, 1869-03-22

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k,rerset MeKenra =. city Of Chicago ct sls.
Ct lceh J. s.eestol't rIhd,vtslen Of uos h f,rty
sczse Of rou'he.et anE.tes 81 section 70, -. II.
Sale f-t 1txes Of 1873,
REVOLT At SING SING PRISON, !
Escape Of Coz rlcta-Ths Keeper strAn.
elta TO Deatn-An Attempt 10 BLOW
mp She Rui1dlAE-Fight ReASEcsn
GUARDS and Prisoners.
FIom tie New York World, March 10.
The erents at Sing Sing yesterday were Of
the most exciting character. The frequency
With which persons have escaped from the
prisou is alarming, and is now chronIcled TWO
attempts In one day-one successful. and the
second unsuccessful. It is tue habit carly il
The morning, before the rising O! tue suu, to
take from the hall through the chapel down
stairs Into the mess room. four Or five OF the
prisoners to prepare the breakfast. In ac-
cordance with this custom, Thpmas Forrest,
the keeper, lead convists pamed Bonn. Lock
~rod ard Muller from their cells three O'Clock
Yesterday morning. liz going IN advance Of
them. The party passed peacefully through
The chapel, but d lf by p1ccopcerted
movement, when shout to desceud the stairs
10 the mcss-room, Lockwood caught Forrest
around the neck, and the rest Ut the pnrty
gathering around him, pushed him down,
and, each ho3dirga different portion Of his
rest tried to give some alarm, crying Let
mc co. but m eminous warning was given
him. Asking that his property might not lc
taken away. be submitted to the rag oPet-
alton. After having accomplish i their pur-
him down the ssairs and laid lin on
nolasses box In The ue*s room and lett the
room. From this point their doings
are lost in obscurity, except as
to the results. Whether gil OF ouls potion
IS no, kuown. TIE party aflerw4rd dcsccud.
I'd the s. ATS, where they were reinforced ly
Two others. and Edward Craft the light
keeper, whJ was il thu room awaiting their
ARRIVAL, was immediately attacked aud
gagged; having few teeth, his nou.h was, Of
Thought OF killing him, they LETT him III
helpless conditi N. Coin. irou tbs place
ahe cnEireer, who tnNSl have been one Of the
y.icst OF T5ttchts, Proceeded to tie rear Of
thr hoil:s, .Ttntet.nS. IN explosion iu lev
hours Inevitable. The result Of this c,unnt
he Imagined the whole hu,ldins wou have
been torn In shrt DIS aud all ite ium ,te* have
perishcd. Kcjolnlrg The 'es1, With all haste
each Of the parry, one after smother,
climbed tn the Top Of the boiler, which
enabled them to reach q platform on
The upper H.or. Proceeding along the plat
form, they forced the door Of tut dr, ,ior.
room. and hofc having been Prepared the
with liltlc difficulty tlcy forced an csrest
through the slatc root. After rcacninc ii,
Roof, Buses, who acted u special de.ec:ivc
ran along the roof to witch for the guards
ard wbcn the last man, no ever, had teachc'
the top. they descended to the GROUND Gu til
river side. Remaining around ttlc station to
a tinc, daylight WAS the signal fur the wood!
They accordingly separated, three Z sing dow
the Hyer, and TWO wcndlDg tht.r waY toTar
the north. In tht meantime Forrest hal r,
f1rt ,f<1te Fall dY%H iF-..+ a.
was found on thu stairs dead, h vim, bee
strangied by the ga. pisccl il his montl
His body bore no marks q! rough trcatmcn
except ubout the face, and ttsanguts,iou vi
clearly the cause Of death. Forrest reco'
cred perfectly, having OILY received a. inju1
frvm blow In the side.
THE CAr1rRE.
Immediately upon It becoming known th.
