The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-10
BOLD I'LL BREAKLNG.


EuRitivss Supposed Co Have Been Seen
at COnsy Island
CHARLES f. Ulrich and Adrian Harcq, both of
,vbom were confined in the Kings County
Penitentiary, the former awaiting trial, and
the latter whatever action the next Grand
Turv empanelled in the United States Circuit
Court Eastern DistricD may take with regard
70 the charges of counterfeiting against him.
noodo tbeir escape by bold manoeuvre on
Tr,',.rsaov NIGHT. Ulrich, who is German
aho,,, thirty years Of age, has been before
80 II,,I,od states authorities in New York and
Droob1vn on a charge of countertelung cur
.arcy notes of the denominations OF hity
ond t,venty-five cents, and was lnnlGte9
az tal nv the Grand Jury oI tne Oplseu
States " VI ioraosidinp He was considered by the
GoveTnnent officers to be one OF Ine @ nosC SA- On
1ert and, therefore, dangerous oPoiiSStUtG PiS ~ eue
PACED in the business, which ne Is sara 10 naVs
ssaaeSried ON very successfully at staten lslanu,
On the l4th OF June last he was transferred from
the Eldridge street jail, in this city, 10 M Mtne
KInes County Penitentary, the evidence In the
possession of the authorities IN BrooRlSn q
being thought much stronger than That az
the command of those in New YORK. Al
the time of this transfer the keeper OF the
Eldridge street jail informed Mr.. Francis
MSyeeSst tiSTy tSsst he he had % heard that Ulrich had
been supplied with some Implements, whlch ne
(the prisoner) would use in order 10 escape rom
searched Ulrich upon his arrival at the Peni:
fentiary hut no such implements were found
on his person. He was consigned to the last
cell on the second tier, near Harcq's and
that of Lieutenant Braine, the alleged
pirate. Ulrtch always conducted hlmseI IN
very gentlemanly manner towards all the Keep
eTs and frequently alluded to his own case On
one occasion he was conversing with Mr..
McNeeley on the subject, when he told that
gentleman that the authorltles IN neltner
Brooklyn nor New York could do anything with
MINI % put hG5 auT n Spa tba was The ne onIy
place" From this it was inferred that he had
extended his business even to that city. On the
same occasion he said that, even were he re-
leased from the Penitentiary, he would not run
away, and, as he repeated this assertion several
times, Mr.. McNeeley inquired of him in sig
whom he was talking. Ulrtch replied in a
Crestfallen manner that he did, and made no
visited several times after his arrest but
each time one Of the keepers was in the
cell to see that nothing was given to him,
and, in fact, every precaution was taken
70 insure his safe keeping. The other prisoner,
Harcq, was arrested short time since by Colo
mel Woods men, together with one John B.
Adatte, on charge of counterfeiting at Staten
Island. A number of plates, presses, ETC., were
found at their place of business, and on the pre-
nminary examination before United States
Commissioner Newton, the evidence seemed so
direct against the prisoners that they were held
to await the action of the Grand Jury. A short
time subsequent HarcQ's wife Marie Garnere)
and one Alexander Cochard were arrested, the
former on a charge of having had counterfeit
plate in her possession, and the latter on the
charge of having been the engraver for the
gang. AS JD0 cells OF Il0 InT69 were not Iaf
apart they frequently conversed with each
other, and Harcq and Ulrich appeared to have
the most to say: Adatte, whose cell Is next
TO that occupied by Harcq, states that about q
fortnight since the latter asked him If he
would like to escape, wheIeupo3 ne replied
same question, when he returned q
similar answer. Adatte also states that Lieu
tenant Braine conversed with the others, and
that Harcq gave him gold ring, in considera
uon of which Braine was TO give $40. How far
this may be true, OF course cannot here be said,
aud in hat NH
conjectured to have been made, IL is impossible
TO tell. All these conversations las asserted by
Adatte) between Harcq and Ulrich, OF course,
were carried on with some object in view; that
object 1t is fair to presume was an escape from
the building. The shrewdnesS displayed by
the two men in effecting their escape is indeed
noticeable, and simple as was their plan, 1t was
so perfect as not to be detected until the birds
had flown. There is an arrangement in this In.
stitution by which the doors of all the cells of
each tier are bolted at once: This is effected by
means of springs, and the bolt on each door is
driven home through an iron side piece con-
tanning a circular hole an inch or SO in depth
which receives it. On Thursday night, about
halfpast 10 o'clock, the apparatus for boiling
the doors was sprung, one of the underkeepers
made q tour around the building to see that the
nothing out of the way; but about o'clock yes
terday morning, when the doors or the cells
their work. the startling discovery was made
that Harcq and Ulrich were missing Upon
examination IL was found that each of the men
had filed the hole which received the bolt on
the floors of their respective cells with pieces of
turnip, which they had saved from their dinner,
80 that when the doors of all the other cells
were secured, on Thursday night, the bolts of
their doors were not driven home. Conse-
Quently, the doors were left comparatively open,
and the keeper did not discover It, Once In the
corridor, the men climbed up to the tier above,
and proceeding along the platform Tor corridor)
TO one of the towers at the corner of the build
ing, began to saw a bar of the window which
opened out on the yard surrounding the lnstltu-
ton. They succeeded In saving on one par, ana nd
ten inches, through which they crawled aud let
themselves down by rope to the ground, dis
tance OF some twenty feet. 1t was but the WORK
of O moment to scale the board fence surround
ing the yard and escape into the adjoining
country. The small saws were found In the
apartment of the tower, near the window. MIR.
McNeeley Immediately informed United States
Marshal Dallon of their escape, and subse
Quently information was lodged at police head
quarters in New York, and with Colonel Wood;
but up to late hour last night no clue had
been obtained OF their whereabouts There can
hardly be any blame attached to Mr.. McNeeley
In this matter; If any person Is to blame, IL Is
the underkeeper who made the rounds on
Thursday night.
1t is rather strange that there should not be a
night watchman inside the building, in order
10 prevent these midnight escapes. Every prt-
son equal IN size to this Penitentlary has one,
ana the authorities will now see the necessity
OF having one there in the future. Had there
Deen such person there on Thursday night
an all probability neither Ulrich nor Harcq
would have escaped.
A party who resides at Coney Island reported
last evening that at about three O'clock yester-
1ay morning ne saw two men answering the
description OF the fugitives walking near the
picious manner he watched them, and finally
saw them enter boat and row off, 1t is not al
All improbable that these men were the fugl-
uVes'-N' Y. Herald.
DREADFUL FIRE AT ST. KITS.