The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-13
ONE FUGITIVE CAPTURED.
JOHN QUIGLBK WHO ESCAPED FROM
 MATTEAWAN IN THE TOLLS.

He Was One of Those Who Got Away From
 the Asylum With Train Robber Perry and
 He Was In an Empty Freight Car When
 Caught-The Escape Was Due to the Neg
 hgence of the Attendants-He Tells How
 it Was Done.
 Newburgh, N. Y, April 12.-John Ouigley, the Astoria criminal who, with Oliver Curtis Perry and three others, escaped from Matteawan asylum We'd nesday night, was recaptured shortly after noon to-day at New Hamburgh, eight miles north of Fishkill Landing. He was in an empty coal car. Wash ington Le Roy, resident of New Ham burgh, while walking along the tracks of the Hudson River railroad saw a poorly clad fellow in an empty car on the siding The mans general appear ance caused Le Roy to believe that he might be one of the escaped criminals. Le Roy enlisted the help of two others and these three men made Quigley a prisoner. He could not give satisfac-  at once sent to the Matteawan asylum. Two attendants were immediately sent out and a single glance at the fellow in custody was sufficient to enable them to say positively that the prisoner was John Quigley. The attendants With Quigley in charge returned to the asy- lum and at 2 o'clock this afternoon the man was once more locked up in his cell. Quigley complained of nausea and weakness, evidently not having eaten anything since the escape. He was clad only in a pair of blue trousers, an old shirt of the asylum regulation uni form, and was without shoes or stock ings.
 Quigley made statement to Super intendent Allison which shows that the escape of the five men was due to the negligence of the attendants and that the plan of escape was devised by Ma guire. It seems that some of the men in the isolated ward were permitted to go into the dining hall for their meals. Others, including Mcguire and Perry, were fed in their cells. When the at tendants give the men their food in the cells every article is counted. Two galvanized iron spoons, however, were kept by Mcguire through the negligence of some of the attendants. In the boots they use in the institution is a long steel shank Mcguire secured one of these shaiaks and made small saw. With this he made two keys from the spoons. The cells are double-locked and the same key does not open both locks. Tn some way Mcguire got pat terms of the keys. The locks are about two feet apart. The only way they can be reached from the inside is through a little opening in the center of the door. Over this is wire grating. Ma guire could mot use both keys himself, He gave the upper key to Davis and kept the lower one himself. Davis went to supper in the dining room on Wed nesday night. As he went to the dining room he unlocked Maguire's door at the top. After Watchman Carmody came around at o'clock Mcguire forced back the wire grating in the door, slipped his hand through the opening and opened | the lower lock- That let him out. He then went to Perry's cell and opened | the door. Then he let Quigley out. The | two went into Perry's cell, leaving the | door unlocked. Between 9:30 and 10 | CarmOuy LDduG bllOLlSl LOlAl etbNA Ceo iS 1 was passing Perry's cell the latter ask ed him for a. drink of water.
 As he turned Quigley and Mcguire bounced upon him. They carried him to Perry's cell and bound and gagged him. Then they punched the watch nan's clock in order that no suspicion would be aroused in the office. No def- nite plan had been decided upon for the escape. After they went into the chap sl they found the scaffolding by acci- aent. When they got to the roof Perry dropped from the caves while Quigley Jumped. Quigley and Perry then ran ,way, leaving O'Donnell, Davis and Ma yuire on the roof.
 The jump doubled Quigley up and he nas since been sick. After Perry drop ped Ouigley did not see him, nor did 1e see any of the other three. He does not know what became of them. He wandered up the river. When the men escaped they had on the prison regula- Ion suit and slippers. As Quigley 1assed a brickyard on the river he 'o11nd a coat and hat. He was seen at Low Point at Hart's hotel where he ,sled for something to eat and got it. He then continued on up the river to New Hamburgh, where he was recap ured in the car. Si1nerintendent of Prisons Lathrop -isited Matteawan to-day and began an { nvesttgation into the escape of the five nen.