The New York herald., 1863-12-01
TsE ESCAPED REBEL PRISONERS.


Earth.r Particulars Of The Escape OF
John morzan ana the Other hebes On
.,ys trom she Osaio saitsntiary-The
Mannsr In which They Effected Their
EVsess-LetiSr OF. Captain Haines, DC.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 80, 1863
n. ria rhel officers who escaped from the pen,en
t,a,y al Columbus, ith John Morgan were Captains
kennet sholdon, Hair es FIacket, smith and Magse.
Iohp Morgan, On rearing, arrangea with his brother
ss exchange cells from the top 10 the lower one
III. FIRST hoor The lower cell Is and bali inches
ipck, 70 which hole cut running 10 the main wall
srousd the renentiary. This waB cut under and
the party escaped into the open country The heh' was
aaIE and a heavy rain falling 81 The tlne'
Not ike slightest clue has been discovered of ther
whereabouts the route they have taken lhe cover
teegfaphed all Military Committees OF the s'a'e
aEonee their several counties and COZ fafr"t the
proyos, Marsha General of the state has notified every
Provost Marshal within his l1rsdcton To seour their
several stYicis thoroughly 10 reeapture the rebels
The eost plausible theory mentioned is that they es
caIed IN time to take lne .ncnnat , tsnn W wa aon,
which started from Columbus at tSo clock on saturday
roropg that their escape was conDived at by sympa-
thaers there is little doubt ihe manner o, escape was
pQepons; but after all 10 simple enough when based
upon almost certain theory that they were correctly
ioIoraed 10 the ground they had TO work through
They oy patent labor for nearly -four weeks by means
sf s,oall pocket knives, dug through the floors of
.heir cells composed OF about foot OF stone and
brick down inie q four foot
weos ago Of the escaped prisoners asked the
suad for boards tu tue bottom q! the cells,
gvne excuse that The damp stone was Dlurng
Their health Tbe upsuspicous guard grantad their re-
auesi The boards used up the holes they
cutting On the night OF their naI escape, on re-
tUing their several cells, Dick Morgan managed To
change with his brother John from the upper TO the
After getting the they crawled 10 the heavy
grating and masonry its mouth, and found they could
escape by that route They, however, made hole
upward 10 heavy pile Of coal which rolled in on them
sncb extent that they forced TO go further
back INTO the yard.
They then the soft earth clear under the main
wall and correctly the distance calculated that
they the road foot from tho onn-
daton One OF the party Captain ianes, was by trade
bTsS mason, aud 10 have bad the management
sf tbe whole Affair." note signed by that worthy, writ
ten in nne commercial hand, LETT behind IL reads
no fclows
CAslIE MERoN CELL No 20 Now 27, 1868.
To tarsain Ml1lloN, Warden Of the Penitentiary:-
Comm MeBsement-N November 4, 1868. tonclnsion-No-
vsabes 20, 1863 Number of hours Of labor per day
Three. IOos-Two small knives.
L~ po;<ace est 0mere adis fruit es' dOir.
Observation-Disclosures s bitter, but lis fruit is sweet
Py @~der VI my ri, honorable Confederates.
T. HENRY HAlNES,
Captain Confederate States Army.
Pubic opinion - divided TO where the blame really
II spYoper state however, that for the last
two weets several Of the most copperheads OF
the State have been putng ut the principal hotels
and laying ther heads together, without visible rea
zoo ibete'cr.
WGrgan's Arrival at Toronto.
ToroNio, Canada, Nov. so 1858.
sstn n Morgan arrived here by the Great Western
Ha,iropa .o.,iay.