The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-16
LET HIS PRISONER ESCAPE.
aided NJ A WOMAN, FORGER KYLE
ELUDED KEEPER M'NAMARA.


The Prisoner was Being Taken from Court
Back TO the Tombs. bat Induced the Omcer
to stop the Way for Drink They Had
Several, and Now Kyle Cannot he Found.
Richard Kyle. under indictment ipr forgery
and grand larceny. escaped yesterday noon
chile on the way to the Tombs from the Sn-
prsms Court. Chambers. whore he had becn
taken on writ Of habsas corpus. He was In
charge Of Keeper william J. Mcnamara.
and was accompanied by q friend. Mrs.
Isabella shstllsld. After leaving the court
room. Kyle induced Mcnamara to take
himto tho ONCE OF LAWYER J. Oliver Keane. Mt
! thambers street. stating that he was dis
listed with the lawyer whom he had re-
ned to look after his interests. Tho trio
rat keane on the street and went into a pri-
y.,e room on the first floor OF tho building In
which the lawyers Office is. The room Is con-
ncrted with Q saloon on tho ground floor.
Kyle asked permission to order Q drink. and
then persuaded Mcnamara to remove tho
handouts. After O brief conversation the
lawyer departed. Kyle then ordered more
vino. and the three Ind consumed three or
four bottles between them whom Mrs. Shelf
Gold com plnlned that the light annoyed her.
and asked Mcnamara to draw tho shade.
As he did SO the keeper hoard a movement
behind him. and turned in time to SOC Kyle
disappear tIEOuSH tH0 uOOE. Nv ITuuo u
dash after him. but the woman stood In the
way and threw her arms around Mcnamara.
holding him firmly until Kyle had time to get
out Of the building. After a frutless search
she IS to the Tomhs. where he reportsd the
Escape to Warden Fallon.
,,anea in se omSs Count eharssa with
aiding q prisoner to escape. and was held in
$1,000 bnil for examination this afternoon;
ana ana i've lived At IA Vest Twonts street she
was serarated from her husband. who. she
S heir .Ie o.
been introduced to her by her husband some
him in the court room. She said that she Ind
denea hn shs had asS
she cried bitterly as she was being taken down
to Prison she Is slender woman Of
Ip.., cHf,mplexion. She dresses plainly but
4 General alarm was sent out from Police
by full description of him. He is about 30
4 20 described as good looking. lie has q
smooth. round face. dark eyes; and hrownish
& e. ol t Ss Ss9 9. has
looked pal. and excited when he appeared in
Tombs Court. where no, has been practising
IOr years.. no oppressed SURPRISE ytSteTuuy
when told Of Kyle's escape. met the man
for the first time in my life when he stopped
me in front OF my office to-day. He wanted
mo to tako charge OF his case. but when l
learned that Mr.. LIE Barber was already en-
gagged on 1t refused to have anything to do
Charles E. La Barber. Kyls's attorney. has
an office In tho Pulitzer building. He. too. was
sstonishsd at the news Of his clients escape.
What n fool.' ho excla imed. Why. he
had very good case. and at the worst 1 he
Neye he would have received only a light som
tencA There are three Indictments nsainst
him. two for forgery and one for grant lar
ceny In tho specific charge only $3.50 is in
volvsd. and the bail was fixed at $4,000. I
thought this excessive. and when his
friends said that they. could furnish $4,000
or $1,000 endeavored to have his bail re.
duced. Ihavs obtained three writs for him.
but when the first two were returnabls was
unable to be in court met Kyle in the Oyer
and Terminer to-day. The keeper handed m .
the writ. The case was afterward transferred
to tho Supreme Court. Chambers. where GO
Ingraham adjourned the hearing As left the
court room. noticed q woman approach and
talk to Kyle. That is all know about the case"
Kyle was formerly q hooLkeeper with Sigis-
mund Wachsmsn on Broadway. and was ar
rested on their complaint They claimed that
he had forged checks and their endorsem ent
TO checks sent to them from customers. and
By that means had obtained several thousa nd
dollars. Kyle was examined in the Tom BIS
Police Court on Nov. II. and was held for tho
Grand Jury. When arrested Kyle was living
ct 156 West Thirty fifth street.