Richard Cronen
Kentucky Post, Monday, 3 May 1909, page 5
Richard Cronen, of Company D, a long term prisoner in the
guardhouse at Ft Thomas made a dash for liberty yesterday morning while the
regular morning inspection was in progress. Just as the order to remove the
charges from the rifles was given the guards by the officer in charge, Cronen
broke and ran. Before the men could reload their weapons Cronen had disappeared
over the bank into a ravine leading down to the Ohio River.
The men pursued and after loading their rifles, began firing at the fugitive. Cronen was captured just as he was about to jump into a skiff and flee to the Ohio side. The two men in the skiff, who are thought to have been confederates of Cronen, escaped. Cronen has yet two years to serve.