Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-02
SECOND ATTEMPT
TO ESCAPE FROM
TOMBS SUCCEEDS
Prisoner Indicted for
Two Murders
Vanishes.
CAUGHT IN FIRST EFFORT,
IN WHICH GIRL AIDED HIM
With Only His Wits to Help He
Gets Out of Most Sc
cure" Cell.

murders and suspected of a third
made spectacular escape from the
Tombs early today
Caught five days ago cutting his
way through steel ventilator with
saws and muriatic acid said to have
been smugeled to him by girl, he
was Immediately removed for safe
keeping to the most secure cell in
the jail
From this he escaped by simply
using an iron bar, a step ladder
from the prison carpenter shop and
his wits.
The trusty placed in the cell espe-
cially to guard him was found slum-
herring peacefully after the alarm had
been given. And Night Watchman
William Holligan, who was supposed
to be patrolling the yard outside was
equally unaware that the most des-.
perate prisoner In the jail had gone.
Night Warden Blows Whistle.
Night Warden Jones dashed out,
| into Centre street from the Tombsz
| at $3.50 o'clock and looked up anJS
down the wet, dismal street. Putting
his police whistle to his lips, he blew
long blast that echoed drearily
through the neighborhood.
| From Lafayette and Leonard
streets raced Policeman FLYNN. Po-
liceman Newman hurried from White
and Centre streets and Patrolman
| Dipprt ran I'm Cautra Stroof
| Boys" gasped Jones, 'have you
seen anything of Frosbrey?"
What happened?" cried the
breathless trio.
Hes gone!'
Warden Fallon meant to take no
chances with Frosbrey after the
ala snl4 of last Wednesday morning,
when the Tombs was quivering with
wild excitement at the news of
wholesale Jail delivery plot, of saws
and acid and dynamite.
Knowing the extraordinary daring
/ of the man and his record as a gun
man of dauntless courage, the war
den removed him from cell 239, di-
rectly over that CT Police Lieutenant
| Becker.
Guards Constantly On Duty.
| In the yard on the Franklin street
side of the Tombs Is a small, strong
brick building containing the carpen-
ter shop and one isolated cell.
Guards, who are changed each hour,
constantly patrol the yard.
This was the cell to which Fros-
brey was transferred. And to make
assurance doubly sure one of the
| best TRUSTEES in the Tombs was as
signed to the same cell with orders
to watch F'rosbrey continually.
While the trusty was asleep last
night Frosbrey got up to investigate
more thoroughly his new quarters.
1t was raining outside and the dreary,
ceaseless dripping was the only
sound.
In the wall Of the cell five feet up
was a small ventilator, about two
feet by eighteen inches. Frosbrey
gave 1t a tentative shove. 1t gave
way trife. He threw all his weight
upon it. 1t moved little more.
Then, with violent effort. he ripped
it out and sent 1t crashing bodily
among the tools of the carpenter
| shop.
Many Keepers on Outing
The echoes died away. The trusty
slept right on. Night Watchman
| William Hooligan outside gave no
sign of life. 1t seems that young
Dan Firms Huron Club had it's out
ing at Witzel's Point yesterday. And
| a good many of the Tombs keepers
are members.
When the dripping of the rain once
more was the only sound audible,
Frosbrey climbed through the ven
| tllator opening. He searched around
in the carpenter shop until he found
a heavy crowbar, three feet lon4
From a corner he carried a step
ladder and set it against the wall
Climbing to the steel barred window
he thrust his crowbar through and
twisted the bars aside.
Then, climbing to the window SILL
he pulled up the ladder and dropped
it outside. He carried 1t fifteen feet
across the yard and placed 1t against
the Centre street wall.
Over the Wall and Away.
This wall is in two sections, with
seven or eight feet of stone and a
picket fence on top Frosbrey went
right up the ladder. dropped over and
was away.
Chief Night Keeper Samuel Kohler
making his rounds half an hour later.
came upon the ladder. Astounded, he
let himself into the building and
dashed to Frosbrey's cell.
There the trusty was still in the
land of dreams.
News of the escape was flashed to
police headquarters and an instant
later the detective bureau had been
galvanized into sudden activity by
Lieutenant Funston's startling an
nouncement that Frosbrey had gotten
away.
A general alarm was sent out and
authorities at railroad stations, fer
ries suburban towns and places in
New Jersey were Immediately. noti-
fled.
1t was impossible to obtain de-
tailed description of Frosbrey at first.
He is about IS years old, slender,