The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-12-04
SECOND DISPATCH.

COLUMBUS, Sunday, Nov. 2D-lO +. VI.
Since my dispatch Of Yesterday,
nothing further hes transpircd in re-
gard to the escape Of General Morgan
md his six companions. Not the
slightest clue hos been discovered Of
their whereabouts. ot of the route
they have taken. Every prccaution.
however. has been taken Cor their cap
ture Tho Governor has tclegraphcd
all the military committees Of the
State 70 arouse their several counties
and Col Parrott, the Provost Marshal
General Of the State, has notified in
like manner every Provost Marshal
within his jurisdiction TO scour their
several districts thoroughly. Tho
most plausible theory mentioned here
is that they escaped in time TO take
tho Cincinnati train. ria DAYTON. which
started from Columbus ut two o'clock
A. NJ. on Friday night. That their
escape was conni,ed at by sympathi-
zers there is little doubt. although no
positive proof has been discovered.
A searching investigation will hc
made, on the part OF both the civil
and military authorities. The man.
ner Of their escape was ingenious, but,
after all, simple enough. based on the
almost certain theory that they were
correctly informed as to the ground
they had to work through. The six
ofriccr' Who escaped with Morgan
Wnpn pnnfinnI Il, 49,. / ~
cells; rs also was Dick MORGAN. broth
or to the celebrated bandit. They.
by the patient labor Of nearly four
weeks, by means of small pocket
knives, dug through the floors of their
cells, composed of abort one foot Of
stone and brick down into q four foot
sewer. Two weeks since one Of the
escaped prisoners asked the guard for
= few boards TO cover the bottom Of
their cells, giving rs an excuse. that
the damp stone was iniuriug their
health. Their unsuspi"ious guard
granted the request These were used
to cover up tao holes they were cut
ting. On the night of their final es-
cape. on retiring to theirsevcral cells,
Dick Morgan managed to change with
h,e brother John, from the lower TO
the upps. tier. After getting into tho
sewer. they crawied TO the heavy
grating and masonry at its mouth,
and found that they could not escape
by that route. They, however, made
n hole upward, to heavy pile of coal,
which rolled in on them TO such an
extent that they were forced TO 90
further back into the yard. They
then eXcayated the soft earth clear
under the main wall of the prison, and
so correctly was the distance calcula-
ted that they came ont into the open
roadway one foot from the founda-
ton. One Of the part Captain
Hines; was by trade a brick mason.
and seems to have had the manage
ment OF the whole affair. 4 note,
signed by that worthy, written in
fine commercial hand, was left behind,
addressed to Captain Merton; Warden
of the Penitentiary:
"Castle Mcrion, Cell No. 20, No
vember ~, 1863. Commencement,
November 4, 1868, Conclusion, No
vemher 20, 1868. Number of hours
for labor per day, 3; tools 2, and
small knives. LIS Paiienre esi ann
mas Sou fraH est dour BY order Of
my six honorable Confederatcs.
L. HENRY HINES,
Captain c, S. A."
Public opinion is divided as to
where the blame rests. titles between
the Warden and military authorities,
1t is proper to state, however, that
for the last two weeks, several of the
most prominent copperheads Of the
State have been here, putting up ut
the principal hotels, laying their heads
together by day and night, without
any visible reason therefor. At this
hour, ten o'clock, the Governor and
his Secretaries, are in the Executive
Chamber, telegraphing to all parts of
a.