Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-08-14
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Buck Cunningham Saws the
Station House Bars,
AND Ig AGAIN AT LIBERTY

Ahe OhCeft AothAe nAn anu maho p
Long and Up-to-date Unsuccessful
Search for Him-seveTaI shots Are
Sent After Him But without Sue
oess-Ho WIN BE Captured.
"Buck" Cunningham, who has been a
prisoner in the station house for the past
thirteen days on a charge OF entering
and robbing near Chester and for
whom Chief BagshRw Of that city has
ssquisitlon papers, broke Jail last night
Yesterday morning his counsel, Walter h..
Hayes. made an application for bis release
on the ground that he had been con fned
without proper compliment.
The application WAS mede.tco late as
Chief Bagahaw had already secured the
necessary papers aud Judge Ball con-
cluded TO hold him. Shortly after IL
o'clock he sawed through a bar In the
corridor window, and without stopping
TO don shoes or coat. skipped. Ten
minutes afterwards his absence was
discovered but ne was then outside the
iurisdici ion Of the court.
The tool with which the act was com.
mitted was small metal saw, which It
Is believed was handed him by his
mistress, Maggie McManus who saw him
early in the evening The bar was
about an inch In diameter and was cut
clearly and then bent almost at right
angle. The window faces the 1ergeant's
desk, and this undoubtedly aided him
as there was little reason TO suppose
that an attempt would be made there.
TIE saw WAS found in one Of the cells by
Janitor Thomas
Shortly after 9 o'clock last night a
colorsd man suffering from an aggravated
case Of the jams was put Ia the corridor
where Back WIS He remarked to
Turnkey Little at the time: "lt's pretty
hai d after being held here thirteen days
thai you should run In a crazy Jap on
me A short time afterward the Jap
esked Turnkey Little to turn of the
lights as It would save him from so re Of
the niggers who we're after hin This
now shows that Buck WAS planning to
get out and was banking on the presence
OF noise aad absence of light 10 help
him Chief DolHn was at once notified
and directed q close search to be made
by the officers
When Ofisers Lane aud Maguire
reported this morning they stated that
Maggie McManus had been seen to come
in on the Maryland avenue line Of
electric cars. Chief Dolan then directed
b5th officers to make search through
Folly woods and vicinity for Bucsy
They did so and about o'clock traced
the escaped prisoner TO the vicinity Of
the old quarries near Elsmere. They
ran across the fellows trail ard saw
him. Officer Lane fred three shots and
Oficer Mcguire two, but Bucky was too
FAR off aud none Of tho bullets reached
the mark.
Word was at once telephonsd 10 the
police station and Detective Wiisil.
Chisf BAgshaw, Captain Kane, Sergeant
Bsyley, officers Lane, Mcguire and
Gilling and Rn EVENING JOUREAL re-
porter secured the woods and oornfeld
from Union Park to Elsmere Harry
Meredith, who wss cunning in the
woods, saw the man running through
the cornfeld and then take to the woods
He described Bucky clearly. At the
qusrries men we're found who knew
Bucky, and they said that he had stopped
there this morning They said be had
struck back into the woods.
The officers are still searching for him
he is thoroughly oonversant with that
territory, and OF one time gave the
force months hunt before he was
caught Il is believed that he will be
turned down all right In 8 day or. two,
however He hss q dread Of Psnnsyl
vsnia justice and was heard last evening
to say that he had rather be whipped
than go to Media. as they kept the
doors right up against you there
Charles Boulden. the man charged
with assault at Elockessin, and other
prisoners we're in the same corridor with
Buck, but none Of them svailed them
selves of the chance TO got away.