The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-08
VOL. XLvI.--NO. $50.
RED LEARY BREAKS JAIL.


Cprcruny out OF slight In ~ Little closet.
At20 minutes to II last night Roundsman
u,rris rushed into the Ellridge street police
.,.,ion md shouted: Red Lcarys escaped
from Ludlow street jailr The sergeant on
dp,v with several police officers. hurried to tho
iou On their arrival n ritiz N told them that he
Ind seen a man skulklpg in the cellar OF tho
Tsse& Market whicn aiioins the Jail. The eel
lar was Immediately searched. but to no pur-
pose ard platoon Of police. which mr.
rived at this iuncture. were or
dcrcd to guard and search all tho
tencmcnts in tho block in which tho jail is
situated Over half aa hour was spent in vain
sonr,h for tho fugitive and to discover his
mode of exit from the ini when Keeper Wen
doll who had charge Of tho third tier OF cells.
nnpour ,,l that h. had discovered hole in tho
west wall. which he thought led downward
into the street. Minutes OF precious time
were aguin lost in tho endeavor to
ond tho street end OF the hole, when
some one suggested that the hole naturally
led to the tenement adjoining the Jail on Ludlow
Nrcet A rush WIS Immediately made up tho
stairs of the tenement which is at 76 Ludlow
street and in front room on the fifth story. in
the fireplace. was found the exit Of the passage.
the entrance TO which the keeper had discovered
inside
BOD Laary's friends had dug through four
md halt feet OF brick wall to secure his cs-
cape. The walls OF the tenement and Jail touch.
Opposite the fireplace in the tenement is
water closet which is at the end OF a corridor
on the third tier Of cells in the Jail The sec
ond noor Of the Jail is but three feet below tho
nth floor Of the tenement. SO lofty are the cell
ings Of the former place. 1t was without great
diflculty then thatthe Jail breakers had worked
their way down tho inclined plane into the
closet. Rcd Leary had been kept posted Of
their progress. He was allowed the run OF the
Jail until lot p. NJ. His cell s on the first tier
but the run ot the Jail being allowed him made
it seem not extraordinary when no went
TO the closet OF the third tier at
that hour fow moments later
his absence from his cell was remarked. A
hue and cry at once arose throughout the Jail
among the keepers and the Eldridge street
police were alarmed. as already narrated,
Bernard Iitzsimmons was acting rs Warden
In tho absence OF his superior. but he quickly
made hi- way to the station, leaving his sub
The room in the tenement nt 76 Ludlow street.
through which entrance was made 10 the closet
IN the jail. was hirci By u woman. who gave
her name as Mrs. Myera. She said that her
husband was 'longshoreman. and that she
had grOwn-up son. For some reason. another
woman occupied the room in her stead. but
as she paid tho rent n advance: the
had no fault 10 find He and his wife say that
they saw no men enter or occupy tho rooms at
any time since the lease was made. either by
The suite Of rooms hlrcd by Mrs Myers and
occupied by her substitute were three in
ing on Ludlow street. and two bedrooms
lighted from tho rear behind. In the
bedroom. nearer tho Jail. is the fireplace into
which the passage was made. simultaneously
with Mrs. Myers's hiring these rooms. two men
LEASED II the hTd story Of the
the ifth floor When there the lessee OF the nth
.tory lodgings supplied them with food. Red
Leary's escape had not evidently been ex xpected
30 soon. for fresh meat, bread. and
vegetables. with potent liquors oi various sorts
were discovered stored in proiusion in Mrs.
Myors's rooms. An immense bundle Of burg
lars and mining tools were also found. As the
miners advanced into The yard and half OF
convenient closet. where they are stored IA reg
ularly as mnsons would have piled them, The
plaster and debris were easily disposed OF In a
one called on Mrs. Myers, or her substitute was
themselves in the adjoining bedrooms.
-, Nearly a wagon load OF bricks Tere found
bricks had been removed. The width Of the hole
was equal 10 the length OF four bricks.
It was jagged a; at sGc9 + Snd ASISh
u Ward the sfe iens@en, I'm sic TAI two men could
break jail was discovered the following general
alarm was sent out from tho Eldrldgc street
police station:
Just escaped from Ludlow street jail Rel I0ary. ~
years old nVe feet inches in height red hair and
moustache, horid complexion weight s1o pounds lie
has so.c cyes
The police obtained no clue in answer to this
mp 10 a late hour. A citlzen gave Information
that about n quarter 10 III he had seen three
men rush from the tenement at 76 Ludlow
street toward Broomc street. but he could tra'e
Keeper Wendell said to Sheriff Reilly. who ar
rived nt the Jail in response to the Wardrn's s
summons ut about mdnigh!i
Il last saw Leary al i0:l5 o'clock. He
was going up stairs from the second story
@ the third story, H. had right to go NJ there
4 he wanted t9 A. lO'i o'clock wanted e locE %
looked about the Jail In search OF him, and
going up stairs entered the closet and discov-
cred the hole through tho WALL
Tho Sheriff expressed much indignation nj
the escape. Heqursiioned Wendell very closely.
Warden Fiusimmons made tue following
"At iOjs o'clock sat in tho oficc awaiting the
returns from Night Keeper Valentine Wendell.
Heidi not come 70 the oiii'e unii 1880; Then. in
much excitement he etold ne that Leary had gone.
at once opened the front door. lew out, an!
part OF tho wall between the prison and jail has
been torn down, with view OF erecting an iron
railing. and expected NAY no might bo mak ing
his escape that way. / found the PRISON door
locked. | knocked, and hs soon as Keeper DAILY
answered, / asked him u he would not. 10 pro-
ing in that direction. Then | called q police
man VINO stood across the street. and placed him
in Bro9me street y Tatrh any oody wnQ3 wnQ mighi
escape from any ol the bull dlngs wlthin his slghl
and in the same block with tho Jail. NeXt sen,
messenger to the EldridRn street police sta
tiOn for platoon OF mon. Until uey came !
remained on the watch outside. placed tho
men in various positions around the block.
Harris and / searched the jail yard thoroughly,
where found II was impossible he should have
escaped. owing.to the wakeiu!nrss Of the bulldog
which beongs . the jail, when Harris and
rrturnod from the yarn iniu tnc lau. u-,,,"
informed us particularly of Lcnrys mode ~
escape He said he had gone through hole IN
tho wall from closet into the house bum
against the Jail ON the north.
got a light aud crept through the hole into
the next house. Tho wall IA five feet thick. On
tho floor under the hole / saw q broken hy-
draulic Jimmy and other instruments used
in digging through the wall. Only
three loose bricks were found In the
closet left a man in the closet
while Harris and went down stairs and into
the next house. On the third floor we met the
ianitOr and his wfn. II Is n tenement. Hsked,
Are you the housekeepersf tncn said, Will
you open tho door leading - the hall bedroom z
They refused 10 do it. Then told Harris 10 burst
Il in. and he did so We got Light, and then
discovered large number OF tools, Inskcd tho
woman whether she saw anybody leave hor
house. She said. Yes three men. Then her
husband interrupted her. speaking n German.
and she refused 10 answer further. On that !
made a charge Of conspiracy against them both.
and sent them 10 Eldridgc street iall"
Mrs. LeRry visited the prison nt IL o'clock,
noon. and remained for about two hours. ShO
flnn Eha returned aVuin