The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-04-19
ESCAPED FROMPRISON.
TWO DESPERATE cONyIcTs ENJOY A
FEW SHORT HOURS OF LIBERTY.
One of tho Guards struck with n Hammer
and Securely Bound-The Convicts
Dressed In a Keepers Clothes.


Dressed In a Keepers Clothes.
One Of the most desperate and successful
escapes ever made from Sing Sing Prison
occurred on the afternoon OF April IL. Al
. o'clock Deputy Warden Connoughton was
surprised 70 lind Leander soe one OF the
guards. descending the stairs In the prison
covered with blood, his clothing torn, and
his hands bound In ropes. His condition nj
once told the story that he had been as-
saulted by some conyicts, and that an escape
had been made from the prison. About 2:50
o'clock Keeper see took James Kelly and
Michael Feeny, two conyicts. 10 the old
female prison, 20 clean the place. prior 10
locking up for the night As the trio en-
tered the building, Kelly saw August Clint
a convict cleaning lamps, he being the only
person In the large prison. Kelly grabbed
Clint and pushing him Into vacant cell
locked him In. Fecny grappled with his
guard. aud desperate struggle ensued.
Before he could draw his revolver, see was
felled 10 the floor by a blow on the forehead
with hammer which Kelly carried. The
blow did not stun him, and he again started
10 get up to light for his life, as he knew that
the desperate men would rather Kill him
than run the chances OF being caught, aud
gain. As See started 10 get up
BOTH MEN JUMPED UPoN HIN,
and told him II he wished TO save his life he
had better lay still. They then took his re-
yolvor and keys, and rs Feeny kept guar d
over the PROSTATE keeper. Kelly went for a
rope aud bound his hands and legs. They
then went into Keeper Piers room, aud
quickly taking of their prison garb, dressed
themselves In suits belonging TO Pier. Az
ter they had dressed themselves they went
down stairs into the basement OF the prison
and unlocking side door. made their cs-
cape into the field beyond, when they went
for the woods, toward New York City. AS
soon as Kelly and Feeny had disappeared
Keeper See recovered enough to sit up and
and he began trying To free himself. With
his nngcrs and teeth he managed 10 loosen
the rope abont his legs. lie then fastened
10 the prison Office, where he told Warden
Brush and Deputy Warden Connoughtcn
what had happened. The Warden at once
called In the reserve guard and arming
them with carbines and revolvers he des-
patched them to look for the prisoners. At
about dusk prison guard George Bronson
and a citizen named Charles Amber dis COW
cred the escaped prisoners in the woods
back Of Long Hill, three miles from the
prison. Bronson and Amber Immediately
raised their carbines, and covering their
men, ordered them 10 throw up their hands
and surrender, and II they did not they
would shoot Both prisoners raised their
hands and submitted p,aceably to being
captured. They were securely handcuffed
aud taken back TO the prison. They were
taken into the wardcn's Office, where their
clothes were taken from them and they
were made TO put ON their striped prison
garbs again and were loc1cdup. Keeper see
who Is nearly 90 years OF age, had a narrow
escape from death HIS GOODNESS saved him
from further injury. lie knew that II he
resisted II meant deatll TO him, aud he could
run no chance In lighting the two men.