The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-14

| mortar Oe1nT taken out carefully and
| piled in the fireplace of their apart
| ment
Mrs Leary notified her husband that
all was ready, and he crawled through
the hole to liberty. Leary was al.
lowed the run of the corridor until
half-past ten o'clock, which was his
time for retiring, SO that it was some
hours before his escape was dis.
covered He accordingly had no trou-
BILE IN eluding his pursuers-
Besides Red Lcary there was another
Of the Northampton bank robbie rs who
managed to get out OF Ludlow street
| jail while awaiting extraditiOn. Billy
/ Connors was the name of this worthy.
and his escape is perhaps the coolest
on record. He contrived to secure an
impression Of the Jail lock. from which
his friends on the outside made key.
Connors, pulling his hat down over his
eyes, selected moment when none Of
| the guards was looking and saIntered
out of the building with as much non
chalance as though he were the warden
| himself Once in TIE street, his won
! derful nerve did not desert him, for,
despite the fact that his absence might
be discovered at any moment, when
pursuit would OF course, result, he did
not quicken his pace until he had ar
rived at the lodgings which had been
! secured for him. Connors escaped in
1877 and was not recaptured until 1881.
William ]. Sharkcy is supposed to be
soldier in the Spanish army at the
present time. He escaped from the
conviction for the brutal murder of
Robert S. Dunn. While awaiting sem
tence of death a stay of proceedings
was granted. Sharkey now occupies q
unique and decidedly unenviable posi-
ton, for he is the only man in the
world who could be legally hanged in
the state of New York, as his convic-
ton occurred years before the electro
cution law had ever been suggested.
Sharlscy was assisted in his escape
by his sweetheart, Maggie Jourdan,
an extremely pretty girl whose devo-
ton he repaid wi tn blows and kicks
after she had, at imminent peril to her
self, snatched him from the very shadow
of the gallows. Maggie seemed to be
fascinated by Sharkey. She was in the
habit of visiting him every day. The
prison officials were charmed by her
pretty face and quiet manner, and they
sympathize d with her in her affection.
She walked into the Tombs on the day
of Sharkey's escape without exciting
suspicion. She wore two complete
suits of women's apparel. In her low
er's cell one of these was quickly
taken off by her and put on him.
Sharkey. then shaved off his mustache,
and drawing green veil tightly about
his face walked out on to Center street
free man.
A few moments later Maggie Jour>
dan left the building. She had tick
ct, as also did Sharkey, but Mrs Yves
Allen, sister-in-law of The Allen, had
none; and this caused an investigation
which revealed the fact that the choic-
est bird in the gloomy old cage had
flown. 1t was also developed that on
her visit the previous day Maggie had
taken an impression in wax of the lock
on the door of her lovers cell, and
when she came to liberate him she was
provided with a key which worked per-
fectly. Maggie was arrested for COM
plicity in the escape, but could not be
convicted.
Michael O'Connor was worthy
brother of "Wily" O'Connor, the notori-
Gus burglar. In fact he surpassed him
as an escaper if not as an operator.
Michael was an exceedingly enterpris-
ing and pushing individual, and when
he was but twenty six years of age had
broken ont Of half dozen prisons In
December, 1887, he and a companion
robbed jewelry store at Pittsfeld,
Mass. They were captured at Great
Darlington and carried back to the
scene of the robbery. where they were
locked up in Jail to await trial
OConnor ripped up one of his
shoes and took out the steel shank,
which he speedily converted into a
saw. With this primitive tool OCon-
nor sawed off the bars Of his cell and |
let himself down into the Jail yard.
Then this imperturbable scamp, eiud-
ing the guards, returned and sawed off |
the bars Of his pals" cell The pre-
cious pair took the window cords out |
and let themselves down into the Jail |
yard, whence, they swung themselves |
over the high surrounding wall and es-
capped They were aftervard captured |
in this city.
According 70 an officer of the Chicago /
police force, George Anderson has been |
regarded for years as the most exper,
] all breaker in the United States. An
derson once escaped from the Sycamore
GIL Jail That is building of lime
stone, with walls about two feet thick.
This fellow was there with thirteen
other prisoners. He used to take the
ashpan of the stove, fill it full of live
Goals and hold 1t against the jail wall
He continued this until he had slaked
the wall through for q distance of
about three feet square, which was
carefully hidden from view. His fell
ow prisoners watched him working
lay by day, and one night, when the
job was finished. he knocked out the
ime-slaked portion of the wall, and !
The Jail was left tenantiess a few min
utes after. lie was held there for
burglary. Anderson was recaptured
and taken to Geneva, Ill, where he
was wanted for burglary. lie made
his escape one night, digging clear
from tie Jail, through heavy oak
olankings- to the courtroom and leav-
ng by the roof.-N. Y. Advertiser.
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