Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-21

seven ~ th0 Ghlah prl5uARrss NWltn wee
view, It is supposed, of liberating Duffy;
but on reaching the iron door which led .
to it, they turned back, as they heard the
tramp of the police constable in the cor
ridor, at the other side of the double
locked iron door which divided Stephens
corridor from the onein.whieh DuffgRas
confined. 1t is thought if they had decided
upon liberating Duffy, that it would have
Jared badly with the policemen. Mr.. |
John Lentsigne, D. L., and Mr. Cory |
Cornellan, Inspectors General of Pris- |
ons were actively engaged yesterday |
and this day in making the most minute |
inquiries into circumstances attending |
the escape of Stephens, but the pro-
ceedings were strictly private. The top |
of the boundary wall near which the ta- |
bles were found, were examined by
Acting Inspector Clifford 1t iscovered |
with old loose mortar which even rope |
thrown over it would bring down by the
stone weight; it remains az it has been
for years, and shows that no person ever
escaped over it, and that the tables
were only placed where they were found
to deceive those who would seek to dis
cover the means by which the escape of
Stephens was effected. 1t is thought
thai, wherever Stephens is he has the
false Keys which opened the south
western outer gates and the two doors
within the prison, in his possessions, az
they are nowhere to be found. The po-
flee have received information from
persons on the look out at all the sea-
potts here, and in England, Scotland,
and Wales, from which Stephens could
of him. - = a. = = q
& gentleman who resides at Round-
town states that, as he was going home
shortly after l O'clock on Friday morn
ing, he saw an outside car waidng at
the end of Clsnbrassil street, near the
road leading to the prison. The ears
man asked for light foe his pipe,
which he gave him, and, as he did so,
spoke of the fearful character of the
weather, as it was blowing very hard
and raining in torrents at the time. The
| carman said he was waiting for two
gentlemen who had gone. in the direc-
! ton of Richmond Bridewei, and it is
supposed now that they were two of the
friends of Stephens, who had gone to
receive him after leaving the psison,
and drive him to place of concealment
or of embarkation.
PLOT TO RESCUE TIE OTHER PRisoNERsgO
Late on Sunday evening information
was conveyed to the Government that
an attempt would be made to rescue the
other Fenian prisoners confined within
Richmond Bridewell. 1t was also sta.
ted that Stephens, before he left the jail
on Friday morning, had. organized plans
for the escape OF his co conspiritors,
and that when he gained his liberty he
would put his plans into execution.
These and other ramors, as well a. a
great deal of general apprehension pre-
Vailing through the city, detachment
of the Eighth regiment consisting fof
fifty rank and file, marched to the prison
on Sunday night, and took up the po-
sition assigned them. Sentries were
placed on the ramparts, at all the gates,
and pickets patroled Within the outer
walls. Twenty-Five of the metr ,politan
police, acting under the instructions of
Inspector Armstrong, of the A division,
were also placed on duty within the jail,
in charge of the corridors in which the
cells where the Fenian prisoners were
confined were situated. All the officers
of the prison remained on duty during
the night, and the greatest vigilance
was observed to prevent any surprise.
TWO SHIPS OF WAR SENT OUT TO REcAPTURE
4 ra STEPHENS
The war steamers Liverpool and
Achilles put to sea from Queenstown on
the 26th with constahulary on board.
The object of their departure was kept
secret, bat it was at once assumed to
have something to do with the search Of
Stephens. s~A 80 A-'A' ses-
At the last advices the government
continued its search after Stephens, but
without effect. They boarded French
ship at Drogheda, somewhat to the sur
prise of the Captain. who said that it
was tres extrGoFdSBGiFe.- - % p - :
REJoIeINGs OVER THE ESCAPE IN IRELAND
The escape of the "Head Centre" has
caused nc. surprise among the Benians
They say that they fully expeetedgit, and
that by this time Stephens is safe at sea.
| At Galway the news was received with
great rejoicing The proclamation of
| the Lord Lieutenant offering FL 900 for
the recapture of the rebel leader had, in
several instances, been covered 4 over
with plaeard, in which Lord Wodehouse
is styled lord Lighthouse, and is suppos-
ed to say that $1,000 will be given to
"any miserable turnkey Or .hupkeyS""
who will deliver Stephens into his "mer7
CHESS talons," but that the reward viii
be restricted. TO one months interval,
| inasmuch as at the end of that time the
"bloody and exterminating rule in Ire
land" will be terminated.
PUNISHMENT OF THE PRISON OFFICIALS.
The Governor of the Jail from which Ste
phens escaped, and two Of the wardens,
had been suspended. A third warden
had been arrested. T9 CCr1T8O1
STEPHENS SUPPOSED TO HAVE JOINED
Mitchell IN PARIS.
A Paris correspondent writes: " A
celebrated character has arrived ain
Paris-the ex-Irish REBEL John Mitchell.
have not seen him, butt am told that
he looks extremely ill--a consequence
partly of his mprisonment, and partly,
it is said, of the severe domestic be-
reavement he has lately sustained. APP
propos of Mitchers presence here, it
will be in your recollection that he was
released by the American President at
the instance Of a Fenian deputation
Has he come over here as a Head Ceng
teri cannot say. But own it wonId
be rather curious if be were to meet in
Paris with the escaped prisoner Ste
phens. There was report on the Bou-
levards this afternoon that this political
Jack Sheppard had landed on the Rrench
coast. dezl 81 avg Y1EeAT 81
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