The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-24
R0BBER JOE KILlORaN
TELLS OF HIS ESCAPE.
New York Criminal Explains How
Sheriff Tamsen Lost Three of His
Prisoners Eight Year. Ago.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. May 2S.-Joe Kflloran. bank
rohher. has been locked up in Ludlow Street
Jail in the self-same cell from which he es-
caped eight years ago. He was taken to
Jefferson Market Court by Inspector Nc
Clusky's detectives with his brother John.
and Edward Watson. and all three We're
discharged. joe killoran &as Immediately
resrrested by Post Office inspectors on the
old charge and was held in 81 Q00 bail
KiIiorau has written a story of his re-
markable escape and of his subsequent
Wandeflngs Ia many foreign lands.
BY JOE KILLoRAN.
The escape from jail was successful be-
cause it was planned and carried out with
great care and attention to details. In
maitng our plans we had TO know lust
where every keeper and turnkey womb be
at the critical moment of action We had
po"erIl lnfluences and big bank roll
at work for US which enabled us to get
inside information. and the fact that some
of the keepers were easy mav nor have
been altogether accidental we were SIM
pfed with reviewers on the day of the es-
cape and were told the hour we We're TO act
We followed instructions to the letter
we knew there would be big howl over
our escafe and that every policeman in
New York would he looking Tor US inside Of
half an hour. We also figured thai Ntr
Tamsens wise keepers would he rushing nm
and down Ludlow street like so rlany mad
hens withi1 a few minutes;
refuge In tenement-house only short
distance from the jail. We used this as a
cover for several hours. and just b5fove
, Saynsht We got out and uptown on the
+, Second avenue L road. We worked our
j,Way by easy stages 10 little town on the
Massachusetts coast. whera :: cottage mad
been prepared for orr reception, and Tor
four or five days. while there was such
hue ana cry Tor us all over tie country, we
were taking life easy there and enjoying tie
fun the newspapers were having with Tam
sen.
ADVENTURES IN FRANCE.
AS soon as the excitement had guieted
down we began working our way along the
coast. finally winding up at Halifax. where
We took passage on sailing vessel bound
for Havre. we had all sorts of weather.
and the trip lasted forty-seven osNs We
were becalrnsd for FIVE days and did not
make two miles.
After our arrival in France Alien and
cast in our fortunes with ar Erclishman
we met and made tour of the Continent.
We made plenty of money. Ii was in Brus,
sells the following February that l was ar
from a local bank. The cashier said that
while the man with so ZOO WIS ,,Ia'inv he
money in the window / distra It ID lis atten-
tion for moment and that at taat same
moment two other men grabbed the bundle
of bank notes and fled. He admitted that
hadn't touched the money and that he
didn't know the two men who got IT. I
denied all knowledge Of them. ana after
three. weeks in jail they had 10 let NE 90
i went to Paris after this where / fitted
up a house and passed off as a wealthy
American. My-wife Joined me there and. as
a matter of fact, died there and was buried
in France She was niece OF q former
Governor of one of the Southern States. 1t
was quite blow TO me.
Allen was with me in November, 1900.
when ,he was arrested at the Great North
ern Depot. in London; for attempting to
wears. ! have had all kinds of money since
i left New York. but I've lived like a
Prince. and it costs you small fortune TO
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