Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-06

- In another column will he found an account Of
the escape of Donnelly from prison, taken from
the Monmouth IN. D. Inquirer-Extra. EtsE
The New York Herald gives the following adj
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The Sheriff Of tn. county, on being made aware
OF the occurrence sent parties In all d rections In
pursuit OF the fugitive All the avenues leading
10 view OK were strictly guarded, while vol
nntsers In wagons were dispatched to Keyport,
Middletown Point, and Long Branch. for the
purpose of intercepting Donnelly shonId he at
tempt to go on board any OF the steamboats, for
this city. Having shown what preparations
were made for the capture Of Donnelly, we will
now follow the fugitive from the time be escaped
from prison up to the moment Of his capture
Through the aid Of person who had been in
prison with the condemned, the latter succeeded
In getting possession of some false keys and
Nile. On Sunday night, between the hours Of N
and IL O'Clock, he managed to slip the shac kles
from his feet and unlock the door of his cell. To
open the QUITE: door by means OF false KEYS was
but the work of moment Notwithstanding the
prisoner had three keepers to keep guard over
him, he managed to elude them ali and make his
WY out into the open air.!
Scarcely had he emerged from the building
when the keepers made the discovery, and
alarmed the villagers by loudly ringing the Court
House bell Hundreds were on the spot in mo-
nent. and all crowded around the disconsoate
keepers, anxious to hear the news The timely
discovery of the keepers some W hat disconnected
the plans If Donnelly. He was afraid 10 leave
the prison grounds while the bell was ringing,
the citizens who were flocking towards the Court
House, and chose rather to remain concealed in
the shrubbery until the crowd had increased to
such an extent that his departure from the grounds
would be unnoticed. Accordingly, when the
concourse was greatest, and the excitement amorp
the people was at its highest pitch, he boldly
walked through the crowd and passed out nto
Main street, and then fastening forward, took
the turnpike road 10 MiddlPtown Point where he
expected To meet friend who would convey him
TO the seaside In wagon. He carefully avoided
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the woods on either side of the road, and had
thus proceeded about eight miles on his Journey
When DC was Unexpectedly surprised and cap
tured. in this wise
AS the party-consistIng of Messrs. Lambert
son and Conover-who had been sent 10 Middle
town Point and Keyport for the purpose of
warning the authorities in those villages were
on their return to Freehold, and when abou,
three miles from Middletown Point, they espied
man approaching them One of the party
hinted that II might be Donnelly, but the Others
were inclined to doubt the assertion and II was
not until they came up close beside the stranger
that they Were convinced Of the Identity of the
Fugitive. They instantly jumped out of the
wagon and seized Donnely before the latter
could make any attempt 10 escape, and in less
than an hour afterwards the prisoner was lodged
In his old apartments at Freehold. Donnelly il
appears, mistook his captors for the party of
friends who promised TO meet him on the road
ana convey him to an unfreQuented spot on the
coast, where yacht was in readiness to start for
New ork and II was not until he was within
their grasp that he discovered the fatal error
The prisoner made no resistance whatever but,
silently resignin2 himself TO his fate, passed the
rerna inder of the night I'm his cell as If nothing
had happened. Yesterday additional means
were taken Ia secure the safety Of the prisoner
in the way of extra shackles and Keepers rend.
erlng second attempt at escape perfectly hope
less. We understand that the person who aided
Donnelly TO escape has been arrested and that be
has made confession, in which he states that
he received 800 for his services