The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10

HIS aClulSlFallON sale anu sure Le ID
| willing to do that or anything else. He
is man brains, will. courage, COM
mon sense an extraordinary politician.
expect to ride fence rail and keep
both feet off the ground and get on as
high a fence as possible and give no
advice. r. CARROLL.
Ridge Spring, S. G.
BOLD BREAK OF BURGLARS.
Daring Escape of Federal Prisoners from
Ludlow Street Jail.
New YORK, July Three desperate
postofEce burglars, Jos. Killoran Chas.
Allen and Harry Russell. prisoners Of
the United States government, held up
Keepers Edward A. Schneer and Chas.
Schoen at the muzzle OF three shining
revolvers in Ludlow street jail, seized
the keys that opened the three doors
between them and liberty and made
good their escape. All this occurred
in broad daylight, just at s o'clock
this morning. The streets were crowd
ed, as they always are in that neigh
borhood, the escaping prisoners went
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
well as by civil prisoner who hap
pened in the Office at the time and was
too excited to make even an outcry.
Il had just e ntered the jail, said
Schneer, ito relieve Schoen, who was
the night keeper. The three prisoners
took their exercise in the inner court
of the Jail between the hours of S and
9o'clock every morning. They are sent
back to their cells when the other pris-
oners take exercise between and 10.
Just as entered 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 my hands. Twas frightened
badly as I looked into the barrels of
three loaded revolvers, but shouted as
loudly as I could. Allen started to
unlock the door leading from the hall
where the hold-up took place, while
his comrades still menaced us with
their revolvers. A crowd, however,
began to gather in Ludlow street as
they heard the unusal noise in the Jail,
and Allen could not open the door
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 liberty. We kept on shouting all
the time, as the three desperadoes rat
tied the big keys in the heavy doors.
AS they opened the doors, they locked
them behind them, leaving us power
less 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 proper
tons by this time. A number of
policemen came running up and the
prisoners had to make lively tracks up
Ludlow street. the crowd and the po-
lice right on their heels. F"
At Broome street, one block north of
the Ludlow street door from which
they escaped, the men separated. Rus
sell keeping on, Allen going east on
Broome street and Killoran taking the
westerly direction.
At Broome and Clinton streets a
young man, Louis B. Ostran, was fast
catching up with Allen, when the fugi-
tive turned upon his pursuer: Now
sneak. or III put an air hole through
your heart" he said. Ostran then
gave up the chase and Allen was soon
lost in the crowd.
Sheriff Tamsen's warden, Henry F.
Raabe, was greatly annoyed when he
was asked about the escape.
1T was all because | lay down and
took a nap after giving the keys to the
keeper this morning., he said snap
pishly.
Eyes, have notified Under Sheriff
Harry Sherman by telegraph; that's
all. I have sent no word to the United
States authorities.
Have you any idea how the men
secured their revolvers?" was asked.
mo, haven't" he replied.
They were known to be desperate
characters and I 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 ex-
animation.
Have you any idea when they Sc
cured the pistols?"
No, I haven't. No one has visited
them since that day, so far as l know. "
The men were dressed in very unob-
trusive citizens clothes when they es-
capped. The men are famous criminals
and since one OF Tamsen's men shaved
them in the prison they have had the
appearance Of ordinary citizens. The
prisoners were regarded by the United
States secret service men as most i'm
portant capture when they were ar
rested on Amsterdam avenue on the
first of last June Their bail had been
fixed at $40, 900 and they were to have
come up for another examination on
Tuesday next The police have sent
out general alarm.
The Bridge Collapse.
ELKHART, Ind, July IA terrible
accident occurred at Bristol, small
town six miles from this city, late this
afternoon. During the progress of a
boat race on the St. Joseph river six
hundred people were jammed or a
three-span iron bridge. During the
finish of an exciting race, and while