Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-02-13
LEAP FOR LIBERTY.
George Scholienberger Escapes From
Deputy United States Marshal by Jump
ing From Baltimore & Ohio Train.

George Scholienberger Escapes From
Deputy United states Marshal by Jump
ing From Baltimore e. Ohio Train.
George Schollenberger, who was in
dicted by the Federal grand jury OF
this district month ago on the charge
of being concerned in the illicit manu-
facture of oleomargarine at Claymont,
and who fled to Chicago, jumped from
a b. g. o. train near Baltimore Satur-
day afternoon, while Deputy United
States Marshal Sinclair Of Chicago was
taking him from that city to Philadel-
phia, where he is accused Of selling
oleomargarinc without license.
Speaking of the affair, Sinclair said
Sunday night:
1--WE were on a Pullman sleeper
| straight through from Chicago. Our
| train was several hours late and we
passed through Baltimore shortly after
| 4 O'Clock. We had Just gotten out of
! the city when Schollenbcrger asked
permission to go into the toiletroom,
which he bad done number Of timos
| before. ! had no idea that the man
could get through The small oblong
window of the toilet because | thought
that the window swung on n rod in
the middle and because the porter had
told me the window WIS locked and
could not be moved.
"Schollenberger holted the door be-
hind him, and stood with my back To
il on the outside. | heard him moving
about for few moments, and then,
after waiting about 10 minutes or more,
grew suspicious and called to him.
Then | went to II window of the car
and, looking out saw that the sash of
the oblong window was swinging out
ward. | then called the porter. who
unlocked the door, and we found that
the man was gone.
"1he train all this time was run
ming at speed Of about 40 TO 40 miles
an hour, SO the conductor told me, and
what makes the mans escape all the
more remarkable was that he must
have fallen between the tracks on the
rock ballast, as the window was or
that side. went on to Osborne, caught
Il local coming back this way and rode
on the rear platform the entire dis
tance, first tclegraphing to the marsha
of police here.
. | have ridden and walked along the
track for miles near where the mar
r must have fallen, but can find no trac,
/ Of him. He has either taken refuge
q in some farmhouse or country place o
has come back to this city and fount
{ a refuge with friends who are protect
, ing him. He had Il number of friend
i here among the oleomargarine dealers
He has been in that business for man,
years, and his father was before him
a and he knows all the Baltimore dealers
a Schollenberger jumped his bail in No
a vemher last, and ! had been working
4 on the case for 27 days before | caugh
q him. 4"
+ When the escape was reported a
Camden Station. Baltimore, the crew
r. of all freight trains going eastward re
: ceived instructions to look out fo
a Schollenberger, and to watch for tn
Z body of II man alongside the tracks
. Nothing was heard Sunday frol
Il either trainmen or telegraph operator
# along the line.
Deputy Marshal Sinclair might hay
n lost all his money as well as hi
q prisoner except for the honesty of
q chambermaid ut Hotel Lexington
q Baltimore, where he is stopping II
. placed his cash under the pillow Sa
h urday night and went off Sunda
!. morning and forgot all about it. III
n chambermaid found the wallet and RI
!, turned it to the office, where it wa
n later handed to the deputy, who wa
~ the butt of various jokes to the etiet
that il he took no better care of hi
a prisoner than his money it was nj
IS surprising that the former escaped.