Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-09-01
JAIL DELIVERY
At WOODBRIDGE
Alleged Auto Thieves Make
Quick Getaway From Town.
ship Lookup
SIMPLY TURNED SWITCH
No Traces of Men, Renew
Agitation for Speedy Town
Hall Building

WOODBRIDGE, Sept. 1.-1he
worst has happened! 1t has come 10
pass. All the dire predictions OF the
township police and advocates OF
the construction of Woodbr!dge's
new town hall have been justified
and today the prophets are strutt.ng
about town with a pronounced a
told you so" attitude. The why ard
wherefore of all these self-satisied d
expressions is the sad and deLlora-
BILE but none the less true fact that
three prisoners last night escaped
from the town hall where they w"re
languishing at the request or the
Jersey City police.
Sherlocks of the township seat of
government have so far learned that
the men did not crawl out through
the large gaping holes which are
said to exist in the cooler. Not
sol They did something far more
reprehensible; they actually picked
a lock and walked out! 1t was con-
trary to all accepted rules of jail
delivery. According to tn rules es-
tablished by self-respecting crimi-
nails, a jail-breaker should have a
saw passed to him secretly and then
work industriously for weary nisht
after weary night, saving away al
the prison bars. These men. how
ever. had no respect for tradition.
| They simply found lock they could
open, and opened 1t. ShocklheS
bad form, according to the ponce;
They didn't even leave fareweii
note.
Lean not too hardly upon the
Woodbridge police, gentle readers,
'Twere a cruel taxpayer VINO couid
blame them when one considers the
prison facilities of the township
The only way Chief Murphy can
really guard that present repository
is TO throw a Gordon of cops around
the whole town hall and have them
stand with linked arms. Woodbridge
hasn't enough cops for that anyway
and the chiefs slumbers are uneasy
when he dreams of the falling plas-
ter and loosening bars that so care
lessly hold on to his inmates.
Now for a few deductions in eX-
planation of the famous escape. IL
seems that the three men VINO maze
off were arrested last night at the
request of Jersey City police, VINO
suspected them of automobile thefts.
The Woodbridge authorities are un-
derstood to suspect them OF know
ledge of William II. Pralls new Sc
dan. which was stolen on WEDNESDAY
night and recovered in Hoboken
Yesterday, but are unable to prove
their charges.
Although sympathizing with the
chief. some residents are callc us
enough to be joyful over last nights S
unfortunate incident. Now, they
say, the dry bones will rattle, tie
ghost will walk, and the TOWNSHIP
closet door will be thrown Wide
open to reveal the skeleton lurking
within. Woodbridge, faced with
the real opportunity offered enter
prising culprits, may at last squeak
the rusty hinges and build real,
hope-to-d Jail that will enaSle
Chief Murphy to sleep nights and 20
to work in the morning unatrald.
1t is even within the range or pos
sibility that squabbles over the re-
spective merits of the School street
site and the famous temperance So
ciety lot will fade into oblivion wfile
hitherto rabid partisans shake hands
and build Jail, some time, any
place
These rude gentlemen are William
Lee, Martin Burke and James FRAN,
all believed to hail from Jersey city.
Lee is reported to bear a bad prevl-
Gus record but nothing has been un-
coveIed to indicate past perform
ances by the other pair. Lee is out
on bail now, waiting to answer a
Hudson county charge of stealing
automobiles.
When arrested last night it is said
there were not enough room in cells
to accommodate the trio and they
were allowed the run of the corri-
dor. One exit from the corridor
goes out a side door and instead of
walking boldly past the desk SER
geant. as regular jail-breaker
would do. these three ungrateful
prisoners threw tradition TO the
winds and walked out the side door
after a process described by Chief
Murphy as slipping the lock-"
Previous events in the chain al
as follows: William Fl. Prall, of
Woodbridge, drove home in his car
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