Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-25

John Allen, alias "Skeete," O. Well
known local baseball player and an all
round crook, is at liberty again, and
the local police are confident that he
will soon be In the tolls again for
some additional crime on the outside.
as for the ofYense already committed
of breaking prison. Skeete and ms
pal kitty Sullivan were commit
ted about two years ago to the Rhode
island state prison for term OF TOUR
years, on conviction of burglary: Dur
ing a. severe rainstorm one night the
Hasweil and Burdiek grocery stores
and 3, saloon In Pierce street were IL
legally entered and the next day
Skeete was arrested, and with him
was found conclusive proof OF his
guilt. Through his previous prison
experience he worked the ofhc1als OF
the state prison and became trusty,
although the said officials were in full
possession of Skeete's record. They
knew that he beat UP the keeper and
made his escape from the PaWcafuck
lookup, and that his escapades were
of the most daring nature and al
though criminal that he was averse
to prison life. He was trusted and
he violated the trust.
Sunday morning Skeete Allen was
not in the state prison. He had made
| his escape and took with him dou-
Bile barreled shotgun and, it is said,
supply of ammunition. The state pris-
on authorities notified Chief of Police
Brown and Deputy Sheriff Casey of
| Aliens escape, and a request was
made that he be arrested and held
should he appear in this section, and
| he will be, if he appears. Nobody
knows that better than Skeete and the
belief prevails that he will give Wes-
| terly and his old home village of
Pawcatuck a wide berth. Still he has
| the nerve and the ability to visit his
old haunts, pull off job or two and
| get the whereWitha1 to take him to
some section far remote and perhaps
beyond the methodical search of the
Rhode Island and Connecticut police
| officials. The police here and here
abouts would be satisfied to have
| Skeete make a successful getaway,
| if he would only stay away.
Allen was at work in the officers
/ cookhouse, which is outside the pris-
on proper, He went to the cookhousee
to help prepare breakfast at 4.30 and
an hour later he was missed. When
/ he left he wore the regulation gray
| suit and red sweater
| Albert Hyaseman, age %, who re-
sided with his brother at q Greenman
i avenue, was acting strangely in Dixon
| square, Sunday night, and was taken
4 into custody by Police Sergeant West.
He was searched at the police sta
ton and a loaded revolver was found
in his pocket. Hyageman has been
| away from home for a week and says
he visited Hartford, Chelsea, Boston
| and New Bedford, in order to get
away from men who declared they
were going to kill him. He took the
lrevolver from a trunk in his room be-
fore he went away, and he said he
carried it to defend himself when the
men came to kill him. When exam
/ ined by Drs. Scanlon and Smith
said they also tried to poison him;
that he did not see the poison, but
heard the men say they were going
to put poison in his food, therefore
he had abstained from food and die
not dare to eat any more. He was
positive that his life was endangered
and he did not want to 80 home anC
have a sleep, as he believed he would
be killed
After their examination, Drs Scan
lon and Smith gave the opinion thai
the young man was mentally unbal-
anced. unsafe to be at large, and fol-
his own safety and the safety OF
| Others, ought to be cared for at the
state hospital. Judge Oliver H. Will
Hams of the Third district court, or
hearing the testimony Of the exam
lining physicians, ordered commitment
n to the state hospital for the insane al
Howard. Hyageman Is an Armenian
and his father and mother were killed
: by the Turks
i Charles w. Rankin, assistant super.