The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05
A BOLD ESCAPE FROM A JAIL.
THREE BURGLARS BID GOOD-BY TO
LUDLOW STREET.

Two Keepers Held Up at the Point
RevOIsers and Their Keys Taken
From Them-GaInEng the Street
Through Three Heavily barred
Iron Doors, They Flee With a
Crowd at Their Heels and Escape.
New York, July 4.-Three desperate post
office burglars. Joseph Killoran, Charles
Allen and Harry Russell. prisoners of the
United States government, held up Keep
ers Edward A. Schneer and Charles
Schoen at the muzzle OF three shining re-
volvers in Ludlow Street Jail, seized the
keys that opened the three doors between
them and liberty, and made good their es-
cape.
All this occurred in broad daylight. just
at o'clock this morning. The streets
were crowded, as they always are in that
neighborhood, and crowd of 1000 He
brews chased the escaping prisoners down
Ludlow street to Broome, where the men
separated and were soon lost in the most
crowded section of the streets of New
York
The story Of the escape OF these men
was told by Schoen and schneer, as wen
as by a civil prisoner, who happened in
the office at the time, and was too ex-
cited to make even an outcry.
Il had just entered the jaH," said
Schneer, ''to relieve Schoen, who was the
night keeper. The three prisoners took
their exercise in the inner court Of the
Jail between the hours of and o'clock
every morning. They are sent back to
their cells when the other prisoners take
exercise between 9 and 10. Just as 1 en-
tered the door the three prisoners pulled
out their revolvers and covered Schoen
and myself They are big men and very
fierce looking
" Hold up your hands, they shouted
at us, or we'll blow your Dutch heads
off, At the same time they yanked the
bunch of keys to the three outer doors
out of my hands. 1 was frightened badly
as looked into the barrels of three load
ed revolvers, but shouted as loudly as 1
could.
ALLEN started to unlock the door lead
ing from the hall where the hold-up took
place, while his comrades still menaced
us with their revolvers. A crowd. how
ever, began to gather In Ludlow street,
as they heard the unusual noise in the
JAN, anu Alien COulu not open the QOOr
quick enough. He then, with an oath,
smashed the big plate glass and reached
through and opened the latch. This let
him into the office, with three heavily
barred iron doors between him and 1iD-
erty. We kept on shouting all the time,
as the three desperadoes ratified the big
keys in the heavy doors. AS they opened
the doors they locked them behind them,
leaving us powerless to follow in pursuit
The outer of the three doors they left
open, and left the bunch of keys in the
lock, as they had no time to do anything
else. The crowd had reached great pro-
portions by this time. A number of po-
licemen came running up and the prison.
ers had to make lively tracks up Ludlow
street, the crowd and the police right on
their heels"
At Broome street, one block north of
the Ludlow street door from which they
escaped. the men separated.
Russell kept on, Allen going east on
Broome street and Kllloran taking the
westerly direction.
'At Broome and Clinton streets a young
man, Louis B. Ostran, was fast catching
up with Allen when the fugitive turned
upon his pursuer and said Now sneak
or I'll put an air hole through your heart"
Ostran then gave up the chase and Allen
was soon lost in the crowd.
Sheriff Tamsen's warden Henry F. Raa-
bef, was greatly annoyed when he was
asked about the escape He said: ut was
all because lay down and took a nap after
giving the keys to the keeper this morn
ing"
He said snappishly: "Yes, I have noti-
fed under-Sheriff Harry Sherman by tele-
graph; that's all. 1 have sent no word to
the United States authorities"
Have you any idea how the men Sc
cured their revolvers?" was asked.
me, 1 have not" he replied.
"They were known TO be desperate
characters, and 1 supposed you had them
searched every day?'
"Oh, yes that is, they were searched
last when they were sent down to the
postoffice building on Friday for examina-
tion.''
Have you any idea when they secured
the pistols?'
mo, 1 have not No one has visited
them since that day, as far as I know"
The men were dressed in very unobtru-
sive citizens clothes when they escaped.
The men are famous criminals, and since
one of Tamsens men shaved them in the
prison they have had the appearance Of
ordinary citizens. The prisoners were ie-
garded by the United States secret serv-
i've men as mast important captures when
they were arrested on Amsterdam avenue
on June l. Their bail had been fixed at
$4,000, and they were to have come UP
for another examination on Tuesday next.
The police have sent out a general alarm