The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
TO ESCAPE FROM BELLEVUE.
Police Hoar or q Plot for Delivering tho Prison
Ward.


Ward.
Six policemen of the East Thirty. fifth street
station and four special men under Inspector
Thompson waited from midnight Thursday I'M
til daylight yesterday for q party of crooks to
break into the prison ward ut Bellevue Hospital
and set free two Of the prisoners confined there.
Information that such an attempt was to be made
had been received by both Inspector Thompson
and Roundsman Quick, who is in charge OF the
bellevue squad, and 1t was hoped that the men
who were to engage in it could be captured in
the act. They failed to appear, however. and
the long watch accomplished nothing except TO
stop the rescue, which could have been done
much more easily by removing the prisoners tho
attempt was intended to have released.
These were Frederick Powers. 20 years old,
q printer of . Monroe street, and Samuel Mills,
"a. also q printer, OF 3lS Monroe street. They
were arrested by Central Office detectives on
Dec. % for holding up and robbing Harry Da.
wilson. clerk in Bakst's drug store, at Pike and
Madison streets. on the night of Dec. 10. They
confessed to the robbery. Powers saying that he
threatened Davidson with his revolver and
then .~grappled with him, while Mills broke open
the money drawer.with q jimmy. The drawer
and $50 of its contents were dropped I'm the
mems. haste, but they got away with about
$50, shooting their reyolvors as they ran down
the street 8 Ss6.bo AT w the time m b Of his his arrest arrest Powers
he had received from discharging his revolt
yer &C ,identally, and was sent to Bellevue.
Mills went to tho hospital a week later for
The police say both belong to a Pike street
gang or crooks who commit all sorts of depre-
dations along the water front and on tho east
side. Powers has served two years and a half
In T Iief po ahee c eST ) sSSG'i thsis a {nfo1mat IN as .Sat an
attempt was to be made to rescue these men
by others Of the gang to BIO perfectly trustwor.
derstand tnat the attempt was to have been
made on Wednesday night, but was postponed
attend. The information was that Powers and
Mills were armed and were In the plot, that
some time after midnight. six men were to row
one remained with the boat, the others were to
60 to the prison ward and draw off or over.
cage, tnen Powers and Mills were to be carried
way possible. There were eight other prison.
srs in theiward who, with Powers and Mills, were
supposed. to be able to take care Of Kelly, the
The police tried hard to lay their plans to
know they were doing so, but as no boat was
seen by any Of those Watching for it. 1t Is
been known to the would-b be rescuers.
Yesterday morning Powers and Mills were
ss esnd on t hhharOuf Eash SSs a no TissROnSs m wsTS
which tspss were passed, so that the saws could
DC hung about the mems necks while their beds
were being made up. When the men were nm.
dressed, the saws were concealed in their beds.
After The search the two prisoners were hand.
cuffed and sent to Police Headquarters. DE.
~tsctives are now trying TO make cases against
TIC men who are supposed TO have been con
PoYors and Mills were arraigned In the rs
sox Market Court yesterday afternoon 10 AN.
ewer TO the charge Of holding up and robbing
tho clerk OF the drug store at Pike aud Madison
streets, Clerk Davidson refused TO swear 10 n
complaint that Mills and Powers were Inc rob.
bers. Mills and Powers were held in sl'Oo
pan each on their pleas of guilty. Stack. The
thhd robbeR, Is still in the Tombs awaiting trial.