The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-19

,,v,ur ESCAPE FROM
ExTkAorhi IN Conflict SeruCs.- E1cssc
Steon aD.,a' S;ng.- .S,nG-Stn3, ~. :, aug.
mem q. -" ssxtra ordinary sHnr occur,eu Nv
s;nc.sinc prison to-day. AZ .td uai' ea,, uI
sins@ITes" o'clock tu2boat having q canai
fore IL .aw and going north, was observed
ooat I'D Bin. BIN the prison dock with great ra-
spI,ty The guard warned the pilot TO keep
~ and the warning was apparently need
~ Notwithstanding. the steamer glided
.inse TO the pier, and Immediately twelve
,.nnyicts, as If understanding the whole
movement, made rush from their work,
Ieaped on board the canal.boat and ran
over it to the tug and into the englne-room.
The engineer was dislotged, and one OF the
,onvicts dashed into the pllot-house ana
took charge Of the wheel.
Immediately the tug headed for the west
shore. The alarm was given as quickly az
possible, and many of the regular prison
Guards rushed towards The per. lhes
timed their pieces at the convict piol anu
ihouted to him to. stop. but ne croncneu
Town ont of sight, and the vessel stlii kept
moving, As quickly as possible Woru WE
.ant 10 cnarta. a mile south, where . sail
mo vessel was procured and sent ID chase.
ur. Childs, of the prison, also started up
The track to the Sing-Sing dock anu gov
loon under way, filed with armed men.
Al this time the greatest excitement pre-
Jailed "a The news of the break became
,oisrd about Sin.-Sing village, and hun
ireds of people hurried To the river. -
fmc of the vessels sent out oyerhauled
tho Inc near Rockland, when the conviciS
roob TO small boats in the Vicinity Whlch
come bows had, and, rowing quickly 10 Inc
shore. escaped to the mountains. one OF
the cuny,cts, who got into boat wlth
hoy. was pressed so close that be seized the
,oy and placed him between himself and
The Guard, 50 the latter would not IRE. ne
,l1ard did fire, not at the escaping conVict'
however, but: with the intention TO Intlliii-
late him and ca,l.e him to surrender. lie
kent on instead, and reached the saofe'
where he Joined his associates. :,
The names of the convcts who escaped
,rc %. G., Crcamcr, Walter Williams, Josiah
KinpsIand, Bernard Wiley, JAS. Thompson,
John Finley. John ByrncS, Dennis C0hroY,
Jacob Weller, George Williams, Albert
Williams, and James Burns.
MIR. Latin, the Inspector, says the con-
victs are now i'm the woods near R0ckland,
are surrounded. and will he recaptured. IL
is believed this affair was planned two weeks
,ro bv persons in New York city. The tug
BOAT was the Dem Richmond, and The cap
tain a Mr.. Morton. The engineer was MIR.
Farrell, and there was also hoy on board
named Farrell Both the captain and cugI-
nccr are under arrest. The tug left New
Yo,k at $50 this morning. The captain
saws two men hired him To come to Sing.
sing 10 convey load of furniture to Few
Yolk. ami were to pay him s. IN hour.
rhcy hin cd him for the same purpose lori
night ago, and he came up. but the men
said the furniture was not ready, and they
would 90 back. They paid the captain 500
on board the tug to-day.
After the tug was captured they found on
board the convicis' clothing, number ol
false Will and moustachcs and several
.eyoIvcrs, which were brought from New
York. AL The convicts had ample time 10
change their clothing for suits brought UP
on the boat. After the tug left the prison.
dock they cut the canal boat loose 80 rs to
1--WE more speed to their vessel.