Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-11
HOW It WAS DONE.
Facts of the Flight of
Prison Birds.
THREE ARE RECAPTURED.
O'Hearn and Cofiey are Run Down in
Boston-Booth Found in Swamp.

BosToS, July II John Booth is again
incarceratcl hchin iron bars at the state
prison IN Chsr.ostown. After breathing
the mir of freedom for just forty-eight
hours, he once more had the handouts
snapped around his wrists, and in COM
pany with Prison Officials Carsons and
Frazier, was marched back to his cell.
During the forty-eight hours he was at
liberty he passed through hardships that
were terrible. and had IL not been for the
courage he displayed in helping brother
prisoner in the time of need IL Is doubtful
IL he would now be under the rule of
Warden lowering. He was captured In
an old swamp in Belmont yesterday after
noon at $3.50 by Officer Fisher OF that town.
Booth is n Desperate Man,
and his capture by the Belmont officers
Is a remarkable one. Officer Fisher was
out doing patrol duty In full police uni
form when by the merest chance he came
across two of the escaped prisoners, Booth
and Lynch. They were evidently resting
themselves, as their clothes were strewn
around, and the men themselves were ly-
ing outstretched on the grass.
just beyond them was a long swamp,
containing many acres OF marsh land It
is seldom that this place IL visited. Officer
Fisher is young man, both In age and
police matters. having been connected
with the Belmont force but ono year. The
officer glanced around and on pair Of
stockingr lying on the ground by his feet
he saw the name OF the prisoner printed
He was in the presence of two men badly
wanted by the state. He must capture
them. How could he do Il? lie talked
with the men on different subjects for
full I.lr 4. l.
officer had ATTEMPTED to get Booth to put
on his clothes and the officer pressed the
matter SO hard that his men grew sus-
picions. They started to
Give Him the Slip.
Lynch, whom Booth acknowledges was
his companion, declared he was going
down to spring TO wet his handkerchief
To apply TO his ankle, which he stated he
had just wrenched in climbing over the
wall into the grove. On this errand he
started down the hill For moment the
officer was non-plussed. As he turned to
watch Lynch's movements as he slowly,
and apparently In great pain, limped
away Booth. with an agility born Of
desperation, sprang to his feet and started
on IA run down the hill in the opposite di-
rection. Officer Fisher decided that as
Lynch was apparently crippled he could
not get but "a short distance. So Fisher
started in pursuit of Booth. After a long
chase Booth, with the remark, "For
Cbrists sake, have a little mercy on me"
gave up.
Booths Pluck.
after we got ont we went as far as
Mystic park, where we slept on Friday
night and Saturday." said Booth. Lynch
was with me, and in getting over fence
hurt his left foot. He could not take n
STEP so sore was his foot, and from Mys-
tic park to Belmont carried him on my
back. He was heavy, but we hoped II we
got shelter that his foot would get along
all right and that then we both could get
away. would not again go through the
experience Of the past three days IL I was
given my freedom. We have all suffered
untold torture"
O'Hearn and Cofrey Returned.
Dennis O'IIearn and Daniel Coffey are
again behind the prison bars at Charles
town, having been captured Saturday
by Detectives Shields and Lynch. The de-
tectives received information that O'Hearn
was rooming at 46 Union Park street.
O'Hearn and Coffey engaged rooms in
the house on Saturday morning, explain
ing TO the landlady that they expected
their wives TO arrive in the evening. Both
men were dressed neatly and assumed an
air of refinement which successfully con.
cealed their identity. O'Hearn jumped for
the bed which is folding one, arranged
the bed clothing, and the two convicts,
who are Of slight build. shut themselves
within when they discovered that the Off
cesr were upon them. They were over
powered and returned to prison without
much difficulty