The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-03

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NEW York, November 2.-Thc original.
ity of:prisoners in devising means Of get.
ting out Of jail had fresh but rather grim
illustration in the case OF Timothy 0'Neill,
youth OF eighteen, who escaped from
llarl's Island recently, in a sort OF calana.
ran made out OH pair ot pine collins braced
together Tim 0'Neill was wild boy who
hung around the low rum shops in Cherry
street, andJ frequently got drunk. Last
August he was arrested for being both
drunk, and disorderly, and was sent up TO
Blackwcll's Island for three months. Soon
aflcr he was transferred with gang of
convicls to Hart's Island 10 do laboring
and other work. Potter's Field is situated
on lIart's Island, and piles Of red painted
pine collins are a common sight 10 see Oh
the steamboat wharf. When load OF this
KIND oil freight is brought to the island it
has sometimes TO be placed undcra shed
i! the weather be uniavorable or il the
graves are not ready TO recei,c the con.
siSnment. ;, luy the deadhouse were also
several empty collins O,Neill had been
working in.lhe vicinity of the deadhouse,
and the wild, eccentric idea entered his
head that il he could only get hold of one
or two OF these empty collins and launch
them on the walters OF the Sound freedom
would be his. Nobody knows, and the
shrcwd and rctieent Tim will never be
likely to let anybody know, how he man
aged 10 dodge the keepers oi the lookup on
the lslandat supper time and secretc him
sell about twilight hour within the dead
house. Bat so he did. Iicpromptly went
TO work whcu the, coast WAS entirely clear.
He provided himself with tcscn nails
and several sticks OF wood and immediate.
~ proceeded TO improvisG Il catalnaran out
Of the two Collins. This was the work oil
hitccn minutes. Tim was q strong, lUsty
youth, and he thought nothing OF whipping
up the double. .barrelled coffin and carry.
Ing i over his back down to the water. II
was now the dnsky hour OF evening and
strong. cbb tide; vas running down the
Sound. There was no time to lie lost, for
the guard boat would soon be around from
the otlier side Of the island. Throwing
- 'hSS't tNhoNSleSil NCIOS5, luG llOHtlDH
collins, he started boldly out and trusted to
the current to carry him toward New York,
He hnd not been alloat very long when the
guan bout hove in sight, und The man in
the stern declared he saw some i!uuting
object in the distance and, ordered the
oarsmen to pull in the direction he indi.
eatfd.g AT that moment schooner came
along with Tapping sails. but moving
with the cHrreGtR Che ran close up 10 Tim
and his catalnaran and slut Off from ille
guard boat,all sight Of the object they. had
noticed. Tim was taken aboard and
brought safely to the, city,. lie soon went
to his Old haHnts in Cherry street, rot
drunk and WAS again sent back to The
island. lie was transferred to IIart's Isl.
and and was Immediately recognized MS an
escaped convict. Yesterday he was
brought down. TO the city'by Kceper Nc.
Cai!rey for the purpose of haying him pun
isheiiNIdar the new clde, or'the offence
ot'cscapingg lie was taken before Justice
Eilbre!l,, who was too busily occupied 10
look into the case and referred it. to the
District. Attorney. That; official decided
that he should be taken back by the keeper
to Harris Island and kept until the eypira-
lion OF his sentence and then brough,
down md dealt with for tile ptlier offence
nj lnaEin,r hin pSrO ,Nn from, ,,r.ro, n''fnt