The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-13
MATTEAWAN'S JAIL BREAKERS.
ONE OF THE FUGITIvEs FOUND IN
a FREIGHT CAR.

He Is Returned to His Cell, But Gives
no InkIing as to the Whereabouts
OF His Compnnfons-The Escape the
Result of CnreIesSness I'm Allowing
one of the Quintette 90 Retain
Possession of Two spoons.
Newburgh. n. Y. April 12.-John Quig-
ley the Astoria criminal. who. with Oh-
yer Curtis Perry and three others. es-
capped from the Matteawan asylum
Wednesday night was recaptured eight
miles north Of Fishldll Landing He was
in an empty coal car. The capture was
effected through the efforts OF Washing-
ton Leroy. a resident OF New Hamburg.
Leroy. while walking along the tracks
OF the Hudson River railroad, saw a
poorly-clad fellow In an empty car on tho
siding. The mans general appearances
caused Leroy TO believe that he might
be one Of the escaped criminals. He has
tened to his brother Peter. who was not
far away and then enlisted the help OF
william f. Travers. . hotel keeper at
New Hamburg. These three men ran
back to the car, and finding the stranger
still there, they made him prisoner Iha
man could not give a satisfactory accoung
of himself. and word was at once seno
TO the asylum. Two attendants wero
Immediately sent out, and a single glanee
at the fellow IN custody was enough 70
enable them to say positively that an
Important capture had been made, as the
prisoner was none other than John Quig<
ley.
The atteudants, with Quigley In charges
returned to the asylum, and at ? o'clock
this afternoon the man was once more
locked up N his cell. QulBley complain
ed Of nausea and weakness, evidently
not having eaten anything since the os-
cape. He was clad only In pair Of blue
old alrN ~ Of
regulation uniform; he was without shoes
or stockings. He could not or would nou
give any account Of the other tugltlyes'
so II Is supposed they separated imme-
dlately after reaching the highway. As
yet Quigley has given no account or the
manner Of effecting his escape.
This afternoon Dr. Allison, superlnten-
dent Of the Matteawan asylum for tho
criminal insane, gave out the following
statement regarding the manner In which
the escape Wednesday night Of five In
mates was effected: Upon the return
OF Quigley a statement was obtained from
him showing that the escape was due to
a violation on the part OF the attendants
of the rules OF the institution, and also
10 carclesBness In the manner Of locking
tion building were allowed TO go 70 tho
dining room for their meals. but Mcclure
and Perry, among several others, re-
ceived their meals in their rooms.
Their food was given 70 them upon a
plate with metal iron spoon The reg
ulations are that utensils or
TINS character Snoulu always bt
counted IN and counted out, so
that nothing should be secured IN the
rooms BY the neglect Of these precau-
tions Mcclure came into the possession
OF two spoons, with which he was ena-
bied TO fashion keys 10 the outer door.
IL Is not certain how he obtained the pat
terms. but he evidently worked IN con-
junction with another patient, to whom
he passed the keys OF the door This
patient on the way to supper unlocked the
lower lock- which was entirely beyond
the reach of any patient confined In the
room, and this fact led to the suspicion
that the doors could not be opened With
out collusion on the part Of some out
siders This was true, but the assistanco
was afforded by means Of the patient In
the ward and the neglect OF the attend
ing. The lower bolt not being properly
thrown, It Is said, Mcclure was enabled.
through the observation opening IN tho
door, to reach the upper lock. IL Is not
known certainly whether Mcguire was
able to reach the upper lock through tho
observation opening Of the door or wheth-
err he was assisted ip a similar way by
the patient Davis. At any rate, after
the visit Of the night watohman, Me-
CURE left his room and opened Quigley'S
door and the two entered the room OF
Perry, whore they remained until tho
roundsman's approaching visit.
'On reaching the door the watchmam
was suddenly set upon and secured in
the manner that has been related by the
press, and as he was found. The pa
tients, though having keys, we're not able
to leave the building through any Of the
exits, and found themselves still barred
from escape. They made their way to tha
chapel. and thus reached the attic, and
In that way found egress by means of
the roof"
II was learned tonight that Miss KoIb.
who was only II years old, was in deli
ton, o., and she has been living here with
an uncle.