The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-06-02
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
wonderful Fcats Of a Prisoner.
III. n. ROBINSON.
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.


The prisoners confined In the jail ut Mo-
bile made an attempt to escape lately, but
were discovered in time to prevent any of
them getting of. The two ringleaders,
HUDSON and BOONE, were putin irons. Cap
tain PEiTY, Chief of the Mobile Police, and
the reporter of the Register paid the Jail
visit on learning that BoONE could not be-
kept ironed. The Register thus tells the
story;
| In one Of the corner cells, on the first
floor, Is confined the noted young Boone
alias Monroe, u handsome lad of about
eighteen years He was the first one re
leased by Hudson on Monday night and
took the keys, after which he opened all the
| cells ON the first. and second floors. After
che prisoners had been secured and their
efforts thwarted, the sheriff and taller at
once placed Hudson and Boone In irons.
hands and feet. IL was soon afterward dis
covered that young Boone had thrown of
the irons. lie was taken out and heavily
lroned again. the shackles and chains hay-
ing been increased, In less than five min
utes afterward the Taller peeped into his cell
and saw all the cuffs shhckles and chains
lying ON the floor of the cell and young
Boone sitting on his bed as If he had done
nothing, Six different times did they place
his limbs In irons, and the strongest and
most Intricate were called into requisition
but. all tono purpose. When Captain Petty
was told of the extraordinary feats per
formed by young Boone in throwing offhis
irons, he expressed desire to be permitted
to select the iron himself, and ''dress the
young man" according to his style. The
tailer cheerftilly complied with Captain Pet
ly's request. and after the cuffs, shackles and
chains had been procured. we repaired to
young BoOne's cell. He is a bright. intelli-
gent and very handsome boy with large blue
eyes. efieminate features, and complexion
rs fair as u lady. He rose from his bed as we
ueared the cell, and came to the grated win
dow with cheerful smile beaming on his
handsome face. We were accompanied by
the sheriff, jailor, Captain Petty, and two
cell and Invited young Boone to step out.
lie was then told that Captain Petty had
como TO place him in irons so that he would
stay In them. This did not seem to move
him in the least. lie smiled pleasantly, and
remarked that ''such a thing could no
doubt be did. but hoped that no further
efforts would be made in that direction.
The sheriff ordered the irons to be placed
on him. and Captain Petty commenced
by drawing the young mans wrists to-
gether behind his back, after which he
put onna tight-itting pair of patent
handouts. lie then drew his arms close
behind him, and put on pair of cuffs at
A chain was then attached to the cuffs at
the wrist, which extended down to the
shackle5 which were closely fitted and
locked on his ankles. During the opera
tion, his large blue eyes were keenly fixed
on every article Of his iron dress, as each
was being adjusted. After Captain Petty
pronounced him secure, young Boone's
eyes fell, and a-look of despair overshad-
owed his heretofore bright countcnance.
we could not help but pity one SO young
and promising in his painful situation
Captain Petty remarked to him: '.Now.
Boone. If you wigglc yourself out of that
dress, / will guarantee that the sheriff here
will give you the freedom Of your cell and
so long as you behave yourselfy youwill never
again BE- ironed in this iail." As these
words were spoken. BoOnes face was fairly
illuminated with jov, and he asked the
sheriff II lit was Il bargain? 2" That official
assented, believing with Captain Petty and
all present that IT was out OF his power to
accomplish such Il feat. otlng Boone
wished to know If the agreement would be
fulfilled as soon as the work was done. He
was told that it would. He then asked
hat the sheriff aud Captain Petty go away
from the cell while he was at work. They
went To the other side of the hall to iron
some prisoners, and had not been gone two
minutes before young Boone announced
hat his arms We're free. and in less than
.hree minutes longer the shackles were of
MS legs. and he stood without an iron upon
him. He will have no more irons put on
lin, but a close watch will be kept over
lim. He was put in for larceny about one
month ago, and his trial takes place in
Tune. He Is native Of New York CITY,
md has graduated from the Toombs in that
yreat metropolis of crime. He came to the
south before the war and served in the
Confederate army during the war, being
member of the Seventh Virginia Cavalry,
md one of the noted scouts of the Army of
virginia, He is the last youth in the coun-
ry who would be suspected for a profes-
ional rogue.