The Persistent Jailbreaker of Seattle

Had Bob Matthews been as industrious in something honest and useful as he is in attempting to escape from jail, he would not now be in a felon's cell. He is one of the men who stole the lard from Kellogg Snyder's warehouse. After being in jail a short time, he managed to get hold of a small piece of iron and an old knife. With these he went to work in the ceiling of his cell to dig his way out, and was not discovered till he had made a considerable hole almost through the brick wall overhead. Sheriff McGraw then put leg irons on him. Inside of a week he had made a saw out of a watch spring and sawed off one of the links that held his feet together. The Sheriff then told him that it was useless for him to attempt to escape, and that the next attempt he made would be a sorry one for him. Not heeding this good advice, Matthews got hold of a small pair of scissors and a piece of iron, and with these worked a hole almost through his cell into the front corridor. He was watched and his escape thereby averted. Forbearance at last ceased to be a virtue, and the Sheriff took the gay and festive Bob from among his companions to the opposite side of the jail, chained his legs together again, and locked him in a cell by himself. The jail is by no means a substantial or safe place in which to keep prisoners. So far, however, Mac has lost no prisoners, and it is pretty safe to predict that he will keep all who are intrusted to his care.