, 1870-03-01
BOARD OF puLlCE.
Circumstances OF the Escape OF
the Burglar Cummings
from tho County
JAIL.
Condition Of the County Prison-Opin-
ion Of 5ailer Foltx-A Pa
trol Ordered.

The Board Of Police apd Fro Commissioners
held regular meeting yesterday afterDoon, Com
missioner Brown IN the cnh1s, and Commissioner
Gund and Sheridan IN attendance
A clstm amounting to s. .oco, for interest On 3
Temporary loan Of 90, $50, Kas audited and a.
loved.
TUE HARr1T CUMMINGS clgK.
Cnmmiss!oner Brown said theJ would tnvesti-
gate the case Of Bartley Cummings, VINO escaped
from the County jail and was recaptQred By the
pohce.
Barley Cummings, the prisoner, came up hand
eu1td. and was examined By Superintendent Keu
nedy. BE stated: Ny nAme Ia David N. Burns,
otherwise BARLEY Cummings. WAS a11es'ed on
FetUa1J 18th, ard WAS examined Oh the Tues1aJ
following. At the Madison Street Poltcs Court. I
was examined IN the forenoo3. Was locked up
with Kelly. Qpsnlan. aud Rock They said l could
get out easily: u paid LAWYER $a+ I said soue.
th.1F to N officer. said conld get out Il had
snI money, - tnere was no evidence s7a!nas me.
Coozs ard be DID nc 10 GOOD. did not tell the
of1ceI how nnch money It would take to get me
out 1said nath!pg TO aaY other o11oer. lad not
ts2en W nj 'o jsl % tns Tuesda1 Or wedessa1 atter.
seipg g ~ % Wednesday borrowed Kellys
telling them | sas soiDE eat On is 6ail.
| then TOOK an nude7shlst, wrapped it tn papef
aSs pu1 aasT ny 5T ~ n sn9 s %
| dor. TIE prisoners. except those st work IN ,ha
hall, were locked IN two cetlz. I got out Of the
70 saJ ali we're ID when tho turnkey cane 10 iocE
pp: .aRed ont behind another yoong taau, who
aaa eeep u - aE.. g12ls,pE p,tsope1 diaa's spsass
| out aboat noou- Fo!tz WAS ta1hug TO : visitor
| who Hat Sitting On the bench. The middle door
a. + 9s Ss .t I'll s3 xs xsG
down 1AsaIle street and over to tas
e. r. oe e.p'.,n sTs ni1lsi 1Rs s.s =! ~nee
IT AZ yon: !wenty yes1 VII setsle yonr bash
no Ss@e 70 o.; sT' e1e sD.1 9
!airy cents now. When arested had a dollar.
a1ps 81, nsa y Co. a not ~ snysn,og
| 5000 put aray some place.
Captain Miller Wa3 called in.
Crnmtpgs, examined by Captain Miller, said:
va1 charged with burglary At the rnljce Court
on Tuesday uaorrfpE last did not AK you Il YOU
were going to serd me down. and did not Say
ss T s1,s, e5s !. ~ 5e" e. Ssa
vhen so1 came in there ! did NOT say anythlng
oss1, a. 3es' 1sp5 aa p1 It, 5 s Sqa
I fatd u had money, and could get lawyer, I
tso 5eais in The Reform School. stIsnslns, Mich.
Pn'rolnaa Dtnctleee: am statiou.keeper In
the Maditon Street s!tt'on- Tuesday morning
asssd me. osi1eiy Tess vs. fs soinK a to % Tsa
and the Jnslice would not taIe sioo ~ batl. Gun.
ann hat he con,d pa, It. Rocf ba1d he ooald not
get ha'! aoJhow. fsm sure It w8s Cnmming1
once1 In FEY testided that be told Caumines
be VA gone sure. that time. That Cummings re-
plled that ns had tsete. and tnese Wal no tesr OF
Ine tina Cuumtn2a as1ed ne, sttts. Il he could
not get ont By the Ald Of little "ezag." Wlsness
I told him he thought not. 49,.
Nj. Cunmirgf e1palEed rhat aEag" Was any
Cap,ain ML,er ssln wstchea ve,e " unp,e, Jew.
elry "spNks," !" and money "snRhr."
ncre about It Nom the police than he Knew MIN,
onssi pssslis 'sesuasa IS tollovs: nrss arrest.
toE NE aDa asked ne 70 nnd him again. Captain
Miller, the same afternoon, sent ne on the Ml'
wankee Road 70 Ey.rston 10 ioterceps the tra!ns
searched three trains thetc. Nj. F0ltZ me td2l
mirRs had 3 CONVERSATION In the court room With
III: Folsz said he would pay all the e1penses Of BIZ
se4Eeant Simon o,Donue,l ,ea,taed that na fonnd
] CumRrgs s1ler bis escape; the boy bAtu he walk.
ed out oi the jul, and also as!d. What will Foltz
do 70 me wien 90 hack ;" He d1d not say be
Ro9'd get our thIoosa Fo;sz Tor $500. Ar. Fotz
MI. Foitz. ! never psd reward 10 freely. L
wou;d .,a Pr f IT, The ssms
70 The boatd he did no. mean "a maze any inllnna
ton aRa1at the ,Allet. he merely reported wnal
CQnmanRs aAid aDous the s3oo. but did not AL
whether it sas to get him cut on ball or o:ner a1ss
ue cast 20 'nPs1atlon On a1J QUE
t1y noon; 1if. LoIgley let Cummings INTO the jal
/ Of thu prlaoner lhe1. The little cuss." aald Nj
ii H. Me walked our, casr,ins buadle of cotnsl
q da sos IN saoSss e e hsa
8 TIE OLD AM NEW JAZZ.