The sun., 1872-04-24
TUMBL1NG OUT OF PRISON.
TIE WHOLESALE EMPTTING OFTHE
QUEENS COUNTY JAIL.

II was announced in yesterdays SUN that
ten Of the most hardened criminals Of Long
Island had tumbled out Of the old rookcfy
| called Jail In Queens county, and had departed
for parts unknown. This stampede had einptcd
| the lower corridor on the north side OF the jail
| and returned to the community several as dCs-
| pcrate villains as can be found anywhere outside
| Of state Prison. The list includes Chris P,tncr,
| Gcrmaii who was awaiting trial for an assault
| with intent to kill man by stabbng; Adam
Miller German, indicted for shooting little
| boy whom hc encountered while cunning In tho
| woods. and says he mistook for n little bird !;
| william Crooker, white outlaw from Crow Hill,
| the disrcputablc negro settlement i'm the out
skirts Of Brooklyn, where Crookcr was admitted
as an equal with the blacks, and whence he sailed
| out at nights to commit the burglarics for which
| he was in arrest Frederick Edbrook, an Eng
| iishman, under sentence for larceny; Chllsto-
| pher Kcbcc, German, charged with fclonious
assault John Wclsmann, German, serving
| sentence for larceny, with another charge Of
| horse stealing hanging over him; Anthony
| Waller a German, under sentence for assault
| and battery; Henry Wills, an American, held
| for completely in the murder Of a missing woman
| last seen In row with Willis and Others on a
canal boat lying in Newtown Creek; and negro
uamed Frank, charged with horse stealing.
THE EsCAPADE DISCOVERED.
Tho prisoners took their departure az about
o'clock last Sunday evening. They are per-
| mittod to occupy the corridor In common during
| the daytime, and at nights, usually about
| o'clock, are locked into cells. Last Sunday
evening the iacr, having been up all the previous
| night niinsterng to sick prisoner, INDUCED in
| nap after supper md II was about a quarter
| past when lac went to lock the prisoners in
| their cells He reached the vicinity OF the cor
ridor In time TO hear the clatter " the boots of
the last fugitive against the wooden fence Of the
Jail yard as he descended on the outside, and to
| find the corridor empty. He wasted no time In
| chasing the runaways, but hastcned to ring the
| Court House bell TO let the fellows know that
their escapade had been discovered As the old
Jail stands several miles away from any place, in
the centre II perfectly barren and dcsolaie
tract of country, the ringing of the bell could be
| expected TO accomplish but litilc good. How
ever two or three bclatcd sunday strollers
were attracted hy the unusual sound, and VIII
| lingly volunteered TO help the ai.cr gucs, what
| on earth the prisoners wanted 10 80 away for
| To satisfy their curiosity tncy waikod around
| the old -heuiy aud pccre1 out Into the gather
ing du.tuCs. To sec II any Of the dscoutcntrd
bc seen or heard the party returned indoors,
| and, procuring candles, proceeded to ascertain
now THE THING WAS poSE.
The door of the corridor opens into the main
hall of the iuii building, which also serves the
purposes of a court house and jliers residence.
Ihr apWtmcnts Of the iailcr are on the opp pl.ite
eide OF the hall from this corridor The h4ll has
"a trout d uuT which is the principal entrance to
the building and opens directly on the highway.
and a corrosponding door at the rear. opepiTlf
into yard surrounded by board fence ur wall,
as 10 Is called, fourteen feet high, with a row uf
spikes or sharp pointed nails projecting upward
rom its top. Ihe prisoners, scouting the easy
exit through the front door, after reaching The
hall passed out into the yard by the back door
evidently ashamed Of tic casy task they had
aud wanted TO earn little credit for enterprise.
The corridor door j. "A massive affair Of hard
wood ot several thickness laid cros.wi-e. II
would take man ull night 10 cut through it
with Jaclkriic. This wonderful door is sccured
~ am equal, mas I'VE ,ucf, the sic Of which is
lie prnD ipal feature. Ii might readily hc
UNLoCHED Win a CROOKED POKER
In tle hands of an export lo,h-pickcr. THE
Nund tful lock Ng- arranged tu admit uf Luy
rom rih'r r,lc 81 the Conr. The pisoucts mad
uut Ia pruNid" themselves with "a very sinulr
skeleton ami thi- lock Was az th.r mercy. A. "a
iutther Sec,h o., however, p'ulerous holt had
been placed on the outside Of tho door, and SO
arranged that whcn showed into b., fastening n
to receive II. so that the bolt could not then be
thrown back without turning IL helf around in
30. socket. This bolt WIS toudiy looked upon as
uyinCihle TO al the arts Of cunning rsun rs.
Bot 10 So happens that in the lapse 4 time the
door and it, casing have parted company by the
-pacc Of about hail Hn in"n, which space Ills
terrible bolt had tn cross ia reaching It's socket.
and was, therefore, within sight and reach uf
those confined within. With u rod of ron
dinicuity In reaching and turning tl'ls L"T bnIf
around, and then gradually working IL back un-
Ill the door "a " open and ruye.them egress TO
the hail and the jail yard.
sCNLING THE PRISON WALL.
During the day thCy had been diligently az
work preparing Tor lho nights trolc lhCy had
torn Their bed blankets INTO strit S. and twisted
them INTO tine most perfect Wotiltn ropes that
could he imagined. Ihcy were 80 peiirc. ly |
mudc that they retained their twist n we'll as
ropes oi hcmp, and had as little stretch. Two |
Of these ruies had been made each twenty
eight feet long In addition, two small bul had
been made, each capable If holding from thIce
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THE NilENr SINNER REruRNs
One Of the fugitivcs. Chris. Pltner ashamed Of
such "a scly tllr, RETURNED tp the suern d. nfl.s
in Jamaica Yesterday md surrcndprsI hir,-..f
lie SAYS he know not lling uf tl. plln t' e,nf,e
until IL was in uuerntion lie Igv down Ia tul,e "A