The couy1c,s had escaped, thc prison autho
tiles were on lhe alert for their sec.o.ure.
hundred dollars reward WAS offered for tt
sccaptule Of each, tclesrams were sent frol
Stallion. and guard. secured the couatry /
every direction. But 1t was not left for IT
officials 20 make the arrests yesterday, b1
were The lucky capiors OF two Of the pr,so
EEs. Gto1Re Slorns, ono Of those spectmc
OF tall Yankee humanity, had been On
clark" Wednesday night, ard was returui,
from 1t ID the :. wec tma' hours of the m or
ir.. Arriving near his nomc In rarEytow
path III the direction OF bis 1ather's bar
and were lost his yicw. Carrying the mt
sage that come mcu were trying to ste
hosses, bis brother md himself /
out Tor the barn armed for the ctn
Eencs. They searched. but se,rched
vain, and then surrendered After breaks
they returned a9aip, and again the search II
unsuccessful. But about 5o'clock one arm
With pistol knd lhe other with no Il
belilgcrent pitchfofk, they renewed The
D...-u1 tNu fAr4 hur
there. young Storms At last struck eorneth{r
Tie directed bis MIN III the sa1ne point, a
this time something t'squealed." From t
der the hay, in the haymow. came mt
submissive voice, '.Old boy. will get up
ard straishtway there arose two men
Born and Henry Muller. Directing the pol
OF Lis shooter at their beads, u yesS rca
acquirsccnce to the demznd to march v
secured. and otf The party, IN uEocessit
mt by Constable Alfred lawrence. At t
Station the prisoners retained the utnt
tahsn!mity, enc nf them, at q h,tel b
ces4g tskAnE c'cAr, and the Other E2ru
appfce'atsne class OF whfskcy. On
cars, hariuc hedrd Of the death Of the ke
cr. Mut.es asserted that be nad no, hing
co with his s'racg'tnG. aud both expressed
regret That such result had followed.
IL Will put mc in five years longc
= We will he tried for murac.,'' SAYS
Other. wy
The German. Mul'>r, protested tn h,t he !
beeo loseeo snso the conspiracy, hut the III
man IVES not In the least rrpentaot.
boosted that be feared no bullets, Oo
arTlsal Of the eons1cts at sing sing, vt
was about 6 O'Clock, they were gree ed
crowd Of saucy llt11e boys, whose curl )
incrtastd the mum oess Of 1h- procession.
EXAMINATION BEFORE TAE CORONER.
a. the pri 90, IS soon as tlcy arrived.
rrTe T,iH HrAH5 fFnr ~ rrHf 70
give testimony before the Cosoaer i ino
over the body OF Graft, Mailer, who
IoodfcAtured German, rave his test1n
will apparen: freedom. Hc denied
knoWltdgs ot Tue .th 0! Craft, a:sestc 6
= wss to1cs:d tato the cuns piracy, md shat
lcadcsa we're Henry O'Ncil, al II Lock +
George lowden, nli1a Decker, aud
Burns. ot the plssol supposed 10 hayc
taken from the keeper he knew nothing.
stated that smother man was with I3nrns
himself IN The barn.
Whtn the Coroner called up Burns, he
sluced an unwilling wilncas. He wns o
ihe rins,eade14, and did not lnseu. 10 di,
3Wpat Is your nsme." says the Core
..Tbey call me Dick Barns, sometime
..T,li me what you know u This cas-
1stil guarantee II will be better for Sc
led not implicate others:"
s.Tcll the truth, whether you iul
ii n,u,t rot nothing to tell"
Thai WIS about the end o. IT. he
mr. c1au!ucd him, but With sH3ht
lie lie s.cknowicdssdi tsk'ag leading
ste movement. Ii was ne who mace
In thc root throu.h which thc Goas :; 4,
calcd. 4 scar which psctcnteu !,
arm, he etid. Wa made by pitcnlof'
hands Of our heroes: "Tnerr was no
anybody to 70, tut, y said he. .'wc wo
have Lett anybody behind alive 10
ALARM
THIRD CAr1ERK+
A soon a. tho testimony of Muller
70 thc association With him Of a thl
sict In Tho barn was uttered. the teis
tickcd the message TO Isrr5toWn' -, l.
one Of HE criminals Is not known. v
reporter i'll Sing Sing be was On
overland In carriage guarded W
hle.
:. WHO TEE coSvIch AaE; 4,
Charles oekwood. alias Hru1J "