Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-01-15

DAY. JANUARY Is, l8!
also shown that he had the watch of
Bodel in his possession at the time of
his arrest. He conducted himself
with the greatest GOODNESS and self pos
session, although he knew there was a
project on foot for lynching him and
though he saw OH every side a stern
determination that he should not es-
cape punishHent.
A Prison Of the most substantial
character was hastily constructed, the
whole neighborhood turning out to
work upon it: 1t was made, sides, floor
and ceiling Of IL inch oak timber,
squared, and morticed together at the
ends; a small window, firmly secured
with iron bars and heavy oak door,
secured with a large staple, hasp
and paddock. 1t was furnished with
a stove, chair, table and bed. He
was confined at first by slight hand
cuffs, which, as it afterwards proved
he could slip off whenever he chose,
n few evenings afterwards he induced
the turnkey to leave the door open
for moment, when quick as lightning
he rushed by him and was lost in the
darkess. But he had mistaken his
opportunity, one that he could have
made at almost any time. The night
was extremely dark-that was favora-
ble---but fresh fall Of snow had oblit-
Grated the road, and made walking
very laborious. He struggled along
until morning, and was easily traced
by his footprints, and was found a.
bout four miles from his prison, lying
face downwards in the brush, appar-
emily in a ft He had wandered alto
gether about ten miles. He was
taken back, was bound hand and foot
and chained to the floor. His attempt
was disastrous in another respect. A
strong party in the comfy, had only
waited for an excnse to lynch him; this
presented it; they gathered tS3r that
pupose, but were for the time dis
suaded by the heritf-but they threat@
encd to return.
He then makes another attempt; de-
liberately, carefully has he planned it,
and provided for every emergency.
He has filed his chains; but ties them
together so neatly that it will not be
noticed. There is hole through the
ceiling for the stove:pipe; at night, as
soon as the last candle is out, he dark.
ems the window; with Goals of fire
; from the stove,he begins to enlarge the
aperture, by charring the green OAK
timber. He must burn it down from
the upper side-his work must not be
in sight. What patience! What care
What vigilance! But he has the
spirit! Night after night he works a,
it,; at first his progress is almost i'm.
|perceptible E; but as the wood seasons
and blackcns, it chars faster; and day
after day he must divert attention from
it; luckily the prison is dark; when
the jjailor, or the curious, supicious
neighbors come in, he is full of gibes
and jokes and stories, he has sketches
ridiculous carricatures of himself and
his prison and of divers persons in the
neigh hhorhQod-little time dnas ha
give them for examination or suspicion.
Soft goes, day and night, and now i,
is nearly finished; there remains but
a thin shell of dry wood to burn OF
tear away; above it the hole has beer
sufficiently enlarged. It is the middle
of December, the weather is PLEASANT
the roads well beaten, everything i,
favorable; that night it will be done
: How he cxalts over the thought he
hates them; he has outwitsed them
: Now he turus to tho tutnrei there !!
his wife, (his last word and last sigl
: were for her) he sees far off ant
beautiful lands, where he is safe Will
her, living sober;y and honestly; agail
l he dreams of a Freebooters life, in tn,
Southwestern daring deeds and hair
. breadth escapes. How his face bright
i, ems up! Tomorrow, tomorrow he vii
be free, Des. 1,,,., na.,, 49, s.a,,r,; s,,5, S'
e No! Never! It il decrced---chains
: and despair; and death. For one glanc
= has discovered his secret, in an instan
the work Of days is destroyed. Wha
e agony! What bitter inward curses
: But he does not yet despair. See, h
: turns it off with a jest, t,--.he still hopes
' But that was his last chance.: "The,
/ may hang yUu now,' the sheriff says
II All along, it had been prophesied tha
! Rhinhart would outwit him; he begin
q to be afraid of it, and wishes himsel
i out Of the scrapc: Now comes the ia
g tai day. The folks have heard tn
!, story, and that the Sheriff will b
& T" reasonable "----mobs are not yer
Q brave--.so they gather again; obtai
: the key lit was not seereted) and afte
q desperate tig',t for he has with
!, tremendous effort freed himself frol
: his chains, tearing the flesh from hi
''-|bones in the act he is conquered an
+ tails in a tit. Like the other, it is
:, sham fit; one of his plans; a calcul:
q ton based upon the laws Of huma
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