New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-12-18
NUMBER 245.

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-. c.. .,. - ~ 80. " : ~, ~ % Ann ioss ~ "si' "n'en
NJ s. - . .ri. ~ ~u' .' =. - nssa o'es'ns tnfougn.
unnsr 49,, .h,as ~ .. , .ioA s Ssta 70 'ne
vb.n am. ~ m ..u - -. . y - 80 :. !. .as pfsones
had been pulled OF Condor sl;nd .,n, ,.s s
and tbe bn.rd r.r1a ~ ~, 49, ss s. , ", s 'u'.y, |
shu. In n htrn..,s i. -. !. = -, p. De'ns
abou, tbrs. f.,t fh,cs M ~, .s a. = ~ 'e 1.
street and l,berty y. ~ -. 80 80 s Ann
the time he rot III. ,,,., 80 - ~ = e'.oW oa -oon.
him and ouenc.d NJ. h, II. ~ 'e oes'' oseosefed
an elepbast Tbe ali = - - -. " ~ s"'usn 70 noo
avsy " "1 sNe ooA'ns soin
We were .bo,, .no,,.. an L. a, ~.
had been torn 80; :. a.. ne-snns % Wn'co
strength of The pr;.onera ana - vac ua''eo
away with carnen,sr. .h,., - ''e sood.0ik cni
convicted OF murder ve,. IN. i.d - D'a..os essh
hole was stsrted iu,4 b.,o,r ~. - - ,, Ano
large enoneh univ tn tbrr. ~ -, .,u..- = ~ -
out.ide with .ks,.to, ~. e' M ops" 700 & ioeA
And finally =. ,sr. .b,
escape which Capt Phillips had found IN N. ,o, s ~
crannfes Of prison and IAN so, y;.or... 60.
charge of the place The nv~p,orx -. :. ,.,,. s
Four fine steel saw b,adss oue d,o =. 4, IA,
three ditto made with files ont Of ,et,,a. -
case knife ned down to sbarp po;nt and fs.,..d -,
pine center bit very iueen,ouay alsd an, ~
common fork and the file with which n -. A.. ~
several Of the saws from Martinez and Rrpns,o -.
with the fixed like Jimmy and nine est,ek b.nd, M
without handle; and ares r.sna,. ~i, n. "a a.s
jimmy found in Kreppes pos.e,son .ssl urb,.u.
fled sharpa speudid thing 70, n,chIr. Mo
ocks. One large cheI; and one ditto without handl.
variety Of skeIetou KEYS of din.r.n, .,..s .a - a.
4 sh some tbe first of t,.r c,... "a - h;,t -. -
at one time to Anton Krennel. o,der n mi, ~ ,t ~ ~,
/ two cells in one Of which he v.x ce,tsr =, h,r
also the skeleton kew which s s,nooad ,n,. ~, q -,
of roast beef The reynar bnr,,, % sr, -h.. cps
used handle of a ,syo. na;,t hr,.h ,;,.s -. -, -.
1 around the thick part-evideniv n,ed for ,.t h.s
containing slit in the end ,be,a Ln;sa MAI. h.S
mould for skeleton teys made Of nina b,oct ,nt M M
form OF the key roueAy vhittled amt h nj, ~ -
| NJ fha
moulded And small pocket-rue with .bich Kr,nn. ,s.,
the dimensions Of te keyhoIe of bs c "a IA X. fd
s.ce. as ne have stated had All bean sov
cred by Cant pbillps ,ncs h,. ..r,n. .h.,.. ~ NJ,
We were shown bel sides box fu of skeleton tev. .n o
implements taken from prisoners in former and i ,s
ropes made out Of of bem %
nicely twisted and stranded as to resemble ordinary .rd
Of them the last keepsskes of Who
their liberty with them and hads ong good hive n E.,
Orleans = =
To look over all these articles hss the naura
create the opinion that Robinson trnsoe as M r.at
after ALL He had whole Island IN bmseyY .,d .orId a.
his ingenuity without let or bindrapce from .pv
are mechanical instruments The res of 1ore srd
and the aids of s, mora long and o.,t ,.I,o -,
done In the shaaou ~ ni,bt and hs s..rasv ~ -, -,
with no aid from the outsid. otbs, Than tbst h ;,, A.,
magical skill of the Indian ur9ler cold b 4,
the noses of the ever ,vachfnI oef,er, NNs-
Capt Phillips accounts for the smupv,iro IN of f,, -.
