Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-03-07
In New Castle Hail.

$40 TRArK AoAIN IN THM HArps On -.
AurHoRiTiKs or DELAwARE-TAIn Tn
RUIN or PRANK. iAA
Friday week the Chief Of Poilee ofpAu.
dslphia telegraphsd sheriff Afns,1ana-
. nI,,. BIZ Frank vas still in the Central
that city desired TO hand him over Ia ~
oiiicera Of the law at New Castle. Shat
Armstrong replied that important hnsir.a.
would keep him from visiting Phlisdeinbi.
until Saturday, but was Informed thatb ~
must go mp Immediately and take char. ~
thelpria0ner.
SO sheriff Armstrong. accomn.n,.a A..
Constable Ward, left for the Quaker City
on arriving there secured the object Of MI,
visit and left for New Cantle on Al. ~
o'clock p. m. train. They were acoomnanl.s
TO the depot In Philadeiphia by sevs,.i
police and detective sfioers. and pu,hiss
theiI way thIough the crowd drawn togethsf
out OF curiosity, boarded q freight or ~.
All along the line crowds gathered N ~,
glimpse OF the prisoner, but they were Al
disappointed. When the train arrived her.
another large crowd was encountered And AZ
New Castle hundreds Of people had raihsrss
/ for the purpose Of getting another Rlimnas
/ OF the famous convict But n was imnossi.
bile TO get near him. He was hustled inio
hack and driven to the prison, when il ~.
noticed that he was 80 drunk a. 10 be ~
/ most incapable OF walking without heln m
the steps Into the prison. ~ ~
| So far as we can learn he IL not verv ann.
munioative on the recent escape. Wber h.
met Warden Riding he remarked 10 him. ~
hope you have no III will towards me. W.
have also just learned that he has states
there were twelve men engaged In The
rescue, anu that arden Riding knew moth
Ing whatever Of the matter.
AN INTERVIEW WITH raE PRisoSrn
,fFrAnk twas Friday week interviewed In
the Central station. He said ~
MY arrest IL fate Listen 10 the ttoty
NO more remarkable arrest can be found u
criminal record. No matter where / had
my quarters sf,er my arrival In PhnAdsl.
my capture had only been in daylight fof
iive minutes. | saw a horse car passing
down Master street, and, upon LOOKING 4
~ saw = man steadily caring At me from
one OF the windows. | felt uneasy, though
did not recognize the face, and stepped il
the hrst saloon came TO. / WAS forced Il
come out, In order TO get something 10 eat.
You know what followed. The man found
. constable and arrested me. Think OF hi
Had come out Of the place where l yas
, staying one moment later the affair could
not have taken place. Had the car not
! been behind time today, instead Of being
1 here, l would have been free The man
4 who recognized me is a resident OF another
, city. He paaaeB down Master street onlT
h once in 80 many years, and yet this man AZ
: the hour. nay at the very moment I appear
upon the street, recognizes me and brings
. me to this dreary place. Sir, II is fate, fsts.
= and nothing less
! lie said Frazier served them all rood
4 turn, that the woman and tug stories were
mere romance, that his party had no con.
!. neetion with any carriage, and that shortly
!, after their rescue they parted. No word
I. | could be got from him OF the method Of the
= escape; OF the means by which those within
4 communicated with those with0ut Of The
A departure or Whereabouts of his comrades.
= He concluded: 1.-THE fatea are against
: me. Napoleon at Waterloo wished Tor
4 either darkness or Grouehy. wished for
n darkness or -"
II He did not finish his sentence, a. be was
!. interrupted by the Sheriff, who told him il
I was time Tor them to be leaving for home
i On the same day a man named Mcbride
a who keeps a livery stable in PHILADELPHIA
p came down TO Holly OAK and proved thai
II the horses found astrAy In that neighbof
n hood on the morning the prisoners escaped
v were his. He said he hired them to
Il stranger the day before, and that he had moi
: seen anything Of him since. The brides
ii and collars on the horses were Identified BY
l. Mr.. McBIide as his property, bat the rest 0l
Z. the harness and also the double carriage h
3 said he never saw.