The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

AIRING ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.

On Saturday morning information was circulated
from the chief office of police, at Scotland-yard, of
a daring escape of a prisoner from custody by
jumping from a railway train while travelling at a
great speed on the Tilbury and Southend Railway.
It appears that on Thursday a description of a man
(a German) was given at the different police
stations, who had absconded from his lodgings, at
No, 1, Tenter.street North, Goodman's-fields,
carrying with him two gold and silver watches.
On Friday morning about 11 o'clock a man answer-
ing the description was observed by detective officer
Crouch, 114 R division of Metropolitan police, to
pass over Shooter's-hill, and later in the day, from
subsequent information he obtained, a telegraphic
message was despatched to Superintendent Everest,
of the Kent county constabulary, at Chatham, re-
questing that the man might be taken into custody.
He was accordingly apprehended at Sittingbourne.
Crouch on Friday night proceeded to Chatham, and
took charge of the prisoner, and at once started for
London with him, taking the train at the Tilbury
station and entering a second class carriage. During
the time the train was in motion the prisoner kept
in conversation with the officer, but, about a mile
from the Minories station, he suddenly rose from
his seat, opened the carriage door, and, holding by
it, jumped out. The officer, ho vever, succeeded in
catching one of the skirts of his coat, which he held
fast in his hand, the prisoner at the same time con-
triving to keep up running with the train. In an
instant the open carriage door came in contact with
some empty carriages standing on a siding, and
which, flying back, struck the officer on the head,
causing it to bleed, and stunning him for the mo-
ment. On recovering himself Crouch found the
skirt of the man's coat which he had been holding
by, in the carriage, and on looking out of the car-
riage window saw his late prisoner make his way
over the parapet of the railway, leaving his hat on
the line' of rail.

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