Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12
BREAK JAIL IN Vain
ConviCts Lead Chase Over
Rich Mems Land.
BOTH ARE RECAPTURED
One Caught on Helen Gould's Es-
tate-Other, Made Prisoner,
Knocks Down Guard.
BRUSSELS

NEW YORK, January 1.-TWO con-
victs who escaped from Sing Sing prison
at daybreak yesterday were captured last
night after a chase over the estates of
rich inhabitants of the neighborhood OF
Ossining.
One was taken on Helen Gould's estate
and the other, after having knocked
down a guard and made a second break
for liberty, at a railroad station near
Irvington.
They will pay dearly for their twelve
hours Of freedom. They will be confined
in dark cells and forfeit their commute
tions.
Francis Frank overtaken at TarrytoWn,
was serving from four to seven years
for burglary and assault. Fred Nedwid.
who fell into the hands Of his pursuers
al Irvington, had a term Of from two TO
four years to do for grand larceny.
Both were committed last November
from Queens county.
How They Escaped.
They were good conduct men and were
assigned to the kitchen detail. Men IN
this SQUAD are turned out at 4:3O am. to
prepare breakfast for fellow-boarders
Steam from a leaky pipe made dense
fog in the kitchen yesterday morning.
Under it's protection Frank and Nedwid
sneaked upstairs to the bake room, uIl
used at this hour. and dropped through
a window by forcing apart the narro"
bars.
Skulking in the shelter OF the walls, they
made their way to the iron ran tldt
fences off the prison on the river sac.
1t was an easy matter to clamoer ow ,I
this and get on the ice Of the river. The
darkness of the morning concealed them
from the guards on duty at this point.
They had start of two hours before
thew were missed, but this helped them
little. Even though stripes are no fongeI
worn at Sing Sing. they had to avoid
the main travelled roads. because the gray
prison sarb is so distinctive as to make
attention assured.
The two worked their way down. to
rnad near Tarrytown. and finding that
house unoccupied, broke in, hoping to
gain shelter and possibly find food and
other clothing. But the house was wired
with a burglar alarm. and this ringing In
the cottage of the caretaker, brought him
to the mansion.
Chase and Capture.
AS he peered through the window on
the first floor he was seen by the fugi-
tiyes. who fled. The wife Of Jail Guard
Maginley, whose house is not far away.
saw them running and awakened her hus-
band.
He overlook them near Sheldon avenue.
Tarrytown. When he tried to seize them
Frank scrambled over the fence OF the
John Terry estate, not far from the
Rockefeller home, and cut across to
Lyndhurst, Miss Goulds summer home
John Livingston and John Farrell: who
were driving a sleigh. pursued Frank
They found him and dragged him out
of a pile Of straw in the garden near the
house He was turned over to the prison
officials.
In the meantime Maginley had marched
Nedwid to Lechnor's saloon, where the
guard telephoned to Warden Frost. While
he was telephoning Nedwid knocked him
down and fled.
The convict is young man and led
the guard a hot race. He ran through
the Eastman place to the river and on
to the ice until the open water stopped
him.
Then he turned back, and. lodging his
pursuer, reached the dock on Miss
Gould's place The heavy shrubbery
sheltered him from sight. Although
State Detective Jackson and twenty men
secured the estate they could get no
trace of him.
He had doubled on his tracks and Shak-
ing off pursuit. had worked down toward
Irvington There he was seen about 6
O'Clock climbing into the window of a
coal shed. When the guards surrounded
the shanty he surrendered.