New-York tribune., 1896-12-28
NOT LONG ~ CUSTODY.
\ PRISONER BREAKS OrT OF THE EAST
TWENTY SECOND STATION.
nE HAD BEEN CAPTURED ONLY THREE HOURS
BEFORE His EscArE-A BOLD ROBBERY

| iiE HAD BEEN CAPTURED ONLY THREE HOURS
nEroRE His EsrArE-A BOLD ROBBERY
ANp LIVELY CHASE
\ prisoner broke out OF the Eas, Twenty y-sccond-
50 station about = O'Clock Saturday afternoon. He
had been arrested about three hours earlier after
daring robb':y. About o'clock man who
looked nkc waltof entered the jcwciry store OF
David Blcn. 40 30 Third-aye. Mr Bck was
the only pcrs,n In the place when the man
tered TIE stranger asked 10 some wedding
rings M Bcn .howcl the man tray Of nft;
slN poli 'inga The man put IN. fourth
fngc- of III. lcfi hand ani then said "Walt mo-
mcnt. I have the numbr. Of ms girls size Ia my
pocl, IT, He then fumbled IN his pockets and.
producing small package. suddenly threw iis con
tents into the jewellers face. Then h. seized the
tray oi rings and rushed out OF the store. Tn,
package contained snur and Mr.. Bick got lot .:
fl in his eyes H. was blinded for a moment but
ran around the cri OF the counter and dashed out
of the door IT, close pursuit OF the fleeing thief.
The man kept the west side OF Third-ave.
and ran north toward Twenty-sevcnth-s AZ he
ran ne was picking rings out of the tray. Mr..
Eick shouted stop THIEF" as he ran after the
man The thief dropped several rings. which the
j.wcor stoppcn 10 pick up. Severn! persons joined
In the chase hearing Nh. Bick's cries but when
the thief would drop ring they would stop to
look for H. A few doors above the jewelry store
the, thies foll over small boy and scattered a
number OF the rings tina, f" out of the tray. and
the crowd stopped and scrambled Tor them. Tn.
fleeing man then west through Twenty
cnth-si to Iexington-aye when he turned south
and continued to the northeast corner Of Icing
ton-ave and Twenty ty-siXth-st.. where he entered
kcnnedy's saloon. ON the opposite corner
Two policemen. whom the map had probably seen.
one OF them Patrolman Kernan. An excited
man ran up him and told him that he had been
following THIEF whom he had seen enter the
saloon Herman went into the barroom and found
s..sttF Ih.. nfs.
fellow the iewelry store. where Mr.. Bick posi-
lively identified him the thief kicrnan then
took the prisoner TO the East Twenty -second-st
station. The man said that he was William Jones.
an Enslishman. thlrty-tyo years old. living at No
sl9 First-avc. Later II was found that such
person known At that address
When the man searched a walters apron
was found neatly rolled up in OF his pockets
In his right shoe were found eight OF the stolen
gold rings. He locked up IN cell No. . which
is in a rear building OF the station and IL IN the
centre OF Il There are ten cells in this
building which are OF the old fashioned sort The
ss The main door to the corridor of cells is
arraugcd that ii it s closed when the jaier enters
side d ,,tnr nIS Th' cell doors "ncu omtw,r% 1hny
are fastened by hook shaped piece OF steel that
falls over similar piece. ON all the cells in the
coming down fron the ceiling to prevent the
doors OF the cells from being raised from their
About > O'Clock Saturday afternoon Doorman
Francis McNulty. who has held that position for
seventeen years, entered the corridor leading o
IN. row OF ten cells. lie went in to attend man
nnmrd Farrell in cclI NO. . McNn.y left the out
side door open that he could get out again
without calling for assistance. He found that
Farrell had fallen TO the floor OF his cell lie had
stopped to pick him up when he thought he heard
a grating in the corridor. He locked Farrcls
cell aud went out into the corridor. Then he dis
covered that the door Of cell No. was partially
open and hanging by only hinge McNuty
looked into the cell and that IT was empty
McNulty Immediately raised outcry and ran
to the desk In the station proper and told the ser
grant what had happentd. The reserve squad was
hastily ordered out and secured the neighborhood
for the missing prisoner. lie to be found
Ills footprints found In the In the court
yard From them II was seen that the man had
gone TO the rear wall toward Twenty hirI-st and
mounting old iron bedsteads that were piled
up there managed TO gain the top OF the ston. wall
The wall is only about FIVE feet high the prison
courtyard side. but on the other side. where
big buildings have been recently erected IL IN
about eighteen feet from the ground The man
undoubtedly dropped to the alley the OF the
new buildings which Nos. 3iS 80 and - East
Twenty third-st. The alley ends at No. ZIG East
Twenty -third-st.. which IL private dwelling oc-
cupied by Mrs. NJ. II. Rogers. The fugitive had
climbed the fence at the end Of the alley and
Jumped into the rear yard Of Mrs. Rogerss home
Mrs Rogers was I'm the basement with "A maiden
sister. and the women we're alone In the house.