New-York tribune., 1922-11-12

q nice little collection which included ten re-
-,olvers, 200 rounds Of ammunition, dozen
dynamite sticks and some percussion caps and
fuses Another thing which he had Yves firm
belief in the use of Switches"
Cutting Through Walls
With Tablespoon
ers to cut through the walls than to attempt
80 sever the bars All kinds of tools have been
,.!sed for this purpose, and 1t is not at all un~
usual for q prisoner to cut through wall
aeveral feet thick with an ordinary tablespoon,
:. kitchen knife or half pair Of scissors. AS
his work is slow it is necessary to use every
3recaution TO keep hidden the opening which is
being made. The usual method is to stuff back
anto the opening when work is suspended ali
the materials which have been dug cut and
.gain removing them when an opportunity
presents itself. But sometimes the materiaA
,aken out does not have the proper consist
asncy to hold it into place VIXEN put back. One
prisoner solved this difficulty by stufing wet
bread into the opening which had been made
md rubbing powdered cement and dirt over il
10 give it the same color as the other portions
If the wall.
No space seems Zoo small for prisoner TO
crawl through Years ago jails were con-
gtructed with no openings In the walls. except
narrow slit about eight or ten inches wide
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The ground. Il was so small that the posi-
.,ility of ever getting through it was not even
considered One Of the iails in Pennsylvania
my recollection is that it is the Jail Mt Sunbury
-~is SO constructed. They had not had sn
escape through these windows in fifty
years. However, one prisoner did manage to
get through. To make himself more slender
han he was by nature he dosed himself with
,urgattves for an extended period. He then
creased his body with lard or butter stolen
rom the kitchen where he worked and after
,everal hours of effort succeeded in equirming
through this small opening, gladder and
greasier man.
y Once IN a while even sewers are used by
prisoners TO assist them to freedom. The
Maryland prison, at Baltimore, had an escape
# this kind some time ago. The prisoner who
made the escape had friend who had just
}een released. Every day after the friend left
he prisoner might be seen casting d sdelong
yiance at small graz: in the corner Of the
,rison yard A day went by. Then two. Then
,hree Would it never happen? Then one dsy
ne saw small scrap Of red rag lodged against
he grating, apparently washed there by the
.ain. But that night while the men were lined
Up in the yard ready to march in to supper
Murphy (which isn't his name) managed to
ose himself for few minutes. Then nen
went in to supper. Murphy lifted the grating,
almost large enough TO accommodate a man,
squeezed himself IN and replaced it after him.
zFreedon's Faint Light
at SesUer's End
j. Then began journey the like Of which few
men would dare attempt. The drain pipe led
INTO much larger one, about four feet in
diameter, but in which man going through
could not stand erect. 1t swarmed with enor-
nous rats, was full Of sewer gas and filled
generally with filth. For half mile in COM
aolete darkness this prisoner crawled and
waded sometimes in water up to his waist,
Engaging every foot Of the way in constant
battle with rats. Every yard seemed harder
70 pass than the one before He was just about
Ito give up the struggle when he saw sickly
yellow gleam of light. A last desperate effort
brought him to the mouth of the sewer, and
here. hidden alongside of it, as his friend
had promised, lay complete outfit of civilian
clothing The change was hurriedly made and
Murphy was gone, never TO return.
And now meet the real hero Of the occasion,
Mr.. Crcnin, ex- prisoner. who for no other rea-
ION than pure friendship for Murphy. had
entered the sewer at it's mouth, fought his way
up against ths current step by step TO the
rating. where he tied the little piece Of red
rag as signai that all was in readiness.
Greater love than this hath no man.
This same trick was tried id another prisou,
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