, 1869-03-23
THE SING SING REVoLTs.
The Gapture md Return 10 Prison OF
all ths Convtcls.

Ill a0e NOuVtEM@
From the New Ycsk s1r, March u.
two desperate attempts made 5y conylcts In
Sing Sing Prison TO regaiu their Liberty on
thursday. In the frat Of these, Thomas
Forrest, a keeptr, waa gagged aud bound,
but suffered no bodily injury, as he WAS ablo
to be ou duty the uexI day. Another keeper.
also eed aud boucd, and died from suHo.
cation before being reteast d By this opcsa-
lion fTe conylcts escaped. They were
Charles lockwood, Henry Muller, John Nul-
vey and George Lowden.
The nsual rsward caercd for the appreheu-
sion and delivery OF escaped convlc:s is $40,
but In this cssc, owing to the death ot
the keeper Craft, tho warden Of.
ftred sl00 tor each of tho men described
aboyc. On Thursday afterLoon Muller aud
Burns Etre captured In ths b2to OF Sir. Jacoo
Storms, near TaIrytowu, and were taken
their comrades, aud said that l. 'ckwood,
a!tas O'Neil. was hidden In the same barn,
and thnt the other two had gone down the
road. IN consequence Of this Information,
Charles Sullivan, guard al the prison. went
with TWO Others to the barn, and called upon
Lockwood to come and surrender himself.
Tnc man emerged from the hAy-mow, Wear
ing only Il shirt aud pair of drawers eu.!i-
van said, pointing pistol Now, l're got
you. you con OF = hiteh." Lcckw:o held up
der, telling ftm not 10 saoot; bat he did
shot. lockwood received the bali 10 his
abuomes, stood q lew moments, and fell. 4
physician was sent lur, snd be wa5 put ioto
wagon, and ieached the prison at ABOUT halt
past nine. He was Immediately placed in
| the hospital, where he DOW lies IN q coudi-
tion which VIII probably .esul: In death.
Yesterday morning. supoostEg thu: he WAS
dyttr, he made statement In which he ac.
noHledseo that be was one Of the leaders OF
| the affair, but denied participating Ia gasying
| Craft, sa}ipg that Burns and Decker did that,
| n't th1t he ccsffed was to escape. lie ,also
| said that Mu'%-5 and Muller vera uot Ia tue
| plof, but were torrcd luto 1t By beng threat
| eEed with 1cs.h If they did not participate
| IN the attempt to cscape. This story Is pr>h.
ably true. for not only was the man looking
death In the eyes, but uue Of the meo, Mul-
/ vey, bad hut iour months more to terve, aud
c5uld have no iLdncement to make such 3
| desperate 4tttmpt.
Owing to the information given by the two
couSfcis IFss captured, Constable Alfred
Lawrence, OF rsrr7town, and swo others ia.
TONED themsclves on The road about mile
below Tar1Ytosp, aid there lay ln ambush,
expect ng Loud.n, aitas Decker, ana Mu:TeF
to pass that way, Their watch WAS reward
cJ, 1or between u and O'Clock on Thursday
lighs the two iu.lttFts appeared. One Of
lht N Ind 2 horse blanket around him to con-
cea) the prison ualt-rn. aud the other had
on pair Of blue oy.rst!s. TheJ had broken
into stable and stolen these articles, aud
also buffalo roec, but the la.seF they had
thrown away, as being unserrlceahlc aid too
heavy TO carry. Lawrence and hls party in.
sercepted them with pistols, aud Muly.r sur
rendered immediately. But Loudeu r41 and
wAs pursued by LaWreuc" Into I barn yard O
little way CT the road. Here revolver WAS
| plinted At h:m, with the rs s,urlnce that il
be did rot raise his bands be- *onid b. snot
lie raised bis aTms, and was handcuticd, aud
both were tskIn bnck yesterday mornina
shout 10 O'Clock and safely 1od ,cd in prisol
again; And so all The five are recovered.
Lcck~oed, or o'Neil, Is IN The hospital
int the Others are kept III cells to await tht
sitting a: White Plans, and will probably
Ir diet all Of them for nnn.lnus hter. NJ
we.roca were und nn any OF these men
buL as they undoubtedly took kuives with
1t appears tnst these conyicts, VII, wcIt
cocks, had been in the uraet.ce Of selitn1
extra food to other convlcts Tor pay. Tols
1Eey were eLab!ed to do by placing pieces o
beef, pork. and so forth, ID :ac tins whsrt
we're Tiled with mush and molasses, aud
thy camc In fer The night. The priso1
officials learned Of this practice, sud th,
cooks fading 1h1t they Were discovered
. md were to be removed from their com
parntlve!y easy position, resolved 70 make
! toId stroke for freedom. Suck a strosc va
1
to so with them snd ahea,i of them to IN
, | lock door at the cud Of the p1ss4g, war
ke,Pers had oIteu complained Ut thus nc
recefs.ri!y rofrg before conyictS but nothinf
, was erer donc about It, although there va
, Of a :nadox Of Ec,son Why tie 4 ,os shonlt
hs locked At all. Now that one man n3
+ been Filled It prnhanly will Eot he. O:tios
. conyicts who endeayored :oc-cape on Thurs
. cay BY the s1oop E1cha' e., jsues M1cauil
acd stePhe: Allen arr ia the hospital, th
[ / former probably mortal'y wou-dsd. Th
others are in dark cells, living on bit {
+ In I'd and water, aud .xpecting the h3srlbl
luni-bm u. OF the shower b. tn or yoke, oa
OF whlch they viii eure1y receive.
j. Nothing ore lcroci1us can be conceive
than th- ie- 1'ngs displayed BY The Keeper
+ TO XII these meu BY torture or by vio1eae
I would delight them. Dlsc:D!:tc! discipline
! they say. zach and every one whom It
:, .sal reporter met or heard Express h!m;r
upon the subject, seemed anx'ous that It
. poor hunted co1victs should die. and mo-
= than one said that Ii he had his will nouc
i them sh.u'd be brought back alive.