Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-01-18
I.ocui and state Items.

recently Dttu bAhHlluSu uS4olS JustiNV
Randall for attempting to escape from
the Jail in this place, and Ave Of them
have been bound for trial il the sum Of I,
5000 each. Their names are John Hyde
alias Godfrey, George Sanders, alias Sam
uel Wheeler, william Wright, John Sey-
mour and Augustus Albro, alias Nelson,
the mulatto. We happend to be present
when the last mentioned was undergo
ing examination; and the facts as given
in the testimony are somewhat remark
able He was arrested in Ludlow by
officer Allen Sanderson of Shrewsbury,
who arrested him when he was first
committed. In reference to his first ar
rest, Albro remarked to the officer that
the Job would not have been so easy, If
he, Albro, had not been drinking. In
reference to the escape from jail, he
stated to Mr.. SandersOu, as reported
by the the latter at the examination, 1t
had been planned the Saturday night
before. Some hesitation being manifest
ed by the others, he said he was bound
! to 90 Monday anyhow. Mr.. Briggs
came with his wood Monday morning
little earlier than they expected, and
and none but Albro were then in sight,
and we believe no others had their boots
on. He Immediately rushed for the door
having an iron weapon in his hand.
/ Mr.. Briggs struck him and would have
knocked him back, had not the other
three supported him. George Sanders
then struck Mr.. Briggs il the face
/ knocking him down but he chung to
Albro and the latter. seeing that he
could not otherwise get away, struck
Briggs two or three heavy blows with
his "jamb' This is a piece Of iron
about two feet long, two inches wide
and perhaps quarter OF an inch thick,
with which he struck edgewise. He
said he did not wish to kill Mr.. Briggs
but any body would be a id fool"
not to get his liberty if he could. He
Immediately sprang for the door which
was locked and while he was working
with the key, for what seemed to him
ten minutes, Tsometime turning the
bolt the wrong way, he saw Mr.. Briggs
daughter with pistol and expected she
would shoot, and after he got out, he
thought he heard 4 pistol report. He
dropped his iron at the gate, and made
for Green Street, entering the barn OF
old Mr.. McGurk. He saw Mr.. Briggs
and some other men about there, and
expected to be taken. While lying in
the barn, his feet became somewhat
rrozen. When he came out he encount
cred three men and said to them, "HavC
you seen him?" They said "NO," anC
he followed them for a short distance
and then went into privy somewher,
on Green Street, where he remained
nearly all day Monday. Here his fee
became very badly frozen.
He stayed at Mr.. Joseph Bixby's il
Mount Holly Monday night. Mr.. San
= derson found him limping along in tn
y street in Ludlow, and took him to tn
t Ludlow House. His feet were in tel
rible condition. He had cut his boot
/, open and in doing so had cut into hi
l. feet that were insensible. Mr.. Sander
e son put his feet into cold water, an
y sent for DR.. Palmer, who with two c
: three men worked over the frozen an
blistered limbs for more than half tn
% following night. His agony was il
= tense. but he closed his teeth firmly an
er scarcely uttered a murmur.
: He had 4 piece of iron conceale
- which he picked up somewhere and r
marked to the officer that if it were ut
H., for his frozen feet he should not ha'
II been taken without a desperate strut
RS gle. He was brought here yesterdi
ly morning IN a helpless condition, al
Il, laid upon his couch in the cell, whe
~ he listened to his examination, He W
Sc found guilty on TWO counts, OreakiI
jail, and striking the jailer with dea
- IL weapon, and ordered to recognize
de the sum of $1,000.
- While this examination was going {
W the mother o. john Seymour, who h
MT been trying to dig out of his dungeC
en- had come to see him, and was taking
nd bitterly. He lad been committed
ely larceny, and his mother said she h
icy come to see him every week or t
since he lad lain there. and she b
rs all but arranged for getting himreleas
If on bail, and now that he should be
1st bad anG so silly as to try to break 0
he she had no courage to try to do o.
an, thing more for him. Such are some
ma the scenes which are Of no very uucc
~ mon occurrence at the county jail
DO. The way Of transgressors is hard
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in and nv being involved with the Mis-