, 1864-01-19
THE ESCAPE OF JOHN
MORGAN,
Ee Tells bis Friends How it
Was Done.

he lellS dis EIl61lQ5 How Il
Was Done.
AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT
FROM REBELD0M.
Gen. John Morgan was honored with at
ovation on The 7th, on his arrival at the rcbe
Capital. Tie following highly interesting
account Of his escape from the Ohio peniten
tlary, and subsequent adventures, is published
in TIE Esqn;rr. It will repay perusal:
Their beasteals were small iron stools, fas
tened to the wall with hinges. They cou1i
be booked upor allowed to stdnd On the floor
and to prevent any suspicion, for several days
before nny work was attempted, they made
doors and read. Capt. Hines superintcnded
the work, while Gen. Morgan kept watch to
divert the attention Of tic sentinel. whose
duty it WAS to come round during the day
and obsf!ve If nything was going on, One
day this fellow c:me In while 1Iokersmith
Was down under the floor boring awny, and
The General replied, "He is in INV room,
slck, and Immediately pulled document
out Of his pocket and said to him g Tcre is
memorial hare drawn up to forward to
TIC Government at Washington; what do
highly fatteied At tie Generals condesccn-
Eion, took it and very graycly looked ct It for
several moments before he youchsafed anr
reply. Then, handing it back, he Expressed
himself highly pleased with it. In The mean
time HokeIsmitb had been signalcd and came
up, protesting to feel very uuwcll. This SEN
tincl was tho most difficult and dangerous
obstacle in their progress, because there WIS
no telling Mt what time be would enter du-
ring the day and ut night he came regularly
every two hours to each cell and inserted n
light through tho bars Of their doors TO see
that they were quietly sleeping, and frequent
" after lc had completed Ills rounds Ae
would slip back In the dark with q pair Of in
o1a rubber shoes on, to listen at their cells If
anything WINS going on. The General says
that he wonld almost invariably know Of Ills
presence by certain magnetic shudder
which 1t would produce; but for fear tbat
this acute sensibl1ity might sometimes fail
lin, le broke up small particles Of coal every
morning and srFinkled them before the cell
door, which would always announce his
coming.
Everything was now ready to begin the
work; so about the latter end Of October
they began to bore. ALI were busy-one
making rope ladder by tearing aud twisting
mp strips Of bcdtiek, another making bowie
Knives, and another twisting up towels
They laboEed persevcringly for several days,
and after boring through nine inches OF &C.
mcnt and nine thicknesscs Of brick placed
edgewise, they began to wonder when they
should reach the soft earth Suddenly =
vi brick fell through. What could this mean?
What internal chamber had they reachcd.s It
was Immediately entered, and, to their great
astonishment and Joy, It proved to be an air
chamber extending the whole length Of the
row Of cells. Here Was On unexpected inter-
position in their favor. Hitherto they had
been obliged to conceal their rubbish In their
quantity Of straw; now they lad room,
enough for all they could dig. They at once
commenced to turn at right ANGLES with this
a1r.chamber. to get through the foundation:
and day after day they bored, day after. day
TIC blocks Of granite were removed, and still
tie work before them seemed inter1ninable.
After tWcnty-three days Of unrcmittins Ia
hor, and getting through a granite wall Of
six fcet In thickness, they reached the soil
They tunneIed up for some distance, and
light begau to shine. How glorious mas that
light It announced the fnllfilmeut of their
labore, and If Providence would only con
tlnne its 1avoE. they would SOON be free. This
Der, 1868. The next night at 12 o'clock, was
determined on as The hour at which they
would attempt their liberty. Each mo
nent TINT interviewed was filled with
oae3l aaentnul aaA!gt5 anu suspense; and
crcasea 't rho,r enrr,h ss;a sudn e4.eseG Tea IN, m
eala ho ,a, alI.r ~. apgFsnens.oEs m Inc Geaeral
81 the 1% ~ aEnaa gu ~ LIT rn W. tns morning
evening came. and clouds began to gather
How thcy PRAYED for them 70 increase. II
rain should only begin. their chances Of de- |
!1s Mctton Nonla DC sfeatly lcssened. While |
.nsse ta9nshts were passing through their |
n'f Hnn Narec luz heengE entered with letter for
bis surrisc and INV saw xonacr na WAY ~ aa Mas
= I1o,,, = -, ~ Isat s say Henuef, 70 1ha
ance n "ntraI.E sn on munan o! nis ac9nant-
s;nr,1 II 1cal ncrssin coencl9, Ian aas e, ny dear
~ r,,f of@,-isoa ~ ~ w gong 20 IT 10
~ Il ~. tnas uu1 toi soos eahe a9n yon
ten 5,r;e9nsr .s 49, s.,a 9 9u w. o9iy oe "a
tbani rnn A. 49, !, al" n1aue ~ snnes more
'iti ~ sIu tatta. ~ thnn uoM' -7on.
