Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-01
We fua ibs, following acc,ual Of lgsp. JOHN
EH. MoadAh add ok of Bib Cattsin5 ID that very
floyal" paper, The, Ohio STATE .JournaI- of Mon

We find The, following aco,ull Of lgen. jon
III. MoAdAn add dix Of BIB CAP btsin6 ii That very
floyal"' paper, the Ohio State Journal of Mon
day morning: -.r~7yrN yrss'saT ,TaAfTHaT
ESCAPE OF GHB.VJoHn II ElMoRsxNF- In some
points Of view, the escape Of John Morgan
with six Of his Captains, from the Ohio Penl-
teutiary, onlast Friday night, is the ,most hu-
initiating circumstance that has ever occurred
| p the State Of Ohio.p IL 10 not for us to say
\ who 10 to blameiu this matter, bqt that there
| Fas negli gelee and o lack Of PROPER vigilance,
4 % evident TO the most casual observer. We
prspoletO give the resuls Of our observations,
Sbtatned BY u PERSONAL e&amipaNoi Of the man.
her ID which they effected their escape from
prisons gtogether with theEdocdmente in relation
70 the affair, thus far ,iisds public, and will
cave il 10 the hands of the citizens Of Ohio.
hent
There Isere lsSveno opdEonefa including John
| Morgan who escaped. The following are their
a. 4sTSlss Sg Gs9 I9hpsH Morgan s Il GsPisiDs A >
2. 8. Msgee5 Ralph Sheldon and B, b. Taylor,
All these prisoners, with the exception Of Nor
gan, had their cells on the fret range, orground
floor Of thelieast wing Of the prieo,, On the
south side. Morgan's cell was on the second
range, on the came aide of the wing. An air
dhambsr, built aud arcbed With brick, runs 'the
whole length of the wing, directly under the
dells. The air ohsmbeft OF ventilator, as 1t is
GometlmeJ called, is seven feet In width and
fpur and balflfeet high, and at the end, aud
fastened into the foundation Of the main wal,
strong bars, OF Iron we're placed We are In
fprmed' that this chamber was built for the
purpose Of keeping The cells dry !, The air
passed In at the end where the Iron bsta wers
fastened , and comm unicated from THE chamber
outst the top of the building BY means Of flnts
built In the middle, or, partition wall. The
foora Of the cells were made, first by the brick
sFohing over the, air ohsmbeFy ak5utni inches
Itbick, then heavy yer OF mbrt,f made ffom
shnd and lime, and then the last ooa,ing; or that
which served as o floor, was a cemen, about
two and a half inches thick Perhaps the
whole thickness 10 two feet.
| The fret hole made through to the air-cham.
ber, was in'eelf NoA2O, occupied by Captain
Hines, 1t was made in the corner Of his cell,
Eunder lha bedstesd and we, should Judge was
easily done. After getting Into he cham
Der belov ,she had plenty OF room toreconuoi-
TOR and work, The balance Of the elk holes
we're made from below BY removing the bricks
and mortar, leaving only the thin crust Of ce
lment, which, when al things weretesdy could
easily be broken by the Feel Of boot or shoe.
After getting into che cha nber, the question
| Was, how 10 get out INTO the outer world They
/ fire, went to the end Of The chamber, aad re-
lmoved the foundation stones, about fur feet in
length; but here they met with' an Obstruction
Thye had been Gb1us 20 900 BushsH bf stone
coal piled kdp gsiusa tths end iodf iodf tns prison,
Through which they Nsre tiasbls 10 ma lie aaholS
i Rbd the ir game wac blecked5- -Npthiug daunttd
4 t6eywsnt back about utaweu.y. five feet, add ee-
,lldcting spot, they dug q hole from neaf The
Hop of the arch, eouih, and came up, under the
lfdundatlon Of the main wall, oppoeIte the te-
ploce sde u lhs sohitis sss says, La bJ mneInr
oi rope made out OF bed ticking iormed into
Ilopg links, scaled the gplls AID psds their es-
cspe. ''A "
From, the. .pp,poEt Of CAPT., Hipsstt letter to
Hhe- Warden found Tie dfr thhtdbsf utter theit
escape, 1t is evident that their reason for de-
laying the time for their escape seven days,
wasto walt uhtiE q dark night,or u q the DR.
