The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-09
HID HIS FETTERED HANDS,
BUr NEW YORK POLICEMAN DE
TEcTED CoNKLIN's RUsE

After TrsmpinG nc Night All the way fro-s
Msn.ronesk, .n Escaped Prisoners Man
aeisd Hasds petrsy His whs. re Bays
. Ticket st an Eievates Railway Station.
A medium-sizsd young man whose clothes
we're soaking wet and covered with mud and
dirt climbed slowly up the steps OF the 10th
street station OF the Third avenue elevated
road at about 2 o'clock yesterday morning.
When he arrived In front OF the ticket sellers
window he m ads several Intellectual efforts to
get his hand into the change pocket OF bis
coat. His movements were hampered. how
ever as his wrists seemed to be bound together
| by q handke rchief. The ticket agent asked
him what was the matter. but the man made
no reply. Then walking up to the ticket chop
per he said:
II beg your pardon. sir. but would you
kindly get nickel out Of my pocket for me 2
have injured my wrists and have to keep
them bound together with this bandage. 1t
prevents me from getting my hands around to
my pocket"
Certainly" replied the ticket chopper. and
he stuck his hands In the mans pocket. pulled
| out one Of two 1ve-cent pieces which were
| there. and handed It to him The man walked
back to the ticket window. and after buying
ticket dropped It In the box and walked out
| on the platform.
| Policeman Caspar Platte OF the East 10th
| street station was standing on the platform
when the stranger came out He noticed the
| han DIX erchef around the wrists but thought
| nothing Of IL until the stranger had entered
| the car. The man walked to the extreme
end OF the platform and got on the first
car. few seconds later 1t occurred
| to the policeman that there was something
| suspicious about the handkerchief around the
mans wrists. and he walked up and looked In
the car to see what the stranger was doing.
The latter saw the policeman looking at him.
and turned completely around In his seat and
began looking out OF the window His ACTIONS
| confirmed the officers suspicion that all was
not right, and he went into the car,
Ss aa
The man turned. and facing the policeman
sprainsd nHywriSts Iiell on OF a train a few
Let aA me see the injuries" said the police
meath the handferchi.i ~
man. and he tried to pull his hands around to
the other side The policeman grabbed then
revealing pair Of handouts. - -,
- thoughs 80" 1ema ,.;,S I'll, the officer. Il
sS Rs'f sS%' Msn the he grim reply
s'S tS aSs al rSn
alter Walking twenty miIss' A'"'
The younG man accom- panied the policeman
Il: tine and ssa
came from New Haven. He was unable to re-
PRs aS wien hf ss Or 9H@S S
laughed heartily as he told tho police the story
twenty-iour hours. He was not crook, he
said but simply man in hard luck. He had
and on Saturday. feashed Mamaroneck,
:" It's . deliShtful little town" he said to the
fssssa e SIstsfs S sSlsss sss rS:S iJ Ieasd
nat hA m n nj
he had entersd the house Of a M: We'll Is while
Tsi rtf s.ros
when Mr.. Wells came I'M didn't wait to
through tho window and into the arms Of the
town constable. who was passing"
the Town WAN Hall H hsndeSfisd and locked IN q
small room on the third iioor and left there
CoIEiin was locked was small one in which
snd sso
In . corner OF the room. but that was at least
Ssre two bars across the Windows Sa
there Is plenty Of room between them for Q
was to reach the IN Wine Window. The same deserip.
ton OF the room was given BY the Mamaroneck
lie couldn't imaRlne how the prisoner escaped.
Conklln says no did 1t By climbing up the edge
ing. This beam projects about four or i've
inches from the wall ar, and the cor constable In
| 6lst8 ,tnAt III Is Impossible IOr q human DolnR
| TO climb It. Still there is no other way in
| which Conkin could have escaped After
| reaching the window Conklin says that he
| squeezed through the bars and Slid down tbs
| water pipe to the ground. Then he made for
| the woods. where he vainly endeavored to rid
| himself OF the handcuns. He pounded them
| with stones until his hands and wrists became
| so sore and swollen that he had to stop Then
he made up his mind to come to this city. feel
| ing confident that once here he could get the
| handcnffs OF without any difficulty. 1t is
nearly twenty miles from Mamnroneck, but
| Conklin says he walked tho entire distance
during the night, and his appearance when
| captured seemed to indicate that he Is telling
the truth. When Conklin reached the city
| and after much difficulty. managed to wrap 1t
| He passed many policemen and citizens be-
fore he struck the elevated station. but no one
seemed to suspect ANYTHING wrong until he
ConElin's wrists were cut and swollen and
there is danger OF blood poisoning. The hand
cuffs were battered and bent. but after work
| ing for two hours trying TO get them on the
police only succeeded In doing so when they
| got . set OF fine saws and cut through the
| steel Later in the morning the prisoner was
| arrAigned before Justice Welde In the Harlem
| Police Court. and was TemAnded to await the
| action OF the authorities OF MamAroneck.
| Police Captain Brookes telegraphed TO that
| place, and q constable called at the station
| house last night and Identified Conkln as the
| prisoner who es ,aped from the Town Hall on
| Saturday. Conklin will DO taken back to
| MamAFOnApE this m