Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-24
AGAIN BEHIND BARS.
Charles Havers, Who Escaped From
the Workhouse. Reeaptured.
HE TELLS WHY HE BROKE JAIL.
swears He Will Kill Before He Will Re-
turn to Claremont
-FOUR BURGLARIEs SINCE HIS ESCAPE

Charles Havers, who on August II es
capped from the workhouse after having al.
most killed Keeper Eberhardt, was recap
ured yesterday morning in the upper end
of Allegheny. He was caught by an old
associete called fsDoc" Richardson, who
claims the S1O0 reward but may not get it.
Havers is in the Allegheny police
station, and to-day four informations for
burglary will be made against him. The
prisoner yesterday talked freely with
Superintendent Muth, and gave to that
official some interesting reasons for his
desperate effort to break jail He said he
had been driven to thievery by ill-treat-
ment, and had been sent to the workhouse
several times rightfully. But he declared
positively that he was not the man who
tried to break into the house of Councilman
George Schad in July, 1891, and who then
assaulted Schad. 81 did not do that thing, -
said Havers, with display of earnestness,
s'and was sent to the workhouse wrong.
That made me mad, and thought of break
ing out ever since went there. Then they
used me badly there, and 1 swore would get
OUT l. uluu w UP A@OclA
but couldn't get out without doing it. He
saw me and pulled gun on me, when hit
him with club.
viii Do Something Desperate.
'T will not go back to the workhouse,"
the prisoner said, slapping his leg with his
clenched fist 81 swear 1 won't go back
there. Before do I'll do something des-
perate. I'll kill somebody before they get
me in there again"
Havers told the Superintendent that he
was willing to 60 to the penitentiary, if he
had to 90 to Jail at all, but he desires no
more Of the fare and treatment at the work
house.
Shortly after o'clock yesterday morning
man named John Helsch, driving wagon
for Suydam's white lead works, saw
Havers, whom he knew well, lurking be-
hind pile of tanbark in Groetzngers ward
on River avenue, Allegheny. That region
is occupied by bark and lumber yards, and
is good place for man to hide. Helsch
hurried to the Ellsworth fire engine house,
on River avenue, and told Captain Brown.
The Captain, HeIsch and Fireman Edward
Hinner ran to the bark yard, and as they
neared the place Havers ran out and made
of along River avenue as fast as his legs
could carry him. He turned up McFadden
street, closely pursued by an increasing
band of men. and cut around the corner into
East Ohio street. There he ran into the
arms of his old friend, Richardson, and the
latter, seeing that the fugitive was likely to
be caught, did the catching himself He
held Havers until the fremen arrived, and
they soon had him in patrol wagon.
Four Burgaries Since Escaping.
At the police station Havers was
al, St. l.,
nish evidence of four burglaries committed
by this young miscreant since he escaped.
These burglaries were committed on four
different nights and show that in the long
hours when the police were searching high
and low for the escaped convict, that hunted
man was following his criminal vocation and
stealing plunder to furnish him with food.
Thursday night the house OF John Sad
dIer, at No. 242 Howard street, was entered,
and there were stolen two shirts, pair of
pants, a coat, a revolver, two hats, pair of
shoes and two pair of stockings. Mr.. Sad
dler Yesterday identified the revolver found
on Hayers and the hat. The clothing be-
longed to a son and will have to be identified
by him. Havers said he threw away the
revolver taken from Eberhardt, because it
would not shoot
Friday night there were stolen from the
house of W. S. MCGOWAN, on East street
extension, a razor and a child's bank, con-
tanning 50-cent scrip piece. The razor
and the shinplaster were in Hayers'
pockets.
On Saturday night somebody broke into
the house of David Auberger, at No II
Howard street, and stole two small gold
watches belonging to Mr. Auberger's
daughters, and IS in cash. These watches
were recovered from the prisoner.
His Last Busy Night.
Sunday night, after visiting speak-easy
on the Pittsburg side of the river, Havers
entered the house of b. M. Horst, at No.
1852 Madison avenue, and stole q pocket
book, an elbow key and 81 13 in pennies.
All of these articles were found in the pris-
oner's pockets.
On these four burglaries Superintendent
Muth will, this morning, make informations
before Alderman McKelvey. If the work. |
house authorities will wait for the prisoner,
preliminary hearings will be held Thursday |
afternoon and Havers will be held for court. |
He will then probably be surrendered to |
the officials OF the workhouse, whence he |
can be brought on the demand of the Quar- |
ter Sessions Court for trial. Superintendent |
Muth has requested the acting superintend- |
ent of the workhouse, Mr.. McLaughrey, to |
wait at least two days before claiming the |
prisoner
For the Claremont affair Havers is liable |
to be charged with Jail breaking, for which |
there Is penalty of two years, with feloni- |
Gus assault on Keeper Eberhardt and with |
larceny from the person. ALI these charges |
if pushed, will confne the young man to,
the penitentiary for many years
Charles Stanton, sent up from Pittsburg |
for vagrancy, escaped from the workhouse |
Monday afternoon. He was an outside |
workman, and simply slipped away when |
he saw chance He ran away once before,
and the officials are not bothering about |
him. They saw he will come back when he |
gets tired of his outing.