Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-04
EVENING STAR.
ItiSDAr.."....scp september Q. Is,y,


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AaAhhfatb tStAPE 90 TWO pF-rFE.-
hrt> FROM STArF rkr-oN
,-,S,, -, t,tsEsls o'Cur.,i a. me S'ats
SATURDAY rigu'. resulting IN tb. 80
biOoded murder 81 the night va .ctman ~
one a. ,,le cow lets Tue main fats og ne
istsi al iay were secured frOn the I'D r.ier.I
man dur AZ brief intervals ~ coa>cIsus1sSs
Preccd l!gg ms death. The muriertr A. Hs,-v
Hsmlin, hRiling from Troy, y. Y. a man q
~, suiietl -nlCrdy viudtctiyc aai " IA A ds,s-
perate colntenaDce. His associate Wa Btlt
Allen. hSiling nom New York city a
youus Of man and %. rather an amia'le dis
position. Both were sentenced IA New Lon
don Ia september. Gssl. FOR eight wears .a~n
on indictments for then. During their atst
H.sI hsInIln msie several Intellectual al
tetnpts 10 escape from the prIsOn but Suhss,-
qutnty quitted down. and b,pth hs aud
Alien bad earned time by good bahavtur
haNlhs Only ten months more 10 serve. SAT-
hfusy night about seven O'Clock Hamltn
openCi his door with a Skillfl. \ conSlrtrts-i
Key. Afier leaving a straw dummy Ga his
otd he nod 10 the upper tier of cells aud
clsmbertd ON toH. where there IL an oyan
pace OF five feet to the ceiling c,.l,a.itus
himself until The keepers hsd made their
rounds fnf final count and soul the Snrins
bars Ia the cell doors. lie then went =, -,
10 Aliens cell aud released him win ina
false Key. Both then remai1el IA c1a-eRl-
ment until nearly midnight, when they har-
aIutI lhtir mex siep 81 siienciug TIE ght
waichman, W-lies Shipmau. T ey duality
encountered HIM an the thirt tier t,artt Tor
coming upon him suddenly he fired "A SHOT
OF TWO tfom a heavy revolver. IS cal her.
bui' missing rs aim. the c,us...S over
powered HIM "a At instant. hsni-l.f,,f man
win new IA al Iuoas unlike anv EYER
"Ntu IN me prison. and which naul'In ia
GutSuonAhlA 90 aiI,d nuf.i L. nj -,
gagged hum with "A wooden gag sen 81 ~ a
lea her strap. They next started ID r. A.,
the top OF the cells. and th.ur. "a -
through The ceiling iuto the rsrraf. ms
Shlpman having partially looseuci Lis
gag ms oulcrieS alarmed them. and tlsv
ran back. Allen eNclaiming ..Sion -
noise or We'll cut your damned fIrn.t =
Shlpinau promised silence. ana they lain
started OIL. bui hearing hlS outcri,> rem. vel
they returned. aud UarDIfu b.,-irs -.
Niously secured Shpmsu'S revolver held ~
close 10 tue breast Df the Pros lrate man AMI
Tired the fatal shu-. Toe bail entered The len
bi'stSt. Just above the heart. the slB.uirl. bs-
ing burned 10y The powder. u WaS a as.ns-
rate act and hazar,ied every chance al ..S-
care Tor The II ppr; a tract attention On the
Euarui Dom. where thH other shots Lad not
boen noticed. and the utLht. kralcrs rushed
10 me scene vita their rides. one Arnold
Nv hsmlln standing over ShIpmsu. ard
hIe1 10 scare him OF. AMI ~ i4ml .n ran
anotner Keeper blaZed away. Haulfu r. frn-
ing me IRE nom HlS revolver. uut uusrr,says-
!"h!. me 40 oouNlcts tlcu mounted the
Top ter 81 cells. tore away some laths apl
plaster from the ceiling and rliSsI than,-
selves luto the Iarrei. where. IN the Ta-k-
mes mess u. were temporarily safe from pur-
SUIT Al one end of lhis was au opsn u,,Dr-
way leading into The garraI o' the warleu'S
dwelling. and veUturiug toward n they ya,,a
confronted by couple OF armed keeper, aui
feiTeaied. Two hours later they ess@yet n
escape through the bel fry 10 Ia. r,pf but
guards, rciniuTced by residents 81 Mrthefs-
held, bad by this time drawn an armaI cir
Cle AROUND TIE prison. and ~hnt fired a.
lbein eNJlnGuiSned heir last hone Finally
jN>t alter day break. they shOlled that HEY
NCnd surrender and. ratracing thptr stems
10 me ground noOr o TIE pr -oB. slrrstIderGI
AT Tie door OF The gus "a room, Hamiiu With
oGt a word, and Allen remark .ng, 50 Saip-
man shot himself, did he.'' They were i'm
ibeula1ely placed IN the strong ~ cells HAM
Ii thsa IA saf
man fingered until about seven O'Clock Sua-
day, when he expired.