St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-22
MURDERERS ESCAPE.
Two Condemned Men Overpower
Guards and Get Out of
Sing Sing.
Carlyle w. Harris and Others Re-
fuse to Go With the De-
camping Prisoners.

SING SING. n. Y, April 21.-Rohle
and Pallister, two murderers nnder
sentence of death. escaped from the
prison here last night. They are both
New York men. Pallister murdered
Probationary Policeman Adam Kane
and ROhle killed the veteran Paulsen
in his Hester street apartments. Both
were under sentence and were soon to
be electrocuted. Supt. Byrnes, of New
York city, has been notified, and every
effort is being made to recapture the
prisoners. 1t was not until $40 O'Clock
this morning that it was discovered that
the murderers had escaped. When
Guard Glinn entered the condemned
cell building as usual at thant hour, he
was astonished at discovering the two
night Watchmen locked in the mur-
derers' cells. When the guards were
released, they told remarkable story.
Guard Huse said that at O'Clock
last night he passed supper in to PalllS-
ter. The condemned mau threw hand
full of pepper into the guards eyes:
HulSe was blinded and Palllster rushed
on him, took his revolver away from
him and under threats of death forced
Huse into his (PalliSter'SJ cell, first
taking the keys away from him. He
then locked Hulse i'll the cell and un-
locked the cell of Murderer Frank
Rohle. The two murdererS then un-
locked the cells of Carlyle w. Harris
ana Murderer Osmond. They invited
these two to escape with them. Both
Harris and Osmond refused the offer to
escape. Pallster and ROhle waited un-
til 9 O'Clock. when Guard Murphy came
on duty. AS Murphy entered the cor
ridor Pallister presented his pistol at
Murphy's head. and, taking his keys
away from him, looked him III Rohle's
cell. Pallister took Guard HulSe's shoes
and cap away from him and put them
on himself. Threatening to kill the
guards if they made any outcry, the two
murderers climbed down into the yard
and made their escape, whether by the
river or over the walls was not known
this morning. The terribly stormy
night, OF course, facilitated their es-
cape.
As soon as the escape was reported,
Warden Brown sent out his men to
scour the country. 1t is supposed that
Pallister had been saving the pepper
given him daily with his meals with the
object of escape in view. Both the es-
caped men were dressed in dark suits
of sprlson-made clothes, not the regular
convict dress Rohle wore slippers.
Pallister had on the guards shoes and
cap. Pallister and Rohle carried with
them the two revolverS they took from
Guards HuIse and Murphy.
The action of Harris, OSmond and
Geoghegan, the three condemned muir
derers who refused to accept the invita-
ton of Palister and Rohle in their dash
for liberty, was highly commended by
the prison officers. Harris afterward
said that he saw nothing to be gained
BY escaping, and. as he was an innocent
men, he expected to establish this fact
fully some day. 1t is believed that
Harris refusal to take advantage OF the
opportunity to escape will have some
weight with the governor in deciding
his case.
Guards HuIse and Murphy have been
suspended, also Officers of the> Guard
Glynn and Maher. Glynn and Maher
are supposed to make the rounds OF
| murderers' row and all the shops. In
connection with the escape of the two
condemned murdererS, Rohle and Pal
lister, it leaked out this morning that
mother of Rohle arrived IN New York
CITY about ten days ago from Germany
with 81 900 which RohIe had inherited.
| The brother, upon his arrival, called
upon Goldberg & Mclaughlin, the pris-
oner's counsel, and informed them he
was going to Sing Sing. After stay of
few days here he returned to New
York, and said he would immediately
return to Europe. He is believed to
have remained IN this country and as
sisted in his brothers escape.