
first into the box. and the end under
the desk suddenly closed with slight
click.
The truckmen entered. shouldered
)he cof1nlike case and. finding it light
er than they had expected. FASTENED
their steps that they might quickly
finish with their job for the night
They passed out of the shop to the
quadrangle, heaved the box to the rear
Of the loaded truck and roped it on.
1t was nearly II o'clock. and the
stars were obscured by clouds. Arc
lights made the quadrangle as bright
as day and illumined the high walls
and every nook and corner. Sentries
In their little octagonal boxes stood
with their rifles In hand. keeping a
sharp lookout
A team Of powerful horses tugged
at the burden, and the load Of machin-
cry was started out. At the gate the
head truckman told the guard that
bis job was done for the night and
gave him slip containing the list of
pieces intrusted to him to deliver at
the Ossining freight station.
In another half minute convict No.
6O,1OS was outside of the wall Of Sing
Sing. He braced himself with his
knees and elbows when the truck jolt
ed over rough places in the road
Bill had told him that he would find
path down the cliff half mile north
Of the prison. 1t would lead to the
railroad tracks. he was to find It and
get away from main roads.
Montgomery counted on one hour be-
fore his tier guard would demand an
explanation Of his absence at the ma
chine shop and then give the alarm.
He estimated the distance by the
speed Of the horses and at the proper
moment released the end of the box
He drew himself forth and tumbled,
with sidewise twist to the soft, earth
road. On hands and knees he scram-
bled into the shadow of some bushes
and took his bearings.
The road was deserted and the
houses all dark. The only sound was
the creaking Of the load of machinery,
which rapidly became fainter and
fainter. He plunged down the path
and at the bottom OF the cliff turned
and ran to the south through the little
tunnel under the prison.
There were six miles to cover to Tar
rytown, then three and half miles
across the Hudson to Nyack and then
mile and half westward to the
West Shore railroad, which would take
him to the meadows of Newark bay.
Bills inside Information was that ut
West Nyack be would get an express
freight at four in the morning. 1t
would not stop until Homestead was
reached. There some of the cars would
be shunted to the Erie tracks, and he
would be able to slip into the tall
marsh grass just as day was breaking.
Montgomery had FIVE hours in which
| to make the schedule outlined for him
by his burglar friend. He took the Gin
der path between the tracks, brought
bis clinched hands to his chest and
started to run in swinging stride,
his mouth closed and his head thrown
back.
1t was not easy going, for the prison
brogans are made Of heavy, stiff leath-
er, with soles that would sink q diver
to his task below the sea. His heels
and toes were badly blistered by the
end Of his second mile, and be was