Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-01

- #SEive hundred conYtctS break away out
-. budding explains that where even
" years ago they might have stood
air chance of permanent freedom, to-
they are often retaken Immediately.
comparatirely few years ago refu-
81 - had a chance to cover his tracks and
Il his identity in the time it took to
80 lify sheriffs and spread word Of the
d Is - ape. Now cables, the telephone, rail-
DIS even airplanes, If necessary, can
Nailed on to speed in pursuit.
+ &&sA he Is not taken at once, the con-
1919 mNnner betrays him. Publicity
T hav4 gone ahead Of him, he FEARS
- LID is wary Of every one he meets.
sHE 80 - across the lunchroom table who
~ w. #FxB between bites OF a sandwich
re ne works may be detective. A
- e 81 ceman looks at him and he is thrown
%aSHS7yo a panic Eventually he gives him
~ IL away in his efforts to be inconspic-
~. fous.
DESIRE FOR FREEDOM
causes RETURN.
Nearly every day" says DR.. budding,
zone or more men Of this type come to
- me for help because the situation Is too
n much for them. There was a typical
faaSsss just a few days ago. The man
f In and asked to talk with me. He
hooking at me, trying to decide
- he could trust NE with his
I n - 60 Is Aid to him, when did you
- - Early knocked him over. He
- ~ ~ 80 be showed his fear so plain
81 Then he looked relieved. We talked
fhe matter over, and 1 showed him that
the only thing to do was to so back and
inish his term. Then he could walk the
"a streets a free man. You aren't free now, ,
told him. You don't dare talk 10 any
one
That's true he said. But II I go
back I'll be put In. irons, and I was a
trusty.
No, not If you give yourself up I
told him will write to the superin-
tendent and explain that you are coming
back voluntarily, and ask him to give
sou your old place
The man agreed and here is the sur
prising part OF the story, to one who
does not understand prisons and prison
ers as DR.. budding does. The man was
w not -pJt under guard or handcuffed. DIR.
~ budding told him to come back at a
certain time. When he came he was
given ticket to the Jail town and a
letter which had been obtained from the
superintendent Of the prison saying that
he was travelling by permission of the
prison authorities. The convict was to
carry this letter with him, for he was
= been arrested on his way. This man
did not make any attempt to use either
the letter or the ticket TO escape. The
adventure was over for him.
Something like this happens about a
hundred times a year. Escaped prison
ers from all parts Of the country come
In to an office OF the Prisoners Relief
Society or write to Dr.. budding to know
what to do. He tells them, as he told
the man just mentioned. that they can
not expect to live honorably or in peace
until they have been freed by the State
and then, when he has their permission.
n. he does what he can to make their re-
turn to prison easy for them. He says
that he has never failed to convince any
one who appealed to him of the wisdom
Of this course-even in cases OF escapes
from life Imprisonment.
RETURNS TO PRISON
AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS.
Such an instance occurred when DR..
budding was on a western trip some
time ago. A man read in the newspaper
Of the work OF this DR.. budding, who
had been a prisoner himself and came
to see him. The man explained that
fifteen years before, he had. in a fit OF
anger, killed a girl who refused to marry
him. He was given life imprisonment.
/ Lbut served only few months when
-
~ d they felt was an unjust sentence, helped
q him to escape. He went West and built
No. up a business and a name for himself.
~ But the shadow Of fear was always wOr-
"a rying him. After consulting DR.. Dud-
# ding, he went back to the prison. He
served four years and was pardoned.
AS DR.. budding says, escapes Of any
Kind are rare. and the romantic escape
from prison at least, IS seldom heard OF
AIRY more. William Hohenzollern, In
.erned in Dutch castle. apparently never
thinks Of putting poison In the guards
afternoon tea or Of burrowing his way
out of the grounds Of his estate, as ans
high spirited monarch used TO do in like
u circumstances. Louis Napoleon got out
OF a similar awkward situation quits
x Naturally by strolling out of prison dis.
guised in workInan's clothes, and carry
ing plank on his shoulder.
Still more ingenious was the famous
Casanova He was not of royal blood
but his exit from a prison cell over tbs
room where the dreaded inquis.tion met
is one of the most famous escapes In
history Casanovas escape has been
spread out over several volumes. The
most amusing incident Is that in which
he desires to send q erowbar to q fellow
prisoner He planned TO conceal the
crowbar in a big Bible but 1t stuck Out
few inches beyond the covers, so he
arranged with the jailer-who was either
naturally or Intentionally half-witted
to carry q dish Of macarcni and the Bible
70 his friend. The platter was very large
and very full. The crowbar was placed
in the Bible and the dish was laid or
top of the book. The Idea was that the
= TALLER would have to walk so cautiously
to avoid splitting the sauce that he would
q not notice the crowbar projecting from
81 che bool below the dish
SOME ESCAPES
FAMOUS IN HISTORY
You can imagine a modern prisoner
evolving such a Wild plan or q modern
warden guilelessly bearing Undermined
gifts from one cell to another. Yet the
ruse succeeded, and with many more
breathless adventures, Casanova and a
q fellow prisoner battered their way out
f<ssR one Of the best prisons of eighteenth
Z <s1fziry Italy.
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