The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-21
MURDERBRS ESCAPE.
Pallister and Rohle Break
Out From Sing Sing
Prison.
HARRIS WOULD NOT GO.
Pepper for the Guards Eyes
Both of the Escaped Men Were
Awaiting Electrocution.

SING SING, N. Y, April 90, 1893. Muir
derers Thomas Pallister and Frank w.
Rohle, both under sentence Of death.
have escaped from the condemned cells
of Sing Sing Prison.
The discovery was made at $40 o'clock
this morning.
When Guard Glinn entered the con-
demned cell building. as usual at that
hour, he was astonished at discovering
the two night watchmen locked in the
murderers' cells.
When the guards were released they
told a remarkable story.
Guard Hulse said that at seven o'clock
last night he passed supper into Pallister.
The condemned man threw a handful
of the pepper into the guards eyes.
Hulse was blinded and Pallister rushe d
and under threats of death forced Hulse
into his (Pallister's) cell first taking the
Keys away from him.
He then locked Hulse in the cell and
unlocked the cell of Murderer Frank
Rohle. The two murderres then unlocked
the cells of Carlyle w. Harris and Muir
derer Osmond.
They invited these two to escape with
them.
REFUSED TO 60.
Both Harris and Osmond refused the
offer to escape.
Pallister and Rohle waited until nine
O'Clock, when Guard MurphyHcame on
duty.
AS Murphy entered the corridor Pallis-
ter presented his pistol at Murphy's head,
and, taking his keys away from him,
locked him in Rohle's cell.
Pallister took Guard Hulse's shoes and
cap away from him and put them on him
self.
Threatening to kill the guards if they
made any outcry. the two murderers
climbed to the top OF the cells and
knocked off the scurtle in the roof.
In this way they got on the roof,
climbed down into the yard and made
their escape whether by the river or over
the walls was not known this morning.
The terrible stormy night, of course,
facilitated their escape.
SECURING THE COUNTRY.
AS soon as the escape was reported,
Warden Brown sent out his men to scour
the country.
It is supposed that Pallister had been
saving the pepper given him daily with
his meals, with the object OF escape in
view.
Both the escaped men were dressed in
dark suits of prison made clothes, mot the
regular convict dress. Rohle wore Slip
pers; Pailister had on the guards shoes
and cap.
1t is believed that Rohle is bareheaded
Pallister and Rohle carried with them
the two revolvers they took from Guards
Hulse and Murphy.
Roble is twenty-six years old, medium
dark complexion, brown eyes, 5 feet 9
inches in height. and weighed l65 pounds.
He has an uncle, George Hoffman, 1iy-
ing at College Point. L. l.
Rohle has medium sized, good shaped
e I.r& RI Qef,<
He has Il light scar on the right side of
the head, Il scar on each cheek and ons
above the right eye; the upper eye-tooth
gone; scar on the left thumb. He is a
German by birsa.
Pallister is an Irishman, thirty-seven
years old. Light complexion, dark sandy
hair, feet AZ inches in height, weighs
1856 pounds, scar on left side head, near
neck.
After Warden Brown aud Principal
Keeper Conuaughton resolved brief state
mepts from Keepers Hultz and MRrphy
regarding the escape search was
promptly instituted for the TWO muir
derers.
They were easily tracked to the shore,
where they had secured the boat. Moth
ing could be seen OF the boat or oars
Warden Brown quickly sent out a gen.
eral alarm to all tue towns on both sides
of the Hudson River.
This message was sent over the wire
from the office of State Detective Jack
son in the prison. A full description OF
tue two murderers was given In this dis
patch.
KEEPERS SENT OUT.
Warden Brown also sent out all his
available keepers to scour the surrounding
country for the fugitives.
Owing 10 this the keepers, who were on
duty last night in all parts of the prison,
Il t1<x. .-1s Il I.NG G.On a \
were not allowed TO 90 TO their homes,
but were utilized in the search for the
escaped prisoners.
The action of Harris, OsmonG and
Geoghap, the three condemned murder
ers who refused to accept the Invitation
of Pallister and Rohle In their dash for
liberty, was highly commended by the
prison officers.
WHAT HARRIS SAID.
Carlyle Harris atterward said that he
saw nothing to be gained by escaping,
and as he WAS an innocent man, he ex-
pected to establish this fact fully some
day. It is believed that Harris's refusing
to take advantage of the opportunity to
escape will have some weight with the
Governor in deciding his case,
KEEPERS SUSPENDED.
Warden Brown has suspended Kee pers
Hultz, Murphy, ohm Maner and Keeper
Flynn.
Maher and Flynn We're supposed to be
doing guard duty in and about the death
house. They say they did not hear any
thing OF the escape until early this morn
ing.
They did not hear Murphy and Hultz
calling for help when they were locked in
the cells.
This is regarded az very STANCE, and the
conduct of Maher and Flynn viii be thor
oughlv Investigated
It is generally believed that IL they
were at their posts Of duty they would
have surely heard something Of the
struggle.
THE PRISON ALARM.
Warden Brown this morning sent dis
patches TO the newspapers In which he
gave detailed descriptions Of the fugi-
tives from Justice. He asks that the
steamships be carefully watched.
ROHLES BROTHER HAD $4,000.
he Arrived with 1t ON the Day Rohls
Was Convicted.