The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-20
PRISONERS PLOT.
cur DUTIB,s ATTEMPT TO BREAK
OUT OF TIE PRISON.

Fss-ea vita which - walk Out-suspeotea
ofthe Murder OF 'fDtenona E1ossie- Rlsrphy
Guy Duval, who IL awaiting trial on q charge
Of grand larceny and In likely to DO indicted By
the Grand Jury for murder, attempted yesterday
to escape from the Tombs Prison. According to
Warden Fallon he had four confederates out
side, and 30 carefully were his plano laid that he
came very near to carrying them out.
Duval was arrested on Nov. 10 last for giving
knockout drops to Sadie Miller. q woman of the
Tenderloin. and robbina her Of her diamonds.
At the time Of his arrest the police suspected
that he was the murderer of m Flessie"
Murphy and several other women who have
boon killed and robbed in the same manner.
They were unable then TO prove their suspi-
cions. but Assistant District Attorney Osborne
said yesterday that new evidence was discov-
cred last week which tended to connect him
with tho death Of Diamond Flossie" Murphy.
ana that the District Attorneys office would try
to have him indicted this week for the crime.
Warden Fallon's story Of the discovery Of the
plot to break jail was that Duval was suddenly
shifted from his cell on the second tier to q coll
on the tier below, and that there were found on
him when he was searched nine fine steel saws,
q pair Of shears. four forged passes such as are
given visitors to the Tombs. and q sharp razor,
besides S172 in cash.
"Duyal. you are q little disappointed, aren't
your asked Warden Fallon after the dis
covory.
IAN 1 want 10 my sI72 back was the only
reply that Duval would make.
Warden Fallon then went to the cell and ex.
amined 1t. He found that Duval had cut
through Eve inches of steel which formed tho
posts in the lock that held the bolt in place.
With FIVE minutes more Of saving the lock
would oThd, have have 4 len Of, Of and ND Dual 1Ss could haze AYE
have enabled him to walk out Of the prison.
The cuts were dlled With q grease made Of
fSos Warden San x"s was stiil 1e eaam MINI S' tho door when When
word came to him that three IN, men nj h az &C called .'s
itors wanted a letter delivered to him.
den @S ssgs. al . sars ist men me- . e m.Sy that 9 IstssI. the War
The letter was handed to him.. 1t read 40 fol-
lows:
You are all alone. as Celia cannot get pass: Work
street. Answer II all ia right. l..
Warden Fallon went to his office, whore the
three visitors had been sent by his order.
(which of you three sent In this note y he
81 did" replied one Of the mon.
den. . i1t; YIN tSe seG sW %oa Other aF msn ca sN 20. !no war
II only took the note in for a third party"
protested the prisoner, but he was taken to The
name of Benjamin Collier. and said he lived in
Ward street in Newark. He viii be arraigned
In Centre Street Court to-day on a charge OF
Sisw was he Ssstiaid pIet in the history Of the
would certainly have passed muster Il he had
ever got into tho tiers out Of his cell. Five min
ntes moro Of saving would have got him free.
than the one that resulted in Sharkey's escape
years ago. He would simply have walked out,
that would have been the last Of him"
Duyai was much detected when seen in his
cape. he Is a stranss:iookins man, with a tre.
mendous growth of hair on his head and face.
ne tf,sd 70 eEoaipdte oolis =; an. MANIA ..r,,d.
ity and my own carelessness my plans Of
three months have come to naught and l must
three days l laid my plans and I started to let
my hair and my beard grow; They were fairly
shape Of my back head was hidden. My plan
was to saw through the door and then, at the
night .e eim sS sTs %g g 5s dsr SlS sSit to Of my eIo hsesi fo sha sn.
other Of lighter color. and then by means Of o
bogus pass l was to walk out. =. .,.u
BY whom ]. refuse 70 tell. but it was not Collier.
four i have worked on that lock; sawed till my
fingers were one mass Of ~blisters; sawed till
sSsn sh N my ny s sG%s 6 %ps' / pt could On ha saw tSe T Tn1n
along, % .; near fssct 70 my q e m that could Sul Z. feel snn the
1 was going to eat at a restaurant tonight.
anythins before that letter came. Thai. letter
was my updoing; !had my light clothes laid
OUT On inc oeu, WIN Inc razor, Suobrs' anu
everything ready. and I was engaged at saving
tho last 1--WE minutes work on the posts when a
keeper came to deliver ME the letter. l was
caught with tho saw In my hand and had no
chance to conceal 1t. The keeper Eavo q yell
and ran for the Warden. Then the Warden had
me transferred. and the saws wero found in my
bed. not on my person, as the Warden says.
How did you mannge to do that saving
without detection 7" asked THE SUN reporter.
THAT was the problem that bothered me-"
said Duval, until I read in a newspaper of q
French prisoner who trained rats in his cell to
give him warning. Well. / did the same. I
saved bread from my meals and threw 1t to
them every night for a week before got the
saws. They got to. know me. but they could
hear the footballs of the keepers. in spite of the
felt shoes. long before / could. and they would
scanper away. When they ran would jump
into bed and pretend to DO snoring until the
keeper passed.
II want to say that Collier. as you call him. is
innocent of any wrongdoing. ! told him that
come here and help Inc carry away my clothing.
1t was his call on me that was to cover my
shaving and the cutting OF my hair. There is
no Celia in the scheme at all. and only had two
friendo who managed to get the saws and razor
to me-"
NEWARK, Feb. 19.-Lottie WallinR, aged IL.
was arrested here to- night on q charge Of beinE
implicated in the attempted escape from tho
Tombs of Guy Duval. She would acknowledge
nothing; but letters found in her possession are
said by the detectives to incriminate her.
She lie the woman who was chloroformed and
robbed by Duyal in Newark a short time before
SIEGE his arrest she is said to have fallen in love
with him. Collier, under arrest in New York,
confessed that he and tho Walling woman
planned Duvals escape.