The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-16
STORY OF LYNCH'S ESCAPE
THE JAIL BREAKER BROUGHT TO
 THUS GIFT LAST NIGHT.


 Two Providence C1erks--He Has Done
 n Profitable Busino oss Since He Esca cd
 Tho Saw With which He Cut ts
 Was Arrested.
 Martin Lynch, the man who broke
 jail here April 16 and who was arrest
 ed in Providence Monday night, was
 brought to New Haven last night on
 the 9O5 train by Captain Cowles of the
 local detective bureau. Lynch was ar
 rested in Providence after he had been
 and description left in Providence by
 Detectives Donnslly and Daily of this
 city, who were there while searching
 for him soon after he escaped from
 Jail. The two detectives there, as in other cities which they visited, left with pawnbrokers and at other places which
 they thought Lynch would be liable to
 visit his picture and accurate descrip-
 tions with the information that $10O
 was offered for his apprehension. The reward was that offered by Sheriff Durham and it was an incentive for pawnbrokers to keep on the lookout for him if he should attempt to dispose of stolen goods. s
 Monday night man entered the Hub Loan company's pawnshop opposite the central police station in Providence and wanted to dispose of some jewelry. The ! f1un oIo r1Yc in, hn hnY ta iy1 duff and Lewis R. Wiley, at once rec ognized the man from the photographs which they had as Lynch. While one of them engaged him in conversation concerning the goods which he desired to dispose of the other clerk hurried across the street to the police station and secured an officer, who placed Lynch under arrest.
 On the train coming to New Haven last night Lynch related to Captain Cowles the story of his escape and his travels since he broke out of Jail He said that he was working three days at saving the bars of his cell at the jail before he finally made a hole large enough to crawl through. He said that the night he got out of jail he went to Hudson street and there caught sight of a clock which showed the time to be 12:40. He went from there down to the Old Line boat intending to go to New York When he arrived at the dock, l however, he found that the boat had gone. He then walked to Mount Car mel and went from there to Plainville, then to New Britain. then to Berlin. then to Middletown, then to Williman- | tic, and to Providence. He said that he stayed in Providence a couple of days and that he then went to Mon- treal, where he stayed few days Then he came down to Lynn, Mass, and remained there several days. There he says he did lot of stealing. He said that he entered one house in Lynn and found there a fine new suit of clothes. His own clothes being rather shabby he decided to exchange and did so, leaving his old clothes and wearing off the new one. In another house in Lynn he picked up a fine new overcoat. He said last night that in one house in Lynn he stole $153 in cash and that he took in that city a number of valua- ble watches and rings. He has also worked his profession" in New Bed- ford, Springfield, Worcester and Provi- dence since he escaped from jail and in all has since then stolen several hun dred dollars worth of goods, mostly watches and jewelry
 After staying in Worcester two days and turning off several jobs there he went to Albany, N. r., where he says that he got drunk and spent nearly $200. From Albany he went to Newark, N. J., and last Saturday night he left New York for Providence by boat, arr irving in Providence Sunday morning Detectives Donnelly and Daly learned that he was in Newark Saturday and left for that place Monday. They ar rived there after he had gone and were in Newark locking for him when he was arrested in Providence.
 Captain Cowles when he went to Providence yesterday took with him for Sheriff Dunham the $100 reward which the sheriff offered for information which would lead to Lynch's capture. This reward Captain Cowles paid to Macduff and Wiley, the two pawnshop clerks who gave the information to the Providence police
 When Lynch was searched after his arrest in Providence small saw such as is used for saving metal was four1 hidden under the band of his hat. This saw was turned over to Captain Cowles and Lynch told him last night that this was the saw with which he cut his way to freedom at the jail. He said that two saws were smuggled to him and that the one which he left at the jail he had found to be soft and of no use to him. The one which he kept and which was found in his hat he said was a good saw and did good service for him. He had probably kept it for fu- ture work of like character and ha hidden it under the band of his hat l the hope that 1t would escape the search of the police if he was arrested again.
 Information of a character to throw light on the question as to how the saws were smuggled to him here was from him by Captain Cowles last night and it is probable as a re- suit of that information that more ar- rests may be made for assisting him to escape. Lynch was kept in the lock- up at police headquarters last night and will probably be taken to state prison to begin his five year term today