The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-21
SAWED THROUGH THE BARS.
HW" Insane Prisoners Escape From
the MatteawHn. y. Y. Asylum.


| MATTEAWAN, y. y. Oct. M.-CharIes
Marino and Frank Hand. prisoners in the
MatteawaH State Hospital for the Insane.
escaped carly this morning b. saving
through the bars Of window in the in
hrmary attached to the asylum. The men
had been gone severaI hours before their
escape was discovered.
Marino is an Italian. He is about forty
years old and is five feet six inches in
height He is regarded as a very dan
gerous man The fugitive was serving a
thirty-year term for murderousIy assault
ing man in New York. He became in
sane in the penitentiary and was trans
ferred to the indrmary. At times 4Iarino
is rational, but he is also violent occa-
| sionaUy.
Hand was serving a term for burglary
in the reformatory at Elmira. He is
about twenty-five years old and is five
fect eight inches in height Hand was
| transferred from the rerormatory on be-
cunning insane a short time ago. Both
| are regarded as dangerous criminals
Just one year ago today five men escap-
ed from Matteawan by saving through
the bars of a window in the iuhrmary.
| They were Charles Flynn. Frank McCar-
| thy. John Foster. Frank Johnson, and
/ Patrick GeogEagan.
! Hand had been employed in the shoe
| factory. He recently complained Of feel
/ ins III and at his own request was sent
/ 10 the inirmary
Marino had been confined in the infirma-
4 ~ for several days. Neither Of the two
/ men had given any trouble and no Un-
I JIs,.e,. i,--------,-.s were taken TO guard
/ them. although MarinO was known 10 be
/ desperate.
/ The men are believed 10 be hiding in
/ the woods in the vicinity OF the hospital
/ Searching parties have been sent out TO
/ sc0ur the neighbOrh0Od
! The keepers at the institution say that
( both men for a long time seemed sane.
/ Their actions and speech were usually
/ rational They were exceptionally wei
( behaved Because Of the good impression
/ Narino and Hand made on their custo-
/ dians, they were placed in q part Of the
! building reserved for men who do not re-
| quire much restraint Their cells were on
I the third floor and quite close 20 each
/ other. At the end Of the hallway. on
I which their cells faced is q large iron
gate -he keepers in their sgUlar rounds.
I o. course, visited that part of the build
/ ing frequently. but. thinking that no very
l careful watch was required. seldom en-
| tered the gate TO look into the cells 10 see
( what each prisoner was doing.
/ The men must have planned their
/ escape carefully. the asylum officers say.
Some time previous TO last night they
managed to dig little sIirs Of steel from
1 the fnetlTte NJ fnlfr cHnne Ont of eEaaa
/ they made crude saws, probably by grind
i ing them against a sharp stone edge.
Then. last night when a favorable mo-
ment came. Hand made his way to Ma
rino's cell. 1t is supposed that the doors
( Of the cells in that particular part of the
asylum were not locked, or If they were
/ locked. the men in some way had obtain
I ed key 1t is evident however. that
they had little difficulty in Passing from
/ one cell 20 another
/ Il undoubtedly required several hours
/ very hard work 20 saw through the four
( iron bars Of the window Of lIarin0's cell.
( It is likely. the atteDiants say. that the
task was not accomplished I'm one night.
but that the men had at some previous
. time. sawed partly through some Of the
bars, aad then carefully covered up all
traces Of their work, leaving the final
work until last night.
Having successfully cut through the
/ bars Of the window GIarIno and Hand
! bent them back and turned them upward.
/ leaving am aperture large enough for
I man TO crawl through. The attendants
F az the asylum think that it required p-o-
ai-ious strength 10 bend and twist the
i stout iron pars as the two men did. After
having thus opened a way Of escape, the
/ two climbed out. and graspiug a rainpipe
near the window Of the cell slid down
from the third story to the ground II
was a periloUs undertaking. for tho pipe
z was none too secure and might have been
broken AZ any mum,-lt. There IS no wall
around the asylum. but a guard is con
gtantly walking around the building The
two prisoners must have timed their
movements well. for the watchmau nlith-
. er saw nor heard them Quite early this
morning when an attendant named Lo-
/ more was making his last tour Of insncc-
/ ton he walked down through the hallway
! Cu which MGrino's and Hands cells had
3 faced. II was then that the escape was
l discovered The guard gave the alarm.
/ and Immediately the search was begun