The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-24
A PERFECT MODEL.


ETis0nrre- -lUtrresIinK To Gay Councils.
Germantown possesses the model police sta
tion house. Last evening, while tue telegraph
operator was sitting lii his room, which Is I'm ne
diatcly above the prls pners cells mis- attention
was aroused by "a cnrlous noise proceed ng from
the wash closet close at hand. Ghe police
Immediately alarmed and the operator ran 10
the closet where he found prisoner with his
head aud shoulders protruding from opening
in the floor directly lnder the sink. He wI-
driven back, aud the police then opened his ce !.
The ceiling of the cell had been previously
broken, and "a square yard of plaster torn away,
exposing the floor above. The dripping Of water
from the sink above had rotted the boards,
that it was a comparatively easy JOB u tear
away enough to make opening sufficiently
large TO enable man To escape The water
closet TO which the aperture led opens upon the
hallway, and as all the doors we're unlocked.
there was nothing between the prisoner and
liberty except the wakefulness of tue operator.
Sergeant opham Immediately took measures 10
secure the prisoner, but this proved no easy
matter. Tie cell where he confined vas
already broken open; the other cells in the base
ment had no staples on the doors, and could
not he locked. The cells In the wing of the hiil
are protected by iron bars, which have been
several times torn from their flstenings and are
not considered safe. 10 this emergency the only
resource was TO handcuff the prisoner, which
was also little difficult, as there were no hand
cuffs. Excellent provisions for a station houseCD
Councils should take notice
THE WILL OF THE LATE JUDGE LEWIS The
will of the late Judge Ellis Lewis was to-dtv
admitted 10 probate in the Register of wills
office. He makes the following bequest to JEFF
feTson College. The will says:-
Before the property devised to nv wife for
her lifetime is distributed after her death,
direct that the sum of $4,000 out of the proceed
of SAID property be given to the jefferson Med-
cal College of Philadelphia. for the purpose of
establishing and maint aiming class for inStruc-
tion in medical Jurisprudence in said college.
No interest is to be paid until the time sh Al
arrive for the payment of the principal, and
that sum is to be safely invested bv the trustees
of the college on interest, until with the aid of
contributions of benevolent citizens, sum shall
be raised sufficient to embark in the under
taking
FLOODED WITH WATER. Some of the work
men in the laundry establishment in the upper
story of The buildiIg at the southwest corner Of
Third and Wood streets neglected, on leaving
The place, to turn off the water last night aud
the consequence was that the liquor store on the
first floor was thoroughly drenched with water.
A couple of policemen noticed the water pour
ing out from under the front door and they
broke into the place and stopped the water.
The damage is not ascertained
THE AssAILANT OF WASHINGTON SMITH ADJ
MITTED TO BAIL.-The attending physician OF
Washington Smith, who shot some time ago
at the Office of Alderman Shoemaker, htvinc
certified before that magistrate that the wounded
man is out of danger, the assailant, TnDml-
Wilson, has been held in $4,000 bail for a fnrther
hearing on the sixth of April next Smith un-
expectedly recovered from the relapse which
Threatened his life few DAYS ago.
NJ. j. BALDWIN HAY, u. s. Consul at Jaffa,
will deliver lecture in the chapel of the Cnurch
of the Holy Apostles, Twenty first aud Christian
streets, on Saturday evening, March %, 1871. NJ
8 o'clock. Subject-"Ea-tern Life aud Cas-
TOMS" illustrated by costumes and dresses.
Admission free. collection will he taken up
in aid of the American Mission at JaffI
HEARTLEss THIEF. George Wagner, n
boarder in house on Lsvering street. NJ Mtnayunk.
few days ago stole $40 from poor woman
residing in the same house. Toe thief
arrested and has been committed by Alderman
Diehm.
MRS MARGARET WAFER will arrive ia the
city to- day from Providence, Il. L TO take in
charge the remains of her husband, who died
in the Episcopal Hospital yesterday from the
effects OF falling from train near Frankford
EXPLOSIVE COAL OLA coal-oil lamp ex-
ploded, at IL O'Clock last evening, in the d vel
ling No. 1900 Wallace street. A portion of thu
staircase was burned, but otherwise the damage
was OF small account.
Two MORE CORNER -LoUNGERs.-Ac couple of
corDer-loungers were arrested at Tenth and
Master streets last evening. Alderman Allison
held the accused in $500 bail each.