New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
11,ep1Nc FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.

JUMPING FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.
THE ATTEMPT OF NEw-YORK MAN TO tsVArE
FROM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AFTER
LONG CHASE.
Adaring ATTEMPT Of prisoner TO escape from
custody by Jumping off train at full sPeed was
made on the Pennsylvania road last i9 4or ss
ersl wears collector for the Bauer q Betz Brewing
Company who disappeared three weeks ago WIZ
81 600 Of the companys funds. After beng traced
was arrested while making negotiations +, to
open liquor store In that cIEh he he
ssIsd for NSEdHS,s in nr fSmp%n p fast
train, q dark night and contrite prisao4a ,ar
are influences that no detective can resist Ai,cr
Sest. hGS to 20 "f To- the
room. The detectives vigilance had been lulled ny
the winning manner Of his charge 1t was 3cIOck
Union, station on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
was running at full speed. The night was very
dark and it was raining In the closet there was no
light The detective stood at the door OF the closet
Keeping it partially open, watching out OF the d2or
on the platform 10 that no attempt was uhade ~
Renach to get through the closet
was one in the side of the car. If Renach mao oeGn
professional instead of an amateur crmnsi; ;tro
detective would have entered the closet WIN nun.
As n was il looked ike certain death for any one
to attempt to escape by the window on dar ~
night from train running at a rate Oh Spe'u -
from thirty to thirty-ive miles an houf.,
The detective had been watching closely inc wiz
dow oyerlooLmg the platform, shading his eyes so
as to get close view Suddenly, on turning ~ .io
closet, he saw Relnach disappearing .hrou tan1nd
side window. The train was Immedlatey ~ PPb
and the detective, getting oil, iOund nseii5 sell I'D
vicinity of McVeytovD search was Ihduo ni
fhe Mace where Renach had jumped on was Iou UNI,
but no trace Of the prisoner coulu ps seen. lne
night was dark that 1t was mpossoc 10 see nm
iects any distance awav. The search was KEPT up
ali night. When day dawned, the farmers coming
into McVeytown told of a man running, hstleSs,
with face and hands torn and bleeding, across the
country roads and through the woods. About
o'clock in the afternoon the detective, " mo 1 I
been driving furi0usly all over the country ine
whole day, caught up with his man, t"e if
miles from the railroad track, az" W. 'n nf
hapless Reinsch was taken into buggy: None OF
his bones were broken by his Jump. kehach, "ho
"a n MUSICIAN declares he is not hurt internally
The detective h wing passed three nights ana
two days wthout.scep, arrived WIN MS u
i'm New-York yesterday morning, and the laticr Was
committed BY the Court OF Generai SESSIONS "
stand trial on the Indictment found against nun.
Robert PIukertOn says he has only known OF one
a hmm from a car window dark night with INC
train running at full speed, has not endcd laIay.
II was tie case of "CuIley Harris who was Deine
brought ON a special ear by Chief OF Police Jones OF
Philadelphia and his ads from Tis,So r,1.
ning at full speed, aud there were such number
of guards that the chief felt confident his prisoner
was safe "Curley," however, suddenly spIane
through the Wind and was not cap'uIea ,or o
months MIR PInkerton has story OF another mah
the noted Max Shinburn, who, he says, Is tne Gniy
nrisoper who ever finally escaped him. Max, WINE
in bed. handcutfed detective, as the custom rs
in hotel in which he was Gonn9ed lIe my gu
nTevions to his examination, picked the lock OF tne
handcuff and made his escape, leaving MS sieepll2
cantor 10 awake and find HIM gone. Inc Key lie
used was a steel pen. Max Is now large nlahu-
facturer in Belgium. He has gwen up ms oid way ta :
and is a Count" having purchased the 'tlo Aon
he Germ Government.