The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-21
DANBURY HILLS HIDE
TRAIL OF CONNECTS
Sing Sing Fugitives With
FoOdladen Car Believed
Safe in Wilds.
POSSES ARE CALLED IN
Troopers Continue to Guard
Roads and Police Watch
Is Kept Up.

All trace of George Stlvers and Martin
Sing prison Saturday night after sand
bagging three keepers. seems to have
been lost in the mountains north OF DAN
bury, Conn. Warden Lewis L. Lawes,
who left the prison late Tuesday night
with an automobile filled with armed
keepers after receiving reports that the
men had been seen in the vicinity OF
Danbury. returned to Ossining yesterday
and left at once for Albany TO attend
hearing on the prison budget. He
Connecticut were Stivers and Bassett
but declared he was able to find no
trace OF them
Both the warden and the Dan
bury police department officials believe
Stiyers and Bassett have taken alarm
from the tremendous hue and cry raised
after them in the neighborhood OF Dan
bury and that they are hiding in the
wild country north of the city. When
last seen they were driving n green
Cadillac touring car. believed to have
been the one stolen by them In Mount
Kisco on the night of their escape.
Nothing more has been seen Of this car
and 1t is believed that Stivers and Bas-
sett have driven it into the mounta ms.
after having obtained a supply Of food
and arms. and intend 20 hide there until
the chase has been abandoned.
Posses Called In.
This has practically been done now
however. All Of the Sing Sing keepers
who were rushed from the prison al
various times since Saturday night to
search for the conv'cts have returned
20 Ossining. although the acting warden
Of the prison Is ready to send fresh
posses out Capt. Daniel Bradley OF
the 'Danbury police sent word to the
prison last night that his men had not
been able to learn anything further re-
Garding the movements of Stivers and
I}assett in that district and that posses
sent out by his depa rtment had been
called In. He has sent word to all towns
snd cities near by. however. TO keep
watch on all tho roads and 10 arrest
any suspicious looking characters who
may come along in an automobile.
All of the authorities have been
warned by the Sing Sing officials that
Stivers and Bassett, particularly the
former are desperate men and that
policemen who stop them must be pre-
pared to shoot quickly II the two men
offer resistance.
Troopers Guard Roads.
Capt L. A. Warner. head of the State
Constabulary in Westminster and Put
nam counties, said last night that troop
ers are guarding the northern line be-
tween New York State and Connecticut.
In the hope that Stivers and Bassett
would try TO return to this State over
the same route. Capt. Warner also said
there was no truth in the statements
made by Sing Sing keepers that the
State troopers refused to hunt the
escaped convicts when they escaped last
Saturday night. He declared that fifteen
men were turned out by the State Con-
stabulary as soon as word was received
that Stivers and Bassett had escaped.
and that they searched the country in
their district throughout the night and
all day Sunday.
On account of his trip 70 Albany
Warden Lawes was not able to question
the nine Sing Sing keepers who are
facing charges of neglect Of duty be-
cause OF their failure to rush to the
prison when the big whistle was blown
Saturday night He will examine the
men when he returns TO Ossining.