New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-07
PORT CHESTER.

-rho,a. Ni,ev hftv-hye years old a contractor,
whose homo Is in Rye was found drowned yes
terday morning In the Byram River. The body
vas discovered by Brooks Merit. Of Port Chester.
who saw II floating near the shore. The body was
taken from the river by Joseph Hayes and John
Bradley and placed on the pier. pending the
rival of Coroner Banning. from Mount Vernon.
MicNe Miley, of Rye. and Patrick Miley, OF Port
Chester brothers of the dead man. identified the
body search Of the clothing by the Coroner re-
suited in finding a gold watch and charm.
with a gold dollar and gold half-dollar.
the latter used charm. horse and
uha e,on and dog belonging to the dead man had
been previously found in the neighborhood. and
held by Chief Parker for safekeepng. Mr.. Mleys
brothers say that he left home on Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock IN sood spius T T , are at
the police Is that he either became intoxicated and
wandered into the river or committed suicide; but
there is absolute proof TO subsiantiate either OF
these suggestions. except that Mr.. Miley's wife
mad recently died. and that he was in the habit
It is asserted, OF taking drink when he visited
Port Chester. The body was removed TO Solomon
Ireands undertaking establishment In Rye. The
ternoon at o'clock, with the following citizens
jurors: DR.. f. S. Meade, foreman: J. Hare: John
Ftznatrick Charles Purdy Moritz Hyman, Frank
Boyle and Michael Hamahan.
The frs, jail delivery since the new city prison
has been opened occurred on Sunday night about
IL o'clock. when three prisoners made their es-
capo crawling through a pipe. Inc men, whose
names are unknown, fighting desperately In
Liberty Square, when they were arrested by PATROL
man George w. Tyler. who locked them In the cor
rider Of the police station instead OF In the
After the policeman had gone the men mounted
a high bench and dug away the bricks from the
ventiatng register. They next removed the regis
ter itself and then crawled through long gal
yanized iron tube a distance OF fifteen OF twenty
feet to an outside ROOM from which they easily
made their escape by breaking the lock the
door The pipe through which the men crawled
is only twenty inches in diameter. 1t found
torn from It's fastenings AMI lying on the floor.
which Indicates that II had fallen during the
transit Of the prisoners and had thrown them to
the floor. Patroman Tyler heard the noise. but he
supposed that II was caused by the horses. and did
not investigate until yesterday morning. when he
attributes their escape entirely 10 the fact that
they were locked In the cells.
The Union Cycle Club. OF this village. was repre-
scented at the Belle Haven in Greenwich.
Conn., on Saturday by Richard Love. Harry Mum
son and Jack Nelson. Nelson finished second in
the race but was disqualified from receiving the
prize because he had his hands on the handle bars
In crossing the tape. The next contest OF inter
est 10 local wheelmen Will be race between
August Hanson and Lew Morrell. TO settle a dis
pute TO which Is the faster rider.
Miss l.. NJ. Horton president OF the Board OF
Education. will leave In few days for Asbury
Park, where she will spend portion OF her vaca-
ton.
Walter 6. Adams has succeeded De I. Hendrck-
son as agent OF the Adams Express Company in