Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-09
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q ~ Moameaih eOohly IN uni1F IehlsaeS u
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Albert s Moss, at lie HIghlahaG q he 9sih
u August ast ELECTED Be Olrapo about 10
O'elock laSl ogenihg. The watchers employed
70 guard he jiil o. he nlghL, MossFS. obadiah
LaRhor1pa and jane RFlshalan, bad hol e..
tered upoa their dutes shea The escape took
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fbelf attention WAS lfSt Attracted by hearing
{ noise aSif door had boon Hhut u he lail
part. gtiltt thsy gOIO dllioP 81 tho ftunl FOoin
u lha Codft H0uSo, which 9 occupied e 10.
ting nom b We bmily q lho jallOr. CHE
jai Is Immediately 10 he rear q he Court
Hotsal They AtIohes Eent there and iOhnd
he door 81 De prisoners cen iockod IS usual
Upoa, looking around, hoWoVoE, thor discovered
TIE iron door lsAdihg 70 thu jail yard Slightly
eiaF, and Of Onoo SnEmisod that he prisoner hsd
made bis Csespa, and immediately entered bis
eel 10 ascertain. rlsl
There the bed presented alho On unusual ap.
pOaEAhee, bolster having been placed 80 Is 70
pve the appuaAeo Of man lseep. The chain
with which be vas confined WA also found Ia
the cell having been cot andleil there The eel
door had ahO been unlock, as well as The heavy
door opening into The jail yard. which Is ihelos.
BY bFiek vail about II feet IL height
4 piece Of wood had BEEN placed against this
wall leading to the window Eill, ifem which The
top was reached, and ladder had BEN plkced
against the outside, By which the descent vas
made EASY and salA 0p 10 this tine ibis 4 the
last trace Of the prisoner, 10 ar as We have be2n
enabled TO learn hl
As soon as L was found that DonheIly was
out the alarm was given, the Courthouse bell
Fung, and The citizens Of the village gathered %
learn the fact Messengers were At once sent
to Jamesburg 70 telegraph to New York, and TO
KeypOrt and all the various stations on the
route.
The JhiloF,-Nr Van DoFen, was IN the Jail q
few minutes prior 10 the dine the escape must
have been made but discovered nothing wrong.
DoNSELLT REcAFIrREB,
P.S. 81 o'clOck.-OonnsIly has been relaken.
&c was captured between this WALLACE and Key.
port, by MeSsrG LAmbersOn and ChaS. COnoVer
who met him on foot They had been to Key.
port, and saw a boat standing on aud Of, aud
being satisfied that this was inleOded 70 carry
him away, they set out IN search for him, and
met him near the residence Of Mt. John W,
Herbert rIftrFri
When told 10 stop. he paid no attention, but
kept walking on, until Mr. LambersOn took
hold Of him, when he at once gave up, and vas
brought back to misplace. He completely ex-
onerates everybody connected With the jail
Donnelly says he had team engaged TO take
him away, but they did not come; that he has
spent great amount Of money IN the attempt,
which has 50 signally failed, and boasts Of his
ability to pick any lock on the jail. lie ap-
pears to consider his capture due to the saga
city. and perseverance, Of NJ. Henderson, Of
whom he speaks in the highest terms Of admit
ration.