The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-12-09
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was easily. done. After getting. into. the
fchar'Ser below, be hand pleptys Of room to
I iireconnoltre and work. The balance of the
tslx holes were made from below by removing
the bricks andeipertar, leaviygEonly the thin
crust of cement, which, when all THINGS
were ready, conlI easily be broken 6y the
heel OF boot or shoe. After getting into
the chamber the question was how to get out
INTO the outer world. They first went to the
end gdl;' Of the chamber, and removed the fsun-
y di.tlon Is'opes Hbout four feet IN length; but
/ / here they met with ans obstruction. There
had been i6sgt 20900 bushels Of stone coal
briledup 1gainst the end of the prison, thru
4 which they were unable to make hole, and
i their si game was blocked, Nothing dannted.
they went back about twenty-five feet ard
bselectIng aspot, they dug q hole from near the
atop OF the ARCH South. and came up. sunder
I the foundstion7of the main wall, oppositethe
female prison, inside of the prison yard, and
5lthen proceeded to the Southeast gate, and by
means of q rope; made out of bed-tickipg
if,fo-insdsinto long links, scaled theawslis and
j made their escape fsessi zed 3ssFsse9 efH
di Fromthe parport of Capt. Hihess letter to
the Warden, found in the air-charnbsrs after
their eseapes il is evident that their reason for
delaying the timef their escape seven days.
twas to wal; until adark night, or that the ar
rangement between Dick Morgan and John
1 IN regard 10 eths exchange of cells could not
be effected with safety until Friday night.--ssl
/ The letter referred 10. had the aoftowing SUI
prescription 80 Hon. (ll) " Mer;on.n
IS Fhe faithful'' !" The 'Vigilart, On the
inside was the following, written IN Z sos GOOD
! hand :sd e biss ,siasa5sTee1 eaas . sll7
Il easTLE MrsIos, crLI g. a5,
Ii Nov. 9th, 1858
CommeneementA1Eov 4tb, 1868. s1sa sas
Conclusion-Nov. 2oB, 1853. .isyftisog .tssis
No. of ahours sfor laItor Per sdayl-4-33.. s1Ef
! Tbols--two small knives. zsag fsi ,Esag
Ii pstseass est amer, ns1ss son 75at3 sst dsuss
By order of my six honorable cos.fe1erSfes I'D
/; saotF I. HENRY HINES, Capt. d
There certanl was a want Of yiJiIaancsa On
| Ithcpart Of the guards on Ffiday6 hight in
permitting the Morgansi to exchange celis.g or or'g
rather in not detecting ina deception When sns
they locked the cellssse Another. and peri,sps
the greatest, want of waschfulness, Twas in
not examining their cels.s. " learn that the ss
! Warden and Directors of the Psnitentiasvsss
claim that they delivered ever TO- the militia
ry authorities qt thessole eoutrel of NJ organ and "
b his men on the 81 day of November, antisa
that up TO that time he caused their lis II
be swept ont every Enerning and examined. - s.
On II the other handsita coptended that sti.e5.
military a wereTonly requested, blythe war,lsn, =
and Directors. ito receive the funds of the 81
prisoners and dishurse them, gnarsi them at
meal time and attend to their medical treat-gs;
n mel,t. and that .ipsall4othersrespscts thegsre-
malned n the there as .thsylhad preyiouslysa5Fhe
following is a scany Of the request alluded to,
which is dated NeY. 2 I. 1868. ss.eIF
s. 9 The The Directors and Warden. have rsquest, bs
ed a Gem asena to receive the funds belong
ing g prisoners Of VIE here, and through the
:s agency OF the United States eaicers sofglais
appoi atment to disburse them, to e iasizthem sss
at meal time, and tosttend tel their medicslsss
treatment, sh subject as far as possible etoo the
lul!s s s"I a ms prison. ba os ,beiid ss ds1e5 ns
On lst the same me day, Brig General, John s.
Mason son issnssl the following order api einting
a prison Steward, to attend to the medical re
and other wants Of the prisoners, IN view of
discussing their money nj purchasing them
such article as was not Considered contra
band Slssel7ssAtE a1fFBazzl
+, HEADQUA AnTEns u. S. Feacrs,
F. agasl Columbus o, Nov, 2, 1869,
40, j, N Aslga. Harasq, Osio Psaitsptiare..
SIR-I iseud YOU Ssrgt slsEE. Mason as 9
Prison Saeward-as Your ebsdst servant, sasii assIi
(signed) e9sae2 JNo. S. s.MAsoy. 9 s..z
omc'a- II Is slaazssss .lss Brig Geueral.
X LAME, Cap. and a. d. O. ,l;5s1ose r. iF
r During thee time that Gsnofai Masod re-
manned here as commander Of tie forces Of
the United States, subsequent to the arrange.
ment with the Warden and Directors Lieut..
q Judkins, of the Geseral's staf, was acting as
Inspector. HIS siity oas we understand. was
to inspect the fetters written by tfss prisoners.
and decide what owass necessary for them to
purchase. and in this I'VE think he was, some
what careless. for he permitted them to pur-
chase saws. q vices; etc., for the purpose, az
they represented @ mako rings 40 while 9
away sheseaieus prison hours 1iss giit .z1a
When Ganesal Mason was ordered to C4li- IN
fornia, CofsW aliaces being the ranking, off,
eer,5 assumed thedconiuMTd (,nach against his
ownwill, until another appointmeatcoa bseb
matles This in addition TO his duties as
Commander gof Camp Chase, has niaie his
iabors very ouefouss but we believe that he
hassdone1 his duty fni every paTsidular, and
thatihoblame can be attached to him. Capt.
R. Lamb, his acting Aid de- Camp has been 4
the Inspector since thei departure sof Lieut..
Judkins, and the supply Of diffefeito articles
to the prisoners since that tina has been sery
limited ~ -
We have endeavoredlin the above 10 give O
an impartial stafemcntaof the facts as far as q
they have como 70 oar knowledge The .
prisoners @ lFf have escaped and in all probability
they YIllsHot be re5capiured in this State S
A thousand dollars reward is offered for the ii
apprehension Of Morgan, and shesgefie means
are IN IN, operation to ferret out the mystery
which appears te hang over their escapes and s.
few days only willeiapss untiitEie evidence IS
win appear if any. Of che k1iowledssIor col ~
lusion Of odt-sidFrs with tha manner Or "a
means Of their escape At two O'Clock this.
morning. nothing had be IN heard by the an. IS
thorities Of their whereabouts afss4
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