Evening journal., 1908-08-12
WARDEN REPORTS
ON ESCAPE PLOT
Statement Of MIR. Crawford
Concerning the Jail
Delivery Scheme

Following the action Of tho work.
house trustees in adopting a resolution
commencing the warden and the
guards for the activity end energy in
discovering the plot in time TO prevent
a Jail delivery, there was a discussion
concerning the guard at night. but no
definite action 10 increase the number
Of guards was taken The members
Of the board were particularly profuse
in their admira,ion OF Warden Craw-
ford's successful endeavors in frustrat-
ing the apparently we'll laid plans Of
prisoners 70 escape. The report OF
the warden In Tuil was as follows:
about July /, 1908. two prisoners
were caught trying Ia cut a hole
through the wall of No. 2 shop, the
same being reported az the last meet
ing. Since that lime close watch has
been kept on all prisoners.
"On the evening Of July 30 I found
a pair Of trousers near a certain WIZ
dow: one end OF a string was made
fast TO the window sill and the other
tied to the trousers. soon found
Il would be an easy matter for some
one to get close to that window from
the outside. and at once a guard was
stationed near and renamed during the
night. The following evening, July
| 81, about 10 D. m. a man appeared
near the window. climbed on top Of
the coal bin and atter'pted 20 raise
I the window. and a lond Of shot wa'
J fired at him knocking him on the roof
and before we could get around on the
outside he had disappeared in the dark
ness. one revolver. ecme buck saws
and a broken whiskey bottle wer,
found near the window at once re-
quested the Police Department to lool
out for any person who might ask foi
treatment for a gun shot wound eithe
at the police station or at the hospital
and about / a. m. was informed that
man had been sent 10 the Delawar
Hospital. who had been wounded In
} crap game near Marshallton. The mex
! morning went TO the hospital and saw
. the man who claimed he had been sho
in a crap game, and recognized hir
20 bo an ex-convict from the work
house. discharged two days before
name. Fred Allen. colo-ed- sent her
from Sussex county in April. 1907.
] After IdlhiNE Win MN lni r'Hl
+ time he admitted that no was shot a
: the worl1house. and was shot while Try
, ing 70 raise the window sash. Afts
making a careful investigation I fin
that this was one and the same pic
for certain prisoners TO make thci
escape when the opening in the wa
? was finished. but Allen did not get on
; as soon as he expected. neither was IN
opening completed"
= The report Of the treasurer. JOSEF
e L. Carpenter, Jr. showed that ther
was due the worlhouse from sundr
accounts the sum of si1esS. Receipi
showed a balance Of s1G2597; due froi
\ Levy Courts. s76OO.so; Oppenhein an
. Company for labor. S13o96S. and fro
other sources, totalling sg23S62.
The matter Of purchasing a site Z
Q which TO start n mill where -four con
2 be manufactured was discussed. bl
a the board took no definite action.
l. was thought an excellent plan and n
warden will probably investigate I'M
i. how this business is done at othl
= worhhouses. and report at a futm
= meeting of the board.
> The conditions at the worlShouse wei
y reported 70 be excellent. In No.
= shop at average Of l2t men are en-
:. ploved daily; in No. I. about 81; at Il
> quarry. 81; on the farm. 6. and c
road building, g.