The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-05
SINo sIyG BoLrs and BARs.
Tho Capture of One Of the Fuaitives An In-
EcniOus Mncbinirrs Handling OF the Locks
and D0ors-Onc vigiinnf Gunrdsmap.

The ingenious plot for the escape Of the
throc convlcts from Sing Sing prison carly on
Wednesday morning was carried out with au-
daclY. The leader was probably George Jones'
alias Big John Garvey." He was born IN New
Jersey, and has been an inmate Of several
prisons. Hc Ia about forty years old. tail and
thin, nnd his cOuntenance denotes considerable
intelligence. lie was icssuod with The masked
burglars that were the terror OF the river towns
last year, but as no complaint could be sus-
talnod against him he was arrested for an old
attempt at burglary aud scntenccd In 1874 to ten
years In state prison. lie l. machinist and
steam litter, and soon afcr his imprison-
ment was given charge Of the iron work
OF the prison. About two months ago
he was sent to the hospital, and thcro he
made confidence with the dispcnsary clerk,
Henry j. SALISBURY. young drug clerk, who had
hecn sentenced for Owe wears FOR forging bis em-
UONers name. : ilisourv had the privilege Of
the hospital, and was trusted by the keepers.
The other convict, Dents O'Nci young
offender. imprisoned for twenty years for rob-
bcry and flr two ycars lIi siX months for an
attempt az burglary, was employed In keepers
moss I. om IA cook, and locked up for tbs hight
IN the hospital.
on Tuesday night the hospital door was
closed, nnd - guard was stationed inside
O'Neil ana Jones were Ia the second story wl. b
about twenty-five other patients. Salisbury,
having the run OF thu hospital was not so
closely confined At / o'clock the guard was
ON Wednesday morning Salisbury told the
guard that he was going below To the dspensary
Oihco to get some medicine. The guard then
went TO the upper stories. and O'Neil slipped
down stairs and Joined Sat'bury In the dispen-
saiy IN the u,@eiheht' a low seconds hltofwarl
Jones Joined them. 1ucn the trio set to work
on the bolts and locks The double kitchen
door opens ON the prison lMd' the outer door
being cross bars OF iron. ud and the inner door
of wood. They went through the kitchen into
the court yard, and thence 20 the keepers mess
room.
Three guards are stationed In the yard Wait
ing until they were out II sight behind a work.
shop, tho conyicts unlocked the mess room
uoOr and going to aluiiy, helpcd themselves
To oatablts. Tue iron bars or the only window
In THIS room are ABOUT one inch In diameter,
and firmly soldered into the stone sill. 1hey
are fastcnci 10 Hat cross bars oy bolts halt an
inch In diameter. firmly liyeted by hammering.
The middle upright bar was easily pushed Lside,
and the three CcnNci squeezed themselves
through ami sprang into tno garden. There 10
seldom guard there aLd they easily escaped.
When Keeper Cornell iUarh d the basement
on his return patrol and did not nLd Salisbury,
hc sounded the alarm. The escaped prisoners
had locked the kitchen door hehiud them, an d
tho kceLcr could tot pIrsuc theu. TIE neigh
bughOOd was searched until daYhght. The
keepers found the middle uprisnt bar VI the
Centre cross bar. and the bolt that riVited 1t to
the lower cross bar was oh the hoor Jones, in
rs worS among the macninery, had secured
Two old bolts, one with broken, head.
lhis he ha1 .hled smooth. lie had then
reamed hole In thH end. Tho otner
bolt was Dlcd doNn t. III the roaming.
when they are screwed together they look like
a solid bolt. Jonos rivctcl tine bars with this
uolt. sawed the bar, aul nlied the cut with
III iching. warden Walker says that " tue con-
Nirls h"d replaced the buit it would never have
teen known how they icaped, and " other
prisoners had been iu tho secret thcY could
have cot away from lime % time without de-
lection.
On Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Abraham Atch-
tusOn of sing sing, NhllH gunuiug in the woods
auoui two miles from t"c prisou, found Sails
bury lying on the cfoInl ne tree. covered
Win leaves. Tue fugitive made no resistance,
ana W.s taken DLcA L. irsOn and confined IN a
dark cell. Jones and Nell have not been
caught. a farmer who lives about ten miles
from sing sing surpri-ei them IA tney were
searching the closets OF t.s house on Nednes-
DAY. He drove them on, supposng them to be
ordinary tralnpl.