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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Convicts at New York State Prison attempted a second escape on Tuesday evening by cutting through a wall, breaking padlocks, and scaling the yard wall; several escaped before guards could intervene, with a $50 reward offered for their capture.
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During the term on Tuesday evening a part of the convicts in the State Prison made a second attempt to escape. With a piece of tin from one of the close tools they cut the mortar from a stone in the wall until they could take out the stone itself, and when they had formed a vacuity large enough. one of them, named Johnson, crept through it, and broke open the door of the front cell. By this means he got into the blacksmith's shop, from whence he took a hammer, and broke 12 padlocks. When the convicts who were thus liberated, had entered the yard, they made a scaffold to scale the walls, and even of these daring offenders escaped before the keeper could procure the necessary assistance to prevent it. A Reward of 50 dollars is offered for their apprehension.
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New York
Event Date
Tuesday Evening
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several daring offenders escaped; a reward of 50 dollars is offered for their apprehension.
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A part of the convicts in the State Prison made a second attempt to escape by using a piece of tin to cut mortar from a wall stone, creating a hole through which Johnson crept to access the blacksmith's shop, take a hammer, and break 12 padlocks. The liberated convicts entered the yard, made a scaffold to scale the walls, and escaped before the keeper could get assistance.