The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-03-26

inhabitants of Sing Sing village were after
him, but he lashed his horse into n rur
and escaped without a scratch. That night
he hid i'm barn and stole another team,
with which he continued on his way &c
New York. He was again seen and chased
for the whole locality had boen alarmed
but he got away and finally reached Bos
ton. Soon after this he went Co Philadol
phia where he was arrested, but escaped
from the officers by jumping from sec.
ond story window.
MahUny's next escape was from Charles.
town prison, where he had been sent for a
Job done In Boston. Having obtained a
suit Of old clothes, he asked permission to
90 to the hospital to see a doctor Instead
of doing this he put on his old clothes,
took a couple of cans Of paint from the
stororoom and started to walk out the
gate. The way in which he deceived the
guard at the gate who stopped him shows
his quicknoss Of wit.
"How did you get in hercY" said the
guard.
"Why, didn't you see mo come in on a
wagon with three other men this morn.
ing?" replied Mahony.
WAS it before or after broakfast2" ask
ed the guard still suspicious
MahOny, who remembered that the
guard could not have been on duty before
breakfast, replied promptly, Before
breakfast, of course,
"Oh, " said the guard, ~ was not on
duty then, and that Is the reason I did
not soc you. You can pass. "
For q few brief moments Mahony en-.
joyed the luxury of liberty, but he was
soon met by an officer who knew him.
The alarm was at once given and the run
away was back inside the walls within ten
minutes, wearing ball and chain weigh
ing 25 pounds. After making "A second
attempt, which was not so nearly success
full as the first, Mahony gave it up and
served out his sentence.
a the time Of writing the sketch Of his
life above referred to Muhony profcssed an
intention to reform, but he was no sooner
at liberty than he began his old career Of
crime. It seems that he went to Philadel-
phia and cleaned out store, with the as
sistancc Of pal The plunder, which
was worth about $4,000, was shipped to
New York, but IL was traced, and Mahony
was arrested rs he claimed it at the express
office. He was taken TO police headquar-
ters and locked up. When the Philadel-
phia officer arrived and asked for his pris-
oner, there was big sensation in Mul-
berry street.
The elusive Mahony was not to be
found.
A general alarm was sent out, and big
hue and cry raised, but there was no trace
of the prisoner The boldness Of his escape
was big surprise to the police officials.
The cell in which he had been confined
opened directly on public passage way.
Mahony had forced the bars Of the win
dow over the door, squeezed his body
through and walked out TO liberty in
broad daylight and under the very noses
of his captors. He had to walk through a
corridor in which people were constantly
passing and within ten feet of the door OF
the detective Office, where there were a
dozen or more men who knew him.
This was not by any means his last
escapadc, but it was one OF his most no
| torluus ones. He went west after this, and
continued his operations under various
aliases. He served long term in the Hi
nois state prison at Joliet, and other terms
in the Eastern penitentiary in Pennsyl
vania. At last accounts he was still be
hind prison bars, but was probably plan
, ming another escape,
JEROME JACQUIN.