The evening world., 1913-08-19

car.
cape A. skilfuily - though he had had
the benent Of several rshearsals.
II was Butler. whoss acquaintance IN
New York 10 large and whose activities
nave been varied. who hrst went to
Mattsawan and looked over the ground.
1t was either Butler or come "hxer"
under his direction who engineered
whatever Of completely there was in.
SID the asylum and outsids the gates.
Finally II was Butler who went TO his
fr end John Collins ...d hired . dig six
cylinder Packard to-ring car to BE used
- the chief factor IN the escape.
John Collins has an office at No. its1
b. oadway He on three touring cara
which he rents out to customers In
Long Acre Square. The cars have been
stored In the international Garage at
No. cs2 Vest Fo: tieth street. Only two
Of them were there this morning. The
other has been missing since last Fri
da.'.
Sunday morning was selected for the
escape because on Sunday discipline 10
more or less relaxed in the Matteawan
Asylum and Thaw was In the habit Of
strolling In the yard alone on Sunday
mornings. Also on Sunday there are
many automobiles on the roads. tele.
phone connection 10 crippled by the sus.
pension Of business and telegraph ohices
In small cities and towns are closed.
Butler arranged to use two cars In the
escape piot-the touring car Of his friend
Collins. driven BY Educated Roger" q
daring and skihul chauffeur and the
taxicab Of his friend. Thomas Flood.
This latter car 10 not really . taxicab
but q converted landauiet Of high
power. speed and great efficiency.
TAXI rRAlLED ALONG FOR USE
IN EMERGENCIES.
The taxicab was used In the first
stage of the getaway at the gate. The
touring car was waiting some distance
down the road. Thaw jumped from
tho taxi to the touring car and the
taxi trailed along behind to pick up
the party In case Of trouble to the big
car.
Duffy and O'Keefe were picked a.
emergency men. both being dependable
In case OF trouble OF any kind.
Butler went to Matteawan In the
Packard car. accompanied by tho chauf-
feur. Educated Roger" O'Keefe and
Duffy on Friday and all four put up
at the Holland Hotel In Beacon. the
town that was formerly Fishkill Land
Ing. They registered under their own
names and took no pains to conceal
their identity. indicatinE-for Butler 10
Is foxy person-that Q legal Ind.
vidual had told him they were run.
ninS no risk Of punishment On Fri.
DAY afternoon and Saturday Thompson
swept through the country between
Matteawan and the Connecticut line In
ms touring car learning the roads.
Flood went up to Matteawan on Sat.
urday In his taxicab and Joined the rest
OF the party and registered under his
own name receiving his nnal instruc.
lions he too went out and tried the
roads. The five men paid their bills at
the Holland House late Saturday night
and dropped out Of the sight of Beacon.
KEPT CARS UNDER COVER TILL
TIME FOR ACTION.
They kept their cars under cover
somewhere In the vicinity Of the asy-
lum until the time fixed for the escape
on sunday morning.
How Thaw lodged out through the
gate protected from view by q slowly
moving milk wagon and reached the
taxicab has already been told. The trail
OF the automobiles from Matteawan has
not been picked up a. yet
Half a dozen hangers on about Long
acre Square are claiming that they
were in" on the Thaw escape and
have been thrown down" One man
says he took his taxicab up to Beacon
on Saturday and was sent on q wild
goose chase Sunday morning.
Flood produced . taxicsb drivers
city license on Aug. /, 1873 the day the
new taxicab ordinance went into ef-
feet, filing with his license his latest
photograph. taken that same day. In
reply to the stereotyped questions,
Flood wrote that he lived At No. 468
West Forty-hrst street. where he had
resided Cor three years. Previous TO
that, he said. he had lived for three
year at No. SIS West Fortieth street.
FLOOD CARRIED LICENSE BADGE
FROM CITY.
Floods taxicab 10 given on the
license as No. IS. and his State license
issued by the Secretary Of State. as No
1913. This number appears on the
| small bronze button furnished a licensed
driver by the State. Under the new
law Flood was compelled also to wear
. license badge furnished by the city
This 10 the four-inch square Maltese
Cross badge. and on II Floods city Ii
censs 10 numbered 'v+s."
Floods last employment before he
began operating hts own car IN the
vicinity OF Forty-sscond street. was that
Of ehsufsur Tor Burns BrothsyA coal