Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-01
ESCAPED FROM TnE pi.N.
-Four toDNi~t- saw on the " indow
lsnr- aud Wal" Away In the Dark.

New Mexican
Four cow 'ts made good their escape
from the ierrtoria. pcultcntlary last
night. Their names are f.. II. Currenc-,
sentenced for life from Socorru county
for murder; c. L. Huber in Tor three
years Tor robbery in Grant county; James
Gould, ~ Duna Ana county, IN Tor
fifteen years Tor murder aud rIbbrry,
and Joseph Clark, same crime, also ~ for
fifteen years. All the men, save Cur.
renee, have long been employed III the
kitchen Ot the institution, gnd lnvts' Iga.
ton made alter their flight shows that
they had taken advantage Of odd utter
walls while thus employed 10 saw the
iron batU on cellar window ~ such u
manner M to make It comparatively
easy matter TO finish the job when once
they were ready To made their final
break,
The discovery that something was
wrong about the institution WAS first
made ny Asst, Supi, bergman while
making hIs final round ~ the cell house
Tor the night shortly before . O'clock
lie found that one ot tue cells set apart
| for the life" men VAS unoccuplcd, and
aeon discovered that the murderer. Cur.
renee, was missing. II did not take long
to make complete count Of nosss, and
| upon ascoItainiug the result the officers
OF the institution set about TO find out
by what oIsans the convicts had sue.
ceeded IN getting away, This lnvestIga.
ton WAS continued far into the night by
Warden ChHves aud his assistants with
not very satisfactory results, and it IL
! still IN progress.
The investigation shows that the cage
leading from the cell house 10 tIs kitch-
en- mad been left ajar, aud that the con
vlcts, who evidently had been let cut
OF their cells, passed through this cage
| into the kitchen aud theuce into the eel.
lar where tho iron bars on the window
were sawed OH The cage should have
been locked by the captain az the night
guard, Juan Antonio iiaca, but II seems
he failed To do this, and tho night cell.
house keeper, Thos. VI. Tucker, who was
on duty near the cage, Hlsu comes IN for
u share Of the responsibility, as il was
hiB duty To- see that no prisoner passed
through this cage. The night was fear
! fully dark, owing 10 the storm, and il ~
because Of TINS Tact, probably, that tins
time was selected Tor making the break /;
but MaSlmo Martinez was IN guard
duty outside the Suildlng, AMI hls beat
! lay between the corner uf the house aud
/ the window from which the prisoners ~.
capped. II IL only short distance be-.
tween these two pUlnts, and that the con.
vlcts should have been abe to finish
saving OIL the bars climb through the
window and escape without his knowl
edge, seems very strange, 10 say the
least. At all events the convicts are
gone, aud appear to have had little or no
difficulty in securing their freedom. IA
To the connection OF the three employees
named with the escape, Warden Chaves
10 guarded IN his expressions as yet, pre-
! tsrring to SIT the matter thoroughly, but
! il ~ known that he has suspended all
.hreo u them pending such ,nyestiga
ton,
In the meantime every effort is also
being made to trail down aud recapture
thu convlcts Searching parties were sent
out last night IN oil directions aud are
still out, and letters describing the men
and telesrams notifying the county aud
city officials were this morning sent TO
all quarters OF the territory. The con.
victs will probably stick TO the noun.