Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-03-19
POLICE CATCH /
FLEEING MEI
County Authorities, Assiste
BY Metuchen and Peri
Amboy Cops Recapture
CAUGHT IN A FEW H0UH
One of the Men Who EScapc
Was From This City--H
Other From Metuchen.
CAUGHT IN A FEW H0UH
IBy The Associated Prsss.l

NEW BRUNSWICK. March IA
A record in catching jail breake
was made last night by SheriH II
mer L. Wyckoff. Warden Alfred Il
Puerschner and the jailers Of u
county with the assistance OF Chi
of Police Willard 3. Hutchinson an
Patrolman Pitus Smeltezer OF M
tuchen and the police department 4
Perth Amboy, when Emanuel Hx/
and John Shanko succeeded
breaking out OF the county instifII
ton. They were returned within
few hours after the escape had bee
made.
At 1:15 o'clock this mornir
night jailer, Charles Blew, of Il
county Jail. discovered that Emal
uel Hall, colored, thirty-one yen
old. of Pearl street, Metuchen, ~
John Shanko, white, of 524 Kenn1
dy street. Perth Amboy. prisoners
the Jail had escaped Hall an
Shanko were being held on char1
of breaking and entering Hall W
arrested in Metuchen on January Z
and Shanko in Perth Amboy on Fe[
ruary IL.
Blew at once notified Warden j
Puerschner who in turn notifi8
Sheriff Elmer Z. Wyckoff and J4l|
ers George Rutan and William W
Dorm. They started at once for N
tuchen and upon arrival there nod
fled Chief of Police William HutcI
| inson and Patrolman Pitus Sme1fd|
er. The men then went to the hon
/ of Mrs. l.. Clemmons in Pearl stro4
Metuchen, where Hall boarded n
fore his arrest.
/ Mrs. Clemmons said that xRe 11
not seen Hall or he4Tu from III.
: however. after continued ouo8<i01
I ing. she finally admitted that 4
I had telephoned to her and sln6
( then she had seen him.
While Chief Hutchinson aid Wa
den Puerschner were in the houx
questioning Mrs. Clemmons an
making a search of the vario11
rooms. Patrolman Smeltezer and u
others were standing guard outsld
I the house. Smeltzer thought 4
heard a noise under the rear porc.
and turning his flash light undd
the porch he told the man 10 co1
out. As Hall came from under Is
porch he was taken into custod1
Following his capture. Hall said tha
Shanko and he had escaped by mead
I of the chimney. They had been trus
/ ties about the Jail. and because II
| jail was fun last night. they wer
/ allowed TO sleep in the cellar D
/ cots near the furnace. They ha
1 entered the chimney by means .
clean-out door and climbed up I
/ the top of the chimney a distanc
/ Of forty-five feet.
In making their escape they too
with them a piece of clothes lin
which they tied with their jail CLOTH
! ing 10 a ventilator on the roof. VIII
! the means of this rope they L
| themselves down TO the second floo
/ of the Jail where they could cate
/ hold OF the bars at the window. ]
was an easy matter after this to dro
/ to the first story windows and thu
/ 10 the ground. Hall said that Shank
I was sick and remained on the roo
Ii is thought that the men had ID
+ side aid in escaping, as someon
must have supplied them with elotf
I ing of the lad. he was seen TO jun
I which they put on after remosin
/ their jail clothes.
A search was then made for ShaF
I ko. With the aid of the police (
( Perth Amboy. Hutchinson. Puerscf
| ner and Rutan went to the home /
| Shanko in Perth Amboy, but has pa
! rents had not seen him. They 81
he might be with an aunt by II
name of Schultz, in highland Parl
/ Word was sent to Sheriff Wyckol
and he, with Rutan, and Jailor VIII
/ lam Van Dorm went to the Highlan
I Park address.
AS a search was being made her
the Sehultz's claiming TO know moth
| ing the lad, he was seen TO jun
/ from a side window by Van Dor1
/ The Jailer called to him to stu
but he did not until shot had bee
fired after him. He was then take
! into custody.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Schultz an
Mrs. Clemmons were arrested an
held in $1,000 bail for aid and abe]
ting in the concealment of etai
prisoner. They will be given a hesl
ing today.
This is the first jail breaking /
occur under the new adninistratio
and the authorities feel highly hox
ored that both have been appr<
hended. Three persons broke IA
during Sheriff Anderson's admins
tration and only one has bee
caught.
The authorities today praise high
~ the work of the Perth Amboy SIi
Metuchen police, for without the|
aid. it is felt taat the mea wonl
still be at liberty. ~