, 1873-07-02
SENT TO MILWAUKEE,.

JACK AAl6h Anu DhVO 1tNRR10 NANCn
to tho sccno OF Thor Inst Exp1oit--
THOR Attempt to Bnsy Out Of Prison
Frustrated by nm officer Who D0as
~ 1Vnnt n Ekc1vtlrl1s
!.fte; two weeks confinement In tho compara-
lively luxurious coils at tho Central Police Btu
tion, Jack Mlon and Davo Raggio, tito two noted
thieves and doHperndoes, woro started for Mil
waukoo in chnrge of Ohfot of Police Book, Of that
city on tho o'clock o1press Of tho Milwaukee, d
et. Paul Railroad, last cyoning. Those follows
did not lcavo Chicago, mud tho worry unBafo
place Wherein they have been confined, without
making m effort to escape, Which would hhvo
boon successful but for tho koen-Rcontod vigi-
lance Of Officers Prince and Shanley, who, hayo
had them In charge. Lost tho City Of Milwar-
kco may tako 1t upon horsolf to feol undor aomo
obligation to those oflicors, It may bc aa
woll to stato that Mr. Prince, whose good
sense ia vol known, declared last night TINT
he would DO inaulted by tho proffor Of reward
for whns ho had dono. This last effort OF Allen
aud naggio, and tho circumstances which attond
it, chow that they arc two Of tho worat oharao-
tors that tho police force Of any city oyor had to
deal with. III vlow Of tllis faot, 1t would aoem
that tho nuthoritioB hero havo kept thom con-
fluod In very unsafo place. IN cscape from
which would havo bcon accomplished with
but uttlo trouble but for tho watoh-
fulncss Of tho oflcera in attendance.
These havo roa11y been the priaon-bara, 20 to
speak, which havo prevented Allen and 'naggio
from csoaping ha wa9 proven last night. Tho
coll In which tho despeEadoeB were confined la
situated at tho southwest cornor OF tho tank a
hallway passes over 1t, which Ia easily reached
by night or day from almost my ono Of tho
stroet ontrancoa. just over the cell is vim
dow, which ia always open, md from which un-
observed communication may DO oasly had with
any occupant Of tic coils below by menns Of
string or piece Of wiro. Hoayy bnrB cover tho
opening Immediately undor ths window In tho
coll, but thcso may DO easily sawed, as nnggio
demonstrated last night. Those bars out OF tho
court, ont Of which ho could easily got by WIN
dow into wator-oloaett or bo drawn up By
rope to the window above, whore ready access to
tho street would bo givon him by my ono Of tho
Tho authorities knew Of this. and It acomod
liko criminal stupidity in thom whom they
confined two such noted desporadoos in suoh an
insecure priaon. Allon and Raggio seem to
by means ct tho window in tho hall
way over thom. Thoy seem to laye
been told that Inst night thoy would bo re-
moved to milwaukee,, and to have boon givon
Themselves. About o'clock lust ovcning, while
Mr: Washburn, Chief OF polico Book, Sergeant
Ellis, and Dotectiyo Tyrrell were CON-
pleting. arrangements for tho Bafe transporta-
tloA VI kuo CrlIuInRldj lno Natcu1ul Cur or
Mr. Prince detected hnrsh, grating sound in
tho coll like that OF q saw passing over iron. At
tho Hame time O1icor james Ghnnley, who has
| been tho night watchman over tho criminals
| since thoir imprisonment, observed tho stoady
trump Of aome one walking In tho cell. Tho two
officers, believing that Botne Irregular procood-
| lng8 Wero going OIL, communicated their liBeoy-
orios to eergt. ELLIS. It WIS doomed Bnfo to de-
lay whi1e before Investigating the matter. Of
flcer Shanloy won't to window In tho water
| closet, from Whonco ho could Wow all that WAS
going on in tho cell OF tho prisoners, without
bcing himself observed. Raggio was soen most
induhtrlously saving one Of tho iron bars OF tho
window which opened out into tho court, whilo
Allon, to drown the sound Of tho Haw, was walk
| ing heavily up and down the coll. After waiting
q few minutes, tho two ofticerB wont into the ccl
and Raggio appeared much chagrined whom
Stanley put his hand upon bar which was al-
most sawed of, near tho middle crosa-bar. For
some time he deniod all knowledge Of how tho
cut was made, hut finally ownod up, aud handed
over short saw, remarking that "such
1a Nfo." The saw was very short,
aud had q little holo in ono end
through which to run string. It Was, doubt
loss, lot down to him from the window above. az
tho clothing of both men has been repeatedly
examined, Us also tho cell they have Occupied
In fow minutes after this discovery both
men were heavily ironed and takon to the depot
| by Chlef Of Police Beck, Mr. WaBhbllru, Eeret.
Ellis and Detective Tyrrell. IsaSgio was very
a1llen on tho WY down, but Allen, "a usual, was
communicative mud pleasant. MI. Beck will bo
| mot outside of milwaukee, by squad OF police,