The sun., 1873-05-15
AN OUTLz w,s HIsTORY.
The LATEST Escnre frou, the state Prison In
Trsnton-An Oid New York Prison BIRD
Al Lnrgn-- ndcnhorl's Honni.

lipfIndu IIlnucuuOfT Hita5 " Dutrn llaf-
mon" who was sentenced to ten years imprlson-
ncnt at hard labor In the Trenton prison
aud who recently escaped n om that institution
! has figured ext"ntlvcly before the crinnal
courts of this State within the past ak years
Although orlv "A years old, he is undoubtedly
| one Of the most adroit aud skfful crauksnen in
| the United Sta.es. lie Las often been
| hoard To boast that the prison has not yet boon
! built which could keep him within its walls. and
| his many escapes seem to confirm hls boast.
| Lindendorf was born Of honest German parents
| In the Twentieth ward ~ this city, and began
/ his career VI crime when but boy. At the age
Of ~ he tapped tho till of grocer in west
| Thlrty-Gfth street. and was sont to the Reform-
| atory, whence he escaped In less than month.
! llis father. unable to do anything with him at
home, sent him to sea: Three years, ,afterward
/ his thleving. lie was arrested for robhing =
! drunken man in Ninth avenue, and senten ed
/ 10 three years In tue state Prison. In consider
! alton OF his youth, the Judge +, corsidered his
| sentence and sent him To the Penitcntiary for
/ one year Herman escaped at tho expiration "
tnroc months.
oNE ot the rrNTH AvENUE GANG.
After this escape he concealed himself for about
'iN months. lio was next seen IN Tenth avenue,
! ana was soon n recognized member oi tbe uotO-
| rous "Tenth Avenue Gang Ills ass9ciates
were iii,l hrkea.n,, iltn Langfnrd' better known
l'ctc;"' Henry Porter and his two brothers, and
/ Tim McGrath. alta the "kid.'
Tho daring of Dutch Harmon soon made him
! thcir acknowledged leader. This gang numbers
! cd about twenty-five members, their ages rang
/ ii~ from sixteen to twenty years. They infested
/ Icuth avcnu"' from Fuiticih To- twenty seventh
/ street AMI their dcprcdations were 40 bold and
frrIIent that the citi1cus Of the Twentieth
Ward never felt secure IN their lifo and property.
! About this time Capt. Charles Canrcv was
/ placed IN comma md of the Twentieth Ward po-
| lice, and al once adopted mcas,ires to break up
| this gang u highwHlmcn. Ofllcer~ wcro detail
/ ed In civilians dress t. follow on their track.
/ several ~ the gang wrie arrested willie IN tlo
al md tfaH IN
various terms In Sing Sing.
ONE OF ms rAts.
| In September, ISL, Iindendorf and Hon Por-
ter went into Iieury Jontz's saloon In Thirty
seSenth street and attempJed to rob tho place.
! Icni2 resisted Then Lind, ,ndorf assaulted him
| with an iron bar and forirr shot him In the
| groin. live months elapsed from the shooting
| Of Jcntz before Porter was arrested Ivy the
| police. In that time tho desperate, although
| only ~ years old, shot at and wounded not less
| than seven different men. when he was ar
rested lac was indicted on each charge, and Is
serving ten years nj Sing Sing on the frst indict
! meut. his Imprisonment on the second count to
I bc.in as soon ~ the first ST. all termin to-
IL was soon after the sentence Of Porter that
L.ndendurf who was regarded as a greater dcs-
! perado than Porter, was arrested after hard
strueglc. by serseant james Of Can't; an Cadry,s
| fenced tn six months In the penitentiary at hard
| labor
lie had served only two months OF his time
, and one day. seeing one " the guards in a row
boat with gun. Lndendorf suddenly knocked
down a keeper who was with hun. and spnnr.
| ing into the boat wreuched tho gun from tue
gg,tds hand' and pointing II a. him told him
/ city he would blow his brains out Having no
/ alternative the guard rowcd the boat ~ the foot
/ ~ Forty-fNrth street. LinGendorf all the while
keeping the gun pointed at ms head.
A. soon ~ the boat touched the landing, Lin
dendorf DUNG the gun into the .rtvcr sprana
ton Of this bold escape was given To Capt.
C-iiry and rs the desperate Wa known 70 al
! mo-t every onicor Ia the twentieth Ward, tho
| captain gave hi- men oiJers to be continually
on tno luohuut for him.
ANOTHER EXPLOIT.
| on the 18th OF August, lSal. Can't. Charles
! Church of the sloop Cherries smith, thcn lying
| dt the foot of 1hiTileth street, North hiVer,
while nsl lorf, In hi- stataroofn a. aw kcnpd by
! hearing some one rummaRing In the cshiu. Tho
| intruder had heavy liniorn IA hls hand Caut.
