The sun., 1898-03-15

JOHN p,nlyheuy, the Murderer, who
escaped ir"n New Castle jail, is still at
large.
from prrsrn, indications it appears as
ii i.c "a> not the only convict that WaS
to escape. but that Il lrrcnnccurd action
Wu> intend, Il and a grnclal Jail delivery
bc made.
This attempt was Illustrated, hut not
through the I!lacl!on Of tn" parties inter
t~tr,l, and who, it Is tn, ught. were i'll
side and OH, the jail, but Dy a train ui
iu,tunatc cllcln> stances,
Tina, Nhoie-ac Jail delivery was in
events. >lw" OF tine prisoners at east
were arn.rd and Il carriage awaited tie
rlng-radcrS near the Jui!, which was to
materially assist them in their escape.
The fact has become public that
'jlnnlir MlclrIl,' he convict who 50
nll,lcr"us!y assaulted Warden Gould
lu>l Saturday evening While attempting
to escape from New Castle Jail, sawed
through two pairs of leg irons, which
were placed ON him ininlrdlalrv after he
was over powered.
Milche,l had been lnubly 'rnnrd and
securely locked IN cell No. Is after the
assault and his mate Harris had been rr
moved to anut her apartment.
When his cell uuur was Opened Mon
day morning he WAS discovered pacing
uncunct,vnrdly up and down the room,
the discarded irons laying in corner.
The instrument used to do til" work
was small steel saw uf the kind known
;,s II ''jiy saw about the size nf Il watch
spring.
How long it had been in his POSSESSION
and where nr got it is not known, a> his
cell had no, been searched before he was
locked up.
Yesterday morning Sheriff Finn. is.
sisted by Warirn> liancr, Bowers and
Cnnnurs took Mitchell from his cell and
after securely ironing him, stripped him
of his clothing and examined them
thoroughly. llr was then given an en-
limly new change Of clothes and removed
to cell 80. - upper tier aad locked in.
The Sheriff then proceeded I" axaminc
cell No. Is and Il most tlni"ngl' search
was made "i everything in it.
The tnliIng was ripped open. the
weapon or i" could he scrrrtcl
was uvtrIn,lIc,i. Even I'll" plaSt"riny
was kn.~krd from tn. walls.
The nl, y find made was lw" or three
small saws about jur & inches in length
and lIG,,h. OF the same material a> TIE
one used ,u cut the irons. These were
found concealed in his cell.
Mitchell is Il bnrIy Engli>hnu.n wl"
came tu this country some years ag'.
lie has no previous prison record and j,
j. SAID that he belongs to Il wealthy
English family and that tie name
Mitchell is p,,rbahi Y an ''aIia>.'
Ills rather has been in the habit Of
sending him money II, stated intervals
and nr has never received less than Co
50 ut II time. While in New imk he
i,il in with the men who composed the
Banning gang" and gradually driitcd
under their guidance To Wilmington
lie it was. it is said, who furnished the
money i,r tine ''j"h'' Of rnbbing the
house ul John flaming on Banning
street in that city, ne being the only one
captured.
Mitchell has always been regarded by
the wardrn> a> a desperate character.
and last simmer. during he vacation OF
,ln. of the War.lrns, Warden IIancr WAS
informed that Mitchell intended /" ID"
him. at the first opportunity.
iIunrr kept II sharp eye on him. and
one ,lu> vii H. Mitchell Wa" Watkins n
the yard. and llaucc on duty aIolr', l."
not iced Inn ting ii a ~rl- ,,irIou. man.
nrr. carrying his rlgIn hanl III h'>
p~kr, wien he approached iIanrr and
uil Iuiinwng it n l,r drew away from
IllI
Warden lance slipped into the Jail
and >unl,noning 'trus'y. upon Ni1"i'
hr could depend. told Inn, the rircnn.
stances and armed him. telling him 1T
the same time that il Mi,rlwtI nIalr IL
motion whcu his !lanrr'>j back Wu.
turned. to- sluo, him.
Fortunately no such occasion arose.
and Ilanu' locked up at an earlier hour.
As Mitchell W. 1T tn his vll ne was mo-
tcch to drop something in at another
cell ..
The weapon. n pistol, presumably. was
passed from cell TO cell in su,lc manner
until il ,,,lrl,u, the bum cell. when all
trace ui il VAS |. II. ... .
That Inc ESCAPE on saturday WAS y pre-
arranged affair by snr,,a of .Miiclril'.
iriendA inr his lsmtt II not doubted by
the Jail officials. Ii"w lAMgiery man