Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
LOST MEN IN JAIL
Queer Cases That Are a Matter
 of Record.
teions Forgotten and seaucstered in rr0oaoiy the saies, 'iiuins Places tn Which They Could Possi-
 ply Find Refuge.


 There are many places where a man may be lost. whether he loses himself or is purposely placed in maze from which he cannot find his way out. But the case of Rocco Rug eerio, who was recently dug out of the Queens county jail by accident and placed on trial for murder in the nrst degree. is very much out of the ordinary. says the New York Sun. Six months previously Ruggerio was in oicted for murder and placed in the Jail The papers in his case disap- peared. The district attorney wanted to check up his cases and asked the Jail warden for a list of his prisoners. Ruggerio's name was on the list No body seemed to know anything about the case. Search of the records dis closed the indictment Strange as this case is, a Chicago incident of like character two or three years ago was even more remarkable. A prisoner named Philip Dubois was arrested and placed in Jail on charge of felonious assault. Political friends were able to secure series of postponements of the case and have the papers altered so that the charge was changed to simple assault. To help the deception along Dubois was declared to be dy- ing and was sent to the hospital pend ing the disposition of his case.
 One day at the hospital the screen that had separated his cot from that of the next patient was unexpectedly taken away, and happening to look across Dubois saw that the very man he had assaulted was his hospital neighbor. On recovering from the wounds inflicted by Dubois the man had contracted pneumonia and had been transferred to the pulmonary ward. He was on the verge of asking to have his bed changed when Dubois begged him not to do so, promising to pay him well if he would keep his secret. This he agreed 10 do for a certain sum.
 It was when part of this sum was being passed to him by Dubois friends that an attendants suspi- cions were aroused. Investigation was made and the deception discov- cred. Dubois was convicted and sen tenced When the time came to ar. raign him new papers had to be made out, for he was officially lost on the books as a man charged with a felony.
 Which recalls the case of William HaverhiH. a forger of Philadelphia, who was being brought from San Francisco to the Quaker City some years ago by a special deputy sheriff named McCarty. McCarty had had an attack of brain fever just before being sent across the continent with the reQuisiticn for Haverhill
 They were nearing Denver at noon on their retlrn journey and were seated in the Pullman, McCarty hay ing handcuffed his left wrist to Hay erhill's right. Haverhill surmised the reason al once He lost no time. He managed to Jerk McCarty forward a trifie in his seat, so that his body reclined more toward the back of the chair. and ther tilted the officers head back so he seemed asleep. He waited his chance, and when most Of the passengers got. out to stretch their legs he took the handcuff key from McCarty's pocket and unlocked him self
 He was searching for McCarry's money when the All aboard sounded, go he had barely time to slip on the train. Without a cent in his pocket he could not ride a mile or purchase a meal. But he was a man of quick thinking. He walked right up to g policeman and spat on his shoes He was rebuked; he "sassed" the officer. thereupon he was arrested. receiving a sentence of three months as a vagrant. He had served two months when an inter. cepted letter sent from the jail by him gave the necessary clue to the mystery that had been puzzling the San Francisco and Philadelphia police ever since the unconscious McCarty, stricken anew with fever. was car. ried from the train to hospital.