, 1859-10-04

ESCAPE OF FIVE PRISONERS!


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tnls c'y, onoer me nanos o. shes'n 9fay' We
did 50 with full sense Ct the weight and in6u-
cnce Of those statements. which. If true IL
scemcI nu.t ;mn,ediat,1v e1,c;t xome ,c,;on tn
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bring speedy reform or il false and unaus-
tained, must have redounded 10 cur oEn Injury
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Ihose charges were made, resting the re-
sponsibilisy npon the ASSISTANTS Of Mr.. Gray,
and If tr,,e his dntie. IN The nnhl;c demanded of
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MN no ICES 'oan an mmco'a1e cnange ID LIS
subordinates- Sheriff Gray wrote letter, de-
n, jur Indignantly and totally the staten,ents
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peraslFe 'han satisfactory in respect to covering
e!arinr and notorinus. We did mt refroct mr.
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n's paper III tue le'son oI l!s representatives
nc un''''uoa'e's 'os n'nSe'' selected 10 maze
e'e4 uose n''ofoue .ue eonui1'on ~ "n'en nc
1ooo seiofe 'ns poD''e' "i'a efa'e a.tenee'on"
en4.eeo upon LIS management o. n's o"cn4
du'ies' chiefly as We hnTe ever arer1ed from ILL.,
proper and worthless assistants. The barring
ont Of our representative from the McSanaer
execution serred ns n uidr advertisement ,f IL,
matter, at ;xsue 3etvcen ours.,rcs md III.
officer
In the anou.t form of ,be pocoras,,a cour+
wh,. re- had o,,eoea u,s IN t;ra ,aa sver
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The matter bT saer'd Gray's request was
brought before the Gfand Jury tEen III Session.
He being still uncoaSinced, long aud careful
investigation TOOK place, and the following is a
portion OF the heport o1 tue 6rand Jury:
1st. That there IS FeF5 nttle, !! any, regular
system or disc'p.nc established IN Tue 1a'l, Tor
onerg
ed. That person who stands indicted for the
crime oi inufaer nas oeen ai!o"ea nls liberty
warIantah1c md rat he IL n!!lowed nnre frc...
dom in the jul than is allowed to other inmates
charged with less hclnous offences; TINT females
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which. if not diseraceful, is at least Liehly i'm
proper.
50. Inat n one instance a. 1cast, tTo Paf1'es
who are lmp!lea'ea IN Tue same ef,n's hase oeen
tbr;r trial a nracticc in our oniuion well ca]cu.
lated 10 defeat the ends of Justice.
4tl,, That the practice oi allowing visitors to
minele with tue prisoners promiscuousty. with-
out the scrutiny and precautions usually prnc.
ticed III institutions Of this kind, hns been In
duleed in entirely too much.
5th. That prisoners MISC hare been allowed
access to the apartments where the wood II
stored, in which apartment are also left IN axe
and wood" saw, implements which lit tlcu1-
ee1res are harmless but in the hauds Of gang
of desperadoes arc truly formidable weapons
for breaking jail or for mutipy among the pris
oRers.
10 DC so. lie 1e1a'neo HIS "o'ta1ess jan oss1st-
ants. and affected TO be gratifled that the Grand
1urx- had Inn. - c1eared him /" n]tE,ouch the r..
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y. Luz "1uu9 " tHe '7A4e441 'oi PioNt's ono
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