The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-15

prisoners corridor which had been left by one
OF the plumbers. That was found on Tuesday
night. and on Wednesday morning The, Warden
cautioned them again. They also had special
instTuctiop, be said. % have nothing TO do with
the United States prisoners.
Only once. he said. was any OF them In that cor
y NeSt b, ep he wat wafer Closet oh on the srst tier G 10 see
whether IL could be repaired or not. A keeper
accompanied him. and he reported that the
closet could not be 1xed.
THEY oUGHTS'T TO HAVE cAPED
To explain the escape MIR. Roe .aid that tho
orders which he had Issued TO bis men must
have been directly violated. The corridqr and
first and second tier cells are used for United
States prisoners. The top tier was used for civil
prisoners only. Egan wa. regarded as one Of
times MIR Roe cautioned his keepers
s ;ls,.i To wa: Kept on Tho sS,,,dC .,o ,,s..
Polycrsmis and MenceauI. or Masso. were on
or the highest one. 10 which United states pri.:
oners are kept. The third tier, or top tier, is used
1h,n ,G' STAT State. s'' and county II have the free
run OF tho corridor during the day. They
minsle together at all ,imssi Su, the he S On "a
in charge OF Keepers Rumpf and Finxelstein
night that he considered Thorn TO he responsible
for the escape OF the mon. as the four men
and the rules OF the jail had been obeyed.
THE VILLAINS BROKE A LOCK.
Upon tho civil prisoners' tier Is a water
cloeet. at the extreme north end: The men es-
S SsS g .n Of its p pro is,i mo- to the closet CLOS was not SI
This cell was kept locked all the time. and as
2 ali the ssI locks: wa. PVT on:
cape IT wa. found, that tho lock had
been wrenched. OF. and had disappeared. The
ihToush H Ssif al an i ans s T,oSoT tho n aTo.. sf bar. %Sisa
Is four inches from the bottom of she window.
and then bent up, m making King an open spase
the window exactly opposite In the court.
yard wall ono bar was cut and then bent
one one In The cell Window. On the inside Of
this window is a Ledge about eighteen
iesaei is .,p night. One SS" Of T them sS %as 's = piu 1n ems
raw. apparently. and tho other was made of a
scroll saw set In a roughly cut handle. They
sheriff Tamsen was asked whether he had sus-
pended either Of the keepers whom Mr.. Roe held
not. nor would io take UsS any action until he had
made a thorough investigation. lie said that
he thought ih the men would Se Captured ana sI,
all right. The police were securing the city"
last night.
II was discovered after the men had escaped
that they had stolen an %overcoat and undercoat
from n prisoner named William Splitter In a
AZ, and Masso. 40.
MAsso's VERSION OF 1T.
Masso says he took no part In planning the es-
cape. and came to know about the sawed bars
lie said that as he was passing cell 81. the
cnd cell on the top tier. where he had no bust.
meas to be ut all, his attention was attracted tn
one OF the bars. which seemed TO have been
sawed and twisted. Noticing that tho other
they had escaped suggested itself to lin. and.
as there seemed TO be no one on. the watch. he
far a. the scuttle In the roof, which he found
had been barricaded by the men who preceded
him.
He banged away on it without getting a re-
Spouse, and then sought the window as q last
resort. from which he let himself drop to a
window sill five feet below. from which access
TO the FIRE escape was easy.
II Ia believed from the story told by Mrs. Lena
Horowitz,. who lives In the rear a~partnonts on
the top floor OF the tenement at 20 Ludlow
street. that at least one OF the prisoners escaped
after Masso got out and was caught.
She says that while the policeman was taking
Masso To the station house she returned to her
room and heard a violent wrenching OF the sky
light door, which she had locked after Masso's
The door was pulled OFT its hinges and a fair
complexioned man rushed downstairs. She
asked the man what was the matter. and no
showed her aside. saying:
Go TO hell. Shut up" and dashed down.
Keeper Fink elstein was appointed in August
last upon the compensation Of Assembly man
Commissions Murray's club.
THE RECORD BROKEN.
Until yesterday the record for Tamsen's ad-
ministration was held by Joseph Killoran.
Charles Allen. and Henry Russell, three Post
OF the jail early Ia the morning. The Sheriff
was out OF town. II was the custom at the jail
to have Russell. killoran. and Allen eXer-
else In the yard at 8 o'clock In the morning
when no othor prisoners were about, and on the
Fourth o. July they were released from their
and Edward schncer. a clothing cutter. were on
duty In the lower corridor. As the footsteps Of
the prisoners were heard OH the stairs Schoen
closet under the stairs down which tho three
men must come. Schneer stood in the middle
Killoran. and Russell walked into the office In
the order named. killoran and Russell had re-
yoIysrsi ana they held n sGhnesr up while Allen
BARRIER Warden Raabe and Schoen and Schneer
were bounced two days after the escape.
Hansen was indie ted, but the Jury disagreed.
REMARKS OF THE PoPULACE.
One OF the turnkeys said at midnight:
Two year ago. ven dose fcllers. Gilloran und
Ruzzle und Allan. 20 der chaii ouid i'd vos in
snow now. und We drRck um und ged um kervik
Naturally the escape was hailed with Joy by
the tailors and blacksmiths and BARRIERS who
lost their Jobs after the previous escape.
Yah! Yah! Yah!' shouted one. "Dey maig
Ssbedeosds some more hey aon'd dt din max e''
a letter carrier who was eating In Dolan's
restaurant at midnight was telling one of the
who had been listening, stuck his head out OF
the door and said:
Dot. twice Already somebody got der chail
oudt, but 1 don't superstition dey VIII do II der
second time. because pooty soon nobody'n be In
10 be oudt unless der detectiyes arrest a coupler
body In de occasion oof der matter oaf business
NIT der Oonited states laws. VhatT
so SORRY FOR TAMsES.