The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

CONNECTS ARE BACK
HOME IN SOLITARY
Sing Sing Pair to BE Shipped
to Clinton for Safer
Keeping.
LOCKED GUARDS IN VAULT
New Bit Of Brutality Is Re-
vealed-Men Tell of Elk
periences.
LOCKED GUARDS IN VAULT

OssININo. Oct 23.-Sullen and
fatigued. George Stivers and Marcus
Bassett. escaped Sing Sing desperadoes
hunted down by armed posses near War
ner, N. H., were returned to the prison
before daybreak to-day and. after de-
scribing some of the thrills they expert
enced. were locked up in solitary con-
flnement. 1t now develops that they
locked two of the three keepers they
assaulted in the getaway in safe and
nearly smothered them.
Were tired out" said Bassett. '"They
kept US on the jump for a week before
they nipped us. Still I'm not glad to be
back here indeed I'm not
''pm not going to say much, as we're
In Dutch" Stivers declared. ut was my
long bit that CALLED me and made me do
It. Never again."
Both fugitives, handcuffed. although
not shackled, reached the prison an hour
before dawn and before any of the in
mates were up from their nights sleep.
They were cast into the dingy isolation
cells back inside and will be kept
there incomunicado until railroaded off
to Clinton prison at Dannemora, where
escape is a very difficult matter.
While the two fugitives talked but
briefly for publication, they were quite
communicative in explaining matters to
Major Lewis e. Lawes, the warden, and
Keepers John Cuthbert, Michael Flynn
and James J. Kelley, who brought them
back. The return trip was made from
Warner to Worcester. Mass, by auto
mobile, and then by train via Albany to
Ossining. Warden Lawes purposes, as
soon as he gets breathing SPELL" to
investigate the escape.
Guards Functioned Poorly.
1.-THE institution made a strenuous eff
fort to get these fellows" said Lawes.
1--WE had wonderful cooperation from the
police. feel that our organization
functioned very poorly when the escape
took place The public had q right to
expect that we do everything we could
to bring them back. I'll talk to the
prison officers about the getaway as soon
as can get around to 1t.
1T was stated that Stivers and Bassett
shook hands with me when retaken UP
there" continued Lawes. THAT Is not
so. I would not shake hands with
them"
Shortly after the two convicrs were
surprised by two of the posse armed with
rifles while sitting under an apple tree
in an orchard near Warner, Warden
Lawes approached.
1--WE tried to tell those rubes that we
were not from Sing Sing" said Bassett,
but we knew it was all off when we
heard the warden was there.
"They had us hemmed in pretty well
Friday night" continued Bassett. "but
we boldly walked out of the woods, UNI
recognized, around a line of men and
down the road. That's how we got
through the Gordon and made for the
orchard Later the idea of committing
suicide dawned upon the pair.
Concerning the loaded revolver found
on Stivers after the third ''frsk," Stivers
said: 1--WE saved two bullets for our
selves IL we didn't get away, but were
caught unawares and number of armed
men came around us. If the opportuni-
ty presented itself intended to hold up
the gang. Failing to do that, we in
tended to end ourselves"
Hard Times Ahead.
Hinting what is in store for him as a
result of committing so many thefts and