The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-05
STILL AT LARGE.
Escaped Prisoners From
Ludlow Street Jail Said
to Be in Canada.
CARELESS KEEPERS SUSPENDED
Government Will Probably Offer
a Re rd-Tamsen's Methods
Criticised.

NEW YORK, July 5. 1S95.-Harry Rus
SELL Charles Allen and Joseph killoran'
the Post Office robbers who escaped yes
terday morning from Ludlow Street Jail,
are still at large. The police think they
have fed to Canada. The jail officials are
in a distracted state of mind. They are
mad because the prisoners escaped, but
they are also very angry because some
Of the newspapers quoted them in dialect.
Keeper Sehneer claims to be an Amerl-
can born and to speak good English. He
was at the jail this morning waiting for
Sheriff Tamsen. He said he told the cor
rect story of how the escape occurred
yesterday and could add nothing further
nor make any corrections. He was posi-
tive that it was three reyolvers he looked
at when he surrendered the keys. War
den Raabe said that he saw Mr.. Tamsen
last night and related to him the story
of the jail delivery. 1.-THE Sheriff said he
was going to be down at Police Head
quarters at nine o'clock this morning" 4"
said Raabe, "and consult with Detective
Sergeant McClusky. He was then to go
right down to his Office. He did not say
anything about seeing me or coming to
the JAIL
Sheriff Tamsen arrived at the Jail at
1920 O'Clock this morning. He refused
to see reporters, but is conducting an
examination after which. he said. he
would have something to make public.
BRIBERY HINTED.
Warden Raabe was asked today if he
entertained any suspicious of collusion
on the part of the prison keepers. He
SAID he did not. and believed that their
story was true. Schneer swears it is.
The police are endeavoring to discover
who the outside person was who sup
Piled the men with revolvers They
must have also been furnished with
money.
1t was generally hinted that bribery
had been practiced by the prisoners,
but no one would say who the party
was they suspected. It was generally
agreed that the reform Sheriff was an
unfortunate Individual No other sus-
pensions were made by Warden Raabe
and he considers that no one is to blame
except Keepers Schoen and Schneer.
NO ONE STOPPED THEM.
United States Marshal bIcCarty said
that he was nervous about Killoran,
Allen and Russell as long as they were
in his charge, and it was with a feeling
of relief when he surrendered them to
the Warden of the jail. 81 cannot say
that I am surprised at the escape" he
said, s'as it was but reasonable to be-
lieve that they would take the first
chance they got. But the readiness
with which they got away is what sur
prises me. 1t seems that not hand
was raised to stop them. Now without
wishing in any manner to criticize the
jailers, the question of liability is one
that presents itself. For INSTANCE, if a
jailer allows a man to escape he is la
BILE. If he takes a bribe for allowing it
he is all the more under the ban. I
don't intimate even in the most remote
manner that any such thing happened.
There is also a question whether the
United States cannot hold the Sheriff
liable for the costs of the prosecution
of the men who escaped. The Govern
ment is certainly out that amount and
if all the officials are bonded what are
the bonds for? I Go not think, however,
that the men will be long at liberty. 1
cannot state what our plans are, but
all the machinery of the United States
Government has been invoked, and is al
ready at work. These men are known to
every detective and officer of long ex-
perience and it is safe to infer that they
cannot remain long without being recog-
nized.''
District Attorney Macfarelane said that
he would ask the Government to offer
a reward for the apprehension of the
men, and he thinks, as does the Marshal,
that they will be caught before long.
'.There can be no doubt htat there has
been blunder somewhere, and the claim
of the jail authorities, if they really hold
to it, that the revolvers must have come
TO the prisoners through the Marshals,
is a theory that is entirely untenable.
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custody of the warden after they have
been surrendered by the Marshal, and
the later has no right under the law to
dictate to the warden how to keep his
prisoners.
JAIL MANAGEMENT BAD.
'I think that this escape reflects
very seriously on the management of
the jail. 1t is incumbent on the Sheriff
TO make the most searching investiga-
tion of the matter, and as to how the
men managed to get their pistols, ii
they had any, and how the jailers came
TO be unarmeds and poweriess in just
such emergencies. The characters of
the subordinates should also be closely
inquired into to ascertain if there has
been any collision. / am going to take
this matter in hand and ii there is any
evidence of collusion, the United States
will take hand in the punishment OF
tic offenders"
Sheriff Tamsen was at Ludlow street
ja.l from twenty minutes after ter
O'Clock until nearly eleven this morning
He conferred with Warden Raabe and
also heard the statements of Keepers
Schoen and Schneer. Then he went t.
police headquarters. He saw President
Roosevelt and asked him for the Co
operation of the Police Department in
hunting the escaped prisoners. Presi-
dent Roosevelt promised t and also as
sured his detected visitor that every
effort would be made to aid him in re-
CAPTURING the men.
On reaching the Jail this morning
Sheriff Tamsen suspended from duty the
two keepers Schoen and Schneer, unit
an investigation can be made into the
escape of the prisoners and the part the
two keepers took to prevent it.
BOSTON RIOTERS TN COURT.