, 1876-09-28
DIs1DE1VELL-I
A cleverly-P[anned Attempt at
Escape from the House OF
Correction.
Eleven Jait.Birds Try to Swim thc
River In Search Of Liberty.
six Are Persuaded to Return Quiotly...
Five Are Fired Upon and
Wounded,
1t Is Not Unlikely that One OF
Them May Die.

lhem May die.
Nr. Deputy Mack sat IN tito Office attached TO
the City Briflcwcll Tuesday afternoon smoking
c'gdr with the calm sa.Iafnetion Of q matf who
hos plenty ot time Oh Ills EnrJs and who knows
how to spend IL u The best advantage. 0utAide
oil was pcncctul ahil quiet Us is customary IN 4
vast prbllr establishment where thc routine is
perfect mud thoroughly syktcmntized. The
long, red brick walls stared down upon tha
wood courtyard, rejecting the rays Of the Sep
teinber sun with warmth H,ore than comforta-
bic. Two Or thren fotlorn females wera to be
sccn,thctE headsthrust out OF tic upper windows,
endcavortng to catch some glimpse Of the great
sca Ut roofs that stretched out before them in
m unslght1y panorama, Of the particular spots
where they lad been accustomed TO dwell, and
which they liad learned 10 call home. In the
busen,ont could he seen tho cooke husily en-
gagged In clearing the tables, preliminary 10 the
coming supper. Several guards were loitcrfng
about the yarl near tho entrance, discussing
politics.
Atha1f-past ! o'clock cyery evening tho dlt-
crcnt gangs OF men employed In the brick and
stonc yards arc notified that Il Is time To qu!t
work. It Ia needless to say that the order to
stop Is never dIercgarlcl. Tho brick.
yard Is situated outside the. walls OF
the DriAeweli yard. 1tfsa large squarc piece Of
GROUND, incloar1 or two sides BY d high boari-
fcticc. on one side by wall, and tho remaining
side bounded f'r the river. Here forty prisoners
are at work every day, making enough building
lodgings. Thcsc forty men arc kept In order by
Force of 1.-Two Euarile, who, armed with shot
guns, are stationed ut intrryals around the
Mr.. Deputy Mack, sitting in his Office and
sfunk{ttte mill
ltsusNnl cgual1inity by herring suddenly noise,
Or rather Succession, nf noises, lust outside
tic brlacwsll ynrl. llc henri shouts, the
raptl trampling Of feet then ttle firing Of shots
nsternatton. Those sounds conveyed but one
incaning to hta wcll-trainca sense Of llcur!ng.
prisoner must have escaped. Nov, prisoners
d. n.t attemnt to Escape eysry aay from the
!lile sense of the iltefR o[ things as their
fcllow-ureaturcs OF grcnter responsibility, md,
realizing the extrcsnc liability Of their being
elut while getting n'say, 10 NIT make a break
us might bo expected. Hcnrc All occurrences OF
thlA kira is If no slight importance.
Tic City bridewcll, or, o. It is of1lcially
known, the House Of Correction, Is located 4
westerly direction. It Is reaelictl by strcet-ears
on Blue Island avenue to Twenty .sceond street,
whcnce bus cnnreys visitors to the Brtdcwcl.
The in.natcA, rs Is well known, urc transferred
called " fhe Black Mariah to s tciF s COMMON non
destination.
DEPUTY ,racK'a VERSION.
~ don't knnw how the affair orielnntetl,"
sa!d Ahcx, although suppose, Of course. Tint
selves some time during tho day. haven't yet
TALKED with any Of them about It, nul 40 t1t,n't
knnw whose 1,ea It was. They were ull glad to
enough to 50 Into 1t, al collrae. The fellows
wc'yv got here arc q, bud lot, tell sou, aud
what's inore, they, arc desperate enough Il I'm.
ouly to )lnyc u little variety I'll
prison liIc. don't Bupppse nhy
Of them rcutly expected tu get nway,
They couldn't. WHY We had tlvc guards stn.
toned around tho brtck-y mud one on the
otlrr side Of the river, all armed with sot.guns,
and whit could these tl1,armcd prisoners dol"
mind any spcculatto1s."
"Vcry well. There were 15a men In the
brtckyafd aipl atone-cutting yart1 working, as
usual, yesterday. At half-nast s Officer Tritn-
hull Called aI1 hnuds oil a5ld assembled them IN
line to march hack Into tho Drilcwcll
yarl. Nothing unusual occurred until
about la1f OF the prisoners had gone
!nto the yard. Tho rest were etllI passing
Abos f g%!s e sSs 1Sf o oseuTa ~ .S
TrnmLuii was taken entirely by surprise, hut
had presence of lnInd enough to shout: :" halt,
or III shoot.'
gunr.ls-1 th!nI; they wero Elliott and AfcDon-
ultl--eame running up. heard the noise md
went out to sec What was tho matter.
It was crtirai moment, tcli you. We had
10 act promptly a1l dec!siycly IN order 10 pre-
yent tho escapatte from becoming general.
There we're over 100 ,ne,, lust inside llio yard
VIII, il they could SEQ q loupliolo Of cscapc,
would tamp at the ca,lce Our only available
guards wcre Elliott, Currier, Trumbull, Harvey,
Burns, Mcdonald, aud Holden: l saw that wo
must 1t MI events prevent tho rest of the
sho1teti to Tru,nlul:
tKocp Your eyo on tho uater'
Tie plantetl himself there with a shot-run,
and told tho men that lo would shoot tho lrst
lined movement. tbs mon inside enbsilcd
immediately md made no show OF rce!stancc.
Mnnnwlfin ntto,,t fnlf ~ Tim r,,rnwnvs nm