The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-26


tefions woman has disappeared. and there seems
10 be no relation between her v,s,ts ann the
presence OF the tug. Evening closes upon the
iver the tug and the prison. ana in
the darkness all things grow indtstinct
Nothing disturbs the order OF the prison or
the repose OF the town until one O'Clock tnis morn
ing There Is no guard stalking about the isi,. ex-
cept the night warden, Mr.. Riaings At precisely
q quarter after one Mr.. Rulings heard a knock In
the back yard upon the door which couneots the
latter with the prison proper. Not suspecting
anything wrong lie opens the door and peers out.
The instant he does this ne m Hereby grasped he
recognizes che mufned figures Of = dozen men. he
hears low mutterinRs and hurried whispers. and
the instant AFTER without the opportunity to raise
cry he il hurled to the ground. strong hand
clasps about his throat.
0LTTEKING DAGGER sLAsHEs
one moment In the air. and the next It's point Is
held directly ABOVE hrs heart. ''One cry. one
whisper. one breath louder than we al0ne can
hear. and you are dead man." they say, and ne
Is at once gagged, handcuned and leg ir0ned. The
prison keys are taken from him, two r0ugbs guard
him. while those who have the Keys 60 to the cells
OF "Big Frank" Hope, Lswor, Huriburt and ali
the rest. and release them. They visit no other
cells in all the prison save 0ne-nameiy. that ln
which j. w. Frazier ls confined.
rtonAcTp WutC OUT VI pTiSOu, n8O never kuOWn OF
associated with these men. Why, therefore, should
they have released him. and only him Had he
not played some part In efrecting their release 2
LIFE HANGING BY HAIR.
Finally they assemble together in the corridor OF
the prison and hurriedly whisper among them
selves. No one has detected them thus fur, and no
one knows of their freedom, save the night war
den. lying out In the yard, gagged and hand
cuffed and leg ironed. The gang passes out To the
place where ne lies. They fear that ne may be
found. or that he may free himself before they are
far enough away. and they excitediy debate what
they shall do with him. I.awlor, one of the gang
just liberated. whispers to his companions that
'dead men tell no tales" and, without pausng Tor
their answer, he bends upon hts knee. unsheaths
knife and poses it IN the air. 'Big Frank"
catches his arm with one hand, pulls him ASIDE
with the other upbraids him hastily his wish to
murder one 80 helpless. and thus saves the war
denis life.
PUTTING THE WARDEN OUT OF THE WAY.
"We must put him out OF sight somewhere
suggested one, and to this proposition all the others
agree. They catch up the helpless Keeper in their
arms, and, az Frazler's hourly freedom has fsmil-
iarized him with all the tns and OF the prison.
he suggests that the man be carried TO the cells.
Frazier leads the way, and the others, bearing the
human burden, follow him. They descend the
stone steps leading cellarward. and place the
warden upon the door. There is large heap OF
coal lying near. and, making use OF everything
which would render the position OF the poor man
utterly and absolutely helpless. they roll him over
upon mis- face and pile mass Of coal upon his
shoulders. Thus they leave him.
DEPARTURE or CONvICTs AND pELIvERERs
There Is no suspicion Of discovery above. and so
''Big Franxr and Lawlor, along with all those who
came to rescue them, pass up the corridor that
leads to tine yard and scaling the wall by means Of
the ladder, which belonged to y workman EN-.
pOyed about the building. daylight all Free
The wilma is roaring through the trees, violent
snow storm is raging, and down there, on the
river, rides the little tug. which. beng nothing
usual, does not excite suspicion. They reach the
bank at about three O'Clock, the tug steams up
they board her and depart no one knows where
for, Israel Rulings has not reported according
to rule. Deputy Snerif Grif1n enters the Jail He
takes in the situation ar glance, and arOuses and
reports to his chief with whom he subsequently
makes an examination.
AN EYE-0PENER FOR THE sHKBiYF.
When the morning breaks Sheriff Armstrong
nnds the cells empty. the robbers g0ne-a pair OF
ladders only giving the clew to their escape. When
the warden il discovered in the CO liar he uncon-
scious, and when the gag Is taken from his mouth
It is found that his jaws are set and cannot be
closed. In brief space longer death must have
ensned. This observation-disclosures continued for
several hours and up to this time nothing further
can be learned from him than the above. The
Sherifi was asleep, and. of course. knows nothing
at all about the matter. The culprits lett lot Of
burglars tools behind them, but left 40 cIew to
their destination.
NOTHING FURTHER HEARD IHK VILLAINS.
1t is supposed that shey went to New Jersey.
and that the party who rescued them came up
from Philadelphia. The news OF che escape
has been sent lar and wide, and liberal rewards,
including special sum Of $1,000, are offered for
their capture.
s.BIa PRANK'sr GRIMES.
or all those who escaped, Frank Mcdonald, alias
"Big Frank" is the most celebrated and daring.
Among the many bold burgaries which he CON-
mitted may be mentioned the follOwing:-In 1868
he was arrested in Trenton, N. j.. for robbing
citizen OF $4,000 in bonds, large portion OF the
bonds being wInningly "fenced" in Philadelphia
by q sympathetic pal, named Ned Magee. soon
after the Beneficial Savings Bank In the
Quaker City was ROBBED OF 100000, and ''Big
Frank'' was shown to have had q leading part in
the conception and fulnlment oil the entire scheme
But In a mysterious manner the news OF the
burglary was quickly hushed no arrests were
made and "Big Frank" kept his liberty undis-
turbed. In April, 1870, man was shot In saloon
in Philadelphia and died soon alter from the
wound. That ''Bg Frank" was his murderer no
one has the slightest doubt; but as the man did
not identify the one who shot Irwin the culprit
escaped all punishment. After this "Big Frank"
disappeared, and the many bold deeds In which he
figured have until recently passed out OF mind
Finally he attempted the burglary of the Whining
ton Bank, and was captured as stated above.
ST. JOHNS CHURCH, ORANGE.
The Solid sympathy Excited by tho