New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-03
Wins Freedom on Second At
tempt, Though Immured in
Dark. "IsoIated Cell" as
2 Punishment.
CALI 'H0MICIOAL MANIAC
Escape Shows knowledge Of
Route, Indicating Aid from
Tside-Keeper Concerned
in Previous Getaway
and "Trusty' Drunk.

In tho rain and gloom OF he early
hours OF Yesterday morning q slight
figure huddlcd on tho top OF the iron
railing which takes the place OF the
"o-foot wall OH the Centre street side
of tho Tombs prison \ glance up and
down tho black. glistening street. and
the figure slid nimbly lown tho bars If
tho big fence, iammed Panama hat
on its head and staggered OF.
II was Reynolds Forsbrey. charged
with two murders. P man who. accord
ing to Deputy Police Commissioner
Douzhcrty. is the victim Of a homi-
cidal mania. he had cscap ped from the
Tomhs whore he was awaiting trial
fer the murder Of Morris Schwartz
kopf. II was his second effort To- &c
cape, and II WAS made from an ''iso-
lated cell'' in which ho was immured
for punishment after his first attempt.
All day yesterday detectives kcpt
watch Cf the house on Lee avenue.
Brooklyn. which Forsbrey named ls
his home. and which also was given n
ne address ~ the young woman who
snuCglcd saws and acid 10 his cell in
- Tonbs fev- DAYS ago. Sooner or
later. the police believe. Forsbrey will
try TO communicate with the young
woman. and when he does they want
to be ready for him. His father.
Henry ]. Forsbrey, was found down at
Sheepshead Bay. but tho police have
slight hope of his turning up there.
ON August 20. when III. saws AMI
acid were found In Forsbreys cell on
the second tier. IL was learned that an
attempt had been made 10 saw out
through the ventilator. Forsbrey was
sent to An Isolated cell' by Warden
Fallon. There arc two isolated cells"
They are used for punishment, and II
is possible 10 keep a very close watch
on any ore locked in either Of them
without disturbing other prisoners. Z
was the lack OF a close watch that
made Forsbrey's escape easy.
In the Isolated Cells
The isolated coils" are In tho north
east wing ~ the Tombs and face the
inner COURTYARD A short flight OF steps
leads up 10 the outside door. which
opens on a brick walled room about
eight by twelve feet. In the far wall
OF this cell arc two heavily barred
doors. each leading 10 one Of the ''iso-
lated cells" The isolated cells" are
IN almost total darkness. even whom
the door Of the outside cell is open and
Il is broad daylight without.
There are two buttons on the wall OF
the outside cell. one OF which switches
on an electric light. while tho other
rings an alarm bell in the warden's Of
fee. Aside from the door leading 10
tho outside coll. the only opening in
either Of tho isolated cells" IS a ven
,ilator, guarded by n grating about
sixteen inches square.
on Sunday night william Carino. a
man who Is doing a short term on a
magistrates commitment was posted
for the first half OF tho night IN the
outside cell. William Hoolihan, the
keeper who was knocked down by
Charles Wilson when Wilson escaped
from the Tombs on July :, was on night
duty. He was TO look I'm on Carino and
Forsbrey every hour.
Nicholas Jones the night warden. re-
ported to Warden FalloE yesterday
morning that twice on Sunday night he
had found Hoolihan asleep and appar-
entity intoxicated. When the escape
was discovered yesterday morning
Uoolihan was suspended pending
charges OF intoxication and gross neg
lect OF duty.
At $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning,
when Carino's relief came around ne
found Carino sound asleep and fors-
brev gone. Night Warden Jones was
summoned, and after giving the alarm
he and as many of the six Keepers on
duty as could be spared started out
with flashlights to trace the fugitives
trail. II was easy following.
How Prisoner Got Away.
Uis sprin- cot. which had rested on
two sowhorses. he had piled on top o'
the two sawhorses. He had clamDered
nm this frail ladder until he couih
roach the grating in the ventliator.
Hooking his fingers In the gratins' ne
had pulled. and out came the grating
He js a small man. and succeeded
,omebow or other in squeezing himself
through the opening in such fashion az
IN make the 12-foot drop down the
ohart ON which the ventilator opens.
To ease his fall he had doubled a blan-
kat around projection and let himself
doun as gradually as might be.
Al the bottom Of the shaft he hah
foupd himself in the utility court
.,;cb loads TO the carpenter shop.
rho windowc Of the carpenter shop
look ort upon the narrow alley wh'cn
r,ns between the north end OF the
,or,heast wing OF the Tombs and the
o,,or wall. On the floor OF the shop
Eorshrcv found a timber some py %
,,onos in diameter and about ) feet
long He wedgcd this between TWO OF
the bars In the shop window ana one
~ the bars flew out as though II had