, 1873-12-23
Allowed to Visit His House, He Avaiis
Himself Of the Opportunity to
Take to His Yacht.
-Four Other Indicted Members or
the Ring Fail to Appear
and Forfeit Bail.
Ex-Mayor Halls Trial Commenced, and
His Conviction Predicted.

NEW YORK; Dec l4.--1uo e6chPc u Ne4et3 tAs
fight Of Aid. Conan, senntor Norton, doorge 8.
&1illor, aud John Walsh, and tho nlraignnlont
for trial Of ox-Nlayor Hall OH tho samo inlict.
mont On Which Tweed was convicted, havo agi-
tatod tho city to-tlay iu d singular nanuor.
Comets oacnpo WAS n,ado known about o'clock
ut tho pnltco headquarters, and waB tho town
! talk before tho Court opened at 10. The 1ght
Of tho others waa discovered about noon when
their lawyora came trailing into court without
their clients, and at tho calling Of Halls caso
filled tho courtroom wlth.an oxcitcd crowd, who
watched the selection Of tho jury with great ip-
tereBt.
oENErg EsoArE
| loais everybody to condemn tho Sllorir, and IL
is already cited to appear Ia court and make ex-
plauation Of Ills conduct In permitting donos to
remain peacefully at 1arge aftor conviction. Tho
Sheriff Inns powor to exercise this 'cenency, aud
used 1t In tho Twood caBe after Tweed's conglc~
tion, but refused to do so after sentence to give
Tweed timo to aettlo his affairs. He did 10. ex-
orciHo It In tho caBo Of 1ngorsoll a,d some allogs
| that
THE suEn1FF's oLEMEHCY
| ia exercised only for the benefit Of friends.
1t my rate, ths mishnp Of his Deputy creates
general condemnation Of SheriH BYenuan aud 1t
will probably end In lis being held for conte mpt
| in heavy fine, and possibly Imprisonment. The
worst featuro IN tho anfair, al far as tho Sheriff
is concerned, Is the following fact: On Saturday
last tho District-Attorney in letter warnoa
Brennan that au attempt would be made
| TO RESCUE GENET,
and TINT 1t Ind boon intended to try it the uight
previous. He urged the Sheriff to remove tho
prisoner nj once to tho Tombs prison within an
hour. Genot walked into tho Office Of
United States Distrlct~Attornoy George Bliss,
took tho District-Attorneys letter out
Of his pocket and read it to Bliss, comment
ing on it aS illustration OF the absurd stories
started about hlm.
Tho friends OF Brennan CHIN that lie sent the
noto aa warned to Shields, who showed 1t to
Genet Us 4 joko. Tho shorif1'a enemies, on the
othor hnnd, claim tia. it wns sent to linn Us a
warning TINT tho designs wore known.
| THE MANNER OF ESCAPE,
as reported to the ti Sheriff BY Desuty Shields is
said, "repertea to me-, about 8 this naogning.
that Comet hul escaped botwoon half-paat 2 mud
g.. Immediately sent word 70 she
Se' @ poss assaua5tSs sss "na ID 'ss,peS SSs eaeous s
excited, and netnaily trou'bled with agitation:
Lie told mo that about half.past Genet asked
reat Of tho night. Shields. influenced by fcol-
iuga OF delicacy, did not accompany Geuot. Ho
was satisfied there vas no other door to tue
room than that by which Genet entered. He had
| no idea Genet would try to eHcapo. Genot had
quite crowd Of visitors Sunday night come to
taio leave Of him. Most Of them are known,
, md will be snhpnnaoa, aud n'nst ap-
pear ou tho. Investigation I have demanded.
Shields saya ho dosod on, and alept until near7
O'clock. When ho nwoko ho knocked ut thu bed
room door. Tlero was no response, aud ho en-.
tered. Comet had gone, aud hs wife expressed
entire ignorance as to his escape, declaring thas
he had not been with hor during tho night. Tho
! eHcapo must hAyo bHeu
ny WINDOW.
Shields at once mndo search, and went to the
stables, but the horses and carriage wcro there.
Ha then reported to the police"
Questiou-nayo you uny roaBon to suspect
Shields Of completely In the nlattcr?
Answer-Thero is no honeaterm than Shields.
replied 1lr. Brennan. III Twccds case he could, if
le were corrupt, have nude all tie money ho
wantel but no ono could reach him. Shields
knew that Comet WIS no friend Of mine. Politi-
} cally, We hnyo been opposed. II I had been in
court when tho commitment WAS male, would
havo refused to take Charge Of him.
Q.--Wnen did you lust 500 Comet?
Al saw him on Saturday. I told him
thon that there was q rumor curront thnt ho
would mako NIL attempt to escapo II ho got
chnnce. Genet seemed indignant Ho secuted
the idea that ho would play suoh trick upon
tho Sheriff.
Q-How do you think he rot away?
A.--Hiv house ia situated noar the Harlen4
River, at Ono Hundred aud Twonty-ffth atroot
and Secoud ayeuue, and d boat must have been
in readiness to curry him of. Hia escape must
ho tho result Of concerted plan BY Ills friends.
: aud have no doubt we shau discover who
aided him to flee. That is all / know 50 fur.
Shields was dreadfullY agitated, and nude the
tee s t. III pf n very t'tssa nasI liz Is
tho first man have ever lost. Later IN the day
the sherifr stated, III reply to IN inquiry where
J Mr. Shields could DO seen, that By La (tEe sher.
iff's) orders Shields and eight other Deputies Ind
| tnff tnf~f In 0f futyfftVo
Q.-Do you hopo to catch Aim2
Al am in possession OF Information
which, II true, will land him in tho Tombs to-
night or to-morrow; nnTps;s ,,urnr ,,onr.
! The belief IL that Comet has escaped By tho
land until ho reaches Canadian territory.
carry lin, around Iy sea. Or with good start liz
could mate Canada by mil before being inter-
ceptod. The Sheriff hopes to catch lin to-
night, but succeBs 10 doubtful.
CoWAN, MILLER, WALSH, WELLS, AND NORTON
have undoubtedly fed for good, aud will not up.
pear to saud trial. Their caHos are hopeless al
any time, and especially 30 now that tho tide haa
Bet 80 strong against thievos. Their guilt IL un.
questioned, and clean sweep Of the whole Of
them would follow auy sort oftrial. Their rob-
bories, like those Of Tweed, were in tho Court
House building.
= HALL WILL PROBABLY De CONVICTED
this tiue. The Indictment as the satMe as thai
Oh which Tweed WIS convicted md sentenced
for twelve years The charge IL not nlado that
, Hall got any 1nonoy. Tlore iB not the slgnteBt
proof OF this, but Ills failure to stop thu swim.
ding which everybody know was going On can
bo excused oil no ground other than tho phssicina
in,possbiity OF a0tually examining oaoh bs!l aa
presented to him by the Comptroller Tor s'gna-
turo to tho warrant.
Lyman Yromni,,, counsel for tho prosecution
in the Hall case, Htatod to-day that
. CONVICTION WAS ALMOST CERTAIN.
IIo admits That no money can DO traced to
Halls Aands, aud 1t Ia probablo no did not get
ary Of tho stoalingu. Hall was politically an.
bilious. aud Tamniany blinded him to Its frauds
!, by prop,tsos OF prefornlent. Halls property Il
not large but tho income Of his law firm
amounts to several hundred thousand dollars
yoar.
, New YoAK. Dec. 22.-Harry Genet, the latsst
, convicted member Of the late "siuT," was per>
> ,nittel to visit Aia wife. by tho Deputy-SheriA
| in nIarHa Of him, 1nat nfnllf and int