The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-22
.MURDHRHRS STILL FREE.
No Trace Yet Of Roehl and
PallisteT, the Escaped
Sing Sing Prisoners.
THEIR GETTING AWAY STILL A MYSTERY
Twenty-Five Detectives Securing
The Country For Them-The
RoWboat Found.

SING SING. April %, 1893. NO trace Of
Roehl and Pallister, the two murderers
who escaped from the prison early Thurs
day night. has up to noon today been
discovered.
II the present condi tions continue to
prevail, no clue TO their whereabouts is
likely to be found for some time to come.
Deputy Sheriff Pugsley, Of White Plains.
was yesterday informed by conductor
on the New York & Northern Railway
that he (the conductor) had seen TWO men
answering the description of Roehl and
Palister walking north on the railroad
track between West Somers and Bald
wins place. Pugsley drove over to the
prison from White Plains about as fast
as he could. He told Warden Brown
what he had heard.
The Warden detailed e. NJ. Dillon, who
is employed In the prison, to go with
Pugsley and see what there was in the
report. A carriage was secured, and IN
it they proceeded to White Plains on the
Northern road. from whence they pro-
ceeded to BrewSters by rail. Brewsters
is north OF the point where the conductor
thought he saw the escaped murderers.
S. E. Mcneil, a guard from the prison,
who has been stationed a6 Brewslers to
watch all trains since yesterday morning,
said he had not seen either of tne escaped
men, and he knew both OF them by
sight.
Pugsley and Dillon spent the entire
night between BrewsEers and the place
where the conductor said he had seen the
two men. Ihey found no trace Of them.
That Was the report made by Dillon
when ha rntnruRd this morning I.
HARRIS STORY DENIED.
Rumors are plenty here regarding some
of rhe details. little odds aud ends which
throw some light here spd there on the
situation. One of the most interesting is
that which has it that. .ROehl and Pallis-
ter never offered to release Carlyle Harris
at all.
That, of course. conflicts with story told
by Guard Hulse, who, though his eyes
were blinded by pepper or tobacco or
something of the kind, was nevertheless
able to peer from under the door OF the
cells in which the murderers had confined
him and see what was going on outside.
But the authority for this later account
is the murderer Osmond, who was asked
if he wished co escape and refused. o.
mond, according TO this later account,
says that Roehl and Pallister offered
to release him and Geoghegan, but
not Harris. None of Those in the con-
and both the men who had released them
selves voiced that feeling after they had
secured both Hulse and Murphy. Roehl.
with long string of oaths. said he would
not release Harris, and Pallister was
perfectly willing that it should De as
Koehl said.
1t seems that RoehI was the first to
make an attempt to get out of the build
ing. When he worked at the scuttle Pal
lister was seated below with amsavolver a
In his hand and smoking his pipe just as
calmly as if nothing unusual was going
on.s Roehl was not able to open the scut-
tie and told Pallister as much. Pallister
went ND and tried his hand at it with the
result that the opening was made IN less
than five minutes. This is what O5mond
says. No mention of this detail was made
by either Hulse or Murphy.
Osmond had not been blinded with
pepper, nor had the screen neen pulled
down in front of his cell, as had been the
case where Hulse and Murphy Were con-
tined.
HARRIS WRITES IT UP.
Among the other stories which are be-
Iisved here is that Harris has prepared
long account of the escape and h ow he
refused to take advantage of the oppor-
tuniry, with sundry references to the
new evidence discovered in the case.
Copies of that. it is said, were given to
Warden Brown and Principal Keeper
Connaughton. One was offered to DR..
Irvine, who refused to accept it.
It is st ted further that Harris was an-
xious TO have his communications for
warded to the newspapers.
Mr.. Connaughton was this morning
asked about the alleged staGsment made
by Harris, and replied:-
81 have not asked Harris about it,"
Armed guards from the prison, to whom
the faces Of both Roehl and Pallister
were familiar, were out all night search
ing the country back of here. The prison
authorities have about come to the co n
clusion that the escaping men, if they
used the rowboat that Is missing did so
to go only short distance north or south
of the prison.
The prevailing opinion is that the cut
ting of the rope which held the boat, and
the taking of pair OF oars from the ooat,
was done simply as blind ana to lead
pursuers 10 wrong direction. If the two
men ventured out into the river lp an
oEen boat, both would now be at the bot
tom of the Hudson.
In the wild storm which prevailed oD
Thursday night--a storm which wrecked
sloops and larger craft Ted I'D to piers
! it does not seem possible that rowboat
could survive. AS u matter or plain fact,
| it was not at all necessary for the men to
take TO boat in order TO get away from
kere.
Once they got to Hudson River Rail-
road station the rest was easy.
Pallister was perfectly familiar with
| the surroundings here, aud neither, it ap-
pears, was without confederates outside
or inside the Jail, certainly not outside.
rhe statement that Hulse gave the escap-
| ing men five cents. all the money he had,
and az their request. Is pointed to as evi
deucs that the men had no funds, and
did not expect to receive any outside.
GUARDS INGoLLUsIoN.
Hulse Is authority Tor the story that he
gave them five cents when they requested
MIN to do so. He explains that he gave
them the money because he thought they
wanted 1t, buI-and there are lots of butts
| to be considered-ghe statement made by
Principal Keeper Connaughton this morn
| Jug intimates coilusion OH the part OF the
guards, and places them in an embarass-
| Ing position.
Mr.. Ccnnaughton is particularly put
about because of the long time which
| elapsed between the time the men
| escaped and when the alarm was given.
s.Ihose men, y said the principal keeper,
| referring to Hulse and Murphy, could
have given the alarm by shouting. They
| would surely have been heard in that
mart of the prison"--pointing to build
| ing not far away "Why.' he added.
| s.when man sings in tho condemned
| cells can hear him plainly in the Office"
| The dark cells are between Connaugh-
/ toms Office and the condemned cells and
| fully as far, if not a greater distance
away than The building referred to by
| Is