The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-28

neaths When friends, VIZ v..,.
dignant at what they felt ~ =, y
unjust sentence, helped him - -
capa He went west and Nm = .
! business and . name for hi...S
But the shadow Of fear was al~...
worrying him. After co,suis,ss
DR.. Budding. b went bach - ~
prison He served four years -
was pardoned.
A Dr.. Budding says. esc,... !.
any kind are rare, and u 49,
tic escape. from prison q - i
seldom heard Of any more -
liam Hohenxollern, Intern
Dutch castle. apparently -
thinks Of putting poison = ".
guards afternoon tea or Of bpr,s.
ing his way out of the ero..Ss !
his estate. az any hiEh-s,irtss
monarch used to do in like ci5c,-
stances. Louis Napoleon n ~
OF . similar awkward sifv.1ss
quite naturally by stroliins Al =,
prison disguised in vurtrsss
clothes. and carrying . p1aak ). T
his shoulder.
Still more ingenious was H. =
nous Casanova. He was ~ y
royal blood, but his exit ~. .
prison cell over the ron ~
the dreaded inquisition met + ~
OF the most famous escapes n
tory.
Casanova's escape has -
spread out over several yolumS
The most amusing incident il ~
in which he desires to send 4 cro..
bar to . fellow-prisoner. He m.
ned to conceal the crovbsr n II
big bible. but it stuck out 4 ~
inches beyond the covers, 80 he =.
rsnsed with the jailer-who =
either naturally or inteutiopai,
half-witted-to carry a diah \
macaroni and the bible to n
friend. The platter was very lar
and very full. The crovbar 81
placed in the bible and the a.
was laid on top of the book. ~
idea was that the jailer woup
nave to walk 80 cautiously to syoN
spflling the sauce that he vouN
not notice the crovbar projectire
from the book below the dish.
An IRgealous Escape.
You can imagine a modern NJ
oner evolving such q wild plan 3
q modern warden guilelessly ~.
ing unexamined gifts from one e1lI
to another. Yet the ruse succeo1.
ed. and with many more BREATHE
adventures Casanova and . fellcv.
prisoner battered their way out q
one Of the best prisoners Of ittl
century Italy.
In Casanova's day. q prisoner
was shut up in q fortress six leet
thick and then left alone to Il
out any way he liked. Once . ~
somebody came around to sec u
he was there, and after this intN.
ruption. digging, rope-making IL
other preparations went on undh.
turbed. Now watchful guards in t.
corridors. and walls too thin b
shut out the noise from poundire.
seriously interfere with the tl,if-
tional methods of a dramatic =
cape.
Once In q great while, indeea,
guards are still hoodwinked byM
audacious trick. Some years a.,
in Newgate, Conn, a very unusual
and original departure from prison
occurred.
/ A prisoner had died, and bis body
was lying in q pine box in IN
chapel ready for burial. A color
ed prisoner realized the possikH.
ties Of that box. Pretending iI.asog
with convincing realism ct the din
ner table. the negro was permitted
to leave the room and 60 to N
cell unattended. Instead, he wet
to the chapel. removed the BOY
from the box and hid it in q corsee.
Then he fixed the nails in the n
80 that the lid would open easily,
! and got inside.
After dinner. three Irish prison
ers and q guard were sent to g!
the box. The four got into ~
! prison wagon with their burta
and drove of to the cemetery. ~
they set the box down by the gravs
a moan came from II. The ~
stood staring 1t it with bulgi1g
eyes. Then = louder groan aross.
"Howly murdther!" yelled "
Irish convicts. THE corpse =
aloive!" and they tore back to "
Jail, the guard only one step -
hind them.
| The corpse" lost no time IN con-
ing out Of his hiding place. -
guards gun lay where he had dfse'
ped it in his flight. and the prisce
wagon was also conveniently NJ
With these to help him, the heeins
convict had a good start before "
pursuit began and he got away. !.
| This is an escape after the ~
tern of medieval affairs. There 7
! adventure in it. But such trlcn
are rarely planned. let alone q
lecuted. Mostly. prisoners who g
part unofficially from Jail DO % =!
collision with . guard, BY iuc'
/! lin small jails not strongly ~
liced), or occasionally BY brsanu!
their word when given liberties "
der the honor system. And ".
1.-THE prisoner does carefully otss'
out Of Jail BY one Of these mon
DDS he usually ends by COMM J
'lDr. budding to help him breaI y
; again.