The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-10-13
A Thrilling Disclosure.

A Thrilling Disclosure.
Five gentlemen arrived in San Antonio, Sept.
4th, who Just returning from California, having
come by the overland route from Mazatlan, on
the Paci6c-their names and places OF residence
are as follows
Richard NJ Head, Bibb county, Georgia; ].
W. Cole, Holly Spring, Miss: James Scoolheld,
Hamilton county, Tenn; David Spring, Fort
Smith, Arkansas.
From these persons we learned the following
painful disclosures: In the city of Durango,
Mexico, they learned in private manner that
there were some Americans in the city prison,
and they afterwards got permission TO visit them.
They found them in large stone dungeon, of
so iIthya description that II was almost impos-
sble for visiters to remain in the entrance way
but few minutes. The Americans IN conhne-
ment We're three in number. and their names
and former places of residence were as foilows !:
William Shirley, Broom county, New York;
William Rodgers, Stark county, Ohio; John
Gaines, DAYTON, Montgomery county, Ohio.
These men have been in this filthy dungeon
four years and three mouths, and during two
years of this time they were chained down to
the floor, in total darkness. where they could
not see any person but the one who led them
their starving allowance. At the end OF two
years the huge chains around their ankles and
wrists had worn the flesh off TO the bone, and
such was their horrid condition, that their
chains were removed to save their lives and
keep them in misery the longer. The flesh is
partly healed over these wounds, leaving the
most heart-sickening scars, which were all seen
by the five persons whose names are mentioned
above.
They state that they were imprisoned on the
charge of numbering and robbing man for has
money and they state also: that from some facts
which they are in possession of. the person who
committed the murder escaped They have
written letters to the American Minister in
Mexico several times, and they have reason to
believe that he has never received them.
Our nformants learned from many respecta-
bic Spaniards in Durango, that it was impossl-
Bile TO get evidence TO convict them: and the
great mass of the people believe them innocent.
/ The youngest of the prisoners, John Games, OF
| DAYTON. Ohio, is only II years old. The inter-
/ view which our informants had with them
was heart-thrilling scene, and, on taking their
/ leave, they begged theE in the most feeling
manner to relate their circumstances to the A
mercan people, and if possible, 10 send them
relief.
character these persons witnessed it with their
own eyes, and they are persons of undoubted
veracitv, and some Of them have long been
known to some Of our citizens.-.N. Y. Express.
RECOVERED FROM THE WELL.-The two men
still remaining in Hanna's we'll, near the paper
MILL as we Went TO press on yesterday evening
were dug out in short time after. ". Ship
lev Spence was found one foot below the elder
Robinson, taken out alive yesterday morning.
He was dead when found, had probably been
/ killed by falling with his side upon one OF the
4 platforms, as his ribs were broken and his body
/ bore other evidences of injuries. Young Rob
1 inson was found at the bottom of the well in
/ an erect position The gravel packed close about
! him, which had likely smothered him to death
+ in a few moments after the casualty, which
was shocking Stevbenrjile Herald.
! On THURSDAY, the 7th inst, MIR. Peter Livick.
! living about three miles from Staunton, died Of
dysenterv. In the afternoon ofthe same day. one
OF his children died, and father and child were.
/ both buried in the same grave the next day. A
few WEEKS previous, two other children died of
the same disease, and one since his death. In the
! course Of one month the father and four children
have died.
An UNNATURAL SoN.-An old man. named
4 Warner German, who resided near Green
Vile. died last week, and it was rumored that
he came to his death bv foul means, but the
facts are that the old man died on Thursday,
when he was taken by his son and placed IN an
outhuilding, a short distance from the residence,
where he remained until Sunday morning, when
he was taken hy his son, placed in a trough,
hole dug about eighteen inches deep, few feet
from the house, and the body covered mp. The
old mans son, on being interrogated as TO why
he did not bury his father sooner, replied that
be felt like being sick himself as he had symp-
toms of the ague-and be had clearing on
hand-and his fences Were fre-and the
pigs were in the corn, and he had NOT time 10
attend to Il until Sunday morning. g.-Doyton
(Ohio) Gazette. 11h uH
ELopEMENT OR ABDucTloN.-A daughter Of
Mr.. Charles Sanders, keeper of the Rail Road
House in Dean street, Albany, left home on
Sunday, saying she was going to church, since
which time nothing has been heard Of her by
her parents. She is about IA years OF age. A
Frenchman boarding at the house ef, about the
same time, and is supposed to have entIced The
girl away.
A DocroR KILLED BY ms OWN MEDICINE.
DIR. George Buchanan, Of Hllsdale, Chic,
killed himself the other day by an overdose OF
morphine, while suffering from an attack OF
cholera morbus. 1t would seem that he was
little inclined TO give large doses of that medi-
! cine, as he had short time before been arrested
for malpractice, IN causing The death OF d child
by it.