rabgenent between Dick Morgan sspd John In
regard 10 the exchange oireells could not be
effected With safety until Friday night The
letter referred to had the follow q superscrits
tIohi, q! Hon -(lD N, Mssipu,9 r Inc fatsful,' q
"The vigilsnt." On tbe iDside w9s the fol-
lofiogs written in good baud! - IN ssias,
l.. ''ss' .tsvi'a'CisrGf MrR1ca, GILL No. 2Ol :,
r. lHA .silAa bps sallaNsv. 27th, 1869 y
Commencement Nov 4th, 1863 ''- Z t.i'' 80
Copclusion-- Now 2O.hs 1853. g.l ls.ssi s.i.
No. of hours for labor per day 2. .mt' 80
| Tools-Tw0 email knives. ~
| s FLa patience eat amer, paie .sou, frp isf
ldoaz" sSSA II ~ !CsE&AA4&
b. By order of my ak honorable Can pisdt "a, 60
tas sLlt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, a
/" There certainly was wah. ~, II visIdoos e. on
she part Of the guards % Fsiday bigstl id per-
limiting, the Morgaps to. exchapgen celia, or
satheI nnot detectlng the deoep lon when they
locked the cellsa sAuothcr,, isnd perhat the
greatest, want Of tfstch iUInssa, VAs 10 nos sx
amlning their cells. We learn that the War
den and Directors 81 the lPenitebtisry claim
that they delivered over 20 the nilitstysdtbor.
litieB tho sole control Of Morgs and his men on
the Sd day Of November, and that mp to tina,
morning and examined. On tho other hand, Il
quebted, by the Warden and Directors, 10 re.
oeive tha'funds Of the prisoners and disbutae
tfhemyeu them at meal time and attend 20
their medicalY iyestniant, hpd tbbt pialEothir
respectl they Remained there as they had, pre-
viously. The following isos, copy of ,be re.
guest allpded to- whicbis dated Nov, "a, 1853:
o." The Directors and Warden hsve irequested
Gen. tMes9n 10 receive The 'fpnda beiopRipg 10
prieon sof war. here, and throueh the agency
of thNUntedA States officers Of his pointiii snt
Ito dIsbufse them, toigpafd them ut rnoal time,
| and 10 8tt6nd TO their medical Treatment, sub
jjeck as far as passible sltoG the rules of this
prieon ."TTAaf q dntas
OA the same day, Brigadier=G General John 8,
Mason jssnsd the, following order, appointing q
prison sSteWstdy to' attend TO t6e medical and
othef wants of the prisoners, in view Of dis
bursting their money 10 purchasing them such
articles aaBerenot consid@ed coR,rsbAhdsE e
|, ,oi HEApouAsyTRs u, s, FoRuRs,l ia
fdo ,sCoIUMDUsA o., Nov. 2, 1863.
Mr.. .N. AiSiaa;; Rasasa. Ohio Psnitentisryy::.-
s,s,.,d Ind Syii 'nXFo1R0 20 ~ tP'''sfF f
Jb.v Your obedient. servant, - -
+ (Sigaee)l1. bJN0. slbfA6ON, ~
4 Official. Brig General
| R. LAMB, Capt. and ADO H"A
During ths sine thst Gem Mqsop Fsnsinet
here Cd t6hihshde Of the forces of the United
States, subsequent to the Arrangement With thu
i Warden and Directors, Lieutenant Judkins o.
the Generale staff, WAS acting as 5Inspectorl--
His duty, 90 we understand, was TO inspect Oh,
lettefs written by the prisoners, and deoid,
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