The New York herald., 1871-10-04

ssIney Will al leave one OF tneSe DAYS, slr.U
THIS prophetic remark was uttered by an old
resident Of the village Of Sing Sing, yesterday TO
HERALD representative during conversation 10.
iatng to the present insurrectonary status OF the
convcts 1n the State Prison. Certain t IL that If the
unanimous belief INDUCED by shrewd men who
have watched the progress OF AFFAIRS In the insttu-
aon named for years coupled with the daring
sevofs and the open nsubordination which at pres
ent exists among the inmates may be taken as In
dlcations OF coming trouble. the above pithy sem
tence can scarcely be looked upon in the light OF an
exaGgerati0n.
Additional particulars connected with the at
tempted escape Of about forty convicts on Monday
lend 70 Illustrate the extent TO which every thing
pertaining TO vigilance the part OF the prison
officers and discipline among the jailbirds has van.
Hhed from that once well-ordered though always
expensive place Of punishment. 1t seems that about
three O'Clock In the afternoon OF the day named the
hour at which the revolt was carried out, convcts
who were supposed to be at work In the quarries
q quarter OF mile distant from the dock, as well as
men from nearly every department Of the prison.
found
OPPORTUNITY TO CONCEAL THEMSELVES
near the water side, waiting for the moment
when the propeller Hugh Balton should cast
OFF her lines. Even when they rushed for the
boat at given signal. yelling like demons,
Conyicts left their work in the various shops,
and were observed at all points eagerly
watching the progress Of those in revolt doubtless
expecting to follow that ''iorlorn hopen IN case
their eforts should have proved successful Thus
IL Will 20 seen that the keepers are either
DEMoRALIzED OR INCOMPETENT
as. instead q remaining st their respective posts
and seeing that The men under their charge were
kept "well in hand" at such critical ihoffienS
the men TO take care Of themselves, rushed to the
:ssHs q ne @ n rSsr g As! tes
deed one OF them named Bennett, who is repre-
sented TO be "a little, dried up Old man from Ulster
county, " and about I glSty,aye nv years years Of age,
at the captain of the boat M and Would doubtless
have nred had not the latter shouted to him inio,m
lng the ror-stricken keeper that he not con-
was the notorious Bernard Wiley who was SO one eOf Of
past month and who has since worn an ankle orna-
ment IN the form OF bali and chain. TN getting !
sse a S o a
the OFFENSIVE IRON ana throw y into the river. 1t ia
somewhat singular that out OF
TWELVE OR FOURTEEN SHOTS FIRED
- the escaping convicts but one OF them took effect
This struck one Of the dssperadoes @ In the leg oc
the men saw that their plan OF escape had been
foiled by the GOODNESS OF single individual they
some OF the guards continued fling into the men
alter the boat had been securely fastened to the
dock. The following IS the
STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN WARD.
we mad Just finished unloading cargo OF wood
and were about to leave the prison dock for little
trlp on the river, III order TO show two three gen
uemen who were on board how the boat turned her
wheel. The convcts must have known that we
lot OF steam on. When we got ready told my boys
tthe crew to cast or the llnes and as quick they
did 30 the gang rushed out OF the old foundry
YELLING AND HoOTlsG LIKE INDIANS
MANY OF them were armed with sticks, stones and
knives. When they jumped on board they shouted
to the gentlemen on deck. saying '.Get ashore
quick, you sons Of b--s." They dId 60 ashore as
did also my crew. all except myself. When the
Convicts crowded INTO the engine room the engineer
one Of them directed numerous blow
at him with a club. One OF the men,
named mar Nv william iia 0onroy, instead Of following
then swinging around Tom the dock and was
see she was clear before ringing for the engineer
90 go ahead. After getting into the wheelhouse
Oonroy said TO me- Captain, you get to one side,
HARDLY KNEW WHAT TO DO.
and walked backwards and forwards for a few mo-
came into my head to throw VII Inc ) anchor M on, and
and boat
river they would strip me OF everything had, still
was determined not 10 leave the boat alive. The
suasas and SeS 70 Se es
alter the boat had been made fast one OF them,
named Bennett, was so scared that he had his PTS
shouted to him and asked him II he was going 10
shoot me- He ts good ll man TO be there. not to
weapons pretty freely, but don't think they cared
It has been known that the convlcts Intended TO
hearing thar she was going 70 be Sold they deter.
mined TO avan themselves OF what they thought was
ent temper Of the jabrds Il is not improbable that
another and more general revolt VIII take place be-
Sore many days.