Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-11-04
Escape OF convicts.
ADRssERArE a STRUGGLE FOR t1Bgnr5.

! We noticed in Fridays HERALD
the passage of q carload of oonyicts
through kWland, who were being taken
from Sing Sing, n. Y, to Dannemora
prison in the same State. On the ar
| rival of the train at Middlebury, three
OF the prisoners having freed them
selves from the handouts and chains
which hound them, leaped from the car
windows and attempted an escape; the
car standing at the time on the bridge
near the depot. One of them was cap
tured before he had hardly cleared the
car, another was shot, while the third
jumped into the river and escaped.
| The wpunded man was roughly dragged
| into the car and thrown on the floor.
and report says that he was nearly dead
! when the train reached Essex Junction.
During the escape seven shots were
| fired, and two Of chem struck the bag
gage car, barely missing the baggage
master and the express agent. The
keepers in charge of the convlcts tele-
graphed TO Sheriff Trip, of Middle |
bury, from Essex Junction, requesting |
him to use every endeavor to capture |
the missing prisoner. The sheriff found |
the place whete the man had crawled |
out of his ice-cOld bath, and also his
cap, and a little further on his tracks
were seen leading through field. Here
the trail was lost, and according to
latest accolats no capture had been
made.
FURTHER DETAILS.
The following additional particulars
our Middlebury correspondent sends US
This morning, as the car load of con-
Yicts which were l.si,ia-ialtaa f~s,~--- s',-
Sing Sing 70 the Dannemora prison, ar
rived at this place two of them slipped
their irons and escaped from the car,
which was standing in the bridge at the
time. One ran hack across the bridge
and got away, although shot at by the
officer four or five times. The other
ran around the back side of the railroad
woodshed and started up town, the Off !
GER following, and, after several shots, ! }
be was crippled and taken back to the :
cars. Whether he was dangerously +
wounded or not no one here knows There
is a rumor that he is dead, but it is ex-
ceeding doubtful.
Sheriff Drew received telegram ,
from Essex Junction, for him to follow )
the one which escaped. He tracked him t
on the railroad, anu scattered the news, {
20 that all might be on the lookout for
him.
Later-About p. m. he was seen by +
some residents about three miles up the !
creek, and was chased into the swamp. '
Help was summoned and word sent to
the sheriff, who Immediately went up ..
there, and arrived just in time to see
them fetching him out. He had swan I
the creek, and was so cold that he could
not run. Mr.. Tripp took care to place
him in warm and comfortable room
with the four other county SOarders, E
where our reporter interviewed him /
He says he is in prison on a charge of 1
assault and battery with intent to kill
hat he was resident of Sing Sing, ma,
i've of Ireland and was sentenced for +
fifteen years, twenty-seven months of +
which have passed. He also said that
.he fellow who was with him had been
In for about two months, and came
from New York City, and that tie ,
other fellow sawed the chains apart, but s
about him he knew nothing more.