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uic viioi ica if . Jill KieCape Horn P geon touched at a foreign port. The men were picked up on the high seas.ESCAPED FROM MARE ISLAND.Three Naval Prisoners Scale the Rafters and Get Away.Vallejo, Nov. 20.—On last Saturday night three naval convict* made their escape from the prison at Mare Island in a manner wbicii has yet to be explained by those in charge at the time of the jail delivery.The absence of the three convicts became knlt; wn when Corporal Brown went to their cells for the purpose of serving the men with their bedding lor the night. When the corporal verifi d his prisoners the number was short one convict. He cave an alarm, which brought Sergeant of tiie Guard Clifford, who made fur her ex-amiuatiou, winch resulted in the discovery that there were three men gone.A genera] alarm followed this knowledge, and 100 marines fully armed, were distributed about the island in search of the convicts. The patrol was maintam^d until midnight—four hours after the discovery, but noihing was found of the trio. A detichment was s^nt to Vallejo and guards were kfiDt posted about the island.The two officers. Clifford and Brown, were at once deprived of their accouter-l inents and now occupy two of the vacant cells, where they await a full inv»*8tigttiuij of the escape, which was made by the men gaining access to the top of the interior prison, scaling the rafter braces and out through the ventilator.The names of the escaped men, all of whom were formerly members of the Boston's crew, are Hull, Daly and Cliffy. There were in for three years from that vessel. The two Inst named had been in prison but lour and six weeks each, while Hall had served one year.
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San Francisco Morning Call
San Francisco, California, US
Tue, Nov 21, 1893
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