The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-09
WERE THE ROBBERS AIDED I?
That Seems to Be the Prevalent
Opinion.
A Searching Investigation Will be
Instituted With The Hope of Lo-
eating the Guilty Parties.
All Were Very Desperate
Men,


tonishing Jail delivery IN recent years.
In which the notorious postoifice rob.
bors, Killoran, Allen and Russell,
either bribed or fought their way out
OF Ludlow street jail yesterday morn
ing, has become matter of national
Importance as well as exceptional in
tcrest.
Postmaster General Wilson has not
only taken IL hand III the work of recti-
lying tho jail officials cgreRious blum
der or corruption, by Offering rewards
of 81. 600 each for the fuRltives' recap.
tuIe, but has written a practical de.
mnnd that the criminally negligent
iailers be prosecuted.
The desperate burglars are still at
large; there arc only slight clues to
their whereabouts. and the police he
lleve that they have escaped far boy ond
the city boundaries.
Sheriff Hansen came back to the city
to dry and quietly began Investigating
the case. He had Barbour Ranbe, the
warden, and Schneer, the tailor, and
Schoen, tho plumber, tho Keepers on
duty at tho time, up before him, aud
ho liked to them like Dutch uncle.
The Sheriff realizes that tho respou-
sibility Is on his shoulders, and that
SheriiTs from whom prisoners escape
II got red hot letter to day from
United States Marshal MCCARTHY, de.
muuding al investigation in the name
of the United States OF America. This
letter WAS written Mt tho suggestion of
United States District Attorney Mac
Farlane, who took hold of the case rs
soon us he reached his Office in the
Federal building i'll the morning.
The first thing the Sheriff did this
, morning WAS to get his lawyer, sx-
Police Commissioners Charles +. Mac.
Lean. and investigate. At police head
quarters Detective Sergeant McCluskv
told Hansen that the police had several
clues.
what are they?" asked the Sheriff.
eve DO not tell anything about bus
iness OF TINT kind" snid Mr.. Nc
Clusky, "until we arc through work
ing"
Later the Sheriff issued n statement,
in which he said: st 10 now believed
that trace of the prisoners has been
| found. /, seems altogether likely that
| they Ind uccomplces outside OF the
iail and that the escape was wei
planned"
Tie Sheriff got back to tho jail about
noon, and he stayed until nearly
o'clock
"Whnt is thore in the story about
the prisoners having been visited by
women aud permitted to play checkers
and other games with them" he was
asked.
Women did visit the place on either
the 10Th or sd of June, but there were
no games at nll.'
| - il
yet that anything has happened for
which the Sheriff can he held respon.
sibie, SAID MIR. MacLcan, the Sherin's
lawyer.
How was it that Sheriff Brennan
was fined snd imprisoned for letting
HarryGenet escape?" he was asked.
He was In town when 1t Unopened, "
said MIR. MacLean. II think he was
III the jail
Are yon going to offer q reward?' n
reporter asked the Sheriff.
81 have heard that the United States
has offered reward. said the Sheriff.
81 have expressed my willingness TO
pny pnrt OF 1t. | don't know whether
| will offer any more"
''Do You think that The escape WAS
assisted by anybody from the outsider"
at don't look SO, said the Sheriff.
We'll. was there collision Inside?"
The sheriff shook his head. "You
cant tell, lie said, and he proceeded:
you see, this is n civil prison. II
is necessary that the civil prisoners.
who are not criminals, and cannot be
classed rs such, even though they are
in jail. shonld have the privilege al
seeing visitors. You see that sign
| pointing to the sign on the
wall OF the Jail. 1t reads: Visitors
admitted between the hours of
10 u. m. and p. M. There are forty
or fifty civil prisoners here oil the
time, and they have great many
friends. Most of these friends bring
bundles with them. They contain
things to make the unfortunstes i'm
prisonment more easy. This makes it
an easy matter to smuggle bundle
into the criminals, and for thing like
| that it is hardly fair to blame the war.