The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-23
0'BRIEN GOT AWAY EASILY.
THE BUNCOERS ESCAPE HAD BEEN
PLANNED WITH DELIBERATION.
Very Little Trace or the Fugitive. bat
Him Yet-A Horse that May Have
Taken O'Brien Away, or May He n
Ruse-Keeper Bucks Fine Time In Utica


Taken O'Brien Away. or May He =
Ruse-Keeper Bucks Fine Time In Utica
UTICA. April 22.-Tom O'Brlen. tho notorious
bunco stecrer, who escaped from Keeper
Buck has not been captured. Dave Dishler.
the Utica sporting man. who is said to
DO related to UBricn. disappeared with him.
They have plenty OF money and clean start
Of at least twenty-four hours. 1t is now evil
dent TINT O'Brlen's escape was planned care
fully several weeks ago.
Doc" Mincheon. as he Is registered at
Bagg's Hotel. made flying trip to Utica three
weeks ago and looked over tho ground. The
writ OF habcas corpus was simply SUBJ
terfuge by which O'Brien might be brought
to Utica. Buck was appointed a guard
in Dannemora Just two weeks ago. He
says that he alone was responsible for the safe
keeping OF O'Bricn. and pleads guilty TO care
lessness, but he does 1t very pacidly. For
four months before he was made q keeper ut
Dannemora he was out Of work. Previous to
that he worked in Lynch's Long Branch Hotel
in Brooklyn. and in saloons and restaurants.
During Clevelands Administration he was
messenger in the Custom House.
Buck is large. puffy-looking man. with n
faco strcaked with blue veins. His moustacho
is sandy and droops over the corners OF his
mouth. He frankly admits that he is not a
teetotnller and says that fact was al
so known to O'Brien and his friends.
The woman who Is in the case
says she is Mrs. Buck. She arrived
at Baggs's Hotel. according to the clerks
story. on Wednesday night. and according to
her own story on Thursday morning. She
has had all her meals served in her room.
When THE Sun reporter saw her to-day sho
said that she lived at 422 East Seventy-second
street. She is about 40 years old and also has
puffy face resembling Buck somewhat
Since O'Bricn was brought to Utica on last
Sunday he spent only one night in jnil. With
Dishler and Mincheon. and sometimes with
Buck. no visited saloons and road houses.
drove around town. and lived ut BagG's
Hotel. There was nothing to indicate
that he was prisoner. District Attor-
ncy Eaton. who came to Utica from Al
bany to oppose the motion for his discharge
cautioned Buck to keep his eyes open. This
had no effect and Mr. Eaton telegraphed to
Warden Thayer. asking him to instruct Buck
to guard O'Brien more closely. He also sent
an Albany detective to watch the bunco steerer
until he was remanded to prison on Wednes-
day. All this time Buck was smoking and
drinking and meeting so many good fellows
that he said he was Living on easy street."
Inspector Byrnes made 1t uncomfortable for
O'Brien to live in New York. He worked his
hunco games In the country until he earned
for himself tho title Of the Farmers
s susEa t. tell De Sufs Sarss Ss q X.
sompanied BUCK and biz S, prisoner to Utra on
with 0;Brien. Buck discovered that all Ills
sS & seGd fellows "a, ana
neRs 9ensay i 6Be ie'. f f%s
jail to visit his lawyer. Dishler told Buck, not
to worry about bis prisoner. ss he would be
He told me-, said Buck to THE Sun re-
porter. Tint his standing In Ultra was such
Had You Known DIshler or Slincheon be-
fore you met them at Dnnnemorai"
se nd fnss me nehns
Buck says, that, his prisoner spent Monday
JsiIer Hanoy mo-; says that Buck ia and 'f pshsr i
told him that O'Brien would stay at Bagg's
Hotel with them on Monday plight t. to meet MS
allowed to sec any one. Buck is net very GER
was at liberty all day. and spent, his time in
ssSng fh9 Bsl s. of bsH %e he
he was acting Tor Howe 4 Hummsi. who were
expected to defend O'Brien. Buck had room
on Tuesday night. These rooms are Mt tho
head OF the stairs on tho second floor. There
was nothing to prevent OBricn from walking
Siincheon left Utica UNEXPECTEDLY on Wedies.
day and left this note for Buck:
to rsa this evening The osran S1.s 'I Ge n
me General Term there in May must DO look ed after
back Hope You vii continue to trsa, him Kindly CON.
O'Bricn dined with Buck at Baggs Wednes-
day noon; and that was the last time he was
seen in tho hotel by any ono except Buck. |
DIshier 4b5isG; ,a and were in room ~ to;
said Buck. I'VE were having good time l |
stepped out of the room for a few minutes. and
nd o
but | thought they would return"
Did you try to find them
that they had Just, gone out to see the town.
went up to sec Marshal McElwpin; and he
seemed like a nice follow. and didn't think
here was any danger when Dishler was watch
,vsnins on aye night if his stass
rue. and he SLEPT until late yesterday. During
had Buck s
all, This was known 70 DO false and hc then
whenever he wanted to.
District Attorney Eaton hoard In Albany the
thief DaEwsIl replied that. he knew
ssanS ''S%t TIL f tSss d RHt B BSsk an
nit that his prisoner was gone. lie
made light Of the affair. and said that il
vas impossible for O'Ijrisn to escape. Chief
Dagwcl suggested that Buck should send out
general alarm. Buck compromised on this
.Snggestlon by notifying Warden Thayer Of
About, midnight. Buck began to hustle
lround in search Of o. lIren lie won't to Mrs.
)ishlcr's house. and learned that Dishler had
Tot been home since 10 o'clock on Wednesday
morning; Then Keeper Buck returned to tho
4 Ms Ist TINE today il Es room xtI hIs WIZ
'ris2ner was missing. and his rambling and
onnictlng stories to-day have aroused sus-
'ici3n. Every xplanatlon that he has given
I tho affair W has wound up with the state.
hat I have been careless. and / de-
erve the club ! didn't get anything out OF It.
know that people will think that have been
s a1d Iot this ,on; 0BEje1 did not have his
r nod and he was not drunk while he was
nth M. am sure, OF rccapturing him any
roy. lie can't possibly get away"
Late this afternoon II was reported that
'Brien and Dishlcr had gone to Whitesboro.
DAD early NplDns1nv u,prDinn and hirnu n |