New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-27
MON TGOMERY SUBDUED
TAKEN TO LEATENWORTH.
Bank Wrecker, Dragged from Penn
tentiary Whence He Planned Escape

Telegraph % The Ir1ounel
Pittsburs Sept 26-w1lIiam Montgomery. who
as cashier Of the Allegheny National Bank OF
Pittsburg wrecked ii for 81 600 and who Is under
fifteen years. sentence for his acts. was ar s;i5
O'Clock this morning put on board a fast Penn
sylvania train bound the government prison at
Ieavsnworth Kan MONTGOMERY vas chained 70
thres other government prisoners. They were
Tiers former bookkeeper Of the Fist National
Bank OF Pittsburz. serving I've years sentence.
and two counterfeiters named Furman and Haas.
each serving hvs year term
Montgomery, who once held the politics OF West
eru Pennsylvania in the hollow OF his hand wept
Ike child as he goaded through the streets
OF the North Side to an outside station where the
fast train stopped for the quartet under orders
from Washington.
With the passing % Montgomery. Tiers. Haas
and F'uruan from Riverside Penitentisry. Warden
John Francis says the most brainy and most dan
gerous quartet OF convicts ever inside prison are
gone. and they will reach Lsavenworth with
recommendation from Pittsburg 20 place them at
the hardest work the prison affords and keep them
at IT.
Montgomery is suspected OF having framed plot
deliver score OF the bankers colony from
anything Montgomery needed help on, and Fur
man and Haas are known 70 have started five dit
ferent schemes 70 escape recently.
The cold facts appear 20 be that Montgomery.
who has been head OF the notorious bankers coll
ony" inside Riverside combination OF hank
wreckers. forgers and other high class criminals
objected TO the arbitrary methods OF Francis.
the new warden. and told him plainly that he
would have TO leave the prison or they would
Montgomery among other things. sent word 20
the warden that neither he nor his friends would
eat with the common eonvictss that he. the war
den must at once give notice 20 the common herd
OF cOnvicts that Dir. Montgomery must be adj
dressed as MI Montgomery" OF, at least. as
Billy" and that he would not stand for the famil-
iarlty OF common malefactors.
Warden Frsnciss first act 10 put Montgom-
cry into the punishment dungeon. but such a well
strung line of wire had the bank wTecker that even
from the dungeon he communicated with the out
side world and set foot the recent prison inves
tigatOn. hoping % dislOdge the warden. but which
only resulted in Montgomery being sent 20 break
stone in LeavenWOrth to-day.
Montgomery fought like maniac this morning.
when United States Marshal Stone sent for him
and ordered him 10 change his prison GARD for his
street attire Montgomery declared his trousers
were not creased his suit pressed, and he want
ed two DAYS To prepare The marshal gave him
two minutes. and Montgomery started fight He
was diSrobed and again rObed by force and chained
TO the other prisoners and started to the depot,
mile
lie protested against walking. but the muzzle OF
a revolver thrust into his back started him Be
fore leaving the prison Montgomery told Warden
Francis that hts hone TO live out his
sentence at LeavenwOrth and come back 90 kill
him. Francis.