The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-05-26
DEMAND CLEMENT CALL SPECIAL SESSION
MAKE DARING ESCAPE
FROM MASS. STATE PRISON

BOSTON, May ga state wide
search was instituted today for three
men, two of them serving sentences
for numbering Boston policemen, who
escaped at midnight from the stats
assison at Charleston.
pry Ianster was serving a life
seffg Nor numbering Boston po-
licemah4 January, 1918; Lemuel
Barney was serving sentence from
Is to 30 years for killing policeman
in February 1919; Charles Ward, q
negro, was sentenced in 1917 to serve
from 35 % 40 years for a criminal
assault.
They climbed up the vontilator of
the building to the roof and descend
cd to the street over a rope and
pieces Of bedding. From the moment
they dropped over the wall all trace
of .hom was lost and the officers be-
lieve that confedelatc3 We're waiting
for them with an automobile and
change OF clothing.
A fourth prisoner, Albert Rintzner,
serving from seven to 10 years for
burglary, escaped from his cell, but
was captured before he joined his
confederates. He was the last to
start up tle ventilator and was
caught when Barney cut the rope ahd
he fell back. Rintzncr declared to the
prison officials that Barney had long
had q gludge against him.
The KEY which the prisoners used
to open their cells was made by
Manster, the officials think. The pris-
oners escaped detection of a double
guard which had recently been plac-
ed over the gang because of their
unluly action. The four men walked
down the long corridor to the ven
tilat0r where three Of them made
their getaway.
This is BaYncy's second successful
attempt 10 escape from confinement
as he ESCAPED from the Charles street
jail last lmmcr and was afterward
cau9nt ana brought to Charlestown.
Ward made a similar attempt while
awaiting KS trial. but was caught If
ter sealing the prison wall.
The jail delivery last night was the
most sensational since nine prisoners
gained their freedom in July, 1892,
by crawling through sewer and tl.is
gang was afterwards captured.
Rintzner, VINO was captured with
out fight, told the deputy comm s
-sion9r= Of f-esrfeetiohs, Mr.. Bagley,
that Nanster expected an automobile
to be in waiting for them on the out
side. Persons in the vicinity of the
prison recalled later that they had
seen hiyh powered green car near
the prison grounds. Others told Of
seeing a woman in the doorway OF
a house near the prison gate for v
eral nights past. Rintzner said the
escape was planned two months ago
and that Ward made the key with
which he opened his cell He passed
it along 10 Manster and the latter
opened 'the cell doors of Barney and
Rintzner. The latter loosened the
nut Oh the wire grating over Wards
cell 7nd lifted the grating. Rintzner
said he others were ahead OF him
when fey climbed up the ventilator
and that when he was within a few
feet Of the top Bagnoy said to him,
Get down. will get even with YOU
now H then cut the rope 1t was
Rintzner'5 fall that aroused the
guards who spread the alarm, but
when they reached the wall the men
had disappeared. The guards found
a dummy locked in every cell from
which the prisoners had escaped
A reward of S100 has been offe ed
for the capture of each man by the
State pri son authorities, but up to
noon no race had been found of
them.