Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-20
DISAPPEARS IN HE AIR
 OVER PRISON
PrisoneT in New York Jail
 Floats Away Before the Eyes of Officers, Who Are 0umbfounded.

NEW YOK, Mar 19.-From the Ne-t Forty-seventh street police sta ton emanates the story of "demater- alizing of a prisoner" wAo. without .isible ngs, fioated away over the roof of the jail.
 This was apparently the case at least, fer when last seen. after break Ing away he was ascending. an ex- 6srior staircase of the ia l, which only goes up enc flight to a locked door; and it is supposed that he kept going ap as there were no footprints fn the d yard to show that he aligated
 nere and no tracks anywhere in the onyhon..
 The arrest of the prisoner was made on a complaint from West Sixty-fiftl street. Res dents there objected to a disturbance in the street. and Patrol man Butler 0 the West Forty-seyen,h n
 treet station, who was appe aIed to, -ound that all the fuss was be ng made Dy four men engaged in rushing the
 grower" to and from the saloon at iz9 West Sixty-fifth street. The up- scarious quartet scattered at the dc cent Of Patrolman Butter upon them and as he could only run n one di rCcticn at a t-me he had to be satis- fled with nabb ng single offender.
 At the West Forty-seventl street station house the ar. egted man told iisut o Ne II, who was at the desk, (. at he was James Eddy, 21 years old. of 630 West Fifty-iifth street. H s reticence about an occupa n led the { reutera ant to believe thst he was a | gentleman Of elegant leisure"
 Held on the charge cf discrderiy con | auct ne was turned over to the door man of the jail, Wm. Turner, to do as he would with him, wh. ch is to say G lock him up for the night, and, dis mi sed frcm the presence passed with tae keeper out through the adjoining court building to ths cont guous jail
 The jail has two stories. On the
 lower of these the mae offenders are i iincy rec rated. TIe floor above, which
 is gained by the exteri-r staircase. is used uXc usively fer fema,e prisoners
 Upon arr'v ng at the dorr of the jaI
 the attention of the dOorman was fC the moment engrossed in ( operatins
 the old-fashioned key. which is as large and pcBdercus as that of tn
 Tower of London. The l0ck was re luctant 10 accede to the efforts of tn , dCCrman. and at ths instant when h
 put f-rth his full power of persuasion ca the twc-handed key, tAe prisone i pTang toward the sta rs.
 Leaving key and lock together , Docrma1 Taylor leaped ater the fug , tie W ta incred ble switfness t;1 !, latter reached the tcp of the stars scaled the door and hung Dy "toot , and nail' to the edge of the ccrnict 1 The docrman was just in time to rt 8 ceive @ violent kick that knocke } Gim down stairs. When he regaine
 his feet hs late prisoner had ga ne 2 trc rc of and-d- sappeared.
 It was some minutes bsfcre Dooi
 man Taylor realized that the bird ha 2 flown. At first he believed him t l te neatly trapped on the roo, and n i more lost, as ae said, than the ITisf
 mans tee kettle Wh ch fell overboarC = cecaIse he knew w.% re he was bu . fayilg looked over the roof from 2 point Of vantage he was astounded (
 nd it vacant.
 , The reserves were turned cut to n i avail. Neither in the prison var nor in that of the provate family mex door. nCr yet in that of the dwelliD in the rear of $50 West Forty-e ght g street, were discove rable any trace of the ready Mir. Eddy.