, 1876-01-24
ANOTHER JAIL DELIVERY,

mtChho1 MCDonouKh at Liberty
At last the coils In The Armory hayo boon toat-
cd. and havo been found wanting. exactly as
The Tn1nuxH predicted Immediately after tho
building WAS completed. and, though tho proof
has boon over year in coming. /. cano last
night In 90 uumistatahle manner NJ
10 convince oven those most nkep,tcal people,
Tho builders Of tho jail. With this proof has
also como the downright condemnation Of every
cell, not alono In tho Armory but In almost every
othcr pollco.atation In the city, proving thom as
unsafe aa moro wooden bars. For soma time it
las boon thought among criminals that tho
County Jail was Ito oasions tait in tho world to
got cut Of. and hence but fov Of thom
thought OF Attempting to break tho
cella in which thoy uoro connpod
previous 10 being sont to tho County jail. Nov
that The secret is out tho police may ~ well un-
lock tho doora Of thoir JAIL aud soo,uo t4elr
prtsonors At tho point Of tho musket for thero
is no longer any safoty to tho lookup koepes or
she community OF large. go long ss desperate
characters nra Gagged In more pApcr shells With
formidable Weapons laying all about them.
Tho foundation for thasc condemnator3 re-
mhrkB Ia tho fact that At o'clock Last evening, a
NOTORIOUS burglar mud desperate coolsy and do
llberatclY forced open tho door Of tho coll In
which ho Was confined, walled up stairs into tho
main room Of tho station, and shonco out into
Ho vaa arrested by Detective Fiantgaa : few
What g known as tho @Becrot
1tow" IN tho nrmoly. a place wheso all suspected
tho police aro hunting 10 evidences .gaiust
uo was dlst plAcod In Coll No. II, along with
two other chasnotorn OF bis own stamp, but
yesterda, morning TINY erolsranstssod into. Gait
wi I'm fr1r$t $t,4nk nHth
IN tho ror. At about Q o'clock last
eyoniug, tho lookup keeper, A1s. 0ubbns, was
requested by tho occupants OF tho row to turn
on the water, na tho cells wsse in filthy ooudL-
tie moro than two honrs: whom they complained
that 1t was flooding tho ilooss OF The coils. At
about $3.50 o'clock 10 went around to tho south
end OF tho row to turn OF the wator. leaving the
door opening into tho corridor open.
While ths kcepor WAS turning on tho water
MoDonough forced tho door OF hla cell open
and Halkod deliberately up-htalrs md out at tho
front door OF tho station. Returning, the keeper
noticed tho door a1a1 and Ut onco gave tho
alarm. Two officers follow oltn hot pursuis. but
lost sight and track Of tho refugee In Nc Donald'a
lnmber-ynrd on Taylor at1ees,
A glance 1t tho coll showed at onco how tho
Job was done. On sach s!do Of the cell are COM
lnon hardwood bonchos which aso supported bY
brackets of heavy wrought iron, On Ssnt oaa Of
which IL Hvotea to tho boEch. whllo the other
and ia sunk into socket in tho nsHoury
to tho depth OF about thres.fon1ths Of
M inch. Tho doors pf tho cells
do not At closely ut al, there bcing
about thrce-fourths OF an Inch between the out
Btdo bar Of the door and tho Adlolning bar of
tho fhce Of tho cell. 1t wAs vary onaY matter
to wrench one OF tho Iron brackota from OF the
bench, and immediately tho priaoncr possessed
most powerful Jimmy to psJ opon tho stouteas
lock- with such a puFcAAso ~ tho non-htting
doors afford. With 10 formidable weapon ho
might bare given tho keeper blow tbat would
hare E!lenctl lin forever, while thu llttor was
bendinG down to shut on tho water, Ho chos Q
Tue misor course Of slipping out, leaving tho
keopoF to Hurron 1t i.ladoivery ho cAanot b.
blamed for: .nA to zeloico that tue fellow had
mercy on lfs life.
Every door in tho JUL is made In the sauo
NAY. and ~ there aro eight OF theBe iron bfaek-
eIs in each cell thero IL no reason Why The ru4o
Wy! not successfully work ouca more
Tito investigation thkt followed this fnl,yerv
showed that several Of tbs brackets were ouite
looae. showing that tho trick has boen trind he-
tore. and had only failed because tho riyot 1e-
fuaed to GIvb Way. In cell No. Is, In which Mo
Donough MAS confined until yesterday 1uofpiuT.
ono Of the bars WAS fouEd to be vory nsarIy d,a
lodged. A fow honrs' more work wonld have
given tho fellow Tie weapon lo 40 readily found
IN ths other cell.
AZ last accounts McDonough was still It large.
with ha!i dozen "aY cops" III hopeless pur.
Aulk.