Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-10-23
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
BREAK FOR LIBERTY
Patrick Crowley Escapes From
F~rison>>C Captured Near
the Brunswick Mil.

the brunswick N1,I.
Patrick Crowley, a life prisoner at
the State Prison, made his escape yes
terday morning about ten O'Clock.
Crowley is engaged in the quarry and
made his escape by climbing over the
wall at the east side. He was first
missed when the sagebrueh wagon re
turned with Il load and Crowley WA
not to be found. An alarm was given
and the Otner prisoners locked in their
cells. Warden Henderson was in his
Office whel the alarm was given aud he
Immediately rave orders TO send cut
~trailer5 and not give up the chase un-
til the mar was landed back in the
prison. Thomas AGREE, Al knucklos
and Captain Schatzlein started in pur-
suit and 500 found the trait leading
from the wall which Crowley had
jumped. The trail lead down toward
the river and followed tt Il point where
he had crossed the river. The trail
was taken up wh-re he left the river
and the tracks head to / cabin situated
near the river bank. The house had
been deserted by one Of the Hickey
family some time ago, aud on their
leaving the place the house was board
ed up at the windows and doors.
AS the trail led to the deserted place
the Off .ers concluded that the man was
hiding there and the boards were
promptly pulled off. AS soon As an open
ing was made an officer looked in ana
found Crowley standing close to the wall
AS soon as spoken to he came out and
otf-red 10 resistance and was at once
conducted back to prison where he occu-
pies his old cell.
The fact that he was nailed up in the
house where he was captured would in
dictate that he had outside assistance. but
at the same time he being i'll his prison
garb and without a coat would seem that
he had taken a bold dash for liberty aud
trusted more to luck than to aid FOR his
ultimate escape. Crowley has steadfast
friends who would help him could they
manage in any amer, and realizing
this fact he took a desperate chance.
' Warden Henderson thinks that Crow
ley had no assistance and that the at
tempt at escape was brought about from
the fact that the nan had nothing to lose
and his liberty to gain could he make
good his escape.
The case of Crowley is one that has
} identified itself almost with the history
of the State. The unusual circumstances
of his crime, the ardOr and devotion of
his friends and their repeated attempts TO
secure his release by pardon have fur
nished topics of conversation and oc-
cupied goodly space in the newspapers
of the State.
l The crime for which Crowley was SEN
| fenced to life imprisonment was commit
ted in he's Savage Hliue in Virginia City
: Sunday night, July 70, 1890. Crowley had
been drunk from tbs Friday night pre-
, vious, attended a picnic on Saturday and
went on hift Sunday night without hav-
= ing a wink of sleep from the Thursday
previous.
At II O'Clock on Sunday night Crowley
< went to his work in the Savage mine and
descended the shaft to the i200 station on
a cage in company with shift-boss
NlCllbll~, dlit IloDdu anu d1l
S~haughnessy. According to the story
told by the latter Immediately after the
tragedy, when tie party had landed OF
e the platform placed across the shaft OIL
that level for repairing the timbering
v Nichols remarked that the foreman wa
4 kicking because that shift was not dom,
- enough work.
Words followed between Nichols ant
Crowley when Shaughnessy heard
:. blow. and, looking around, saw Nichol
drop on the platform from the blow 9
~ an axe in the hands Of Crowley. TIL
- three men then got into the cage an
Hoban rang to be taken to the surface
but Crowley rang one bell to stop tn
cage, which signal was obeyed. I'll
cage had by this time reached the 100
level, and Crowley left the other tw
t. and, descending to the 1900 again
dropped Nichols body into the shat
s. where it was found OF the 1900 level.
as Crowley was tried, convicted of mu
be der in the second degree, and sentence
lie. to life Imprisonment in the State Prise
be at Carson. Since then his case h;
come up yearly before the Board
ne Pardons, but owing to the strenuo'
da opposition offered by Nichols relative
Crowley failed OF obtaining his libert
until he took it into his own hands
above recorded.
At the time of his conviction Gro
to ley was 20 years of age. He is Their
fore we'll on towards 40.
Killed ~ White p1of1e