Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-10


 Pine was brought there Wednesday morn ing Pine was taken to the house where Miss Stocum was stopping, and as he was getting out of the wagon Miss Stocum caught sight of him and exclaimed, "Thats the manln The prisoner was confronted with her. She was then positive that it was he who as- saulted her. Miss Stocum looked at him from various positions, and each time ex- claimed, FeThat's the mani" Pine said little in the presence of Miss Stocum, but after being fully identified he remarked to the official in his company, '1t's no use; the jig made an affidavit against Pine in White Plains, N. Y., and an application for his ex- tradition was sent to Albany. Nothing be- yond 8 few preliminaries was done in this direction, however, and Pine was satisfied to stand the trial in Connecticut court.
 HE IS DIsMAYED.
 On the 29th of October of last year the fall term of the Superior court in Fairfield county was opened. Pine was among the first to plead, and at the advice of his counsel pleaded guilty. He was immediately sen fenced to State prison for four years on the charge of burglary, and for ten years for horse stealing. The prisoners eyes fell to the floor in disrnay when he heard his sen tence, which he had been told would not ex- ceed five years on each count. This disposi- tion of the case compelled New York to wait 1OuTGe6u y0drS Or uubl1 bL0 S0u1SLC0 0Ap1IoQ
 SAWS HIMSELF OUT OF BRIDGEPORT JAIL.
 When Sheriff Crosby arose from his couch in the county jail in Bridgeport at 5:30 on Thursday morning, November 1st, he was greatly excited on being told by Keeper Sco- field that the notorious FFSam" Pine who had been locked into cell No. 76 the night before, had made his escape The news startled MT. Crosby, as his prisoner was to have been taken to Wethersfiela on the Saturday fol- lowing to serve out sentences of ten and four years for burglary and horse stealing, and the necessary papers for his transfer to that institution had been made out and were in his possession. : On visiting cell No. 76 the sheriff and his assistants found that "Sam" had
 SAWED OFF THREE BARS of his cell door, the bars being an inch and half in diameter, and that he had left no trace of the implements with which he had accomplished the work. At 5 o'clock Wednes- day night all the inmates had been fed and locked into their cells. The lights in the jail were extinguished as usual. When Pine en- tered his place he gave no indication of pur pose to perform any unusual act though it was noticed he was less talkative than he had been on some occasions before going to bed. There is no night guard in the jail. MT. Crosby, after taking his accustomed walk through the jail at 10:3O, felt that all was safe and retired. He had, probably, hardly got out of sight before F'Sam" began his op- erations on the bars. He must have had some kind of saw, or several saws, to sever bars so ponderous. All through the weary hours Sam" sawed away to
 GAIN HIS LIBERTY.
 One after another the bars yielded to his touch. The work of bending the bars aside required much strength, but HSam" had it in reserve, and it took but moment to make an thrOT7crh hxvni ho !, body. He was soon in the corridor His operations had not awakened any person in the jail, and taking all his clothing and tools he proceeded up stairway leading to the workroom over the cells, along the floor of which he moved stealthily to great wooden water tank in the western portion of the building. In some way he clambered in the darkness to the top of this tank, and stand ing upon it sowed
 HOLE THROUGH THE ROOF and with a sort of lever pried the shingles off to allow his exit. Through this hole he gained the open air, and following down the roof on the west side, seized the lightning road, and upon it descended to the ground. The jail yard at the rear is protect ed by high fence, but in front the fence is low. Sam" is believed to have taken the North avenue route to some place of secrecy in the country.
 The sheriff on ascertaining the position of affairs set about searching for the fugitive and forwarded te1egrams to all near cities, stating the fact of the escape with description of Sam" He also offered reward of $1 ,000 on his own responsibility, and communicated with State Attorney Fessenden. Deputy Sheriff R. 0. Tousey, one of the officials of the court, was informed also, and all hands employed the entire day in either searching in the suburbs or communicating with those who by any chance might obtain tidings of the escaped convict
 The bold act of this criminal, at that par 'icular time, produced great excitement, par icularly from the fact that the public was lot permitted to know of it till near p. m, while the escape took place early in the I The news of FSam's' departure vas kept quiet by the sheriff in the hope that ] ome intelligence might be had of him.
 ''Sam" Pine had shown himself the smart st criminal ever known in Bridgeport | Keeper Scofield said ''Sam'' was closely ex- mined according to the rule of the jail when | Ie was taken in after sentence, and nothing | vas found on him to indicate the possible | nance of cutting into iron, as he did. He | lad no communication with persons outside | vho could convey to him the means of es- he criminal, even had they desired to do so low he got the tools was therefore mys- cry.
 SHERIFF CRosBY's WORK.
 The main portion of Sheriff Crosby's work 5 concluded, but there still remains for him he great privilege of restoring to his name he lustre removed from it by the escape of fine. There can be no doubt the negro's es- ape was facilitated by the persons who were nly too anxious to cast reflection on the heriff's ability or integrity and to injure is chances in the election which occurred nortly afterward. Consequently Sheriff rosby; unless he has 1t already, will in a sw days have the story of Pine's escape and 1e names of the persons who rendered him 5sistance.