Daily Republican., 1880-04-19
FIFTH EDITION
FLED TO FREyDo.

Jnii birds On tho wInx-T.
cape OF Austin, Rash ana %s Es'
gan Last Night Thrco,hs hs'anai
Bars and over tho Jai, W., 'hs
Clever Device and a Ran "a,i-A .
the Green. " across
Sheriff Pyle feels greatly on, ,a
day and almost as much on, s.Ohe ~ ot TO
If he had been defeated wban y ~ spirit q
office. The escape of Rash Aus,iaa No ran 4.
Flanagan from the Jail this H",'G mo,ni.l and
the cause Of his anguish. I,''u,lss !,
shrewdly p!snned and succaasir,t vas 50
ried out that it is doubtful Il tn" Wy sSal eat
10 and the jail wardens will 'rg Get 'asf ssi
their smazement for a long timss sv' ~ . U'e'
Taken altogether it has been ors " " SSLs, y
most ingenious escapes that w.. W. VI 'as
planned in New Castle Jail. '"' '"i
THE PRISONERS.
The prisoners, Enoch Rash, Wiu,.
Austin and Thomas Flanagan Ts,a n.sn y,
confined for arson as stated in tba n,sA s'l
edition of to-day's REPUBLICAN. ~ NJ his
offense was attempting to burn dasa i~s
the Railroad and Steamboat H,ts,iaa hTta
Wilmington in November last Az. ALL
February term of court, their ca,ss a. ra.' '
called, and they pleaded guilty IN ~ rJ.' "I'
demssnor, the Attorney General lsvn,
concluded TO accept such plea Th,
was owing to the fact that it vopla b.rs @
been impossible to prove that tba ar'os
really was committed or attempted I sr5
they thus by a technically rscsnsi Ia
the gallows.
The Court sentenced them IA IN.
years in Jail and their terms vsuls I
have expired in February, 1882. TbsyI
have all been confined in cell. Numhs.
6. Here they have been kept upSs,
close surveillance ever since. Mona n
their old cronies have Teen allowed h
see them lately and the last visitor v,]
Austin's mother whe was to see him
two or three weeks ago. They form
most desperate trio Of prisoners.
THE ESCAPE.
The escape took place between 2spd
3 o'clock this morning. At the lind
Warden James was on duty in the isD
1t was known almost Immediately afteI
it took place. Officers Gardener SspI3
and William WeldiD Of tho New Cssad
police force were walking up the stree
in front OF the court house, when .hsT
heard the gate in the south ives. corus
Of the village green close with loud
noise. Thinking robbers Wer
about they went down to It'd
gate. They discovered nothing, tu
one of them farcied he heard The nosj ;
Of 4 lying feet far down toward tho eaI
trance upon the road to Wilmington
They retraoed their steps across th
green, half-satisled that all was veil
and were walking along the jail
wall, when they noticed sometAinl
like a rope hanging from the to!
and reaching nearly to the around
The truth at once flashed upoa then
that an escape lad been made AM
they entered the jail and aToused th
drovsy warden. An examination
cell Number 6, showed that it va
empty. The birds had flown.
How IT WAS PLANNED.
People of New Castle cannot recall
more ingenious escape. With no toO
at their disposal but relying upon tA
resources Of their own fertile brain
tine three prisoners planned an esca9
that would have done credit to crimi1
ais more clever than they are. The CO
in which they were confined is on u
first floor and situated on the vast s!d
of the jail. The only entrance
through doorway opening upon %
corridor. 1t is guarded by a hesyl
grated iron-door. A window
the west side Of the room looks
upon the Jail yard. This window
about 5 feet above the floor Of the Gel
On the outside it Ia about u feet lro
the ground. 1t is quite wide on 'hsi
side, it gradually narroWs and au
outer side Of the wall is about telnca'
vide. Az iron bar an inch and nall
two inches in diameter runs acroSs'Al
The method Of gaining an exit
au ORIGINAL one with the prisoner
They tore up q board or two rom
floor of the cell, and hastily impToVise
lever. They it brought to bear Gp
the iron bar running across the %ih00
and succeeded in bending 1t down
inch or two, making space between
and the upper side Of the WlnaST %,,
about six and a half inches ~
held the bar in this position 0y
blocks of wood. Through th's ~ T
they crawled, and evidently had g.,
dificulty in SO doing, &c the NOE
small and Flanagan and Au|m
rather large sized. Previous 70 l'S
the cell they tore their blahksi
s,rIps to make a rope. They hSa u
hastily fashioned hook from . X X,
of wood in the cell. To the iOps ~
attached this. Gaining the jail yara " u
tossed the hook, with the rope ;. ".saS 1'"s
: to it, over the high wall. i, !, = .n's If
under the coping on top Of the ,1, wan n
held there while one after another, u
won't up the rope hand over ..ps,, nsus
thei top; then the rOpe was Isfs'1 : 'e
i and thew slid nimbly and safely "
. ground below, free men once more
FRuITLEss SEARCH
!. 1t seems strange that al! this ,a,,i s",
be done without the waraen wa;,w ,S NJ
= the noise that must neceS's a.os
been made, but such ID the G''o and
Sheriff was at once informed, I N n