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Show M IS TOLD -alV . . tdwarcl de Valera's Sinn Fein Associates Outwit I Jail Guard. ! Dublin Women Taken to j English Prison and In-j In-j fluence Soldiers. ( IWftl.-t, Miirch 1 (By the Associated I rrc.'.M). W'liil.r tlm nwiijrs of llio I United Kingdom nru still Npcuilati ug over tho niyi-.tcriuus evape frm I.m-! I.m-! coin prison in lOnland of Kdvuird de ; VttlDra, tliii Sinn IVm leader, the man-j man-j ner in which ha effected his break ! from captivity, February 3, has becomo 1 known hern. It was related to tho As-" As-" BOi'iiitnd I'rcsH by Ki:an O'Oalligh, tho i prominent Sinn Feiucr, v. ho in bore ankinj.: tho peace omluretiKO to reeo-I reeo-I ni. "the i; i 11 :tl government of tho Irish rt pull i " having itissi!1 tho chiinnid on a purport secured by a subterfuge. sub-terfuge. "After tbo fl.rro.-it of do Valora," J Mr. O'lValligh began, "ho with twelve comrade was sent to Lincoln prison. I , Tho strictest watch was maintained I ' upon tho prison. No friond or relative ! was allowed to see him. Ho wus per-' per-' mitted to writo and receive only three letters weekly. The most stringent i censorship poiisiblo waH maintained I over his mail. It may bo seen, thoro-1 thoro-1 fore, that it was most difficult to got j word to do Valera concerning his es-I es-I capo. ' I "Tho feeling in Ireland is intense because these men should be kept in prison. After tho general elections the first meeting of .the Kepublicau members mem-bers of tho Irish parliament waB hold January 7 and another a week later, at which the matter of the prisoners was discussed. A committee was appointed ap-pointed to take charfjo of the question of tho release of the incarcerated comrades com-rades and the l'irst result of that committee's com-mittee's activity was tho escape of do Valora. Prepare for Violence. "Tho committee selected a number of men for the job who would not be too timid in case there was gun play. Tho prison lay in an isolated part of tho town. Tho rear looked out on a largo opon space. Just outside tho back gate was a small patch of ground on which tho prisoners were allowed to exercise under guard. ''This place was surrounded by a scries of barbed-wire entanglements. Several armed wardens watched the prisoners while they were out and at sunset a force of military was thrown about the prison. It was decided to be unwise to rush the place, for fear of loss of life and the probable death of de Valera. "The next move was to communicate with de Valera, which was very difficult. diffi-cult. However, one Sinn Feinor started start-ed working ou a garden plot, of which there were several near the prison. Ha attracted de Valera's attention one day by singing Sinn Fein songs in Gaelic in which he told the leaded- that an attempt at-tempt would be mado to rescue him. The warders' suspicions w-ere not aroused, because it was not uncommon for Irish workmen to ba about the prison. "This man appeared again several days later and again sang a ballad, in which he told de Valera that the rear exit of the prison was' the most feasible for the attempt and asking de Valera to secure an impression of the key to the gate. Duplicate Key Made. "The impression of the key was secured. se-cured. I am not quite sure of the method, but I presumo it was the same one I myself employed at one time, which was making a paste of bread and soap and then distracting the warder's attention while the big key was slapped into the paste for a second. This impression im-pression was wrapped in paper with a |