Show Lights of New Y York orI By L L. L. L STEVENSON I Governors Governor's island In the news recently recently recently re re- re- re because of a survey which may result In It being made an nn airport airport airport air air- port and In the news several weeks ago because a lone bandit held up upa a sentry armed with a rille rifle and anti escaped with n a ml military prisoner ordinarily Is a peaceful and routine place It Is the headquarters of the Second econ army corps area and thus has a major general and his ills staff along with a re regiment of ot Infantry and or so military prisoners Polo and golf are played there despite despite de de- de spite the limited space and the golf golt course Is probably the only one Inthe inthe In Inthe the country with government buildings buildings build build- ings as a's hazards Day In and day out there Is little to break the regularity regu regu- larity or of garrison life In the past It was different however During the Civil war there were as many manyas as ns 1500 Confederate prisoners quartered quartered quor- quor there One made mado his ills escape by swimming to the Battery Prisoners Pris rs who escape nowadays s s 's usually do 19 so by swimming the narrow Buttermilk channel to Brooklyn Fort Tort Jay Is the official title of the Island which lies almost within the shadows o of th the sk skyscrapers of or lower Manhattan Ian ha The old fort ort Is still there the earthworks with retaining retaining retain retain- In ing walls of ot stone the moat sally sally- port and drawbridge the beginning of or which dates back to the plans of ofa ofa I Ia a French engineer In 17 1793 Then i there Is s a frowning tower of or red sandstone known as Castle Williams the the name comes from Its builder Col Cot Jonathan Williams of the engineer engineer engineer engi engi- neer corps which corps which was erected early in the last century At tho the same ame time Castle Clinton was built on the Battery Castle Williams Is fg Isnow isnow now a military ry prison and Castle Clinton Is s the tho well known aquarium At Castle Williams the old cannon that once were the tho harbors harbor's protection protection protection tion are still In their places places- The harbor harbol protection now however Is down at Sandy Hook While Willie things are peaceful at Fort Jay now back In the old days there was more excitement than a bandit taking away a n prisoner For In- In tance once Its garrison moved mo out In a hurry The reason was 50 0 warships warships war war- ships and transports commanded command command- ed b by General Howe and his brother the admiral had come Into the harbor harbor harbor har har- bor In search of ot a rebel The rebels rebel's name was George Washington The Tho result Is recorded In history Annals of ot Governors Governor's Island In Include In- In elude clude this grim order older Issued In do 1814 1914 t when this country was as again ngan at grips with England The troops on Governors Governor's Island will parade on the grand parade for the tho purpose of witnessing the execution of ot the prisoner sentenced by a general martial court-martial of tho the second Instant to be shot to death 4 The execution I tion party preceded by the music with the provost marshal at their head will march In front of the tho prisoner the music playing the Dead March Attempts to have ha Governors Governor's Island turned Into an airport have been going on for or years Mayor La LaGuardia Guardia has expedited the plans and the survey recently ordered seems to be a n b beginning toward that end Governors Governor's Island Is 15 about live five it minutes from Crom the Battery and about fifteen minutes from the tho financial district Air malls mans now arrive at nt and depart from rom the Newark air air- airport airport port During the first campaign n against street be begging ln conducted by the city welfare department 1603 persons were arrested Seven hundred ree and i six forty-six received penal sentences as chronic offenders Forty five per pel percent percent cent were started on the road to rehabilitation rehabilitation re re- habilitation through health and nOlI welfare agencies But the number seems as great as ns It t was at the bc beginning of oC the campaign Bus top eavesdropping She Sho tells me she got all that tau tan down at Long Bench Beach But she got ot It sitting sitting sit sit- ting out on the tho fire escape If It four four- were swore a nickel a dozen shed she'd bring 5 0 e. Dell Cell |