The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25
SEVEN CONvlCTS ESCAPE.
zHEY PICK LOCKS AND saw IRON
EARS IN MONROE CoUNT II JAZZ.

BARS IN MONROE COUNTY JAZZ.
Aner Gsttise Outsias the 1aiiaias They
Haa 60 Drop Twenty Feet Tsss ths Jsii
YarA sna she. Scale . F,f. wall
-oas at Work Several NigAts sswise st
the Hars whns nis Pals Msds .
Noiss to Dro~. the Sound OF the saw.
ROCHESTER,. Sept. 24.-At 9 o'clec ok this morn.
Ing Jailer John Cawthra unlocked tho door
into the airing room OF the Monroe oounty
jail. and made the startling discovery that
seven Of the most noted and desperate pris-
oners had made their escape. On entering the
airing room. into which all the cells on the
first floor opened. he noticed that the door Of
cell No. l. Immediately at his left. was standing
aiar. The cell had been coupled BY Clarence
Tear. alias Allen. but Tear was nowhere to be
seen. and the confused condition OF the bed.
clothing and contents OF the cell showed that
the man had broken away from restraint.
Jailer Cawthra at oncc gave the alarm. and
Sheriff Davy and the deputies residing at the
jail were soon In the airing ROOM Then the
tour OF investigation began. II was not known
as yet whether Tear had made his escape
from the building. or that more Of the jail
birds were out Of their cells.
After stopping to look at Tea RS empty cell
the party went hurriedly along the corridors.
arousing the occupants Of each cell. to make
sure that they. too. had not broken out into
the body Of the jail. The upper corridors were
found quiet. and the deputies. As they walked
along past the tiers Of cells. clancing In and
srousing those confined within. SAN nothing
OF Tear. and the prisoners all seemed to have
been peaceably sleeping. On the first floor.
however. 1t was different. Coll No. 3. the Sec
ond below Tears. was locked. but It's former
occupant. the well-known criminal. Eugene
Day. was not within. In Nc. 4. whore Richard
Gardner was locked up. the bsdolothing was
covered neatly and carefully over q dummy.
but the prisoner NRs not to be seen. q nd the
Sheriff and deputies proceeded with care. not
knowing but that they had planned an organ
lied break. which looked to the killing OF the
taking their Keys from them. as was attempt
ceIls Nos. 8 and do .. in which Robert colbrook
and James Crawford. convicted Of robbery.
bad. been corralled. were locked. but empty.
Animation m nnt they r were Tree Ge WIFI With t tsun e e Sy
t$s!r seiis. nd the i sSsrIn Was now i 4 ys aware
one. but Il was hoped that the men were n.the
lower gallery. behind the tier Of cells. and had
John DAVIS is"f in No. !te' s. eSSSa had also iso% pS sto a 0ddt nmmG
in his cot, while John Smith. charged with
robbery. who mad been confined In No, 20: was
slept in his cot at ali. The other prisoners
were re found In their proper cells. .,-
st ne end Of t6s building the iron-cassd Win.
dow w was found to be open and two bars saved;
tho story. Tear had opened his cell BIZ manin-
nlating a cord with sticks attached. A solder
rest. frank Lytle. who occupies cell No. II.
near the %indoWW VS.. says the seven. men had
bars. two OF which had hssn' saw,,S " t H. y ~
t;Sst one ~ = ' H. men = 'S vas sa apmsd VII Hs1s : i ssss
vas short and thicE set. could have forced HI.
tSs : through r tho opening cut in the bars OF
When the prisoners reached the outside Of
me building they we're obliged to drop about
the jail, and they were then oblieedto scale 4
ffteen-foot wall. which was a picayune matter
Monroe Jail. from which a prisoner never be-.
Up to noon nons oi tie prisoners has been
q: ss'' 'o:t s5sfsS%s;s + S + ~ ss Ssa a. ei Il th s. ss s;s: E:
S sSsRi G ny oh ns 1 1iss soarS SF eSsn. TO d Sn ssSsss st e:
k Eiib ana say dn mHst tn h1yG bd bee. tbs FURNISHED mi he from from
of my, key. 1 have cen in Buffalo for nearly
q week. am told that the. men were saving
Sheriff Dnvy has the key and saw with which
the escape was made. The former was bent
i nnd tM,ssna' lit II Is sT 4 su Ths. pe sgr M msn 4 crude Is
the way in which ths JAIL was built that such a
key could unlock every cell door and the exit
deputy and constable at his command. had
sworn In Some extra men. and had tele-
graphed the descriptions Of the men in every
direction.
Otto Llntz. one OF the prisoners at the Jail:
gave u United Press correspondent a story Of
Fol- several nights" he said. "the men who
were in tho deal ut a certain hour would com.
mines thS hui asns1 1rttlin Si Their h csll dG 3 :; and ana
became SO ugly that Crawford had TO be taken
out, and put up stairs. Now. those fellows
the inside and none OF us on to it. When they
we're humping and raising hob. SONG pal on
the outside was working the saw. should
that 1t wns about a quarter past II last
sprung he lock Of his cell door with a string.
and took out the window whore the bars were
S3Msa' b 1t S SWing ;st on " oI ntv9 IT. in t the centre r:
unlocked Dsy and Gardner; then smith and
be let out was Colbrook. The key stuck in his
cell door; md Tear gave him up and was going
%d;il put rs HstOf tSa , sM0E r S Swt was ls sRd ga saif fe he
came back and tried again for Ton minutes
more. The other fellows were waiting round
Colbrook called after him and begged him to
try once more. Tear made ono moro try and
sprung tho lock. lie bent the key all out OF
shape In doing II. Half a dozen others were
begging TO lie let out. put i was no use, the
key was stuck fast in tho door and could not
be budged. There were more in it now than
had originally been reckoned; and the boys
have been there to hand them the saw in
through the window to finish the job. Gard
ner snwea his brother out OF the penitentlary
here In Just that way twelve years ago.
Gardner. before being brought to Rochester.
was n rlsoner In the Marquette prison and es-
capped. lie WAS gone four weeks. when rs was
surprised one morning early, living with his
family in a. house in Iowa. His wife notified
him that the officers were after him. and he
told her to let them in. He jumped out Of I
to escape. but one Of the officers fired q shot at
him. the bullet cutting the thumb OF his hand.
Sheriff Davy has offered the following re-
wards:
Two hundred dollars each, will be paid for
the capture OF Clarence Tear. Eugene Day. and
Richsrd Gardner: $500 each forthe reenpturo
OF John f. Davis, John Smith. Robert Colbrook.