On This Date in Minnesota History: November 21

November 21, 1913 – Harry Mont, also known as Andrew Montfelt, a convict, jumped into the doorway of a boxcar while a train was moving out of the new Stillwater prison yard late today.

A guard gave the alarm and a wall sentinel joined in the chase with a repeating rifle. Outside the yard the convict jumped from the moving train and started through the marsh to the St. Croix River, a mile away.

He was in a boat when he was frightened into surrendering by shots from the guards.

Mont was sent to the reformatory at St. Cloud from Duluth, Aug. 10, 1910, for grand larceny, and was transferred to the state prison June 28, 1912, for incorrigibility. He is wanted as a deserter from the navy.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Convict Attempts to Escape. Harry Mont Gets as Far as Boat in River, Then Surrenders.”; Nov. 22, 1913; p. 2.

Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain July 10, 2014,
as long as acknowledgement included.  

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