Show PLAYED THE cg how a convict secured his liberty through a Ms bous ind 1 1 A sensational and extreme ir shrewd escape floru the indiana prison adre has lust leaked out henry koch was sent down from washington jo pavla conaty march 23 1803 to serve abree years for grand larceny on bis arrival at the penitentiary he was assigned to the foundry dooh always kept up his task but ten days a began to act very strangely and showed symptoms of insanity growing apparently worse on one occasion he said to tire prisoners that be had eggs in bis head to fortify hs assertion koch beat his cranium against the foundry walls for the purpose as he expressed it of open in his bead and getting the eggs out this and numerous other manifestations convinced warden patten and deputy howard that koch was in and he was sent to the crazy bouse dr peyton of the prison was called and examined koch but pronounced him sane the doctor so informed the officials and recommended that he be rent back to the foundry warden patten thought differently ferent ly and ordered ahat koch remain in the crazy ward the bruzy cruzy house is box shaped eight feet square and Is located on the floor of one of the shops in some manner koch procured a piece of band saw with which be sawed a liole in the roof of hie quarters large enough for him to crawl through few minutes later koch wax in the yard making for the big gate on reaching that place he found pickaxe ani tunneled a hole under the board fenc through which he crawled to liberty he has not since been beard of |