The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-13
EDWARD KRhUsE SAWS RARS AND
 MAKES ESCAPE
Man Under Sentence of Death Makes Strange Getaway and Still
 at Liberty.
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down into the jail proper and be- ! gan a search.
 On the south side of the main tank, near a waslibowl, two steel bars were found to have been saw ed off and bent down towards the floor making a space about eighteen inches square through which Krause had escaped from the main tank into the narrow corridor. The bars had been sawed close to a lower rib of the cage and also at the bottom, but not all the way through, so to allow Of easier pres sure to bend the bars down.
 Supposition of Escape.
 The supposition is that KraGsC escaped from the main tank short ly before nine o'clock, made his 1 way along that corridor to the one leading into the jailer's office and shielded by Instructions around the jail toilet, escaped the attention of the jailers, and when the jail CTS backs were turned, skipped through the door, slammed it placed the wooden plug into the staple and escaped through the jailer's office, through the outside 1 door-and to liberty.
 This tells the story of the es- cape and the incidents leading up to it. This morning Jailers Estes and Mahoney made statement to The Empire, setting forth the de- tails as above.
 Suspect Bingham. Jailer Mahoncy, who was watch ing the cells as Jailer Estes was closing the cells by the lever ar- rangement, says he was looking particularly to see whether Alber- tino, charged with murder on Doug las Island, was in his cell He says that Albertino had frequently giv- en them trouble when they were trying to put him in the cell, and frequently Prisoner Bingham had given them assistance, in getting him in. When Bingham stopped the process of closing the cells for an instant, Mahoney looked quickly toward Albertino, and he was in his cell. Then came the slamming of the door, and the discovery of the escape as related. The jailers think Binghams s remark was made to cover Krause's effort to get away,
 Outer Door Left Open.
 The door from the jailer's office leading to the outside of the jail had been accidentally left open by Peter Early, who had, at the time the jailer's went in to lock the prisoners up, gone to the boil CT room to bank the furnace fire for the night AS a general rule this door is locked followed any one leaving, but last night, Early, stating that he would be fright back the door was not locked as usual.
 Search Begins.
 Three minutes after the warning shots were fired by Jailer Mahoney. men, women and children congre- gated on the hill at the Court House. Within ten minutes depu- ties were arriving at the jail and within 20 minutes it seemed as if half of Juneau were either sur rounding the court house or on adjacent streets discussing the es- cape.
 Deputy Manning with other cit izens went immediately to the beach while other officials went in other directions.
 Federal officials gathered quick ly at the marshal's office and after consultations it was decided to send out a general alarm, offer the re- ward of $1,000. form posses and make a thorough search The gen. eral alarm was sounded by the fire bell in the city hall and citizens rushing there, were fully appraised of the situation, and searching par ties were then quickly" organized.
 Governor Acts Promptly.
 When notified of the jail break and the desire that a reward be oHcicu at once, GOV. J. F. A. Strong promptly made the offer of S1,000 for the return of the body of Edward Krause, dead or alive.
 Possibly Help from Petersburg.
 boat that was net recognized as one of the local mosquito fleet was anchored yesterday in the channel above Juneau, according to information received through res idents on the flats beyond the Casey-Shattuck addition. It dis appeared during the night. Last night about 9 o'clock two men were seen to be running up Calhoun Road, and down into the flats. It is suspected that there is con- nection between these incidents and the disappearance of Krause.
 It is thought that this boat might have come from Petersburg. A friend of Krause at Petersburg is known to have recently predicted that Krause would never hang for his crimes, and this friend left that town recently in a boat well-stock- ed with supplies.