! Church, who wa tho only person on board tho
/ -tpoN. hailed the uttn. Whose features he couid
! PLAINLY discern 10y The light Of the lantern, and
! asked him what he wac After The ruillan with
! uut saving word. dealt the captain stAuning
! blow with the lantern, and before he could re-
cover. spr4nt to the harf and escaped. From
the description furnished, Capt. Ctifry was sat
i-red that the rubbcr and LnlendOrf were the
can't CtIfry therefore directed his officers To
Increase telr iif.ian'e and arrest lindendorf,
! Il II took his whole forNe t. de- IL. But the ruff
nan. fIl well ku9~inl that he was treadinV on
! dangerous ground, WA wary, and Ventured out
| only NJ ur4c"rlv hout-, and then oniS with con-
| g'nisl spirits WHO would shield him IA far as
Ohccr- Csrrcy aud Iovco having ascertainctl
| that he fellow hahitudy Wei. ed a low driuRinr
| den At Ihirty y--e,oud A.Icot and Teuth avenue.
expertcd at tits place ON SUNDAY evening. the
| officers lay ia wait an night. Toward da,hronk
| Lindeuduu approached the place and slipped
| la a. the side door. JOY ana tnfrey wero
close ou his hcois, aud before he coull close the
door they had him In their cur 70. Liudeudorf
fought like tiger TN was oyorpow"red and
| taken ~ toe police station. In the station he
araiu showed ncht, and II required the united
efforts ~ SoIe ant Mrtuliagh and i've officers to
| ph'e him In a cell. e ut. Lhur' was sent for,
| that he might identity Lnd"ndlTt Church
did not arrive until nearly four o'clock In tue
| afternoon.
! IDENTIFIED.
| The cell being dark, Sergeant McCullagh d.
| rcctrd the de- Irman, Roger Trmhle, to bring
Lindendurf out into the Office taking the pro-
! caution, however, to close the front doors and
| windows to prevent possible escape in that
dirccti"n. When the prisoner Sas confronted
saying, THAT Is the man ! would know that
follow among ten thousand Sergeant McCul-
lngh then direct q the dourman TO return the
They mad reached the area, which divides the
sitting room from the prison, when thedespe-
! rndo sprung away from the doorman, and dart
ing IN the steps leading to the lodging rooms,
escaped. Before any one had time % prevent
! which euclos5- the station yard on the north
side, and J,impod to the ROOF of the adjoining
on Ais purs .cr- and e Iprd. After this escape
| i.ndcnlorf. fc7rins rccnpture, fled rom the
| city. IT, next made his appearance ~ New Jer-
sew. In that state lac travelled from town To
1n@n tI..nG ana I'.aing as ~ 11 went IN New
CAUGHt AGAIN.
on the morning of FEB. s l,72, Orlcer Martin
| toultn OF the franklin street police station
. stopped hack which wa being driven along
Centre street, near leonard. ana asked tho driver
why his lamps were not lighted. As the uficcr
| Urarcd N 90 hack two Iurn lnsilc sprau- out and
the one on tie boX iumI ed down and all ran ur.
Tho officer sounded the alarm, aud after a lively
/ chase hy thr'e officers two 0t the fugitives were
. arrested. Tho driver Of tho hack, john Mon
uahau WAS secured hy OQlrcr C0nliu. The two
other men proved 10 be John Conruy and Tin
drudprf. dia~ Dutch Harmon, alias lhos. punn.
4 Lindopdnrf WIS chased hN bhcer liavcudam.
| Muou near baylrd and Baxter etroet- Linden
dutf turned On tho III or aud tucd to "trip him.
hit the ufi. or throw 4ill 60 tl.0 ground. In the
fail IInCoudorfs thi"h WAS fractured. Ito WAS
huruc 10 cell in bellevue Hospital. In the
| hack was S2Ul worth OF siIks ana cloth. the
prucecda ll burglary at the factory ut Hortger
Hiple al luiun. y. j. WH"n Lindcud It rc-
covered he taken, with Ionroy and Norma
han, to New jersey and delivered 10 the author
iteS. They were subsequently sentenced 90 ten
years vaGu a. hard labor In the Trenton prison,
| lndoniorf was put 10 WORK In the shoe hop
| ON the evening Of his escape, Just before the
conyip Is were returned tutAcir cells Lindeud ort
| conceded himself In the work ShOn and WIS over
! looked by the guards. He thcn lowered himself
to the grounds with role, aud scaling the wans
CStilcd.
work forthe BroolNiyn for0ners.
! Dora Quinn, aged z, was found dead in her bed
yesterday morulag, corner OF Third a,aune and Twcu
ty-tHrd street. shannon. years Old. dlrd sui,
g.ny at her parents reside ic ~ Twelfth rtrcrt ot