The Jersey City news., 1891-09-09
was Jimmy" Clark, the clever 125 pound
pugilist. But tney didu't know it uatil
ne introduced them co the sidewalk.
ONE DID ESCAPE.
A Water Melon Thief Took A dvan
tage of Giblin's Fiasco-Utfi-
cial Negligence.

When Peter Giblin yesterday made an
attempt to escape from Constable Bud
den, who was taking him to the Jail.
George Rudolph, who had pleaded guilty
to petit larceny aud was also being taken
to the Jail, succeeded in escaping during
the break for liberty made by the bur
glar. The latter, who is forty-two years
old, was committed for trial by Police
Justice O'Donnell few days ago on a
charge of stealing water melons
After Budden and several constab lie S
recaptured Giblin they took him and, as
they supposed. ali the other prisoners to
the jail. When Jailer Bird-all compared
his list of prisoners taken to court with
the prisoners returned he was one captive
short The jailor could find no trace OF
the missing prisoner, nor could any OF his
ass istauts or the constables. All they
could discover was tnat thirty three pris-
oners had been sent to court, but only
thirty-two returned to the jail and that
George Rudolph was the lacking one.
QUEER STATE OF THINGS
This morning | inquired of nearly all
the constables in the Sessions court
room il they knew anything about the
escape of the prisoner and all assured me
that they did not. Constable Budden said
he had been too busy trying to recapture
the burglar to look after anyone else.
The other constables said they had not
heard anything about the escape OF Ru-
dolph and each declared that Rudolph
was not in his personal custody.
QUEER STILL.
Inasmuch as The Sheriff is responsible
for the safe return of all prisoners taken
from the jail to court, | inquired of
Under Sheriff Jerry Maher If he knew
that Rudolph had escaped. He replied
he did not
What p exclaimed in astonishment.
"has not the escape of a prisoner been
reported to the Sheriff's office.
There has been no such report made
here" he replied.
John Zoeiier the Sergeant at Arms Of
the Court was standing in the Sheriff's
office, surrounded by half dozen con-
stables, and asked him it he knew of
the escape He replied that he did not;
that he did not have charge of the pris-
'oner.
thing OF it," inlerjected Under-Sheriff
Maher. ''He has been here and has
gone away"
NO REPORTS MADE.
When I asked Clerk Kelleher of the
Court of General Sessions il he knew q
prisoner had escaped he looked much
surprised, and answered "No." He asked
for particulars, and evidently knew moth
ing about the matter.
District Attorney Winfield said no one
had reported the escape to him. but mas
much as the Sheriff is responsible for the
custody of the prisoner, it was not neces-
sary to tell him Oft
Judge Lippincott said the escape had
not been reported to him, bnt he had
heard of it on the street. He had no
official knowledge of the fact.
President John Feeney of the Police
Commissioners and chief of the District
Attorneys detectives said he had not
| been told officially of the escape of Ru-
dolph, but he had heard of 1t in gener al
way.
oner and why is it the Sherff's represen-
tatives knows nothing about it and why
| the Sheriff appears TO be making no ef-
for to recapture Rudolph, and finally why
Judge Lippincott mas been kept in official
ignorance of the escape. Perhaps Sheriff
McPhillips may tell. Perhaps.