Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-11 | Page 21 | Tide Bars Escape of Army Prisoner

I IE BARS ESCAPE of mmm ttrick O'Leary Eludes the Sentries, Waves Return His Dead Body AN FKAJ. CISCO Oct 10 Out in military prison on Alcatraz island guards have relaxed their Tig lance g prisoners converse in whispers tell one another of the fate of Patrick eary who tried to escape They na h s body washed op by the tide ,nng out the trad t on of the army there is no escape from the t des ch guard the prison iany a prisoner look ng at the body ned pale Hhers trembled ;he guards laughed, t is a long time since an escape was jtiempted from The Rock as the prison 9 called. Then the prisoner broke ,ay at n ght The early tide returned theoody For a long tune the guards , reared the r vigilance t, Of late according to reports that lave leaked from the prison there has t keen restlessness among the inmates. The euards have with diff culty main tained control. But now qu et is re ' 0Leary s dash for freedom was long tanned Whether the guards were aware of h s arrangements will never ''o Leary so cut the bottom of a tool chest that a seat was left in the md je The top of the chest sheltered him from the watchful eyes of the sen tries Two air t ght kegs attached to tie chest made it a catamaran and 0 Leary had only to propel his craft to a safe landing place Guards on the walls saw the chest lobb Eg about now seem ng to drift tea nst the t de only to be dashed back 6 iio eward They pa d 1 ttle attent on to t knowing that the t des about . The Bock play strange pranks with flotsam and driftwood . i o Leary s escape was reported but the guards shrugged their shoulders and remarked Hell be bacl 0 Leary came back dead V ', Phys c ans say he d ed from e-ihaus 'ton. He was unable to make progress against the tide The guards aga n breathe easily The i,lrefractory pr soners are aga n quiet I What s the use they say, you tf eannot get away from The Bock '