Evening journal., 1896-09-28
THE JAIL is LEAKING.
Citizens Came in Time to Pre-
vent a Cleaning Out.
THOSE KNOWN TO HAVE ESCAPED.

AFTER ATTACKING TWO CITIZENS
AND APPROACHING TWO
OTHERS, SOME OF THEM TAKE
FRENCH WARDEN REED
THREATENS A REPORTER.
New Castle was all astir on Saturday
evening over the daring escape from
jail OF Burglars Brooklyn Whalen,
Thomas Gibbons, alias Cleveland
Jimmy" John Smith, alias Chester
Joe. James Duncan, alias Larry"
and William S. Harris, alias Bonnie
The men had carefully planned this
escape for Saturday night when all in
side was quiet and all outside was bus
tie and excitement Then they were
to divide into two fugitive parties to
deceive pursUers and mako more cer-
tain their escape.
Their scheme worked like a charm
They not only caught mine Host" Gill
lis mapping, but they caught lone War
] den Howard Reed in cell No. and
then caught him back OF the head
After they had caught his keys and re-
volver they found it so easy that all
hands escaped by the front doors.
Mrs. Gillis rushed out into the outer
vestibule just in time to be pushed
aside violently by two frantic fugitiyes.
Through her efforts, however, an alarm
was spread and not only was the Leak
age stopped, but score of men were
soon after the jail-birds who had
| flown.
Oscar d. Ridings, who came in con-
tact with the runaway men. got a
| atinging blow on the Jaw for his
trouble. Sam II. Ford's wagon was at
tackled, the prisoners evidently want
ing to make haste while the moon
shone. He ran over Harris and fright
ened the others away.
| Henry and Albert Holschumaker
were accosted by a breathless man who
Kissed to them for heavens sake give
them dark coat.
But Mayor Boyd's policemen were
not to be caught mapping Knowing the
| men TO be desperate burglars and hay
| ing at least two loaded revOlvers. the
policemen took their lives in their
hands.
Policeman Thomas =. Morgan located
his man I'm ST. Peters r.. G. Church
yard. Alone in that dismal place he
discovered the coatless Harris up a
small tree. The desperado swore by
the Almighty to shoot Morgan dead ii
he didn't give him chance. The
bravest man would have quivered at
this, but Morgan got up and pulled
down his prisoner
Harris's ankle was badly hurt from
Ford's wagon, but he told the police
man on the way back to iail-after tn,
officer had satisfied himself that Har
ris had no revolver-that if he had KEEP
the gun you'd never lived to take m,
r.IIa 90, r.1s4
you can thank God tonight that you n
alive"
All this time Policeman Tobin anC
big James Duncan were having a col
lar-and-elbow tussle in a shrub busl
in the same cemetery. Without ex.
changing a word with this bad man
officer Tobin marched him to Jail a few
minutes after Officer Morgan had ar.
rived with his man. There were sup.
pressed cheers for the policemen as
they bagged these notorious fellows.
Detective Walter Witsll was in New
Castle bright and early yesterday, hur
| rying about town working up clues tC
the escaped criminals.
AT Farnhurst the runaways raI
across two Weary Watkinses who wer,
| sleeping on the station porticO. The,
promptly thumped the sleepers abOv
the whiskers and stripped them o
trousers and coats, casting off thei
striped prison suits. Station Agen
Cramer had to supply the denuded mel
with proper clothing
WARDEN REED TRIES INTlMIDA
TION.
A man who said he was Howar
Reed, the warden who was thugged b.
the desperate prisoners, apprOache
3 an Evening Journal reporter in
threatening manner this morning an
charged him with being the author O
certain stories which appeared in Sun
day newspapers yesterday. Upon re
ceiving an unsatisfactory reply, h
said.
"Well. all ] got to say is that IL I fin
out you're the man. there is going t
be trouble. You'll see me again"
And the man who was thumpe
strobe proudly away, leaving the scrib
paralyzed with fear. But this httl
scheme of the warden's to prevent tn
truth from appearing to-day under hi
threats of trouble" didn't work