New-York tribune., 1922-11-12

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ing escapes. A prisoner receives g e''ss
from friends on the outside. The ~. sssAl
carefully inspects IT, but notb;no a.'s mal tlss
way is found. He tries to bend !, ~ . y
snap results. Further search revaa,. !, saap
entire magazine has been taken sras. 1as y
file placed between the leaves and - :. sHal
stitches. It is then completely reboass bs'aa y
rally, when it Is PACED it will reveal S. sss
only az far as the stitches. 's ssass
Transferred Small Soto
Curing q kiss
On visiting days prisoners ara n..,.s
lowed to receive small presents sros. as's y Y
and relatives. AT such times a sya,a !. :, s,'sat
present, but even the most sonbi.ss.@.a.a : SWAP
often fooled. Small saws ere droasss s,ea J, "
prisoners blouse by his wife wbil. s.'' aosF
MIN with an afectionate hug, and s,.s s'ss'aG { M
ferred from her mouth to his basa rba. g as'a g
Appies, oranges md bananas are ksa. e''ssag
cleverly as almost to defy detectios' 80 81
and other articles to be used in escs,s, s..
in them. They have been found i, y.' ss'a
Of slippers, the hens Of handkerchief i. ss 'ss
toothpaste, combs, brushes and dazans ! ~ 81
articles. Once he has them in HI. ,,.,...s s'a
the prisoner coneeals them in the s-.. ''' 8,
holds them to the sole Of the foot with .ss..' s.
tape or any other place about his body w. w.
cannot be detected while he is bs,t,ss
which time, Of course, guard i 49, n,s..'
There Is constant danger of detec.o, - (. s.
cealing such articles in his cell. ss s. S.
IN every well administered inst;fn,o.
searched ("3anned" or "frisked" as ths p,s.
ers cali it, at frequent and uney,set.s a.,'s !
tervals.
Equally close watch must be kept IN ,.,.,
ers' mail TO prevent friends On The on..is. !.
ranging TO aecrete guns or other contrsss,.
articles around the grounds or farm NJ .ls
stitution. All sorts Of tricks are tried 4 :
secret messages IN to prisoners By friends I
slrous OF helping them It is a daily m.r,
renee in any large prison to detect c;rbs-s l.
visible writing which is brought out by wats
or heat, and similar attempts to comrnunr,s
secretly. Messages are written on small r...
Of paper which are pasted under the s.sms :
the envelope.
For cool daring the escape Of David Hs,iss
from the Maryland "pen" vies with srv
know. Because he was considered one 81 IL
most desperate prisoners in the institution srs
had been making repeated efforts to esse fr
yeay or two, every officer in the intttior
was instructed to keep the closest gsth dr
him and to take no chances whatvss. Inv
attempt TO escape was rendered unususEs tA
alcult for him. One day he is quietly worm;
IN the shop, watched vigilsntly By the sha.I
guaro. Lite a meteor he suddenly dashes ouI
with che guard in hot pursuit. He flies dowI
She steps, rushes to the wall, grabs ladds
which despite their precautions he has mar
aged to obtain and secrete for the purpose as
IN full view Of an armed tower guard throxi
1t over the wall, climbs up, dings the lsdde
over the other side and climbs down. fk
armed guard. taken apparently by surprise, s
waich no doubt Bender counted, still msks
no attempt to shoot him Bender swift
jumps aboard a passing motor truck, Wild
the scared driver speeds up at his rsqass,
throws his uniform hat and coat into the stree.
to avoid quick detection and passes out d
sight, while the shop guard is still clamerM
for help and the wall guard with his gu'
stands motionless like a painted sods
against painted sky''
Inspired by this situation. one Of the prisa
ar wits wrote the following:
Speak kindly 70 Ehs HttIs screw"
Who totes ehs sittis gun.
Ee doesn't know Just what 10 DO.
rs thinks It's al. in fun.
70 shoot 'coa" would spoil his III
He doesn't think he "oughter"
The gun With which ne likes to play
Ia ons that's dEsd with water.
EIe doesn't want to be thought rough
BY gay cat." "stif" or "saker'i
His gun. st sesms. is 3ugt bur.
Hence. Bender is breaker"
In another prison in the Middle West u
warden was questioning an escaped prisons
who had just been recaptured. After the efa
mad flown two OF the bars Of his cell VET
found to have been severed Naturally u
warden was curious TO know how it had Des'
done, and was particularly anxious to oosals
she saw. After = period OF sullen silence o.
convict master mechanic finally declared sns
ne had sawed through the bars of bis cell wy
3 piece Of yarn taken from his sock. at va'p
the warden became pleasantly sarcastic.
Sure" he said, "and when that w0rs e
you used cream puff"
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