Daily Republican., 1890-06-02
FIFTH EDITION
sugar Awfut Captured.

"sus captured,
About the middle Of March. u.rr;,..
no.nwell, alias "Sugar AWFUL IN.
notorious eolorsd burglar ana thu, .ue
madc MS escapo from New Cas,ls I.s'' is"'
A. 70 wee believed that he was hld,ng1',,,... 1',..
Phiisdclphfa, Sheriff Allen to,ans,. u
cste0 WIN the authorities OF I'M, o,,n
nIt nothing was seen Of him until sty,
O'Clock yesterday morning, when ous ,roas
Information received Otficer Amaa. .om
tue Nincteenth diitrlct, arresteJ h,, y.
Z lodging house on Lombard ,trss, I''a n ~
n'ghtn. A. hc was iully indentissa AZ. a..
was locked up 10 Noyamens,pv nr,.a' ~
and Sheriff Allen not! ied. P''s'n
Whsn Harrison made his esc,ro Or.
III Allen furnished n descrlpiIon n, 'aer-
eral Philadelphia officers, and . " oh.N' aov'
lookout wAs kept ior tue couyct 'Ia'p
short time II was learned Thai h. @
living with . white woman in W..
Philadelphia under the n,ns n, I"
Brown and watch was pis.ed on ,h.. -.
house. The fugitive soon learned nj nv NJ
aud disappeared from West Pbllsdslnhnl.' n'
Then lie WAS traced 10 a hon,e NJ, s
street, but again received intimstlon M,
he had bcon located, and syIn d,..,'
peared. Since then hs has been o,ts,
heard Of by the police, but could no, % Sa
found by sh.m. NV 0'
Early yesterday morning Officer Am.d,
learned that he was In bed IN tbe Ion
bard street lodging house. Relurpiny =,
tho station house he slipped A psir Of
handcuHs into his pocket and b.sta,,sa
back to The lodging house ue wa a.
rected to the sleeping mans room And
lot hlmsslf In without waking him. liz
knsw the fugitive, aud glance showed
him that hc had the right man. n.
slipped noiselessly to the bedsit. and in
Swinkling had snapped the bracelets on
his wrists. Rothwcll epraug IN IL b,d.
took In the situation At glance. recog.
nizsd tho office. and with a sIckly smil.
said, 'Weli. you've got me-"
Ths officer smilingly replied, ut looks
that way and ordered bis prisoner to
get up. He promised obedience, was
allowed to Jress aud WAS taken TO the
Ntnetoenth district station house, from
which he was committed to Moyamen.
sing.
| Yesterday morning Deputy Sheriff
Horace 4. Allen and Warden Harry
AherDs went to Philadelphia aud visited
kothwell at the prison. He gave them .
smiiing welcome, and when asked II ha
was ready to 20 back, replied eagerly,
"fce, for land's sake get mt out oi here
~ quick as you kin." The oflicers could
not secute discharge Tor tho prisoner
yesterday.
| tothwel was sentenced to ten years.
imprisonment ia September. 1883, ON the
charge OF burglary. assault with intent
to XIII, aud larceny. lie was also fined,
put In the pillory and whipped. lie had
been in New Castle jail al intervals since
Lo was ~ years old and be is now 23.
The frat time that he was Arraigned
before the court he was 90 small that
tho Chief Justice could not see him IN
the dock. He was ordered to stand ny
on bench, aud after some good advice
WAS discharged on account Of his tendeI
years. Thia, however, seemtd 10 hAy,
but little effect, - he is natural borr
thief and in = very few months wal
again before the court and sent to Jail
tie has hugaed the whipping post Al
least half doxeu times and was bsrs.y
released FROM jail until he was engaged
in s0me other depreciation. His lut
ofienSe WAS OF . serious nature, IA 10
not only broke into house, but whsa
detected by the lady pointed pistol II
her face aud Threatened to kill her II sh
made an alarm. He was, however, fol
lowed and arrested.
Rothwsll 10 an intelligent lookiu
man, somewhat given to dress al
affected In his talk. He was docils m
well behaved while he was In Now Ca
tie jail and In time was given unusui
liberties. He WAS made assistant COO
OF the jail and his duties practical
gave him the freedom Of the institution
His escape was daring aud original
His accomplice was white woma
prisoner confined III the jail. 1t WIS
very dark night and he won't iAto the jail
yard oalsnsibly alter q bucket Of water
lie gave the signal TO the woman convict
who took the blanket from her bed
poked 1t through the bars OF her Gel
window, tied one corner 10 the bars snl
let the corresponding one fall toward
the ground. Rothwell, who 10 liiha
strong, and agile IS q cat, sprang to thi
bal red windows on tho first floor Al
another spring he grasped tho tlanksi
aud drew himself up TO the window o'
his Accomplice.
The cornics OF tho roof was s,ill several
feet above him, but with one more daring
leap ha GrAspsd It and swung himself 10
the roof. The ground was 20 feet beiox
him, but without moments hesitation
he jumped and Alightsd without inJury.
Theu he sped away to liberty that ~
might easily have secured II he had NOS
ioolishly returned to his old hsuns ID
Philadelphia.