and tho ,;ka s,co b;s t.Li,, ~. nx;a ?. ~ Al, =.
ner which the cket was left NV bis us
wife friend or .wver NJ nrsoner coils "a ;s,. IT.;
she Ia adj
the prison corridor and the nrisoner bsfnr casg ,h a.
a permied to converse nriyatelv witbopt an h;
The wicket square hole in the wall, with an iron
II. aud wire screen on each side of tbs erotirr Wiz e.,
Phillips took charge Of the pr;son the an eoch ga
sufficiently apidaed to permit the easy massage Of
j. articles keys files and the like and troupb tha
wicket undoubtedly most of the tools exhibited were
N The screens are now thoroughly mepded and on one aid
doubled the view between prisoner and visitor
sary rather dim one The passage Of into II
prisoners by their friends Ioaves
1T bread attempted great many times
rarely succeeds The last success of that kind was the
:, to Autsn Kreppel by his brother of seon nice,
done up piece Of roast beef Several Of the saws exbib
were found concealed in matresses which the friends If
thoueht onld comfort them more thar n
hard mattresses of the prison If auy ana bond vial; ia s
an idea of what to be imnured in pson and IN ne sr !,
sweet air of freedom an inspection Of The toos
n hearing history will mpart the idea far
viyidy than lies in the power Of poor pary lanpuape
sS Now then for glance nj life IN the nr;s,n H. ,,, -
be Judged of the iuner feelings of the nronar. o h -
~, them least by their outward appearance and
The most serious and distressed looking people
during visit the ives children aud friend,
of the prisoners who beseiged outer gate waiting with n
messages greetings baskets of delicaees the
I'll of the dear unfortunate uside 1t is curious view
I'd respectable looking woman On nm IN
d. gate sweet little child in one arm another DANGLING
th her Dress basket of good things her other arm vii
expressive soicitude to bear HI
talk in subdued of affection feet distance to
st rough looking through grating and to see hi
nest
ar mable privilege and to learn afterwards that t,a
ing customer inside the grating ia in tbee far nd
II, way robbery or rape or something of the sort II -
m been whilst witnessing some such scene that M,ora
IN his famous verses:
. "cor,o -ost T., .h,, , ;, -.
~ ! for the poeu thopvh mot snnq 10 a,,d t. .;.. >,
III at least in the yebue of the nnrisb nri.on On
re days there ia no cpssstiop from r,or ,;II ;ht Il
W of soctous faces at the nrson gates ~ r ~, -,
l.. ors are a ,not,sv ,r,ua nc Ill % AZ - ,.,s' ' ~ ''''
able and refned lsdies p, thar. drossoa ,h, a n,
closely in order to eyade observaton IN 900 ,b.
husbands or relatives nantsd .r,r;on, On ,h IL a, a.,
D. mem; whom nerhans thav hslr.d ,o t l. .h 49, a -
r. Irish and Dutch women and all t,ds of o t,a
people 20 there with all their cb;ldep or itb,nt m tho
of may be- reckes, of dress and all oter xerna
talk and cry 10 their or re,as boo ,I 1;
way of getting drunk heads and
,p pocket have caused ,bem tn slim nto nriso, IT.. -
10 stand and philosopbze all dav il the vestbno f b
al Prison.
MI There are two divisions in the nrsor ,,rt., h q
prisopers-or that was the ppmbsr a III. tir,. IS 49, ~
The women ara kent in tla story, IL, ,or - a. 49, =,
die Of the dav and The men have the ,np nf ,h , ~;
and evenino the man ara loc. .d Nv ava AZ - - =,
ward We found tbe men-a,I sorts ~ Ioo,, snns 80 -, =
ceanlooknp eent,emen down to d;rtv td h,, ~ ~;
go ooord;n 4, ,ha III ,i, - - ~ - - .,,,,' ns w
In the cells rolled in their b,ankets ebar s,n,d
the time or reading novels or nlavine co,ds Cars, m Ca
appeared to be the chief pastime some of tho
" ,iarors ,ntn;, ,,, , -, - " ;, @ ,~ ~ ' .''p's'"' "
betting only imaginary chips Some promenadnp in eoun