Bisbee daily review., 1914-09-30

h on the outskirts of a little New Jersey village. He re- ~e'red in the woods an day. determin- 70 that the good start SO prOvidential- iy given him. should not be lost -hrcugh any lack of caution on his part
 At brook he cleaned himself and Che muddied garments he wore, and at evening of the second day Of his es- cape be felt that he could present him. self among his fellows again. During this time he had appeased his hunger with carrots, radishes and turnips from the edge of truck farm.
 He craved warming drink and more substantial food. After dark he entered the village and found a lunch wagon near the railroad station. It was while eating in this roadside cara vansary that he overheard two men gossiping about the Sl00O reward of- fered for his recapture.
 "lt was daring escape" said the man next him. ''rhe newspapers an wrote it mp In fine style and announced that the police would pay the reward asked Constable Mikleiohn about 1t, and he told me that soon a description and his pictures would be in the hands Of every police office everywhere"
 Montgomery finished his meal in si- lence paid for it from the money he had brought with him from prison and departed
 He realized that within week or ten days he would not dare show his face to a police officer in city or vil- lage. He would have 10 get beyond the police net if he could It would take time for him to grow a beard and change his appearance He would seek refuge fin a part of the country where villages and towns were not so closely crowded together. In some re- mote corner he could, perhaps. secure
 for himself some little social standing. just enough to feel as if be had some identity other than that written In the police records. He would willingly
 work his hands to the quick in any form of honest toil for this boon. He secured a time table at the rail
 
 ern express paused there, bought
 ticket to Richmond, Va.
 On the train he secured copies of the l New York newspapers and read the accounts of the search for the escaped convict In all Of the stories reference vas made to the fact that he was an expert machinist, and he felt that the | police would surely look for him among l those of his'craft His heart sank with ip him. His craft was to bring him the | means by which some day his name would be cleared so that he would have the inestimable boon of moving without a police shadow at his heels, | or living in the open and of doing his | test iu the struggle Of life.
 Montgomery fingered in Richmond fer several days. taking humble lodg- l ihg in cheap boarding house and
 gFaduany equipping himself with modest wardrobe. He lived with strictest economy. boarding bis scanty sinply of money. He yearned for chaHee tu work with his hands, but he feafed 10 show himself in the daytime as vet At the end of week he learn ed from an afternoon paper that the l ipcRl police had posted circulars offer- ipe a reward for his capture. He saw hjs own picture on the front page Of the paper ana under 1t a close and ac- curate description of himself. He would have to move on.
 l De did not return to his lodging
 house for the little supply of clothes he had gathered. though he had paid ! fOKi Bs room in advance. He knew | tlfii every other city in the country woqld7 soon be added to the police | fliesh, and he determined to leave the | paved streets for the quiet and seclu- sion of country roads. In a section of 1 the city where the poorer people did ! their shopping he bought a tin of meat | and a boy of crackers. He still had S25, and be would have spent the most ' of it for a kit of tools. but he did not dare run the risk He managed to picE. I'D in a small shop a soldering 1 cut6t 2 light hammer, resin. a spool cs wire and a few other essentials for
 1Hte-'s outfit He made light pack ere as night was falling found his ysy c11thward out of the city. lt
 7ao cummer and he could sleep in aarh9'grd gtsbles or in the open dur ilL fair wcather He determined to
 ssl foot by night and sleep by
 T c0@ Tie beard was fully grown. a
 Into ts lower bay Of New York
 yelling one of the highest tides Gle early summer. Higher and
 .e- Che water rose until the nests 3 ths marsh fowl Heated away and --y Che top of the New Jersey sedgs
 s 70 be seen. The highest of the t-muocks in the meadows was GOV. cred. With the turning of the tide ft5'r gatherings of spindrift were re- turned to the waters whence they came ana the dead friend Of Montgomery 6oated from Newark bay through the XII von Kull to the harbor of New York
 Among the scores of telephone re- ports from Harbor Squad A at Pier
 No !, North river. during this busy oeason Of the year for the men on the -,tf.a honfo o.a road etnoav oF ,cv,