The evening world., 1894-06-07
WERE FO|lED AGAIN.
Kings County Penitentiary Gen.
victs Plan a Third Escape.
Fifty Desperadoes Were to Play Siol
and 0ycrpower the Doctor. /.
Then, Vanquishing the Kcepers, Lib-
crate Every Man Locked in q Gel

News of the third unsuccessful attempt
in two weeks to deliver the Kings Coun-
~ Penitentlary of all of its 700 or 500
prisoners was made public by Wardeni
Patrick Hayes to-day. AS on the two
previous occasions the attempt was emf
gineered by the desperate Western con.
victs who have recently been brought ia
the pententlary. and while 1t happily
proved futile. the scheme was particu'r
larly ingenious in its conception. .. Il
There arc go of these Western PRISON.
ers. one batch of $50 having arrived
from Fort Smith. Ark, alone only e.
few weeks ago. They are all desperate
men, and include among their numberl
cowboys. road agents, train robbers..
murderers and not a few very bad1
Indians.
The latest attempt at an escape which,
was to have been made yesterday mornlt
ing, was frustrated through the. diy
GqSery Tuesday night Of
grounds and surroundings and TIT
roads leading to Flatbush. This, 1t W.
learned. had been passed around
all the prisoners for them to post thep
selves, SO that escape would be cash
in case the delivery was successful HIr
From convict were learned the detW#
brain ol George Ketcham, native Tel
but who is well known in Rrookk5
where he committed the crime wiicI ~
landed him in the penitentiary. ~
strongest and most desperate Of the West1~
ern convcts to report sick yesteriay.I
which is one of the regular days for Dr,S
p; l.. Schenck, the prison physician. td7
Convicts who report sick are sent to q
with Keeper William Smith and hal:
prescr,ibt,ess for them. Only pr. schensk
The scheme was for the fifty IN.
Keeper Smith. and the hall map, lpck
them in. gain the main han and over-
power the three keepers there. and then
The rest would have been comparatively
easy. Luckily, 1t failed.
The ringleader, George Ketchum. was
Moore in the Brookiynn Court Of ses-
sions to five years in hte Penitentiary
for grand larceny: He was then not
sshssn sss fed II No his nase @ sass
Texas He returned to Brooklyn, how
ever, and July last, although he had
nized by policeman who saw him at
his trial. arrested and returned to the
| Penitentiary. Il.
In searching his cell, which is No IA
on the fourth tier. south side yesters
day. Warden Hayes found concealed In
the ventilator a pair of convict Sum.
mer pants, made OF bed-ticking. and O.
cap. Ketchum works In the mailbag
! shop, where he stole a bottle of ink,
With this he had. dyed both the pants
and the cap black The cap he had
made. out of mailbag canvas, himself,
Inside Of the pants was also found an
iron wedge about three inches long,
used to fasten up his cot. This he had
sharpened like a chisel so he could q
| lock with II or use 1t for weapon.
| Five Of the fifty men who were to-
play sick" are now occupying darll
cells. Warden Hayes is making a rigid
investigation, and others will probably
meet with similar punishment in tha
| The first attempt at delivery was
| planned by the Westerners about two
weeks ago. The men were to attack
the SIX keepers in charge, on their way
| to the shops in the morning and theA
lfberate their fellows. The attack re.
suited in twelve men being put in dark
cells.
Lash week another attempt was frus,
trated through information given by d
| convict The scheme was to fire th&
shops just before knocking off work al
| night. and every man was to provide
himself with matches for the wholesale
arson, which was to be followed by an
attack on the keepers and the escape OF
every one. Z
The morninT this event was to happen.
| however, ev, "pnvlct was searched bee
| fore he left ell. and enough matched
were found to Ill several boxes. ~ /