St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-15
PAIR OF SMOOTH ONES.
Two More of the Mattewan Con-
victs Captured.

VictS Captured.
MATTEWAN, n. Y, April IA
Patrick Mcclure and Michael O'Don-
nell, two of the five convicts who
escaped from the Mattewan asylum
last Wednesday night, were captured
at Pine Plains today by Attendant
James Coyle, of the asylum. This
leaves only Perry, for whose arrest
a reward 'of $3.50 is offered, and
Davis, who is said to be even more
desperate and daring than the former,
is still at liberty. When Supt. Allison
learned last night that Perry had
broken into a house at Hugesonville
on Thursday might and stolen
quantity of wearing appeared, he at
once dispatched attendants to all
important points north of here. At
tendant James Coyle arrived at Pine
Plains last night and stopped at the
hotel, having breakfast this morning,
he went to the station, and was about
to buy a morning paper when he
CHANGED to look down the track. He
saw a mans head protruding from an
empty car, about fifty yards from
where he stood. The head disap-
peared, but not before Coyle recog-
nized the man as O'DonneH. Going
to the car he fired a shot at random
in it. AS he did so another man,
whom he recognized as Mcclure,
jumped out through the opposite
doorway. Coyle then leaped into the
car and arrested O'Donnell, who was
crouchlng in a corner, too broken
down to offer resistance. CoyIe
pulled the convict out of the car and
took him to the station, leaving him
IN the custody of two boys. while
he started down the railroad track
IN pursuit of Mcclure, who had bv
THIS time got quite a start on him.
The keeper secured the woods for
fifteen minutes before he saw Nc
CURE again. Then the convict was
standing in an open field on the
border of the woods in a defiant at
titude. Coyle started after him. firing
a third shot.
IF you take me you'll have to take
me dead" MCGUIRE yelled defianf
III do that" replied Coyle. coming
closer TO Mcclure, who, seeing that
capture was inevitable, lay down In
the field and said:
wen, you'll have to carry me. any,
way"
Coyle persuaded him to go peace
apiy to the station. Coyle then te!e-
Braphed TO the asylum that he had
caught ODonnel and Mcclure at
noon. Attendants Thomas Mcdonald
and Charles Lacey soon arrived, and
the three attendants, with their prison
ers, arrived at the asylum at about 5
O'Clock. DR.. Allison had Mcclure and
TNl0
and he examined each one at great
lehsth, after which he repeated to the
Associated Press reporter what he had
learned from them. 1t appears that
some months ago a number of patients
were employed in scraping the floor of
the south isolation ward, which was
then entirely unoccupied.
From Mcclure it is learned that the
fashioning of the keys which freed
the men from their cells was begun
at that time by some patient employed
on the Improvement. When Mcclure
was transferred to the south isola-
ton ward, together with other pa
tients, he discovered these KEYS con-
cealed in the rear of this ward. to-
gether with a pair of small fiat files
about four inches long. The partially
filed keys, which had originally beer
| spoons, as described by Quigley, were
taken possession of by Mcclure. who
has worked for the past six or eight
months, having them tried in the locks
from time to time by one of the pa
tients who had the run of the ward
Some time ago Mcclure, who is a
jeweler by trade, broke open the
watchman's box which connects with
the clock in the main office and Sc
cured thin piece of steel two inches
long and a quarter of an inch wide
With his file he made teeth in thi:
steel, filing him fine saw, with which
he was enabled to file the wire screer
over the door when the time fol
escape came. The tools and screer
were secreted behind the sink wheI
Mcclure was not at work on them
The rest of McGuire's statement
showing how he left his cell, agree!
exactly with the story told by Quig
| ley after his recapture.