,,adnasa ae.ts1 81 5nen wen! On 10 SPEAK OF hls
;ne+o-, ~ ~ ~ "1 p2ut naIn ne HNea " Lex
M, ~ aua =; so1saaoEu - APun e1no1ung
o,,,15 ~ ttts 10 - So1 ~ 4n4 Mata nis tine. "Mst
ouu outa;,u LIE 1si insn ~ uuH'an oeins On Inc
uss9 oeen antolnea % als anlenuon 10
~ i;,7, ~ - n3i, ~. ~, " at ~ InSs were Isaoy
'ettet at - ao.4 "taGnes1sl, ~, ADVISING MN
v. [hro1,o,, ~ t,,a -. LUIS tetter naa passed
-. = ~, IL t,. ti o4ce ~ oea- aaason,
eas Wat shond eso;,e o. ING fhe;. Lever on
eion oi,a ana cause them to exercise IN Increased
g5.rste ,r,a;. aAG sattnauon, GIta however, was
aslsiats. u. - !1! anen me conid not be much
NoW MU1sr. rsa I'M taey Iea9tSea 10 60. Nothing
on 10y aed ~ no, ~ pS 9one ont 1of thc GGn-
iha 1u 1,nq, ~ ea atulsaa 10 enanSe ceus;
m "Tue Thav aIpeaea Iana sor men @ 10 oe LOCKED
tho others cc11 5oor VIII, ~ 49, 49, ssoou "
and nrctenteS to hc nn1aaa1 S ~ 4acm GE;ossu,
their beds. AS lie ISH.Ecv cntnre5 f,,cT ~
s'turned inn and pullcil their ?1nnrs sb1,t
S,x c,cht fon ,,n,n,s1 a.,,a IT,
nnise thro1,hcS a. thov nn;a4is .e,taa mIn esn Is
annrnacI, of tTe1esi earn ~ nmotu ea.x; tng
missed lis ro,,ndEo,, Tc11 anar u.a;1;n aittsnes
iew moments IL SEQ n 10 ;,,iandaS tsta ~ aH =
mack. the siona1 vas 1,ircn-n1i n.,;at,.s ~ III
ocd down i5fn. fhe air 'e3,or,1,cr 4sr.t s{rfiIo
lLcfr fonnel shirts and 1,1ar,n, ther, H. ha3
as thev WE'RE accue1omed ~ na A. ~ +,'es bou
moved ouictiy alonp, fhrcnoi, tho ;,.-I ,ann:s
TO tho tcrmInns wht:re fheE 1vnra % ta. c1nerao
nom the earth. the Gcnera{ nrcnsred ~ 1i11,f
q match. As the lurij. rrlafe Iii nnon tSeir
scene was nresentcd 1rh;cI,
can never be forgotten. There were crouched
seven brave men WHO Ind resolved to he frce
They wezo armed with boWie,En,res ] ~ 1 made oasI
out OF casc-Eniycs, Life. in their cnnditjon
for lhe desperate chance lad arrived sim
tLc dop should give tbe3 n7ermeefhor .eu1d
hi dje, 1 't''N tne9 eoaiu
Eut few moments we+aa ens:,+ 4. 4,,,,;,,,s
nf annrehcnsion. The honr hna n-;,1a5 a.1
cet fhrv cama Fortunofn1vN ,,.11.1,aa Iua
f;a11v-the nlpl,t had snddcn,y 1.,,
~ rim. thS iIocs had rc,;ra3 St"H Ss: 4atA
- -. t3..I, ,,.s " e4!cA eSA-