The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
Unsafe, Says Keeper Hunt
Convict TRUSTEES Who
Flee Trenton Institution.
ONE 6ROKE JAIL BEFORE
Was Thomas Buckley, Who Did
Trick in Morris Other Fugi-
tive Is John Langenburg,
Of Passaic.. Used False
Keys and Ropes.

TRENTON, Dec. 17.-Thomas Buck
ley, of Morris County. a thirteen-year
man, and John Langenburg. of Passaic
County, a five-year man, who escaped
from the State prison las: night. are
still at large. They passed unseen
through a number of Trenton
streets and had a long start, as their
absence was not discovered for almost
an hour after their departure.
The escape is said to be directly due
to the new wing, it being built flush
with the street, surrounded with q
wall in only one spot and that accessi-
BILE from the inside.
A rope, IN the end of which was an
~improvised hook, dangling from the
prison wall showed 10Y the escape
vas accomplished. 1t is supposed that
a duplicate key, either stolen or made
by one of the men, enabled them to
get out of the cell house. Both were
TRUSTEES" and had more freedom than
is allowed other prisoners.
Shortly after 5 o'clock Buckley gave
the keeper in the new wing a note
from a keeper in another part of the
prison. The keeper, following instruc-
lions contained in the note, went to
the enc of the wing on an errand.
When he returned Buckley and Lam
genburg were not to be seen, but this
caused no comment. Their absence
was not discovered until "the count"
was taken about 6 o'clock. The alarm
was at once given in the prison and
to the local police, but no trace of the
men had been found late today.
Buckley, Wild is % years old,
was committed to the prison
on October 20, 1905, for thirteen years,
for robbery and breaking jail in Nor
ris County. ~Langenburg, so years old,
began his five years sentence for lar
ceny on December 10, 1906.
Buckley and Langenburg were con-
fined in the new wing for some time.
Owing to good behavior they were rum
ners. thus were allowed special
privileges.
Among other duties they distributed
food to the rest of the %convicts. This
mt IN in long trays, Which are
ara pvn nv ~ropesyabout four feet. long.
rha mon eut. off two of the ropes from
the trays and knotted them together,
and dropped them from a window over
looking p narrow court between the
administration building and the new
wing.
Climbing over the areawa they
dropped into the small yard, where
they had left the rope. By means OF
this they gained the top of the wall,
and dropping onto a ledge and thence
to the ground, quickly made their
escape.
Keeper Osborne said today that ever
since the building of the new wing he
had claimed the court between the
wing and the administration building
to be a dangerous place and suggested
hat an electric light be placed there.
Previous to the building of h wing
the prison had been regarded as one
of the most difficult in the country to
escape from.
The warden stated that ever since
the men were received into the build
ing both had been model prisoners, and
on this account had been selected to do
duty as n
Thomas Buckley, alias Tom Burns, Is
described as being 5 feet l0A inches mig
and weighs $50 pounds. He has brown
eyes and hair and a dark complexion. On
his right arm is tattooed Il blue anchor
on the inside of his forearm and ne also
has a ring tattooed @round his middle nm
ger. On his left arm he has a bust OF a
Sailor boy on the inside of his forearm
and the initialsS''T. B." between the lore
finger and thumb. He also has a scar on
the top. OF his little finger on his right
hand and another on top OF his rlgnt
wrist. There is a bad scar over his leIt
evebrov and his left ear has been badly
frostbitten. Buckley also has a bad scar
on the back of his head.
Langenberg has blue eyes, chestnut haif,
dark complexion and is ) foot 8 inches
high.
On the PIPER part of his right arm
is tattoeed a figure Of a nude woman, on
THE forearm he has a figure Of a sailor
girl and anchor with the word Hope.
q cannon. He has a small scar on his
ring finger. On his left arm he has
tattooed q fAure OF a monument beneath
a weeping willow tree. The monument
bears the words I'm memory of my
mother and mas a figure standing beside
II. He also has a blue dot between the
thumb and hand, a long thin nose, a scar
over his left eyebrow, long ears and an
extra high collarbone.'