Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-02-22
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From a,e Parkcfsburg Gazette.
Romance IN Real Life.

90 alta NOmnHCs IN ASdH ANlGS Eaa y. ~
That - trutl. is stranger than fiction, -
is IA saying often rcpeted and often veri-
fed irile as it is. however, we can call
to mind no more striking illustration Of
,he axiom thau that which We are about
TO relate -f
Some time since. George Newman and
Michael Mulligan were aeresIcd and lodged
= in tl:e Jail Of Ills county, charged with
robing the store of Messrs. Logan " heL'
or ut ST. Marys. Newman confessed his
Guilt upon arrest and accused MuIilgan
with being an accomplish in the crime.
Rcfore the time arrived for holding the
cxsnininr court, he rctracted the &C
cusnliou and declared that NJ. was not q
marty TO the theft the court, however,
sent on both prisoners for further trial.
Not long after their second commit
nent they broke Jail, in company with
a Eenoni Lazier, who had been awaiting
trial for murder. Lazier took his own
course and is out yet. but the others sur
rendered themselves and were brought
back. Of this strange transaction-of
their escape, discovering themselves 10
proper officers, finding the stolen money.
returning it to the owners, &c-of all this
have TO record still more mysterious
proceeding on the part of one Of these
prisoners.
AS was stated last week. Newman and
Aulligan again broke Jail, on Friday
night, the 9Th ult. About nine o'clock
that evening the jnier repaired to their
cell, with the view of locking the close
door for the night, when 10 the birds had
n -. a.. 49,,
grated door, took of the bars and thus
found cgress into the main hall, whence
they escaped without difficulty. This Sc
cond stampede occasioned some little. eE-
element, but most people supposed the flu
gilives had made good their escape and
we've goae for good.
Nothing WAS seen or heard of either OF
them patil Sunday evening last, when
Newman boldly catered one of cur church
es, deliberately seated himself heard a
portion Of tho services and then eoolly re-
tired. While descending the steps OF
5 the church, he met one of the firm from
wh:Jn tho money was stolen, passed the
compliments Of the season with him and
invited him TO walk around and take some
oYGler5 lie next went to u Hotel, walk
ed into the sitting room and shook hands
with number of gentlGmen--among
tLea, one the lawyers, who conducted
the prosecution against him. He
then took the horse Of friend
and left for parts not known at this pre-
sent writing.
New, there are two points in this affair
that puzzle us : First-wc cannot con-
ccive What could induce any sane man to
venture forth SO daringly, under similar
circumstances. SecondIy-how he could
escape capture when recognised by SO
many individuals. Both at the church
and at the hotel, Newman was known
by oil who saw him, yet not one molested
him lie entered and left both places
without mourning let or hindcrancc.
What was his motive for risking his liber-
ty in this fool-hardy fashion, we cannot
imagine--unless indeed he models after
Rinaldo Rinaldin as VIC have heard he
does. Nor can we account for his immu-
nifty from arrest, while thus thrustng
himself upon n community in which he
has no great stock OF sympathy. Taken
altogether, the extravaganza rather rec
oncilCs US to other wonders and we now
incline to the belief that spirt-rapping
may not l. C hoax after all.