36-year-old Patrolman. James Fagan and his partner, William Nelson, Tr
the gun battle which followed, both Fagan and Walters were killed,
McUale and Riordan made their way to the Hudson River where they for-
ced a fisherman at gunpoint to row them across and took refuge in the
woods of Phe Palisades Interstate Park near Rockland Lake, A huge
posse consisting of hundreds of policemen,a state troopers and prison
guards converged on the area and when the two convicts realized that
they were surrounded, they surrendered, . Both maintained that they
had killed nobody and that they dead Walters had shot both Hartye and
Fagan, A fourth man in addition to xime Walters, Hartye and Fagan
was a victim of the escape when McGovern Miller, an elderly patient
in the hospital died from a heart attack induced by the excitement,
Convicted and sentenced to die, both were electrocuted at Sing Sing
on June ll, 1912,
INSIDE DETECTIVE, July, 191, "Sing Sing Crashout", page 22. (NY MAG)
LOUISVILLE C gee re Louisville, Kentucky, April 15, 191.
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36-year-old Patrolman James Fagan and his partner, William Nelson, Ti
the gun battle which followed, both Fagan and Walters were killed,
McUale and Riordan made their way to the Hudson River where they for-
ced a fisherman at gunpoint to row them across and took refuge in the
woods of Bhe Palisades Interstate Park near Rockland Lake, A huge
posse consisting of hundreds of policemen,a state troopers and prison
guards converged on the area and when the two convicts realized that
they were surrounded, they surrendered, Both maintained that they
had killed nobody and that they dead Walters had shot both Hartye and
Fagan, A fourth man in addition to xe Walters, Hartye and Fagan
was a victim of the escape when McGovern Miller, an elderly patient
in the hospital died from a heart attack induced by the excitement.
Convicted and sentenced to die, both were electrocuted at Sing Sing
on June 11, 19,2.
INSIDE DEFECTIVE, July, 191, "Sing Sing Crashout", page 22, (NY MAG)
LOUISVILLE D prpriny ae Louisville, Kentucky, April 15, 19l1.
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-year=old Patrolman James Fagan and his partner, William Nelson,
the gun battle which followed, both Fagan and Walters were killed,
McFale and Riordan made their way to the Hudson River where they for-
ced a fisherman at gunpoint to row them across and took refuge in the
woods of Bhe Palisades Interstate Park near Rockland Lake, A huge
posse consisting of hundreds of policemen,a state troopers and prison
guards converged on the area and when the two convicts realized that
they were 1) they 1. Both that they
had killed nobody and that they dead Walters had shot both Hartye and
Fagan, A fourth man in addition to tke Walters, Hartye and Fagan
was a victim of the escape when McGovern Miller, an elderly patient
in the hospital died from a heart attack induced by the excitement.
Convicted and sentenced to die, both were electrocuted at Sing Sing
on June 11, 192.
INSIDE DETECTIVE, July, 1941, "Sing Sing Crashout", page 22, (NY MAG)|
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McGale, 2-years-old, and Riordan, 2h-years-old, were both white in-
mates of Sing Sing Prison, McGale had received a 15 year sentence
for rogbery in Manhattan in 1936 while Riordan and 30-year-old John
Waters had been sentenced to terms of from 15 to 30 years for parti-
cipation in a 1939 holdup of the Consolidated Editon Company in Man-
hattan which had netted $10,227. McGale had worked in various places
in the prison before being assigned to the ice house and he knew of
a small tunnel, barely lakge enough to permit passage, through which
steam pipes and cables were carried into the prison, The three con-
victs made contact with two men on the outside who attached three re
volvers and three sets of handcuffs to the rear axle of a milk truck
which made deliveries to the prison on March 22, 191, McGale, who
had access to the truck, discovered the contraband and hid it wtil
he and Riordan managed to get admitted to the prison hospital where
Waters worked by feigning illness. At 2:05 on the morning of April
1h, while other inmates were sleeping, they pounced on 67-year-old
John Hartye, a veteran of 18 years as a guard, and shot him in the
back, Using home made ke S$ made from c er and bras hey made
. si hey went inte CARES where
pheir way to the tunnel and escaped. stol Sy orehitney had
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McGALE, Charles and RIORDAN, Joseph
Memo 2 NE -2= 12
McGale, )2-years-old, and Riordan, 2h-years-old, were both white in-
mates of Sing Sing Prison, McGale had received a 15 year sentence
for rogbery in Manhattan in 1936 while Riordan and 30-year-old John
Waters had been sentenced to terms of from 15 to 30 years for parti-
cipation in a 1939 holdup of the Consolidated Edibon Company in Man-
hattan which had netted $10,227. McGale had worked in various places
in the prison before being assigned to the ice house and he knew of
a small tunnel, barely lakge enough to permit passage, through which
steam pipes and cables were carried into the prison, The three con-
victs made contact with two men on the outside who attached three re
volvers and three sets of handcuffs to the rear axle of a milk truck
which made deliveries to the prison on March 22, 191, McGale, who
had access to the truck, discovered the contraband and hid it until
he and Riordan managed to get admitted to the prison hospital where
Waters worked by feigning illness. At 2:05 on the morning of April
ll, while other inmates were sleeping, they pounced on 67-year-old
John Hartye, a veteran of 18 years as a guard, and shot him in the
back, Using home made
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a small tunnel, barely lakge enough to permit passage, through which
steam pipes and cables were carried into the prison, The three con-
victs made contact with two men on the outside who attached three re-
volvers and three sets of handcuffs to the rear axle of a milk truck
which made deliveries to the prison on March 22, 19), Mctale, who
had access to the truck, discovered the contraband and hid it until
he and Riordan managed to get admitted to the prison hospital vhere
Waters worked by feigning illness. At 2205 on the morning of April
ll, while other inmates were sleeping, they pounced on 67-year-old
John Hartye, a veteran of 18 years as a guard, and shot him in the
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