Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-08-11

ndQ IOI a IOOlIl ttIdAC d. klidk lAhtNt
Mr.. Lee, committed for debt ! a
very lfout athletick man. The rea-
lon why put Baldwin into the room
with o. at that time, was for the
Purpofe Of dividing the prifoners in
each room, equally there being
fbrre confined in the upper room,
and bur o. and Lee in the lower
room, apd.ra ofbey rssm in 4Ubie5 1
esaid JFrurf a primer far a nigh.
In the evening, after Baldwin was
committed, Menrs. S. P. Beers, o.
Seymour, and 0. Lewis, Jun. called
on me at nv houfe, and wifhed to
know "lf Baldwin could not bt re-
moved from the room where %. was
confined !" ffating, "that q. was
uAwell, and they were Under great
approximations for us life If Baldwin
was fuaered to remain with him.
! told them it was impoflible for me
to remove him that night, there be-
ing no room in the Jail unoccdpied.
They urged me 70 80 down to the
Jail, " and fee Whit coud be dont !"
ftating, /" that MIR. Cook was not at
home" Iqvsaf TO tie jail 7g'fB item,
and there found ft7een Or t4Oenty men
aEmbled On The occqfcn, mai ef tgbom
acre TIE particular and pr1fG5ld frieud5
of Of5srn. Some Of them propofed
that Gould take Baldwin out Of
the room in which he (B.) was con-
fined, and put him INTO the north
room, on The lower foor, by him
felf. 10 eaeyince them that ibis ye9ueG
csu1 rot be /gf3y complied qOifb, fhsy
qesys Immediately csnduS7ed 10 the room,
and @ezUn itf igisen,e Efutatisn it not
having been occupied Gnce my con-
Germ with the Jail, and / prefume
not for feveral years before. 1t was
next Propofed, By thofe prelcnt, that
Baldwin 6aplf te taken out Of jail, end
PIT undty keepers. They were then
aled, what apology could make to
the public, ihould Baldwin efcape
from his keepers Or who would
be refponGble to me for the prifoner 7
To which MIR. Ozias Lewis, Jun.
replied, that off would take Bald
win out of Ofborn's room, ftsy
109ald giye a band 70 large, thar if 1
rUss brsten, froni bsrg 6eyF for Il, I
baud get mere moaey or cf tbe Bond,
than eur I69uid b BEING @ernE,"
Some Of the gentlemen Propofed that
two or three CITIZEN ftould b. fiut
up in me room with o. that night,to
take care Of him, and to at as keep
ers to Baldwin, and protect their
friend from harm. Thefe propofals
were conGdcred as iacogEFent qvitb NY
duty, 0y nth any former sjags-and
with the Taft Especially, | could not
be expected to comply for the num-
Der already confined in Jail was f.
great, that I had reafon TO fear that
fome of them might have friends a.
broad who would furnifh inffru-
ments for the purpofe Of breaking
the iail.-Bst 70 Jat;sty tie atphcdnt5,
and 10 rrmsue al pretended zfnesEae5,
On account of Qisorn's danger, Z lifted
from On upper apartment, into tbe rom
Nth OG9yn and LIE. one of The pyi-
JSaers, Of robam or. triends mere l5I5
afraid Than of Bald4uin, and put Bald
win into the room with Beebe and
the German. This appeared to
give general fatisfa6tion TO Ofborn
and his friends. The day feioquing, I
repaired TIE neytb roam in f4cb q man
nry, as zvaf rogfdered /i4Faient fay f5s
fate-tsspisg Of Balaepia int zcbir5 ks
4pas committed, AID 7Ub0e be lar Gnrs
remained By kimfJf
After this, Z vga5 threatened 7v:fs
jaifr, fer haviEg csyfned debior5 and
criminal in fbs Jane room, contrary to
fatutc. Mr.. Cook(;he jailer) and my
felf, then concluded we had better
lodge our priloners in tbs noansr d.
ye7ed By jfatats; and We accordingly
took Beebe and the German from
the upper room, and put them into
the room with Olborn, = conf1ning
the debtors in the apartment fro&
which Beebe and the German had
been taken. 1T TIE fame time 4 tad
OGsrn, that 1vbes tbs nfpfy roen qgqs
Vacant, Bee6s and The German i5oud be
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