New-York tribune., 1895-12-11
VOSBURG'S DYNAMITE TALE
is HE PLAYING A GOLD BRICK GAME
ON FELLOWS?

A YELLOW SUBSTANCE FOUND IN A HOLE IN THE
JAIL wAIIs-A HANDFUL. OF IT THROWN
IN THE FIRE DOES NOT EXPToDE-T
WILL BE ANALyzED. HOWEVER.
Old bill" vosburg's story of the alleged dynamite
plot to berste the three posoice robbers from inc
Ludlow Street Jail last summer found rev tiore
believers yesterday The police have been hci'heu
10 pooh-pooh the story partly because II mas oeeh
the habit of Vosburg to tell 'whoppefs in swindlins
people al the "sawdust game" When some saw
dust was found on Monday night in a hole IN inc
Jail wall, where the old criminal declared 'heie 'a
been a mine Of dynamite, they laughed ana sa'u
vosburg had been UP to his old tricks. Ihey were
less inclined to laugh yesterday, when something
that had the appearance of ntro-glycerine was
found in the hole.
As q part OF the confession which Nospurg mas
made in the hope of keeping out of prison during 'he
few possible remaining years OF his lie. he mas
declared that friend Of the postoince foopeIS
placed dynamite in the wall with the understanding
that the wall would be wrecked by an explosion at
a time when the prisoners allowed TO walk III
the yard for exercise Nosburg has declared that
he refused to be party to the plot because ne
feared that the explosion of dynamite wouiu XIII
some people in the tenement-house III tioon'oS'
close to the jailysrd lie also has confessed that
he visited the ja in the guise Of a clergyman ana
assed TO the robbers the revovers with whch they
scared the keepers when they walked out OF the jan
OH the morning Of July T. and he has Deeh accepe''
on the strength of his confessions, as WITNESS
against Sheriff Tamsen who is being 'fled III d
criminal court for allowing the prisoners to escape
Lawyers al the Criminal Courts BUILDING yestei-
day were laughing and Joking about Nosouis
latest story. and of them declared that the
old rascal had stopped selling green goods 10
countrymen, and selling gold brick 10 'he
District-Attorney. -,
Acting Captain Krchner. Of the Edrdge1st G rni Pc
lice went to the jail yesterday morning and maj
a careful examination OF the hole IN the }sll wal
The warden the jail was with him: Iney re-
moved some bricks from the wall. and found apoGI
them like loan. with sawdust sticking TO IT, klrch-
ner took some Of the substance to Police Head
quarters and showed 1t 10 Actng-l Inspector Cort-
light who said the stuff was jewellers sawdust
He took handful OF the stuT and threw it into
the fire burning in the open crate in MS ONCE.
There was no explosion. and Mr.. Cortrisht e%-
pressed his opinion that 1.-The whole business was
Kirchner then took the rest OF the substance
which ne had found the chemists of the Health
DEPARTMENT. DR. Perry made an examination ana
said the stun appeared to contain nitro-glycerlne
He placed IL In a tin box and marked IL "Dyna-
mite" Then the stuff was taken TO the Bureau OF
in East SiXty-seNenth-st. The wardsn
OF the jail said In the afternoon that thorough
Examination would be made 10 determine II tne
substance found In the wall was dynamite, and II
II was found to be dangerous explosive section
OF the wall of the Jail yard would be torn down and
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