New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-02
JAMES BOYLES ESCAPE.
1 REWARD OF $1,000 OFFERED BY SHERIFF
sTEGMAN.


sTEGMAN.
Sheriff Stegnan, Of Kings County, Yesterday
offered q reward of 900 for the capture Wltn!n
year of James Boyle, alias Bower, the POST Olnce
sneak-thlef who escaped from the Raymond Street
Jail, IL Brooklyn on Friday night He first offered
$500. lie has ISSUED circulars with Iul descrlp-
ton of the fugitive. The SheIlh thinks that BOYLE
must have had help from INSIDE although Dy DINERS
IL was said that he was too shrewd TO fSk betrayal
and failure by cOnhding his intentions 10 any OF
his fellow-prlsoners The escape was apparently
well planned The rope used was new piece OF
clothcs-line and apparently the board was GOT IN
the Jail by some VINO pushed it along the lad
der TO the wndow-si Mr. Stegman says lie IN
tends 10 have sitting investigation MADE. IN
der sheriff Hodgkinson took TO Ponce Superln-
tendent Campbell a bunch OF twenty me steer saws
which was picked up under the window. Later III
the day Sheriff Stegman had consultation at
Headquarters with with the Superln-
tendent and Inspector. The Sheriff.
il rs thought will suspend two or three OF the men
who we're on duty at the jail on Friday night. lie
visited INSPECTOR Byrnes III New-York yesterday,
and sequenty the Inspector gave secret lnStruc
tions 10 some of his most skllfu men,
The Postmaster and Assistant POSTMASTER Olame
the officials at the Jail for not promptly telephon-
ing TO Police Headquarters the escape OF Boyle
who, by their delay, gained an hour ana hali. III
the meantime. about 10 o'clock, Sheriu Sleghah
called al Headquarters. saving he had hea:d mere
was an escape rom the jail. and wished To know
what the police knew about 1t. lie then started LOT
the JAIL and half an hour later the l9ct oi Boyle ;
escape communicated to the Central once.
Invest CATION after daylight yesterday showed
that the wire netting over the jan WIN
dow had been removed By pulling
ont the small nails which fastened II 10 the sash
with an ice pick. which was found on the window
sill A hole three-eIghths of an inch IN diameter
was drilled through he bars, and filled with putty
and then The bars We're sawed III TWO, close 70 the
first crOssbar and wrcncned ont OF the socket az
the bottom The window was then showed ~ and
a board passed in; Boyle walked up the BOARD 70
the ladder ana uD that to the Park wall. Then the
board was dropped side the window, the window
was closed and the wire grazing pulled Gown III
order TO leave as few traces possible. Inc
bars seem to have yielded readily TO the saw. hut
the lob must have taken at least half an hour.
Book. keeper Elliott says that he closely quesloned
two of the prisoners within two three cells OF the
end of the tier toward the door. and each assured
him that he had heard no noise whatever. One OF
them said that live minutes before Boyle was
missed he came to ais cell and gave lin copy OF
The Police Gazette saying that there was descrip-
ton of burglars zoos II which he might hhd USE
ful.
The police of Baltimore want Boy e' for bank
robbery committed there some months ago. ana ne
was TO be surrendered to them on tho expiration Oh
IL fer IN here