Evening journal., 1914-11-10

Despite a thorough search by the
State authorities, no trace Of Cor
nel.us c. Street. aged % years, who
escaped from the workhouse on Sun
| day night while serving a sentence
of ten years, has been found BY
/ his escape, Street showed that he
possessed courage and had nerve, and
! his getaway Is considered the most
: daring escape reported from the in
stitution.
The escape of Street who had been
! convicted of robbery, was not dis
/ covered until early yesterday morn
ing, when a guard noticed a piece
/ of cloth swinging from the roof of
the wOrkship. He at once gave the
alarm, and when Chief Warden Craw-
ford and others rushed to the work
shop, they discovered large hole IN
the metal ceiling.
Further investigation showed that
all the prisoners were in their cells
except Street, and he had left a dunn
my in his cell. Street had been con-
fined TO the workhouse one year. hav-
ing been sentenced on November IL.
1913. From what could be learned of
the mans escape. II appears that he
managed to hide in the workshop fol-
lowing the religious services in the
prison on sunday afternoon. as told in
these columns yesterday. After night
fall, and while the wind was blowing
a gale. Street Is thought 10 have SC.
cured a chisel from a tool chest in tn,
work shop, and from q platform mad,
: Of cases he worked on the metal cell
ing. This once punctured, II was al
easy matter for the man to attack IN
slate roof, through which the prisone
n escaped.
After making hole Street must hay
" returned 10 workshop. where he picl
cd up q bolt of cloth. which he carried [
the space between the ceiling and IN
roof. He tied one end 20 the workhous
. raiters and the other end he carried Il
the edge of the roof and down TO TN
ground. II was down this that Stree
, slid to freedom.
At the time Street escaped he wor,
: his prison trousers and coat but he wa.
without underclothcs shoes or stock
ings. II is thought by the authoritie,
that Street is in hiding somewhere neal
the workhouse or else in house il
> this city. II is not thought that Tn,
] man had any assistance in his escape
] The escape of Street makes Tn
2 fourth from the workhouse since las
4 May. At that time Leander DE Shield
] and Edward Nickerson, who were sery
inc seven years and three years for as
} sault and battery and larceny, respe,
e lively, escaped by scaling the wall /
4 the exercise yards one Sunday mornin,
e No trace Of these men has ever bee
found. In September Frank Munsol
n serving forty days for fighting on th
e streets, escaped while at work in III
s fields. Munson dashed into a corn fiel
e and since then has not been al
r pretended.
7, Attorney General Wolcott has no
f had time to take up the matter O
= Streets escape from the workhous,
- I'm fact" said Deputy Attorney Ger
!. Chaytor, today. I'VE have been uu
able TO talk the matter over wit
Warden Crawford. But we wan
Street back and we are going to &c
him. We viii investigate the matte
as soon as we can talk with MI
! Crawford"
Detective Mccoy said he had nc
heard the rumOr that a few days be
II fore Streets escape. that he was Wis
j. tied by a well dressed young woman
j. who went to the workhouse in an au
r tomobile