Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-09-24
ESCAPE Of ple FRANK.
TIE ral'oa sofN.WEp 10 HIS "0rsa
I'VE amoTp FlneD ~ THEE NIGHT
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FOOTSTEPS HEARD UPON THE JAIL
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Big Frank made his escape from the New |
Castle prison for the second tuas, Last night
Hs sssms 10 have besu unAsaistsd by persons
on the outaide, though what amount Of help was
extended him from the inside dosS not clearly
Appsar. No foros WAN used, NO bolts were bro
len, but BE- walked ,anrestrainedly through
doom which new back at his ''open sesame" -
readily ~ did those In fairy tales Of old.
rHEAx AA9 sfvRRAL aEroaTs @
in circulation relative to the manner Of the e.
cape, hrt Just bow y 70. aecompliahsd is one Of
Sheriff Armstrong gives one version, Jail War
den HerimAn another, but neither Of these were
In tho prison 1t the time. Warden Wilson Ia the
only man who witnessed the escape, and he
states that he fired two shots at Big Frank, one
- he turned from the main corridor, and tho
other ~ he vanished through the outer door into
the darkness. The pistol slugs are firmly inden-
ted In the wood work Ut the end Of the corridor
and in the outer door, 40 that both missed their
aim and Big Frank ran the gauntlet Of his fire
unscathed. There are also some outside rumors
which We will give for what they are worth,
promising, however. that they are not without
belief in certain quarters.
THE MANNER OF THE kscApS-
The escape, ~ We have already stated, was
made through the prison doors. 1t occurred
about o'clock, this morning. Levi Wilson, the
night warden, was ON duty at the time He says
that he had gone down to the far end OF the cor
ridor to the weave room 10 ascertain what certain
sounds which he heard i'm that part Of the prison
were. Turning to retrace his steps he saw Big
Frank running along the corridor ut the other
end, and Just ~ he turned TO pass through the
inner wicket gate he fired at him He then gave
pursuit, but the second wicket had IN the
meantime been unlocked. the distance
trAversed TO the outer door and 1t thrown open
and Big Frank was in thesact Of passing down
the steps when another ahot wAs discharged after
him. The distance from the end Of the corridor
| TO the place where Big Frank was first seen IL
about twice n far ~ from the turning point to
the street, but there are no obstacles In the way
| to prevent nasty passage TO the first gate,
while Big Frank had very difficult lock to turn
and door to unbolt before he could pass ont
Either Warden Wilson is very slow, or Big
Frank exceedingly expert ct pushing hack . bolt
which the Wardens themselves, accustomed to
1t, could not readily turn, at the first effort.
THE CONDITION OF TIRE DOORS.
The manner In which the doors were left was
thus explained by Warden Herdman, this morn
ing. Tho inner, or grating, door Of Franks cell
was open, but the outer one WAS fastened by q
chain and locked. Both doors were securely
fastened, last night To open the inner door
the outer one must frat be unlocked and the
bolt pushed out. Such thing might he posi-
bio with long arms and properly fitting keys, bus
1t would be very tiresome operation and one
| uUt AlUkotuoV lE00 uUl6es 1uo CuuultAUu
Of the doors show that Frank had unlocked the
outer door, unbOlted the inner, re-locked the
outer and either unlocked IL again and
again relocked il to get ont, or had
crawled through tho aperture afforded by the
chain Warden Herdman says that only two
other doors obstruoted his passage out-the out
| or wicket gate and the outer door The formerihs
explsined was fastened nv = rolling iock. yer,
| difRcnlt To omen. and one whose boit he oanpo
always push back Al the arst effort. II seems t.
have opened verv ouicklv 10 Frank. however.
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