The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-03-27
Prison Stnrr.

I Sad indeed are the stories told of those
who having erred and tried to be better
men, have failed through the workings
of the law A grlef-stricken young man
and comely y6hhg woman, seemingly
III great distress, entered the detective
office at Police Headquarters in New
/ York ana asked to see John Hogan.
alias Ryan, who was arrested as an es-
capped convict. The Sergeant treated
them kindly, and showed much sym
pathy, when the woman, mastering heI
sorrow, told him that she was the wife
of the prisoner, and that her companion
was his brother. The girl and her es
Cort seated themselves, and the prisoner
was brought out of the cells below
When, haggard and with a Wistful face
her husband entered the room, the
woman uttering a piercing cry, rose
from her seat and threw herself into bis
arms. The C0hFiCt's face tWitChed anG
tears came into his eyes. He made his
wife sit down, sat down beside heI
without saying a word, and FOR many
moments remained silent holding hel
hand. At last she was able to speak
and for half an hour the three held an
animated conversation, broken at inter.
vals by paroXysms of crying from the
wife. During this time Keeper jackson
of Sing Sing, arrived, and told Sergeant
kealey that he was ready to take the
prisoner to Sing Sing. Kealey notified
Hogan that it was time to leave, and the
convict stood up and nerved himself tC
quiet his wife. She hysterically en-
braced him, her companion wTUng his
relative'S hand, and Hogan, who was
dressed in the garb of an honest work.
ing-man, was hurried away.
HOgan's case is a hard one. He was
sentenced to Sing Sing for five years foI
highway robbery in Queens county, and
on the 26th of December, 1872, when he
had served half his term, the Hudson
River was frozen over and a terrible
snow storm ragged. A lack of proper
surveillance gave Hogan an opportunity
to escape, and he and 'RO fellOW-prison
ers dashed past the guards and started
across the ice for the eastern shore.
They had gained a good start when
their absence was discovered and pur-
suit began. The fugitiYes in the storm
lost their way and Travelled down the
river instead of across it. The weather
was so terrible that one of them sank
exhausted. Hogan directed his COM
panion to lift this man on his back, and
carried him in this manner a mile and
a half until they reached land, when the
insensible man was left in a hut and
was recaptured partly frozen the next
day. Hogan and the other convict took
to the mountains, and after three days
Of great suffering reached New York,
when Hogan's companion failed from
exhaustion, and exposure and was re-
captured. Hogan, after obtaining money
from relatives, went into the country
and worked as laborer until the au-
tumn of 1876, when be returned to New
York, obtained a situation as driver for
the Manhattan Ice Company, and mar
ried. A few days ago, for the sake of
the $50 reward offered fol The arrest of
escaped prisoners, a man denounced
him to the police, and he was arrested
as he was going to work: Hogan is an
honest looking man with hunted look,
and i is said he has led an upright life
since MS escape,