The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-11-22

That they find 10 prisoners At present cortir
cd, with the following nance, and causes lOr con
hHement, to wit;
james Smih-Confnei temporar'y-suh'cc
to hts Of arrangement from the pas, use If or
den; spirit.
Phthp C9sry-- Confined past mouths fol
want Of bail to keep the peace,
YIouJs Flanagan Confined past four o!
five DAYS ON 4 sentence ilr ten days iys not.
John q C57ror--CuuhneJ us last
JAMES f6sroG--CUutiucd rs las. On sen
tence Of so DAYS.
Peter Gijboas--Couiiued days for deG.ul,
Of payment of tine imposed by this court
+ DJnisi Wa!l--Contnsd weeks for appear.
ance to answer charge Vt not
Pstsr N,Giui,-Same as last.
/ J.ntS Ss,st--C1niuei to answer charge Of
1 Md Pee L1rrtac---Sent from Kendall coun-
/ " Tor laie keeping.
Tia. they fud prisoners have escaped from
/ the said itil ,ia,e the last regular term Of tins
court, confined with the following names, aud
charges asains; lhom, to wit:
Oscars os lclY S. 1881
I JAMS S,yijaey--CuUfued on charge ef lar
ceny.
= Ferc.1-Slme rs las.
----EraSsis Cs.rRrngs as last.
EsowE OF JvLr Il. 1851.
/ james Scri5Ha-Rc captured and confined as
above.
/ T. r. Bur,crd- Charged with forgery.
EscAgE % NOVEMBER II, 1851.
Martin Lusrscr--C Charged with forgery.
/ Francis Ca'aa,iugS- Charged with larceny,
- B-rrs1-Same Sent from Livingston
county.
Ho6. Foy-Ou sentence Of months by this
court hrceay.
That he OCCASION taken for the inspection Of
the jaI. was most oppartune from the fact OF the
absence Of the jailor from the village, and the en-
tire ignorance oi all concerned Of the intention ei
The jurers to institute such an examination.
That they find from the affidavit of the TAILOR.
taken subsequently to that examination that the
history Of the several escapes effected since The
last regular term Of this court is in substance a,
follows:
The first escape was effected at about twelve
O'clock al the night Of tie 9Th Of July last. by DO.
ing OF the lower portion Of the south door. in the
partition between the two apartments of the Jail,
and boring Of the basp Of the next door by which,
"a above named AMI stated three person, got out
Discovery made next morning.
The second escape was effected at about half
past eight o'clock, On the night OF the leah Of
July last by breaking of the paddock hcm the
south door Of the hall, it not having been pro
perry rpaTefafter the previous break Two
peisens got out on this occasion as was discover
ed Immediately.
The third escape was effected at about seven
o'clock IN the evening Of the llth Of November
inst by tearing up portion Of the floor Of the
hail. undermining the wall, and digging pas
sage outside Of the same through TIE ground TO
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court house, AMI justnorih Of the frame work en-.
closing the jail window, upon that side Of tho
building, Four persons made their escape by this
breach, and it WAS discovered abou; o'clock the
same evening
The above doors are now considered TO be per
fectly secure having been re made with = plate
OF boiler iron between the two thckncsses Of
plank.
The Grand Jurors believe that the TAILOR should
be exoneratet from blame in reference to the
FOREGOING escapes.
That ,he jiil :self con sists Of one main apart
ment, called the bail Il feet long by feet wide
with cells 81 Is feet, of which three cells are
uu;enaGle, AZ built under the court house. and
half under ground, with masonry If stone and
mortar The cells are each furnished with door
OF iron lattice, opening into the so-cal.sd ball
From the hall there are also three doors. one o.
peuinS 10 the northwardt to the lalicr apartments
another to the southwark, into other unfinished
quarters for prisoners and the third opening into
a chamber originally intended for debtors but
now uBoccupied and ii.u,ed There Is at each
end OF he hall a window nearly or quite two anil 4
half or three feet squar., with double iron graf
ings, and sash, glazed covering the whole
The wAole OF the remarkable quarters are lamp
and lily ventilated in the extreme
. I. That the persons Of the prisoners are clearly,
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