Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-01
PRICE CAREFULLY
THREADED HIS WAY
OUT OF WORKROUSE
Investigation Indicates That He
Eludcd Guards by Hiding
IN q Closet
WELL LAID PLANS
WORKED LIKE CHARM

That Ismucl rrrc the escaped urtr-
dcrCr, not only was familiar with tho
work holrc ROUTINE. but that he carefully
planned hIz CScaIv,. IS the firm b0lict ~
thnsc Who have Hooked the ground over
uid have seen what chances he took in
mal ing hls escape
l'rlc, s c,,ll Ma on the north side Of
th, west wing and IS the RRnc ccll Tint
-,l condemned mcu have h'>en confined IN
tOT nauv yrArs eyrrpt ~ ono CASE. when
three condemned mcn wrp, kept ~ the
institution. Rer,n Roberts. one oi thCm
hcing placed IN thc opposite wing It
ves OIL Tho lower tier and way next %
to corridor door u was III thus corridor
ihat prlac was pcImttld 20 CXcrc1Se twice
3aih
lho mystery about thc cEcaIe y who
arcnrd the barred door leading into thc
second corridor. which lrads INTO the ocn
trtl cofrtAur ~ the ,nstIt,tIou Tho
.gr.ral l4licf Il that when Tho guard
eamc into che wing whcr Price VA.
nunci 10 first went m on thc 1gpprr
tirr and payscd two prisoners out of thor
ccis oil the tier above, whcrc Trio" var
confined While tins guard walked e the
opposite tier 10 rcunovr prisoners from
ihsir cells. the FIRST two pri~oocrS prcos~'od
hir0 downstairs and II IS tho tfllcf that
onc 81 thcsr two Trt.n threw the levrr
which could havr hDrn done without
troltlc Il IS hclicyvd that then rrice
gurly passed through this door and hld
himscN n \ small clnect that happened to
~ oJv-u in tho sccond corridor
llc evidently then waited until Every
one lad passrd down 90 thrir supper
Another strange taciirnf is that lArlcr
knru that tho door from thr sccond
rnrridor 10 the central corridor was kept
O!~u whiC he mon wCr, At s,,pIs,r Ard
he alao knew that thcrr wtrc no guards III
tho rrrt-i corridor II >'iT7T tlrro
i he guard Who Opened the cclls on tho
wnc uhcr rrIcc was kept, after coming
Aav f-ow the UpTrT tirr. opcncd ihs door
to ~. corrlio9 II winch ETicc exercised
and ~ two prisoners o'!i of there,
"MAr-uir-~ GUARr PREVENTED MS
cnVEI.Y
THIS guard always gave Price match
al tins time. hut al tins time did not have
j match With hm, 81 did not offer Il To
Pricr. II he had hc would have noticed
that Pric' WAS not iu 5 ell and the dis
very ef the Negro absence would have
resulted II IS now believed that 81 tins
tame Prirn waS hiding ~ = closet on that
corridor
The reason that there was ~ guard
nv tie central corridor IS shat tins guard
was watching the men while they were
gafnc - supper and h" was in p passage
v,y leading from the central corridor u
tbe ,IIuuCro II.
Price know this from rrcvious *
perlcnce at the workhous, aving served
threc-ycar terTu thcr,, ard waited
until the orp0rtum'y offered 'isf ard
thcn = believed l. h4yc pass d through
thr central corridor - the door leading
back to the flour rpm In gong from tho
central corridor 10 the -four room Price had
III pass t coat room, whore quarts werc
continually passing To and fro. changing
their clothing IIC had to pass a door
leading to the guard dining room, hut
th!s door was always kept closed, except
when tic guards passed III or out He
then had - pass q second door leading al
81 u tho guards dining room while op-
pos,te this dor Was Q door leading INTO
the kitchen The cook was in the kitchen
and guards were n the d|niugr0cm
[ pcu reaching tho room whore the
anur wa~ kept thor wcro two mcn who
VET eating Hc passed tbess two men
vttb his head turned from them, went to
tht end II the -four pile picked up 100
pound bag - H. placed il on his right
shoulder md with hs left elbow shielding
his face. which was partly concealed By
CAP hc ia ssed out cf thc room He then
passed back through The hall and into
the central corridor "a the first gate. The
back 9f Price WAS stcn by the central
corridor guard who ~ this time had re-
turned from the pass4g way adjoining
tie central corridor
Price had shifted the bag If -four ~
1le left shoulder and passed Gut the gates
4 the institution, Is has already been