The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
AMOS SPRUNlER MAKES ESCAPE
 FROM OFFICERS
DEPUTY nARSHalS UNABLE TO LOCATE ESCAPED
 PRISONER

Friday afternoon while bunch of seven prisoners from the federal jail were being worked in the gar den at the detention hospital, Amos Springer, who has been confined here awaiting transportation to Me NCiis Island. where he is to serve d term of two years for sending dope through the mails, made his escape from Peter Deiser the jail guard who was in charge of the party. That night all of the available depu- ty marshals started on search for him, but up to late hour yester- day afternoon, the man had not been recaptured
 The United States marshal has of fered a reward of $50 for his cap. ture or information which will lead to his apprehension No warrant is needed for the arrest of Springer, anyone having the power to take him into custody
 Springer is a man of about 10 years of age, dark complexion about five feet 10 inches in height and of very slender build. The most un mistakable mark of identification is spot about the size of a pea on one side of his lower lip.
 Peter Deiser, who was guarding the bunch of prisoners who were working in the garden at the de tention hospital, has been discharged from the force of jail guards for ne glect of duty. His place has been given to Sam Kincaid
 In telling the story of the escape. MT Deiser said: "l had gone up to the hospital late in the afternoon to relieve McNeil (Another of the jail guards), In the bunch were Sprunger, Teddy Baihly, Nick, q young Swede and four Indians. Not being acquainted with three of the Indians (those brought over from Fort Yukon last week) l was watch ing them more closely than I was any of the other prisoners. I did not think of Sprunger trying to get away, so when he asked for per mission to get some chips from the wood pile to start fire for burnng some trash, I readily gave it to him. The fire did not burn tho first time and he went after more chips. l saw him walking away past the woo dpile and started to go after him, but, realizing that I had other prisoners in my care. decided to let him go and apprehend him later
 'I then took the remainder of the ed back to look for Sprunger. In the meantime somebody notified the marshal of the escape
 It is understood however, that ow- ing to the negligence of Deiser in reporting the escape, Sprunger had a good start on the officials Several stories have been going about town since his escape. The one which is given the most credit by the off cials is that Sprunger appropriated a boat owned by an Indian, lying in the Panama river at the foot of { II C ct lnf IlIri Friday night, and made his escape down river. A report from Cinema is to the effect that he was seen passing there in the boat about 12:3 o'clock Saturday.
 The best evidence that that story is true is the fact that the Indians boat is gone together with a moose carcass and a rifle, and also that foot prints positively identified as Sprunger's were found near the place where the boat was moored.
 Another story about town Saturday evening was to the effect that Sprunger stayed around town all of Friday night before finally making his escape
 Isadore Stein, prser of the gaso- line boat Dan, reports having met Sprunger in his boat several miles below Cinema Saturday afternoon. He did not know of the escape at the time.
 Chief Deputy Marshal Joe Miller stated yesterday that he expects to have Springer in custody by tomor row at the latest. He has wired to every telegraph office to be on the lookout for the man, and it is eX- pected that he will be headed off at Nenana