The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-09
THEIR LIBERTY SHORT.
Trio of Jail Breakers Back in Warm
Quarters.

The three jail-breakers, Jack Quinn,
Michael Ryder and Frank Frost, who silently
left their confinement in the quiet watches
of Wednesday night, were captured about 8
o'clock yesterday morning in a dilapidated
building in the vicinity of Fort Smelling. The
fleeing criminals were taken by Sergeant
Allen and Patrolmen Casewell and Olson, of
the South side station.
The arrest of the trio consequent upon
information given police headquarters by a
street conductor on the Minnehaha line.
Early yesterday morning as his car was pre-
pairing to leave for the city, he noticed three
suspicious characters hanging about the place.
and from their apparent desire to avoid be-
ing seen he concluded they might be the
much-sought criminals. message was
sent to street railway headquarters, who
in turn communicated with the police and
the South side officers detailed men to run
the three to earth. They went to
the place, but found it deserted, being in
formed by residents that the men had fol-
lowed the railroad tracks in the direction of
Fort Smelling. The police pursued their hunt
Some railroad men directed them to the
abandoned building, and an entrance was
forced without warning to the ones within.
Boys, you may as well come along quietly
We have the drop on you, and If you re-
sist it will be all the worse for you.''
The three within being taken by surprise
made no show Of resistance. They were
reposing quietly on the floor
who the = is going to resist?" was
the answer of Quinn, who was the first to
speak. The Jig is up, and I guess we
know when we are we'll off. Don't worry
yourself. We will give you no trouble and
I could not walk further anyway" he con-
cluded.
They were taken to the depot and brought
to the Southtown junction by the first train
reaching here about II O'Clock. From there
they were temporarily removed to the South
side police station, and later transferred to
the county JAIL
It looked as though they were glad to be
back in warm quarters again. Quinn's feet
were quite badly frozen, and except for that
they claim that the police would never again
have seen them. They were particularly
pleased with the announcement that their
escape had made sensation, and were dis
posed to regard their venture as a huge Joke
Judge Belden left orders with the sheriff
as soon as he learned of the capture of the
jailbreakers, that they be brought before
him in his court room at o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The prisoners looking much the
worse for wear, were brought in handcuffed
through Judge Belden's chambers, the crowd
being too dense to get them through the
other way.
Quinn was first called, and he limped to
the bar with his frozen feet He was ar
raigned on the joint Indictment with Mitchell
and May White, for robbery in the first de-
gree, on the person of Thomas Devereaux
Dec. 16 last. He pleaded not guilty and the
case was set for Jan. IA. The county attor-
ney moved the Avery case first and that case
will be tried that day.
Frank Frost stood up, accused with Ross A.
Blodgett. of robbery, for taking $40 from
Robert NJ. Quady at the point of a revolver
He pleaded not guilty, and gave the same
The cases were set for trial JAN 49,
Mike Ryder was called to the bar and had
his set for trial JAN Is. He pleaded
not guilty some days ago. All the prisoners
were remanded.
They had not had bite of food from the
time they left the Jail until they reached the
South Side station. The bows took their ar
rest quietly, for they were too tired and weak
to make any resistance At noon however
they were all quite laxative, and related
with eagerness the details of their experience
Jack Quinn said:
1--WE were speedier than you newspaper fell
lows gave us credit for. You said we went
ing, but we didn't. We just slid down the
iron pillars from one floor to the next The
stairs was too slow for us, you bet If we
had made slip, though. 1t would have been
goodbye for good to fall from any of the
upper stories. Well when we got out we
made a sneak right off for South Minneap-
oils We figured on getting out into the sub
urbs near Fort Smelling, and catching a Mil
waukee freight train for Chicago but we
thought it would be better to lay low yester-
day and we did.
1--WE sneaked into a barn at Thirty-frst
street and Twenty-frst avenue south and
slept there all day yesterday. We had two
guns planted down town, but we did not
want to risk trying to get them"
Deputy Sheriff Clements stated Yesterday
that the boys had assured him that the work
Of preparing the bars for the escape had
all been done under the last administration
and that they were simply waiting for 8
chance to make a concerted escape. No
chance favorable they wanted came and
they selected the night before they were ia
be tried, knowing it would probably be the
last chance of any kind they would have
The capture Of the men created great ex
element about the city, and crowds of visit.