New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14
CONVICTS STILL AT LARGE.
SOME CLEws TO THE MOVEMENTS OF THE
FUGITIVES DISCOVERED.
prppy.s STOCKINGS FOUND IN HOUSE WHICH
THE DESPERATE HAD BROKEN INTO AND
poBpED-BEIIEF THAT THE MEN
WERE ASSISTED TO ESCAPE
FROM WITHIN THE

WERE ASSISTED TO ESCAPE
FROM WITHIN THE
ASYLUM
MatteaNan. " Y, April ia searching party
from the Matteawan Hospital have brought BACK
from the house of Emil Schoenfeld, near Hugh
sonvlle a pair Of stockings which were recoshi|eu
as belonging to Oliver c. Perry. who. with -FOUR
other convicts. escaped from the hospital mere
Wednesday night The soles were worn through
Perry had evidently let the hospital without loot
gear nc , nece Of wood was tied to his foot with
strip Of handkerchief which resembled those useu
at tho hospital by the patients. He had taken
from Schoentield's house a soft felt hat. Droan-
brimmed and similar to a sombrero also a pair OF
rubber boots and a dark sack coat. which ne Is
probably now wearing. Additional attendah'S
from the hospital have been sent TO the northward
and 10 the eastward. with instructions to follow
the country roads.
DR.. Asons entire time is devoted 10 ue WORK
of directing his men. who are securing the. sur
rounding country for the four fugitlVes' especialS
for the train-rohber Perry. Chief William \.
Humphrey. of the New-York Central kaiIroad dc-
tectve force considers 1t singular that the author
tiles neglected to inform him Of Perrys escape as
he controls the entire force of detectives along the
road and all Of his men know Perry well
The farmhouse of John Bedell. on a country
road about three miles from this city, was broken
into last night by two men who the police thihk
were a pair OF the escaped convicts. Entrance
TO the house was gained by one OF the men
knocking out a pane Of glass in the rear door ana
thrusting his arm through the aperture and un-
locking the door. This is similar TO the manner
IN which Mcclure made his escape from the
asylum Ten dollars in money was taken from
a bureau and the entire house was ransacked'
Dr. Allison's present theory is that the men
will soon become discouraged through munger
and fatigue and will 50 into villages In search
of food. as Quigley did.
When John Quigley returned to the asy-
lum Yesterday afternoon no person was more
happy over his capture than was Qulgey over
the privilege Of getting back into n cell much
more comfortable place than b1Ncar. At hrst
Ouigley refused To make any statement concern
ing the manner in which the five mon mad"
their escape last Wednesday night. hut later In
the afternoon he consented II tell Dr. Allison
how he and his comrades gained their freedom.
Subsequently. Or Allison dictated To- his private
secretary a brief outline Of Quigleys statement
This statement was gwen out yesterday after
noon and published In elaborate form In the
morning papers. This statement makes abso-
were the keys made This is explained by
statement that Mcclure removed "A wirc from his
slipper and converted IT into a saw; also that he
came into possession by some unacrountab'e
means. Of "a mysterious fill" With those two
tools II is said h. made a key out OF tn" asylum
spoons Where was pattern FOR the key So
cured? Reply Is made that Mcclure must have
carried In his minds eye the design o.; tn" Key.
with all 81 its angles and teeth. Then. again
each cell door in the ISOLATION ward has two
locks. Mcclure. SO ii is said. passed his wonder
ful key through pcephol" to DAVIS. VINO was
privileged 10 leav" his cell AZ in"al times ana ~
To- the big mess hall Perry. MFiur" ana Qug-
ley not allowed - l"aN" their cells AZ ui"i'
times Davis on his way 10 IN moss hail
watched his opportunity and unto kel ih" lower
lock - McGuirc's door. Then later NJ FuTr. So
curing the key again. thrust his arm through me
observation hole and unlocked tn" upper lock
McGulr~ libcrating Perry and Quigley. and these
three waited FOR CarmDdy's arrival ot"rp N"r-
ing Carmoly. n" thf"" used his keys I" open
the cells II Davis and o. Douncl II seems. ac-
cordIng 10 the statement. that Perry assumed
th. Lead as soon rs he MS free. tn" hV" men
proceeded 20 open tn. doors leading 30 IA" chapel
Tho communicative b"tw ON tho ISOLATION build
ing and the chapel b. AFFORDED tv lcuhl" i"'rS
and several persons. who say thcy know. assert
that the roundsman IS not supposed :" nave IN
his possession any key that VIII open these doors
Yet the escaping inmates mad" their way u IA"
chapel. Dr. Allison SAYS that III" escape Of IN"
men due - a violation q IN" rules 81 the IN
81 tuition on the part ~ tn" attendants. IN" neg
loct consisting OF the act Of leaving the spoon In
McGuire's cell AID IN not carefully examining
the locks Of the cell doors.
Among an Of the p"opl" If IN" nclghhoihood
residents Of villages III the vicinity. the opinion Is
held that the fy' mon owe their escap" ROT 10
cgigonce but to deliberate aid from tho insd" Of
the instfidtion. II ~ Cont"ndcd that II IN" men
had assistanc, from the outside they would
after gaining ~" open air. have been supplied
with change Of clothing. and would have L""n
aided in leaving the neighborhood. Against the
theory Of outside help is offered the evidence of
Qugley's capture. Quigley when found was clad
only I'm the trousers and shirt he had worn III MS
cell and had not be- supplied with food ON
the other hand. some people think maj Quig-
levs recapture 10 part Of verify prepared plan
by Perry Quigey belongs to that class OF crii l.
al offenders who much prefer 10 be In custody
where they be cared for without the neces-
sty for work II H. thought that Perry. knowing
this fact may have taken Quiglcy with MN for
the express purpose Of leaving him in the neigh
horhocd duly posted with story to be narrated
IoI his recapture. C.uigey freely admits that
he had enjoyed All the free dom he wished, ana
nat If the N.w-IIamburg man had not come
along conveniently to arrest him he would nave
returned to the asylum anyway.
An interesting tale is told by tn" attendants
concerning The conduct Of Perry during The day
preceding the escape. II seeing that at noon on
Wednesday Perry bOastingly declared that he
fore midnight he would be a free man. No at
tcrtion given this talk. as Perry has ire
qtentlv asserted that he would escape. In iac',
curing tie whole of the two years he faS spent
1T the ASYLUM he has made this assertion the
text OF his OCCASIONAL conversation with ~" AT
tondants II was tn old story Of the w,if. Perry
talked 50 much about thu escape that no cred"nce
was given HIM. But there came TIM" when he
mcant what he said.
lecture OF the secrch COR the fug.tivcs IL
the icar express ii bv som" Of the scarchers
Il At they may meet Perry sing '-h1n!ed. tn y"
are certain attendants who hav" incurred Porrys
wrath and against whom this criminal has
uttered threats. These men openly avow That
they believe their lives would not he worth much
If Pcrry should get a them. An amusing fact Is
that the men who have come in contact with
Quglcy refer In all sober less and sincerity To- a
belief that che l. a little of mis- balance. any
way, and the other fellows probably gave him
the shake" Obviously there IL not wide
spread confidence in any opinion that Perry
and his associates are insa 10. except all ci!mi-
nails are insane.
This morning DR.. Allison stated that while
Carmody, In making tho rounds Of the building,