The evening world., 1890-05-29
BLOODHOUADS ON The TRAIL.
Securing the Country for Sand
baggiug Convict Fugitives.
Their Assault on the Keepers and
Escape from the State Prison.
lsprcrA. TO n xvrsrro WORLD,

TRENTON, N. j., May 20. Men armed &c
the teeth and accompanied by six huge
b%loodhounds left the State Prison at day.
light this morning 10 relieve the band oil
keepers who spent the night In the voodi
around B~ordentown UNNECESSARILY search.
ing for two negroes. Thomas Thomas, aliaI
Drum" and Henry Jackson, ALA
Kitchen. " who escaped In . most dazins
fashion from the prison about dusk last
evening.
The orders are TO ~recapture them, dead OF
alive. The refugees are desperate mon.
probably be dead.
Up to IL o'clock this forenoon no trace oil
them had been discovered.
Both Jackson and Thomas were members
Of the BLACK and White" ganG which
terrorized Monmouth County about seven
houses, burned farmers houses, and, n fact.
committed every crime bnt murder.
jackson and Thomas were the ringleaders.
When they were captured the band was
tried aud sentenced 70 thirty years each IN
r.. 1854. With good tim" OF they
but by, bad conduct they have liberated
themselves ooner.
At first they were put to work In the
prison pr. mn making sr Thips .,ri THEY . oSey S Sysry =
o the confidence Of the, prison keepers.
Of the prison. From one place Of trust they
they were made runners for the keepers,
This Ia the easiest job o convict can get
and Thomas and Jackson seemed very
S5Ss;tSS,p w.. sq u i .ssn nis nj. thG Yb executed a plan
Capt. Charles Parker, . turnkey. ffty-hve
years old, was on duty at the Hughes, street
doors. Thomas was busting In Clerk Null.
Ien I, l H. b ottioo and Jackson was cleaning
"A few minutes after z O'Clock Keeper
Roberts entered the prison; He was on, the
n nntiy, ESs ss 1.m asiasGn "%s MOUNT s q PlS Sos
Roberts was due at o P. NJ. Capt. Parke,
let MIN into the prison proper. and locked
lone so when he heard q shout from Thomas
He SurrieS into Ike {Sllsrt's office. passing
at a narrow, i~rOn-gratsd aperture, gazing
Here Is something funny" he said.
LOCKING i~ntently into the prison yard;
- don't see anything "he said,
back Of the head. He. fell on the door.
noise. While be had been looking into the
ssha' struck him ~itS siocsfnr fati or We'
sand.
After he fell the negroe. pounded him re,
kicked him in the side.
Then jackson, who worked in the kitchen.
took of his apron and stuffed az much OF II
"a he could into the insensible mans mouth,
and tied the strings az tightly - he could
bout his throat.
Not. satisfied. the .murderous .wretchel
bounb HIM hand and foot and laft him m0rs
dead than alive in q corner of the Office.
Before leaving him they rifed his pockets
OF the keys to the main door. about $500 in
bills, a silver watch and some valuable
They did not hurry in their work. After
q~uietipg Parker they walked upstairs and
their convict Rarb, including new Spring
overcoats, belonging to Keepers Casper and
Bergen Of tho night watch. who had left
them in q closet when going on duty at q
o'clock.
The negroes then unlocked the big front
doors Of the main entrance and walked coolly
of. With the keepers clothes they each got
q si~x-chAmbered Colt revolver.
were making on. but did not recognize
them and so refrained from shooting them
down. They were zone 10 minutes before
Then the convict, Cook. wanted Jackson,
and rang the bell for him. Getting no re-
spouse, he called for Mrs. Patterson, the
chief keepers wife, as Mr.. Patterson was
Mrs. Patterson went to the gate and called
for Capt. Parker. Receiving no. response,
she rang a gong. which brought Deputy
the centre tower. He WAS the only one who
could gain access 70 Capt. PArker's quarters.
He found the Captain u~pconscious and
quickly released him and hastily summoned
DR.. William Rice. who restored him TO SON.
sciousness, when he made known the par
Assistant Chief Keeper Madden at once
desratched a BAN OF armed men In different
directions to search for the rnnawAys, but
they conld ind no trace Of them.
fugitives to Inspector Byrnes and the chiefs
Of detectives in all the LARGE cities between
here AMI San Francisco.
Thomas ID about . feet Oh inches tall.
weighs l02 pounds, has q foot ION inches
long, and has . scar on the back OF his lett
wrist, = small scar in each eyebrow aud one
in the hair Just At the forehead;
Jackson has q scar on the right wrist, one
inside the left thumb. two on the forehead
and . light scar on the left side OF the neck.
He weighs l42 pounds, Is 5 feet 81 inches
tall, and has . loot eleven inches long.
both mgitives, received, their numerous
scars while resisting aTrest.
Thomas Is tWenty-fnur. and Jackson
thirty,siL YEAR, old; They are New York
in Thompson street.
Capt. Parker is seriously injured, and IL
is feared that on account OF his age and
feeble health he cannot recover from the
muTderous attack He was removed from
the prison 70 his home this morning. Or.
ihice cannot tell as yer whether his skull is
m S5 ! Ss;sP::i Ptsss;lF.OBB o eS..aa ri;
night two negroes answering the
description OF the mifslng men were seen in
HOTdentown. inguifing the time OF trains 10
New York and PhilAdelDbia.
Trenton police believe they will separate
and travel in different directions.
This was the first escape from Trenton
Prison since Aug. !, 1894. when a Ger
mau named Menu got away from there, file
was never r~ecAptuTed.