Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-09-12
A BREAK FOR LIBERTY
Made In the MasSaChu.
sets State Prison.
THE CELL BARS SAWED OFF.
The Plot Discovered in Time to Prevent
Their Gaining freedom.

Boston. Sept IL Another attempt to
escape from the stone walls of the CHARLES
town prison was made yesterday. Four
of the most r ckless spirits confined there
were engaged in il, but did not succeed In
carrying out thin well-laid plans. The
attempt was made at 1:30 yesterday morn
ing, but General Bridges succeeded in
keeping 1t quiet until last night. He
claims IL was too trivial to notify the
police.
Noises and shadows In the prison at
tracted the attention Of a police officer OF
station Is, who was patrolling the district.
When he went to the Office Of the prison
to see what was going on, or II the ser
vices of the police were needed, he was
snubbed by the managers Of the states
bastile.
The parties concerned in the attempted
outbreak are Henry Taylor, colored, Will
lam Timmins, Frank Ritchie and Dick
Drohan. All four are considered among
the most desperate criminals within the
walls of the prison, and at the time were
confined in the block OF Fort Russell.
The Leader In the Affair
was Taylor. He made saw out Of the
blade of a large case knife and filed of
piece of the bar of his cell eight inches
long, and with this as a hammer he
reached his hand out through the open
space left between the bars and broke II
the lock of his cell. ONCE out in the cor
ridor of the block he quietly broke of the
locks of the cells in which the other three
were confined.
the lock OF Taylor's cell fall and he
Au
and Hyde anG Inspector Allen by means
of the electric system Of calls which has
recently been placed In the institution
Just for such purpose.
when we arrived at the door Of the
block" said the warden, 1--WE found it
barricaded inside, but the men readily re-
moved the obstruction when they were
ordered to do So After that, when they
saw they were foiled, the prisoners re-
turned to their cells, but were Immediately
removed and placed In solitary confine-
ment"
1t was evidently the intention Of the
men to saw off the bars Of the window
opening into the yard and then scale the
walls The prisoners had everything their
own way until they attempted to get out
aide the fort. for there is no officer sta
toned Within the building during the
night, IA the prisoners confined there are
so few, and they were supposed to be safe
enough without watching.
No Love For Sandy.
In the afternoon the story of the affair
was passed among the prisoners Of the in
stitution. AMI it was whispered among
them that Officer Sandy had dubbed one
of the men, This so angered the inmates
OF the institution that when they wero
marching from ths workshop at sundown
they set up yell Of scorn ana derision,
and often the name Of Sandy was heard
above the uproar from several lusty
throats.
The night officers were beginning to
assemble for duty and many Of them
quickly ran into the yard to assist the day
men in quelling the disturbance. This
had been hardly accomplished before a
second shouting was heard, which was
Joined in by greater number OF convicts
than AT first.
An unsuccessful attempt was made by
the officers to catch the men who did the
shouting. Finally all became quiet, and
Immediately after supper the prisoners
were marched To their cells and locked up
for the nj ht An investigation will prob
ably be made.