The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-08-29

means CONSTANT with his safety" yet
as we cannot conceive that humanity
or decency would require q Sheriff tc
allow prisoner tools to escape with
or to throw open his prison doors, We
NAV infer he meant indirectly to deny
our assertion. We accordingly join
issue with him then on this his second
point, and do most emphatically affirm
and are able to prove that he, Sheriff
Thatcher, did allow Field liberties
By no means consistont acith has safe
| IT," And to support our side we viii
ask frst-Is it CONSTANT with pris-
oner's safety that he be allowed to
have with him in Jail, from Sunday
till the following Tuesday, a carpet
bag partially filed with tools fne
saaos, files, &c. 10 word IL have
ready at hand the very Instruments
one would desire TO have who wished
to break jail ? Every candid mind
! will answer this we think in the neg
alive But Sheriff Thatcher has al
mitted that he allowed Field, pris
oner, 10 have in jail with him from
Sunday till the following Tuesday. q
carpet bag of saeh tools Hence We
have proved by the Sheriff q own ad :
mission kindly furnished as in his card,
our point, that he did as we asserted
allow Field, liberties By no means
consistent acith has safety. And as
neither humanity nor decencs required
that Il person charged, arrested and
imprisoned that he NAV answer q Sc
rioua misdemeanor, be furnished or
allowed tools calculated to aid him in
breaking jail, aud 80 egade trial. sand
the reward due hia nnlawfn. acts, and
as Sheriff Thatcher did this. ne con.
| Glade that he did in truth allow him
! liberties or one at least, not required
by either humanity or deceacy, but
forbidden by both. And here, having
! pnt. as we think, at rest, this, his Sec
! oad point. and by the best evidence
| the case will afford his own admis-
sion-we here might fold our hands
I and stop hut TO make clean work of
it, and az it were, make presumption
| doublv sure" We shall offer some adj
! ditional evidence. And Second-Is
it consistent with Il prisoners safety
that he be so little looked after or so
much indulged as to be free TO receive
what company he pleases, and to have
brought to him while under the Sher.
| i'll s care anything he desires, even
F.. though it be an instrument necessary
J for him TO break jail with ? Every
candid mind will answer his we think,
in the negative But Sheriff Thatch-
er did allow Field, q prisoner, during
his stay with him, and particularly on
the fourth day of July last, the priyi-
lege OF having as much company AZ he
| pleased, and the privilege Of receiving
, from such visitors anything they
brought to him. Hence we say again
he allowed him liberties By no means
consistent, acith has safety" We saw
also here, when the Sheriff wants the
proof of this he can have if. BIT
Ihlrdfy--Is it CONSTANT with pris-
ouer's safety that he he taken from the
jail proper, placed in private room,
his door unlocked, bolts and bars
thrown aside, and he a prisoner, left
on his parole Of honor to walk out or
stay in MS leisure or inclination prompt
ed Every candid mind will answer
thas We think, in the negative. But
Sheriff Thatcher did on the fourth day
Of July last,-a0e are sorry it is true
and that we in our own defence, are
obliged to put it on the record against
him,-put Field in private room,
whereas more than one will testify
he let in and let out those who called
Hpon him, and without let or hindrauce
from bolt, bar, lock or chain, and be
could, had he so desired walked out
himself. Hence We say again, Sher-
if Thatcher did allow Field CELEBRITIES
By no means conststant srith has safe
IT," But Foelrth--Is it consistant
with the safety of prisoner to allow
him the range of a jail yard like that
at bennington, till after dark and I'M
till late hour at night Every can
did mind will anawer thqs We think in
the negative But Sheriff Thatcher
has admitted that on the night Of
Fields escape, he left him 10 the yard
till between nine and ten O'Clock -
Hence we prove again by his own all
mission. he allowed Field "ll6eqfies
By no means c0nsi8tant leith has safe
IT," But Sheriff Thatcher further
says, under this point 10 his most un-
fortunate card, he treated Field a. he
treated all the other prisoners. Well,
suppose he did, does that mend mat
ters? On the contrary, instead Of
doing 80, in our opinion it only makes
them 30 much the worse. Because lat,
all the prisoners being treated alike,
had. like Field. the same access TO the
tools, and during the time they were
with him in the jail, could, like him,
use, or select and put away for a fn-
ture use. End, All the prisoners being
treated alike, had. on the fourth day
of July last, the same privilege Field
had to receive company, or to have
brought to them, as Field had, any
thing they desired. even if it were an
instrumentnecessary to break jail with
Sd, All the prisoners heing treated
alike, were, on the fourth day of July
last, like Field taken from the jail
proper pllced in private room. their
doors unlocked, bolts and bars thrown
aside, end each prisoner. like himself,
left on his parole Of honor, to walk out
or stay in at pleasure 4th, All the
prisoners being treated alike. they all
like Field had the liberty Of the jail
yard till after dark and until late