The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-08

happened a West Indian negro whnas
name l. saId 10 ba West Rollins also 4
prisoner ia the same dornItorv took n
into hus head that he would ION the ,-sCaI
ing party Tie went on Os the huIldiuR
hy the sam" wav. bat he got down stair
alter the resi- had gone and thus miss"c
IN" mptorboat II there was one 81 ia,
other men dcclIurd hls company. or. a.
~" PRISON authorizes inCllne to is'lIevr
h" got To ia" ground outside and lost hi-
n"rv" Anyhow, the negro fused arOunt
Tor while. and finally. pretty nearly
"cluCk IA the morning. at least al hour
ami hall after the others mad made then
getaway he showed up at he oppu-Itt
side Of the building and ca lied 60 u guard
AFTER h" had explained To the guard what
had happened the latter took him around
to Warden Frost and the warden got up
and dressed and had the PRISON sireu
blown for ten minutes or -, ro,Ring al
the police and sherifs and deputy sherif-
a. Tar south a. Tarrytown and for all eqtIaI
dist ance to the north and east.
In the dormitory bes,dss ne prisoners
who had declined Green's inv tntion the
warden and his assistants found keeper
Foley still firmly gagged and bound To
the cot Even after they had released
nun he wasn't much on walking he ha q
been bound 80 tightly and 80 uncpm-
tOrtabiy And while Warden Frost was
lnn-Ing Foley Drum came crawling out
D
10 max" a noise and didn't know where
he vas ar what had happened after he had
been hlt on the head. lp the washroum
Warden FROST found the saw Green had
used and IN" rope the men had gone down
NV was still hanging To har ~ the WIN
dow
Green Credl'ad with beng not only
the ring l-adar but the chief actor IN the
"-Cap~. - ~ years old H. - IT hight
compile NIon and has brown HAIR strpaked
with gray His work m IN" prison was m
the mess room on the first hoor " the
rSulding from which h" got away He
was taken e. the PRISON On March I. 1909
Ia serve a sentence 81 from four years
and -IN months To- SIX year, and six months
for highway robbery The crime was
committed at Osslning The victim was
found knocked ont IN a tiny alley - which
the narrowe-t actual width through which
the asSaIlant would have Ia pass m drag
glng his man was ten inches Green :
defenC" was that hs was too fat To pass
through small space and ne even
carried tho case - a higher court on the
same ground. hut. without -uCCe-- Ten
inches i just the width gwen 10y Warden
FROST a. the opening through which
Green Crawled Yesterday morning The
warden was not willing that outsiders
should view the rcsna ~ the s-cap- hut
he denied town stories that several bsr-
had been iw~d through IN n. last few
nights m preparation for m" getaway
Blum. The only Confederate Green had
So far as the warden and his men had been
able 10 learn Yesterday was sCeiv'Nd at
the PRISON "a January q 1919 - serve =
sentence - from ten - twenty wears for
grand larceny IN he second degree
II was his second offence lie "a ~ year
old - feet :, inches tall and Weighs
lB rounds He has medium dark
,umpleIIon and brown hair and eyee
and has a scar on the temple He " orked
IN N" laundry and hailed from New York
CITY
tpsaph White. the third ~ the group.
also - from New York. He Vas taken TO
the prison IN February ~. ISOa "a serve
a sentence " from ten o. Twelve and a
half wears Tor grand larceny He - =
years old e light complexion. With hToSn
eyes and HAIR II" - feet g. inches IN
height aud weighs 1853 pounds He has
% large scar IN the forehead and a hori-
gpufal scar under the night ey" lie
worked m the shoe factory.
Another who worked IA the shoe far
tory and who was m IN" escaping group
was Wafer bAnnlgar y years old. who
was ssnt M from Mount kiSro nn July :.
1875 for fourteen wears for assault and
blackmaiI He - ; feet y inches IN he ght
and weighs isO pounds HIS complexion
- II ghi aud he has blue eyes
Robert ROWAN. the nth of iho-s who
got away. worked IN the cart and wagon
shop He had been IN The prison -Inc~
November g. 1919 and was s@fNing sen
'anCe 81 from TWO wears and SIX months
10 four years and ten months for grand
larceny ~ the second degree He - -
wears old aud halls from Long Island city
West Rollins. the negro. VII" escaor Il
and came hack agaIn. was s'arving sen
tenCe - from seventeen and hAft 10
nineteen and half years on con vlctiOu
for assault m the first degree
Green had a reputation IN OSsinrnE Of
being a mad man HIS wife came 10 ~e''
n IN only three or four DAYS ago, and they
had something " - visit under n" usiIal
two iron shields and a guard
posed - listen particularly. but merely
- $500 that nothing - passed IN 90 IN" prl--
Oner
Not very long after Warden Pros,
knew - the escape fifty wardens and
deputy sh.rifs had started out On foot
20 look for the prison breakers Tn"
police - nsiRhboring towns and 81 this
city also w"r" furnished with their
description
rher. j. guard house ~ VA" river
corner - the outside wall, bet ~Seu which
and the administration building the men
had - pass bYt u - ~ som" distance
and N IN" night the guard could not very
vel SEQ he men
keeper Drum was taken 10 the prison
hospital n. was somswhat bsttar"d
with his own nightstick. but his condition
~ not serious Fo4sy, the Oth"r k~@p"r
was practically unhurt FL iri-s Their"
are not enough guards - look Tor prs
oner- VINO have escaped and watch tho-e
who are at work IN the shops III" shops
Yesterday were shut down ~ that every
man available could g out on 'h~ search
The first clue ~ the direction taken
by the convtc's after they left the prison
was given 80 the prison authorities 10y
the driver 81 a milk wagon, who aid
that he had seen three men hurrying
across the road bet ween 1arryto~n and
OssIning beiw een ? and o clock ye-t~r-
day morning going east toward open
and in the direction ~ IN" Putnam
DIVISION ~ the New York Central railroad.
two miles away
Yesterdays escape IL said tn be N"
most daring 81 it, kind IN Sing sing his
tory sInr" Pallisrer and h1hl. both con
dsmn.d nurdererz. got away from the
death hou@s about sghteen years ago
IN he administration 81 Warden Brown
I h---. t~p got ont nv throwing pepper
ia he eyes Of the k..pers IA charge and
ttkIug away they keys They started
away m = small boat The empty boat
~ A. discovered n-Ht day and q few days
later ~" uOdies = the two men foated
ASHORE. one - the bodies cArTied "A huilst
wound II as thought az the time that
= he man htd h''"n shot by ms companion
aud hi- body thTOWn overheard and
that afterward IN" boat had been run
down by . passing Steamer and the second
man lad / cen drowned