The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-13
TELL INTERESTING
STORY OF ESCAPE
TWO CoNSICTs REC tpTt RED IN
PostRE AND III NIGER
ONE FELL IN CANAL
HkNILToN SECURED CLOTHING FOR
HIMSELF AND Ht$uLEN FROM
SISTER on WEST IINN
STREET.

/ Siler Atkins and Allen Burton. two
of the cunviCts who took French
leave from the penitentiary Monday
night, were captured near Sabot yes
terday afternoon. Hamilton and Han
ley are still az liberty They were
brought back by Superintendent Wood
and CAPTAIN Penn. in high pow er
Automobile from Coco bland. County
Atkins and Burton gave vivid de-
7criptton- Of their experience during
the night when they roamNd through
the country not knowing in whisl
direction they were going They also
furnished Superintendent Wood. 81
the penttentiary 4 fun expla nation If
their deep-laid plot IN bafiie the guard
and foreman of tho overall factory,
IN which they were a work whom
they managed 10 escape
That Atkins and Burton were left
behind on the inside nf the walls and
deserted to their fate by Hamilton
and Hanlay even after they had reach
cd the ground came 10 light yester-
day afternoon during the confession
nf the two men They both asked
that superintendent wood he as light
upon them as posr,hI" I'm dealing with
their case. and begged him not To in
ftct too heavy a punishment for their
attempt 10 escape.
Tell story of Escape.
The account given hy the two men
Ak to how they managed 20 tie the
/ hands eta guard. night Waterman 7rs
/ then foreman buu1InE them over
, behind bolts of overall material did
( rot vary greatly win the account
given NJ their escape Yesterday They
! both stated that the guard was first
caught ana tied and I'm a few min
Ia, A..
! his rounds they treated him In the
same manner This left only the
foreman. who had left the room to
Answer the telephone to deal with,
When the foreman returned to the
overall department he was grabbed
h@ h" entered the door and piled over
behind bolts and other scrap material
with the guard and night wntchman.
Hurton said that during the entire
PROCEEDINGS that he hung hack. and
not until the three had been put out
Of the way. did he fully make IN his
mind 20 make an attempt at getting
away
He said that they quickly made a
rore from scraps cut from over-aft
material md with this tV,cv rea ches
tho ground from Tho third a0or hand
er-Hand They took with them
another short piece Of rore. Az
soon as they reached the ground saey
went 10 the Firs> Street side Of the
walls Here Hamilton gra hhef the
rnne, tied brick to ono end Of Il,
and thrrr- II over a rope attached to
an electric light! pole and by which
the light was lowered or raised
Desert Their Companions.
They pulled tslis rope down ana
Hamilton and Handlev climbed NJ Z
H..
two had hardly reached the top or
wall before Hamilton and Handlev
grabbed the rope from their hands
and let II down upon the outside de-
sorting Burton and Atkins. and leav-
ing them .Still on the inside of fhe
high wall without any means at hand
for them to get over. This action
upon the part Of Hamilton and Hand
lev caused the two men captured yes
terda~ 10 declar" that il was evident
that the two were looking out only for
themselves and did not care whether
their pals escaped or not. Burton de-
clared that this was the last that they
saw of Hamilton or Handley.
He sad that no sooner had the
rope been grabbed from their hands
than the Wrought crossed hts mind
that he had better go back TO the
prison door and knock for admission
i'ut they finally decided to take 81
chance at getting over the wall in
some other manner. With this idea
m view they went back TO the work
shop Of the penitentiary and secured
a step ladder They placed It against
he wall and after they had gotten
upon 1t were just able to reach a
brace which hung down from one ~
the small guard houses. arranged
along the wall Burton said that
they managed To pull themselves up
hv slis with each others aid.
Lost In Cemetery
lie said that as soon MS they hit
the ground on the outside of the wall
they commenced running. They made
their way at a rapid gait westward,
towards Hollywood Cemetery. The
night was dark and Burton said that
they were unable to see in which d.
rection they were going. They were
soon lost and in a few minutes after
roaming about In the cemetery they
found themselves back at the side
from which they had entered near the
penitentiary As soon as they saw
their mistake they turned and again
started west ward this time SIX irtirlE
the cemetery walls along the canal,
Burton said that they had walked
probably a mile when suddenly he
fell and plunged head first into the
canal at n point some distance above
the cemetery. He was pulled out by
hts companion and they continued
their journey. They both suffered
from cold. and Burton more SO be-
cause of the wet condition of hls
clothes. Each wore a pair OF overall
trousers over their penitentiary garb.
and two Jackets, one over the other
The two kept walking. and when
arrested Yesterday afternoon shortly
after o'clock twenty miles from
R!chmo were. nearly overcome. un-
accustomed to long walks their
muscles were sore and every bone In
their body ached from exposure.
Captured by G. & q. Workmcn.
They were captured by +. G. Sim
gletoh a section foreman, r M Strat-
ION and A NJ Lyon, all employees OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
/ They were seen walking In a field
4 near tho railroad tracks. and this
three railroad men who had been
warned ~ their escape held them
/ up with shotguns with which tsley
/ wsre armed for the purpose. The
men Were taken on to Sabot a small
station twenty miles from Richmond.
fand ife renitenttery authorities roti-
/ fled. superintendent wood and Cap
tain Penn at once left in an automo-
bile, bringing them back to the prison
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