The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

Mrs. Brown vas hustled of TO sing
SlnE 10 begin her sentence So old
acquaintance would not be forgotten
she Has given FRS IzlIIess old cell.
Mary Ann Watts. - invelaTaIe
shoulIfter, made one O. he most EN-
gaIIonal getaways fron he female
prison. On Ina night 81 March d.
1877. when tie other inmates Hare
eli Numbering she picEsI the IoeE of
her cell and K0L out mo the corrI=
dor while the guard eas busy else
where. Fastening r1na which sna
had smnggIed INTO her eeII under her
uniform skirt D the window Sill zha
oiim1ad through and lowered I.ar-
sell % the ground Wheel tracks
found n the mud Indicated that .
conveyance O soEne ae-I carried her
ava. =
vale sought by ths prison aathurI-
ties he va rearrezIs4 aboard =
Fourth avenue car Two ears lale@ bs
Detective Tituz Tor stealing merchan-
disc.
Jane Brooks. who haz served ne
years Of life sentence or murder N
Allegheny county, got away during
the niEnt OF September p. 1858. She
opened the door OF he cell viii =
falHe ley, too . mHlEoH.s bai and
Jacket and started hoHzesard afoot.
Warden BeaTdzIey Sent ut guards On
horseback IN pursuit. They over
too her a. MaIteawan md returned
her 70 her old quarters after she nd
enjoyed fS hours freed0zn.
Some veteran priaaH employees
stIll remember the exploits Of kate
Connolly. shopIifter and chronic AL
breaker. When only / she learned
the latter aTI BY getting on u ;
hoa1InE gate nd padding her HHY
from BiackNsII.a island across ne
Eat river. sHe fashioned 3 dunn
my - fool fhe Sing lsiH. guards. Iefl
II II her cell. got up ou Ihs roof nd
slid down \ lightning rod on he
night Of November q. Isgs Warden
Henry e. Nelson had posses search
Tor her in YaIH She 60 into trouble
again four yearz later ID vent -
TO her old quarters. sns Haw 4 EuHd
opening TO escape again IN Ma :.
lsI.= The prison - short u
guards. Warden Alfred Walker I'd
dispatched every available attendant
TO - TO catch ave desperate nuus
vieiH. led b steve HnYIe. who ID
escaped the aaY before They -
held - a train. forced Engineer Den
MS GaHHin o. the locomotive. n
coupled and IN away HIlh Il.
sHH had n trouble getting HKaY
IN II confusion. She HEIsd un IHa
cell door sufficient 20 uH1lnRe i nd
gained tho rouI. This ne she ssai
down : rope Jackson Raa deIaII.I
to search for Har and re waa Ka=
turnsa In due Tine
Sophie Lyons. serving I've YsaHa
fof stealing E0fnanH pockalhUDk
IN IesFeeryH store. 40 gave 30
keepers aud ulafr0nH IL slip HHF
husband. Robert Lyons alas Up
Food. led the meas pTIaon ct EInK
Sin IN December I. - lie Id
Q -. telegram. sammn.zHg Warden
Nelson to ~ York. lit 70 n
prison a. = re. Wbsn he warden
hH1 Eune TIE convict saHI loo.
: carriage carried IN Oh ~
teen daYN laIsT the aaHa carriage.
it developed aIIarwarl. drew N II
the female prison afIHF nighIfzII
ArH= Lyons. following H.r husband. +
example. made her getaway ia i.
Tie female escape records. ohLzInz
ed b research - far back IA 80
Ehns but ons double HzaIsr" 10
wenI he evening Of September =.
1870. Hhen Warden RuHznII ruled -
Institution. sIzTs Smith and Sarah
Christian, tifIHK Of the mpnogony nf
prison life. donned CLOTHES they zIols
from the maI1nna. lockers and wi
ed = siTfg SIN village depot TA.He
thef left uuneIleed IN , train o.
NeH FORK.
During Warden Walkers regime
Mr.. Nary jackson - fatally n
iureI October =. 1877. She plunged
from ; corridor IN 10 IHz floor haInK
fraeturing her skull She died IHo
day later
Ars. Emma Hickey. one OF ne
pFizaH.a eccentric characters, aIed
August s. IL. while prisoner.
She I'D received life sentence :
years before or poisoning her 30
daughters At Ithaca.
MozI Of the mothers Imprisoned n
SinE Sing prIHan we're allowed II =
tain small children. saIne nf xnnm
weTe born there. Misa i. Z. johnson.
principal naIHon. terrified a nzII
dozen mothers b Issuing IN erI.H
March Z, ISL requiring al children
over J year = 20 To II. poorh0uzs
Warden HubbelI charIIably inter
vensa md permitted II. women -
keep Iheir youngsters.