Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-30
TELEGRAPHIO NEWS, :
PARTICULARS 0F rHE kScAPR o.
~.g~sg JOHN MORGAN. -

PHsEApLPnIA, Nov. GA speoisa dispatch
TO the ksentag 8slIstS~ dated O4neinn stt Nov
3oth ss3sAThe omcsrs who escaped from the
Psnife ntiasy at Uo1umb1s With Morgan, wefs
ar tains Bennett Taylor, Sheldon, Hams.,
HACKER, Smith aud Mage. JoAa H. korssa.
o. etizing changed with his brother Dick from
Tbs Top call TO the lower Of Ne tier aoor, which
1 ~ inches t6sck. In which q hole vas cut
ian1ins 70 tho main waa around the Penaten-
Thu wall wss' cut under. aud the party e..
csP.d into the q en- c0untIy. The ntshswss
sst clue has bees discovered Of their wnsr--
hbe Ute. Or the route they have taken. The
Governor haa teiekraphed to all the military
connaitsees q he state 70 arouse their civil
coupt.>A, and Col. Parrot, Provost Marshai
Gtreral OF lib STATE, has notified every Pro-
Sost MsrshA within his jurisdiction to scour
th. II seveTa1 6tssrtcts thoroushly.
The most plausible theory mentioned 10 that
thy escaped In time 10 take the Oinoiauati
trs H., wa Dayton, which s'Artad from Uolum.
bus q two 4: u. on frtday night. That their
escape Vas connivrd q by tho .. npathisers
pas iosenious, but after al simple enough,
tlsed upon the almost oestaia theory tn It they
wire correctly Inf lnaed n 70 the ground they
had 10 work throush
They, b, pate mt labor for nearly four weeks,
Aud by mrans Of small pocket knives, dag
through the 10 70 Of their cells, which were
con no. ed Of anou' one foot Of stoue and brick,
one Of the escaped prisoners asked thu guard
flr ~ " bsards TO cover The bottom Of the cells
& VII an excuse that the damp stone " IS
L. Iur,nR their health; but the real use ct the
boards y a. to cover up the holes tn were
cutting. On the night It heir Rnd 90 apo. on
reiir ing ~ h.. several cells, d ok Morgan
MANAGED TO change with his brother, John,
IRON the lower to the upper tier. a.,
Ai,er e. ting into the tewtr they era wled to
tia h avy grating And nasonry at Its mouth.
and found they could no. O. cape by that ,hey,
ht W. VET, MADE a hole upward t0 q heavy pl .
OF cCSl. whi, h role on them tn suoh M exteRt
that tn. y w'ie compelled TO further back into
the yard. They thrn sxcavatrd the soft earth
cit ar urdsr tie main wal, and SO correctly
"a as the distance c. L. ula ed that they came cut
II to the Oh en- road one foot from the foanda.
ton.
One OF the party, Cap. Hines, was by trade
a brick n asop, and 1t seams he I'd tbs maa.
age nt mt Of she whole affair. notr, signed oy
that We rtfy, Yittan Ia a hne CONNER :iai
hand, u as j. It hind as follows:
To Capt Me- YiAn, Warden Of the p nit nti.
airy, aetle Meerian Cell. No. ~, Nov. 81, 1898
Nov, mber 4tb, 1853, commencement NDvem
her Nth, conclusion. Number Of hours per
days latOr, three; tools. Two small knives.
"Lo patience est dns<re, n,0is frwit est dow"
60 Pa't nee Is bitter, but its fruit Is weet' by
T. HENRY HINES, u. 8. A.
Personal opinion IL disioed Is to whore the
blame reste. 1t Ia proper TO state, ho 1evsr,
that Tor the iaat two weeks several OF The most
prom inent copperheads In the State have baen
putting up At the principal hotels, laying their
herds together without any reasonable reason
therefor