Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-28

M ON re Oh Lfis IftsbfIcft ffFtff f9rflfiF
or write TO DR. budding 20 know what 10
do He tells them, M he told the man
just mentioned, that they cannot expect
% live honorably or in peace until they
have been freed by the state, and then,
when he has their permission, he does
what he can 10 make the return o. prison
easy for them. He says that he has never
failed 10 convince any ore who appealed
10 him of the wisdom of this course even
in cases Of escapes from life imprison-
mefit.
M LOST mrs NERVE.
Such an instance occurred when DR.
budding was on western trip some
time ago. A man read in the newspaper Of
the work OF this DR. budding, who had
been prisoner himself, and came 10 rec
him. The man explained that rs years
before he had, in a ft Of anger, killed
girl, who refused % marry him. He was
given life imprisonment, bat served only a
few months when friends, who were in
dignaut at what they felt waa an unjust
sentence, helped him 10 escape. lie went
west and built up business and name
for himself. But the shadow of fear was al-
ways worrying him. After consulting Dr.
budding, he went back ~ the prison He
served four years and vas pardoned
As DIR. budding says, escapes of any
kind are rare, and the romantic escape
from prison ht least, is seldom heard n
any more William Hohenz0Ilern, intern
cd in a Dutch castle, apparently never
thinks Of putting poison in the guards
afternoon tea or Ofburroving hls WAY out
Of tho grounds of his estate. as any high
spirited monarch used t0 do IN ike cir
cumstanees Louis Napoleon got out ~ a
similar awkward situation quite natural
~ by strolling out Of prison disguised in
workman's clothes, and carrying a plank
on hia shoulder.
Still more Ingenious was the famous
Casanova. He was not Of royal blood, but
his exit from n prison cfil over the room
where the dreaded TnqtIisition met il ore
n the most famous ESCAPES in history
CaEanova's escape has been spread
out over several volumes The mcst
amusing incident is that in which he
desires % send orowbar ~ 3 fellow
prisoner. He planned n conceal The crow
bar in big Bible, bat il stuck ont fe7v
inches beyond the covers, 81 be array ged
with the jsiler.- who waq either natural
ly or Intentionally half-wi'ted p carry
a dish Of macaroni and the Bible ~ HE
friend The platter was VERY large and
very full The crowbar was placed in the
Bible and the dish was laid on top of the
Book The iden was that the jaiIer would
have N walk 70 cautiously ~ avoid spill-
irg the sarice that ne would rot notice
the crowhar projecting from the Book
below the dish
AN INGENIOUS Fscspr.
You oan imsgre q modern prisor eY
evolving such a Wild plan " modern
warden gtnlelessly bearlTR ureramir ed
gifts from ore cell - srofhsr Yet the
rise succeeded and with many more
bresthless adventures Casanova and
feli0v-rrisore ere battered their way out u
ore n the best prisons a ssh century
italy.
In Csssnovs = day, a prisorsT svas shut
up in fortress wix feet thick ard then
left alone 20 get out arv way he liked
Once p day somebody came nTour 70
see that he was here. ard after this irter-
ruption, diggi1 z, Tope-uakif z. ard other
preparations vent on undisturbed Vow
watchful guards in the corridors, and
walls too thin 20 shut ont the noise from
pounding, seriously interfere with the
traditional methods of q dramatic escape.
Once in great while, indeed, guards
are still hoodwir ked by "a audaclous
trick. Some years ago, N Newgate, Con-
rectIeut, a very unusual ard original de-
parture from prison occurred.
A prisoner had died, and his BODY was
lying IN a pine box IN the chapel ready for
burial A colored prisoner realized the
possibilities Of that box. Pretending illness
with convincing realism ~ the dinner
table. the Negro vas permitted to leave
the room and 20 70 his cell unattended
Instead. he went r0 the chapei. removed the
body from the box and hid il IN corner
Then be fixed the nails IL the lid 50 that the
box would open easily, and got inside
After dinner, three Irish prisoners and
a guard were sent 20 get the box The
four got INTO the prison wagon with their
burden, and drove of 10 the cemetery.
As they set the box down bv the grave a
moan came from il. The men stood staring
az It with hulging eyes. Then a louder
@oan arose.
Howly murdtherF yelled the Irisn
convicts. The corpse is aloive" and thew
tore back 70 the jail, the guard only one
step behind them.
The corpse" lost no time in coming
out Of his hiding place. The guard gun
lay where he had dropped il IN his flight
and the prison, wagon was also convent
entity lett. With these 70 help him, the
fleeing convict had q good start before
the pursuit began and be got away.
This IS an escape after the pattern Of
medieval affairs. There Is adventure IN
il. But such tricks are rarely planned
let alone executed Mostly. prisoners
who depart unoticially from jail 10 so
by oolllsion with q guard. by force in
small iails, not strongly policedl, or .occa-
sionallv BY breaking their word when
given liberties under the honor system.
And when the prisoner does carefully
break out OF Jail oy one Of these methods
he usually ends By coming to DR.. budding
to help him break in again.