New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-15
OUT GO FOUR PRISONERS.
ANOTHER EXODUS FROM THE LUDLOW
STREET JAIL.

ONE OF THE MEN REcAPTJRED-ALL WERE
| LOCKED Up on FEDERAL CHARGEs-THEY
SAWED THE BARS or THEIR CELLS AND
ESCAPED BY WAY OF A NEXT-DOOR
HousE-THE SHERIFF CALLED
, AWAY FROM sHERIFFs
JURY DINNER
There was another exodus from Ludlow Street
Jail last evening. BY way of surprising at least
In point OF numbers, the famous escape of the
three postofIce robbers Allen. Killoran and Rus
sell. four Federal prisoners sawed their way out
Of the prison. climbed to the roof Of an adjoining
tenement-house. and walked down the stairs OF
the house. One of them was caught he came
out on to the street. but the other three were
last going north in Ludow-st.. and are still
at large. The fugtives are Peter Mass). William
Post. Michael Egan and George Polycrannis.
The escape was made about 5:4J p. m. At that
hour Mrs Goldsten. who occupies the rear tene-
ment on the sixth floor Of No 10 Ludlow-st.. left
her rooms for a few moments. On her return
she found a man coming in the window
from the fre-escape. The man rushed by her
and downstairs, she following with cries Of
Thief" and 'Police." which taken up
by other tenants. Max Wolpert. who keeps a
soda water fountain in the basement. rushed out
on the street and grabbed the man as he came
out He held him until Policeman Barnitz. Of
the Eldridgc-st. station who was standing at
Essex and Ludlow SITS, came to his assistance AT
the station the man admitted that his name was
Masso and that he had just escaped from the
Jail.
INFORMED BY THE POLICE.
An officer went to the jail Immediately and
this. the police say is the first that the keepers
knew that anything wrong An investiga-
ton was started but too late, for In the mean
time. before Massos attempt land there is
way of telling which,, the three other prs-
oners had made their escape Another woman
in the house No. 16 Ludlow-st. says that few
minute after Masso had gone through the house.
she saw another strange man in the nall. W men
she asked him what he wanted. he threatened
her and told her To mind her own business,
which, with that truly tolerant spirit prevalent
in Ludlow-st. she did and allowed him 10 pass
without raising cry.
From all that can be learned the other two
prisoners came down the same way TWO men
who stood in front of saloon across the street
say that they two men come out OF NO 80
about Il o'clock and go up Ludlow-st
The way in which the men got out or the jan
shows that they must nave mad OUTSIDE ASST
ance 1t was such haDha%ard anar as tne
escape of Allen. KiOran and Russell. Inc
men were confined in that section OF the prison
which Is used for criminal cases, and EXTENDS
along the Ludlow-st. side of the jail. Several
Of these cells however in the upper tier were
temporarily unOccupied on account or some re-
pairs that were being made and 1t was from
the cell at the extreme northern end or the
upper tier that the men escaped Inc jail IL
practically a house within a house. The cells
make up the inner house. Around this Is the
outer wall, which is what one sees from the
street The distance between the inner struct-
ure containing the cells and the outer wall is
about five feet and extends from the ground
floor clear I'D to the roof There is window
I'm the cell and a window in the outer wall d.
rectly opposite. both heavily barred and with
no means Of gntt'ng from one TO the other ex-
cent by iumung The four had in some
way got possession Of some fine saws, such as
are used on an ordinary bracket or scroll,saw.
For two OF them they fashioned rude handles.
LOTS OF LIBERTY IN THE DAYTIME
The prisoners are allowed to go about the Jail
very freely In the daytime. and 1t was compare
lively simple matter for the four men with their
saws to get into the empty cell, which, although
an extra lock had been put on the door only yes
terday afternoon, from all accounts UNI
locked There are seven bars of three-quarter-
inch iron running from the top to the bottom or
the window. with a heavy cross brace from SIDE
TO side at the middle. The middle one of the
uprght bars was sawed off close down to the Sill
and bent upward In this way an opening OF
2Ox9 inches was made. through which man
could squeeze himself. The outer wall Is perhaps
a foot thick so that the window in it makes a
fairly broad space which one can land by
jumping from the window of the cell one OF the
men probably jumped across the nNe-loot gap
and in a few minutes one Of tho bars or the outer
window had been cut through and bent up. The
men left their saws on the sill of the outer win
dow. BY standing on the crossbar OF the outer
window one can reach the cornice. and once on
the roof Of the jail the escape was easy.
All was excitement in Ludlow-st last night:
Sheriff Hansen was dining with the first panel
of the Sheriffs Jury at Delmcnico's. He ar
rived at the Jail shortly after y o'clock, ac-
companied by his secretary. Mr. Strassner; ana
his attorney. Mr. Wells The Sheriff did not
4; bod h hot h11
He looked the ground over. gazed at the bent
bars on the cell windows. stroked his whiskers
and remarked: Dis was beginning to pc some
ding OF an annual feature"
warden Roe clung closely to his superior and
would answer questions only after consulting
with him. 1t appears that six plumbers have
heen at work in the Jail for the last two or
three weeks under foreman who is known to
the keepers sc Benny"
THE sHERIFF's THEORY.
Sheriff Tamsen says that the only opinion
which he can hold is that the men got their
tool; from one of the plumbers How when, or
where. nobody knows, for the plumbers were
thorc ughly searched before entering and leav-
inc the iaiL Keepers Rumpf and Fnkelstein
were in charge yesterday: Whether or NOT IL
10 fact that they were in ignorance or what
had happened until the police told them. Sheriff
Tamsen would not say. but he added that
Rumpf and Finkestein would probably be sus,
nended and a few new locks put on der email.
Tho IN H. breakers who are still at large are Will
liam post. who pleaded guilty yesterday to
charge of making keys 10 open United states
mail bags He Is five feet five inches tall, weighs
I3O mounds is of dark complexion and square
hu;rd He wore a black suit and derby hat
Michael Egan is five feet ten inches tall. stout
da rk compile ioned smooth face, with prominent
features George polycrannis. Is Greek. hVe
feet ten inches tall SLIM Of light complexion and
wore a light sack coat. black derby hat and tan
shoes Both Egan and Polycrannis are held on
charpes of counterfeitng Peter Masso the man
who was captured and is now at the Eldridge-
Ct station is charged with bringing women to
This country FOR immoral purposes. He has been
confined since November 10.
OFFICE MEN ON THE SEARCH |
Several detectives from the Central Office and |
from the Eldredge-st. station started out on the
case last night.
The escape of Kioran Allen ana Russell the |