The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-17
PERRY IS CAUGHT.
Arrest of the Escaped Train-RObber nt
 Weehawhen.

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 New York, April 16.-Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber and desperado, who escaped with four other conVicts from the Matteawan Insane asylum last Wednesday night, was captured by De- tective Clifford and Policeman McLeese of the Weehawken police between 5 and o'clock this morning. The officers saw several tramps sitting around a fire near the bank of the river about three shundred yards south of the Wee hawl1en ferry house of the West Shore ferry. Clifford thought one of the men looked like Perry, and with his com- panion approached the group by the camp fire. The suspected man fmme- diately started to run up the bank, com vincing the police officers of their iden- tillcation. The man fell over ledge and was caught.
 The prisoner was taken to the Wee hawken police headquarters, where, af- ter denying consistently his identity, he finally at noon sent for Superintend- ent Kelly, chief of police, and to him admitted that he was Perry, the last of the five fugitives.
 To the chief of police he told his story, and afterwards repeated it to the reporters. Around him as he talked was a great crowd of people, and the rooms outside the prison and the street in front of police headquarters were filled with curious spectators. Perry's account of the escape does not differ in essentials from those of the men who got away with him. He did not know that any of his associates had been caught, and despite the assurance that they were again in custody, he was guarded in all that he said.
 Perry explained that ever since he had been locked up in the isolation ward he had been intent on escape, and preparing for break. He threatened almost daily to his keepers that he was going to get away, in order to persuade them that he was fooling them. And I did fool them," he said. "I made them think I was all talk"
 He would not tell exactly where he had been after his escape. It is suppos- ed that he committed several burg laries while at liberty and he was shrewdly cautious not to answer any questions which might be construed as confession of these crimes.
 Perry said that he separated from his companions immediately after his es- cape, according to a previous arrange ment, so that if he did do any rob- ping he did 1t alone.
 Quigley's recapture did not surprise him. He said he had not trusted Quig- ley entirely, but allowed him to join them because of his strength and" he added, The served us well in the struggle with the keeper"
 Perry says he was in New York city a day and a half, part of the time at the Chambers street hospital. He was not sure of his ates but thinks it was Sun day. He went to the hospital, he said | to have his feet attended to. They had swollen so that he could not get his | shoes on, but all the surgeons would | do for him was to give him a pair of | scissors to cut his shoes, so he left the | hospital and wandered about the | streets.
 As Perry stood in the crowd he was | evidently very conscious and we'll pleas | ed with the, interest he was exciting. l "All am ashamed of" he said lis my | condition. that is, the condition of my | clothes. but I preferred to travel as a | tramp. I could have got tools and arms | if had wanted to, but did not want | to go to my friends, who I avoided. | See? It was because" he said, "my | friends were not allowed to see me, l and to intercede for me, that I decided | to make the break. Now I am satis- fled, for I have attracted attention, and may be people will look into the isola- tion ward business"
 He was taken to the Hudson county | jail at 3 o'clock.