The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-21

MoDERk JlcK SREppARps.-Twn4 P R,adrp,s
MAKE BREAK-.OE oF TREK GERS tssruuk y
1 M HoIE-A bUDrcgous sscEsE.-The Mil.
waukie Wisconsin of the 18th has the fol.
lowing At 10 O'Clock last night Turnkey
A lit inspected the cells and found them and
the prisoners "allright"2 He then returned
to- the Office, and in short time retired; bis
bedroom being just back of this Office. AT
about q O'clock this morning be was
weakened BY some slight sound. Listening
intently, he thought The could detect the
sound of saw working against iron-just
from what point hetcould not tell, but that
II was bona tide iron-aawing case he be-
came convinced. Opening the doorieading
up the stairway to the cells, AIT listened,
hut could hear no sound Hastily dressing
himself, he went out upon the street and
around to little court in the yard of the
police station. Here he could distinctly hear
the saving noise, although, as the gas in the
cell department had beeuturned off, be was
unable to see'Tanytfing. The gas is lett
burning all night in the hallway, and was
burning when Alftretired.) 1, .e5
Presently, however, the party making the
noise strucka match, which flashed for mo-
ment and was then extinguished. But it
was long enough time to show the watch
ing turnkey the figure of mau on the in
side of the bars with saw i'm his hand care
fully examining his work upon one of the
bars .ra, i. 81 1.a;-.eias
Aft then returned to the Jail and aroused
Sheriff Mcdonald, stating the facts to him.
The pair took their pistols and crept quietly
up to the first door leading to the corridor
running in front of the cells, and then with
as much rapidity as possible they sprang the
locks of the. first and second doors and
rushed in. The moonlight streamed in
through the window and all that was going
on was revealed. Il ii a.. ,f-t =.
There stood Jack Allen, one of the precious
pair Of Chicago burglars, by the window,
facing them. He bad dropped the saw with
which he had been cutting an iron bar, as
they entered. And there, also, with his body
half protruding through small aperture in
the door of his cell, and absolutely unable to
move either one way or the other, was Dave
RagGio, Aliens partner. .rG@f ,@s >.r al
"Get back into your cell !" commanded
Alt, who did not appreciate The fellows
condition. ri t."a .s. -
"But can't get back; I wish could -
WAS RagSio's answer. And such was the
fact. Z, s..- @ - " .-
In each cell-door is hole nine and one
half inches square, which is covered by Il
swinging door. This door the rascals had
removed by saving off the pivot on one side
and slipping the other aside; but even then
one would have supposed them safe. for a
hole only nine and one-haf inches square
might well be considered too small to admit
of the passage of a mans body. Notwitll-
standing this, Allen, who is slender chap,
squeezed himself through, and began opera.
tions on the bars at the window of the hall,
the only things between him and liberty
Raggio attempted to follow Allen. BY
dint ofhard pushing and some pulling from
his partner, he succeeded in getting just one
half through, and there his good feeding
showed itself, and he "stuck fast" Squirm
lis he could, it made no difference; and when
he concluded to give it up, he discovered
that he could not retreat. He was literally
caught in his own trap. It reminds one very
forcibly of the juvenile yarn about the foxes
that craWled through hole into chicken.
| coop, but when the farmer heard them and
came out,
The fexes both flew, and one went through,
But the rhickelIed one stuck in the hole"
The officers secured Allen and pla ed hin
in irons in a separate cell. Meantime Rag
Sio was shouting Justify for relief. His pc
sition had become very painful, as he WA:
| hanging on iron which is not more than one
half inch in thickness, and his feet were FIJI
above the floor. The officers Strengthened
him. and attempted to pull him one way Of
| the other, but it was found impossible tt
| iberate him. Continued eXertion showed
| but one way--thc door must be cut and tn,
grasp of that hole loosened. AS it was il
| the dead of night, nothing could be done i'm
mediatelv, and the officers consequent,
brought stools and blocked up the doubl.
imprisoned prisoner and there he lay, o
Sprawled, until o'clock this morning, whel
| a locksmlth was brought, who removed twt
of the crosS-bars; the iron was bent bacl
and The thoroughly disguised Raggio wa
drawn out. His shoulders, back, and hip
were badly torn and bruised by his frantic
endelvors to get out of this new-fanglel
''squeeZe" the law had on him. AS tn
| rogucS began operations between II and /
| O'clock, he hung over that door more thai
seven hours. He looks as if he thought i
| considerably longer.
| Four saws were found on the floor of tn
! haIIway-each about one foot long. TIL
rascals had evidently determined upon max
ing strong resistance if discovered afte
they were in u fair way Of escape, is the
had wrenched offtwo iron legs of their bed
stead to serve as weapons And most eflec
tual weapons they would have been, as the
can be easily handled, and one blow woul
suffice to kill a man. TLey are, however, a
secure now, and Raggio especially will no
care to make another attempt unless th
county will enlarge those apcrturcs.