The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-07
IBOY WHO WILL BREAK JAIL.
,,IIo> LEANS AMOR BER ESCAPE
yBou HOtSE 40 REFtGE.
,,ur n.,, y am Away Behind Him Sesse~
da, Three weeks Ass uts Tom
pani.n In tiisst Ms Drowned AL
y,chs u ~ Yesterday ny Police heats.

vys .sh'.en y-ar-old boys, who were
r-r,r'rr'ed t+yau-- Supt Sage had allowed
I'M. r thou companions q days b"ave oi
.,s.r.., ~ visit their homes, attempted
,.-,p.. from Randall's Island yesterday
.r.,,,.u They were led bv Joseph
n,L.r who tired 20 escape with John Yer
,.l, u Ncvburg h thre- weeks q YER
,I, vas drowned In swimming 20 IN"
R-unN shore
ptlna'- companions yesterday afternoon
,.r, Frank R.ardon. Ber,ram Hildran,
,,h.r pnuIgnack and Henry Baer Supt.
~,s. Avs that the Ave are IN" most IN
~ 4 the $50 BOYS In the institution and
ia, pi.i,n l. forever al organizing som" plan
o. ,.-otp"
about : o'clock Yesterday afternoon
pf..- ,,ok the other boys 10 the third floor
,ffhs huilding at the east end 81 the island
ua-. "a. bows learn wood carving Their"
wei 'hr,-. pianks In The room. and 'hcs''
o.. ts,y- under Dillon's direction joined
together With the clamps used {" hold 20
60. f...-h IN. pIrcr- of wood To H. carved
r,s ,.v- THRUST the planks out of IN" WIN
do, 20 the tw"nty-Gve.fout wall surround
ne "a, building. about twenty feet from
-. hulilng
p.I.n sa. the hrs, TO cross the iTpro-
r,-,3 plank bridge His companions when
,t.y saw that he had made the trip safely
followed him Dillon waited on the wall
NM. hi- companions joined him Then h"
s-orred 80 the ground h other TOYS
r.,,atrd 20 follow him. but Dillon told
,r.u hey wer" towards and they dropped
,.. ono ~ the bows. Basr. in dropping
from tho wall slightly sprained his ankl"
Ron ~-urpor,ed him 10 the shore ~h"i"
he, all undreSed. jumped into the water aud
made for the Bronx shore.
sim, Sagr. Who vas AZ the south end oil
Oh. ..land. vas told that five youths had
e-rap~i He saws that Il the guard whose
du,y, va. 10 watch the aas, end Of tho island
lad been on he lockout the BOYS ""uidnt
have got away He hustled th" guards
and Policeman Reilly. who Is stationed on
.ha island. and Keeper Scott got INTO a
boat 20 pursue tho -simm"r- The hustle
en- w.. .sland sppri-~d { & A'woof. VII"
keeps = hoa' hou-e At iS?i street. on M"
RrunN I'D. oi tho river. that something was
-cps Then h. saw the toys about a hun
dr.d wards from the shore swimming
,ouard ne hna,hou>e He blew a whistle
.nmmoning Policemen Adams and Srhu"-
ips ~ the Alexander avenue station The
tsn Policemen got into a tnat and made
for the boys. who turned and headed Wy
tho river Atwood also got a boat
In A minute or ~ the boys wer" sur
rounded Dillon and l,.aTdun attempted
10 upse, IN. boat that carried Policemen
Adams amt Srhu.ing hy diving under u
They w,aried. however, and Dillon shouted
that they would give ia and 'h'N oHnt+r
into Two " Tho hoat- Dillon. h'afdot
and Ranr we're takcn ahoard k'-aIer ~oti
lna, When this lns' gu' n"ar Randall
Island Dillon yellod. -lS's upset n, and
logan rocking the toat n" h"at Wa'
near the shore and Two guards ran out anc
hauled i IN
Supt sage SAID last night that when.
ever the hrv- IA 'h" institution ot~ye'
he rules and did not aus" any ~tro'ihl" ~
often gave them a dav IN for a trip to th"i'
homes on the promise thai they would re-
turn The five boys who attempted to get
away Yesterday, Supt sag" -ay-. had never
asked him FOR any faNots hsCau~" 'teV
knew h." wouldn't grant them