Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-30
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM


 Although police officers everywhere in southern New England were on the look out Monday for Alvin L. Bradley and Frank Mason, not trace had been found or the two prisoners who escaped from Brooklyn jail during the early hours of Sunday morning.
 Further than that they left the jail headed in southerly direction, as in- dicated by footprints they left in soft soil, not a line had been obtained on their. movements after gaining their freedom. No authentic reports came in or persons having even seen anyone an- sWering their description. The assump- ton seems to be that they have made tnelr way out of the state. The Rhode Island border is, only little more than ten miles eastward from the jail and the Massachusetts line only about 15 miles away to the northward
 No keys were used by the prisoners ln making their escape, it was deter mined on Monday. It now appears that the men got out of their cells by crawl ing through what are known as bucket slides-formerly used to pass through DucKels Of water to the prisoners a practice long since discontinued, as the arrangement was not approved by the state board of health
 Tiers of cells in the county jail at Brooklyn are built back to back with a narrow aleyway between the tiers at the rear. Each cell door has a bucket slide closed by small metal door These small doors covering the bucket slides have been fastened with hasps since their use was discontinued
 1t Is indicated that Mason somehow managed to detach the hasp closing the bucket slide to his cell and then crawled out through the small opening into the narrow alleyway. Once out he pulled the hasp on the slide in Bradleys cell per- hitting that prisoner to crawl through the small slide in his door and out into the narrow alleyway
 Masons who, was very familiar with the layout of the jail, having previously , served time there, is believed to have planned and directed the escape During his present term of Imprisonment he has | been working in the jail kitchen It is | believed that he made the necessary 1 preparation to let himself out of tbe {, cell block and into the main corridor [ some time Saturday afternoon or evening l before he was locked in his cell for.the night.
 l Mason is regarded by officials at the | Jall in Brooklyn as one of the shrewdest | and cleverest men that has been con- i fined there iR> the past twenty years He l is exceedingly clever with keys and i locks, keen and cool as a strategist and 1 one whose criminal record indicates would not. stop at taking long chance 1 of any kind if it held out any promise 1 of advantage to himself
 He knew the weakness of the ia il l structure overhead and once before used i it to advantage in getting away though ! he was caught before he had gone fur- l ther than Hampton.
 Bradley was almost total strange,
 to this section, though some of his ra o. l ing had been done in Pomfret and Wool ! stock. The generally fixed idea seem, to be that he has followed the direction.
 of Mason not only in getting out oe tht jail, but as well in h is movements enc. | having gained the outside r
 There seems to be a suspicion at ta, jail that at least one other prisoner might have contributed some aid towar the escape of Bradley and Mason. tn, latter rightfully known as AbraAe,n Bur Till, man who has done time il state
 at Kingston, R, T., and who fl1y hay,
 been concerned in the recent burglar,
 of Heller's store in Wnlimantic I General Rush c. Hawkins, who diet
 recently in New York, has througi, ; ] cause in his will donating S1QO, 900 tt the Society for the Prevention of !Cr;Ielt, , to Animals and to be used "to abAte tE wicked horror of vivisection" started
 discussion among persons who ae,. ad
 dressing their views to various Nevr En . gland newspapers that promise to D
 acrimonious and .slong drawn out General Hawkins was born in Pomfra and was thex hero of Hawkins Iolave
 during the Civil war Recently he wa :, killed by being hit with an ausonInb
 while he was crossing Fifth avenue il Newi York, where he has lived for man years,
 Discussing his gift for the purpos
 mentioned Boston paper says e litorial
 ly: The general was well me:lnn man with multitude of friends and i , would be interesting to know how man a of these friends were in good health, D reason of discoveries made Sy invest r gators who learned them through viv,set
 tion. The anti-vivisectiolis are vel
 meaning people who accent the resul e but are blind to the fact that but f.; -t this work the welcome ras-lts wou g never be possible.
 n This editorially brought forth a lett, c of protest that appeared n ! Hartfor q paper:
 r May I say a few words to the smu e, and self-complacent person, who wrote i : He, speaks of the well meaning" Ger e eral Hawkins and of the well meanir Q anti-vivisectionists." By the way, |
 seems to: have a paucity of expression. n If he has such a remarkable intere e in the welfare Of the human species, WI e does he not present himself at some me le ical labratory as a living sacrifice ,r experimentation for the benefit of h g kind?
 S.. There are scientists who believe son 'e planets to be peopled with beings ss much greater stature and more powerf To intellects than we possess, to whom ' d would compare as does the dumb an is mai to us. How would our wortf In friend like to be dragged into the labr le tories of these giants to be used ally 1T of Monday on a business trip.