New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-23
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entire lot Of convicts had succeeded in releasing
themselves
Glynn was afraid 70 open the door to admit
the warden and keeper, as he feared that as soon
IS the door was thrown open a hundred or more
OF the convicis would make a dash through II.
Brown and Connaughton, however. were not to
be daunted and drawing their revoiVers. the
Warden ordered Glynn 10 open the door, saying
that his keepers were inside and he was going
in too Glynn opened the door and admitted
the Warden and Keeper. The door was quickly
closed Glynn remaining on the outside
One glance convinced the Warden that the
trouble was confined TO at least very few men,
and he took prompt measures TO secure oruef
As ne and Connaughton moved along the corridors
toward the scene of the shooting they sterhty
ordered the men in the cells TO remain quiei
threatening at the same time to enforce tleir
order with the revolver. IL did not take long
for these measures TO produce the desired erect
and by the time the two had reached the en-! OF
corridor No. II the prison was comparatively
quiet.
In the meantime Glynn, after closing the door
behind the Warden, jumped over the wall ana
ran TO window through which, with his ne
yolver. he could command large part of the
prison near the main entrance. AS he approached
the window he was surprised to see a mans body
DANGLING from the window above. He called TO
him 70 know what he was doing and as he did
so the man. who proved to be Walsh dropped
from the window to tie roof of a one-story eXten
sion used as the Office Of State Dete ctive Jackson
Walsh ran across the roof, not needing Glynn s
orders TO stand, and when he reached the edge oil
the roof he Jumped into flower bed and started
TO run Gynn again ordered him to stop, and as
he failed 10 do SO, Glynn fired. The bullet went
wide Of it's mark, and Walsh continued to run
in a northerly direction, witt Glynn soon in pur-
suit When at the north end of the prison, Glynn
fired again. and Walsh stopped, sayinS'. For
Gods sake mont shoot again, am wounded. y
Before Glynn could reach Walsh. the latter sprang
into an area way, and Glynn followed
Another fierce struggle then took place. IN
which Glynn was obliged TO use his club and pls-
toll but the bullet which Glynn fired did not take
effect The space in which the men fought was
narrow and dark and Glynns life was IN jeopardy
but he finally overcamc Welsh and took him back
into prson. Here another struggle took place. In
which Welsh fought desperately warden brown,
however. took a hand in the afray and soon had
Welsh on the floor, and the Wardens son, Elliott
Brown, stood over him with revolver, until ne
gave in. Welsh was then stripped ana TAKEN ~
the hospital, where he examined by Prison
SURGEON Irvine who found that Glynns pistol
bullet had made wound in the convlctS khe''
which was not serious. 49,, ,ors
When Welsh had been secured the keepers
t,rned their attention to Vncents body, whlch
sill hung between the bars 1t was taken III 10
the hospital and Coroner Sytton, OF Pcekskiil,
held nm inquest The jury returned a verdict
in accordance with the facts. Vineents aunt
Mrs f. Dock, of No 366 Ninth-ave, TINS Guy,
was Informed of his death, and unless shr ,, Oh
some of his relatives claim the body 1t VIII DC
buried in the prison cemetery. =,
Charles F. Vincent was twenty-siX years old,
urn,orrieI and a laborer lie born in New
York City, and sentenced to Sing sing prison on
September "a; $50, by Judge Cowing tor sA'Gpn In
years for robbery in the first degree" IL was ms
second term in the prison. and his third IN Jall
he having served term on BackwclPs Island.
lie served his term in Sing Sing under the name
of John Brown. ,,,c.,-
The three keepers, Short Post and McC9rmick
were among the five who were SUSPENDED on
Nuenst IA for leaving cells in the prison unlocked.
They were rcnstated on August l6: Welsh has
made a statement in which he details the plan ~
escape, but refuses to TIL how the too were p'o'
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