New-York tribune., 1884-02-21
RUGG, TIE NEGRO, CAPTURED
n,EP1cApEp IN A CHURCH AT wooDsIDE.
MS II IGur FOLLOWED BY sHoT-oVERIANhN'
III, sr.rnrNnrRs-rIs STORY.

BAERlCADED IN a CHuhOh Al "O
MS PLIGHT FOLLOWED BY A sHoT--oVERrANhN'
he sURRENDERs-Fus STORY.
Charles H. Rrgq. the negro, who escaped rom n' uIo
Queens County Jail, at Long isanH iov by sergeant
Whitcomb of the LcnG Island Clty Ioi,U, I'rc thai
Tuesday night.w en- Sheriff FREEMAN To' ho imformed
Russ was ~ the t y'ei PCijce c and The entire reserve
force consisting of eight patronc%m % nud detailed to
Whtconb, Carroll and DoiSt Sfi,ccrs in connection
ash nlerif,s posse and the citizens OF ~ TO-
sconrcd the woods and swamps an II, no%tes and
;,I, tbov divided into several paItSS "r,e
" tbe harms havstacks. and other places pL
onccalnent on the line of thor march' Nu!11 GIa
secured the woods between o?uSc 90 tho direction OF
Iowcry Bav and Trains Meadows SeveraI oniCets rs
nsssed through WO0dSlde, but IL uiG .I uo o,oI
A any u ,,,nsitc the public school in the village
snrrespt Whitcomb arrived at Woodside about Ten
minutes to ocCsf anG IN IA PeiIsGdb Iad been @ informed,
n tbe road that some person had slept IN chuIch
~ ocnst Grove on Monday night, ana ne con-
cuded TO search the church lie oilcd h,t Tn to try
bnt they were fastened, and he was nooul 70 Wy
thn p',' windows, when Mr. Samuel Twaddle principal
of the public school and seXtonof the chIcn oSdIe
to his assistance lie had the keys to inc GHuit, tb
and tried TO open the front door, put hue bne
keys would not a worhK, hnt that ifeS too was
the window. Twaddle, who is much smaller 'nnd n%d
fhe sergeant entered and saw the negro al thE tH"
off
oomh Who Was irving to get through the narrow
,rmdow R1gr is here !"Whitcomb handed Twad-
die his pistol saving d" Shoot him If he don sur
AS soon as Rugg heard the words !" Shoot hlmii hii
he removed the seats with which he haa par tho
ed the door and started at lively galt @ INTO @ .mo
open opent i'' at at his heels Rugg bounded over over
The fence like Greyhound ny atnI i9lS fro' fno,0
.TEaddIn and when Rugg got over the fence lie
fired one shot at him. without eject Altel ctUS, Ia
ing the fence Whitcomh slipped ana, Ueis the
man fell heavily. Mr. Twaddle contlnueaH 'io in
chase about $50 yards and hnslly sncGecueH ;t ~
catching Rugg by the collar OF ms woolen IS olL,a "
e made no resistance knoW1ng 'nne ot;n@ revolver
ready for use, was at his side in moment lWaiE- li,
die secuI clothes-lne, and the Sergeant seculo
bound both his hands and took him 10 'h" rSiiio"0
The news of Riggs arrest reached Long Island
CITY before the arrival ofthe tram Dy Wht'h nd
and created the most intense excltneht. cIoMu T
of several hundred people assembled around the
depot. and when Sergeants Whitcomb ana Wauuno o
Surrounded by several of the Long Island Glty
nolce. who accompanied them to the comfy JaIi at
There were many expressions OF threats VI gnld
inc and there is little doubt that an effort wouil
have been made TO put the threats into execution
but for the presence OF the large posse vi st
%se sSes aPS pscon1ed SS15a0fst Ragg aud crowd
loudly cheered Sergeant WhItcomb Rugg was was
without hat coat and looked delHc'eG d Ss seemed
glad TO get shelter from the cold ana ram, th
was only a small abrasion of the SKIN over Vne m
right eye where he vas struck oS Mir Of bIne over
alls that he stole from church az Wlnhelu on In
Tuesday night. He had clipped on ms nluSSaCnd Wnd
with nair of scissors that he found IN tne nVIu, ~
,;de GbTnrch and after being heavily menaced, ne
was taken to cell No. 3, whic' ne oecupiou oi 'AN
night of the escape: .o4 10 Ass;s4ant
Rugg made the following statemeht u A0ei''
.Iailer William f. Monteverde:
Ibid no; strike Jaer Murphy with chair ID tne tS fS INV
attacked him first by striking him In tne nesu
rhora n chair stool in the cell. AICI su uCh
Murphy he called for Mr. De BevoiSe VINO rsneu ,,o t
strnck me did not remember anything else taat t4SS
place until found myself on the ground IN IN lTo t 0 t al
The building. When recovered my senses cou,G nnS
not walk sodn eFaCeH Sdsd walk SHH followed the
Tboupson-sve, which road TOOK nntli m % ,9 9o
piece OF brush where remained all nigh anu i,i aS &
day On Monday evening went 10 asus az! rie ~ ISn@ my
and asked q man who entering store 10 pIs ~. !s
pound of crackers and gave MN NV and
nt5en change The twenty-Gvo eenIs "tS s ro
the Crackers went into the woods to the south Of Thomp
sonave and remained there all night ana Iu OF
sronnd hut slept little On Tuesday evening went t
house near by and asked for hat and coat Inc man
a. asL cd me ghere came from, and told him ir0l
BROOKLYN He had pistol in his hand %hen ne cHlat t
came from brooklyn he fred shot az a. me me
hut did not hit me- vas apou' o ,op nn9 % h,
handed the lamp he held IN his hand to his son ma uI
NV mind he was going shoot me- and made Dr3dt
come to the railroad track leading to "@2s Gt5
fssre and tben took TO the woods. About 10 O'Clock
hroke into the church and remained there llili Gtlv
o,,t Inv the parties who in pursuit OF me ruoI
afler got in church struck match 10 see Wu1
kind If place In. IwouI nave suIeiueItu NY
SELL on TUESDAY had seen any olrcr tlat hucW, @ @'u
MS afraid that II was captured by parry OF oUH
fbpv would lynch me. As S saw me "hcti1, az
iesvjpr The church, surrendered; for knew ihat th
would protect me- Some one fired shrt ~ M st ~
range. have eaten nothing since esc&tu ron IL IL
iaU aycepf the uouDd of crackers boHCi on Moh""
night | cut off my mustacle with . pair OF scs'olF
found in the church.
Sergeant Whitcomb was at one time lneH'De'
the broadway squad in this city.