, 1869-05-14
REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
Prtsoner gets Through Two stone
Walls.

Firm the Dasenpoft {Iata) Gssrtts, Aay5.
Michael saan Csne; TIE atetTt ssap tom at
n'shs and s O'Clock Jcsse1d,y morning. Arthe
was astonishesi % see day light pouring into i ~
appeared 10 b Askea legs but upon Examining
sas ssss ot ss S.A ee foot Il u IL H. ase aeo
was hole IN the vail, blR enough for Nike or ahJ
other man to c14Fi shroagh Under Atke1 onhk
opening. And through the wall which separates
the corridor from the p2rior Of the SheEil.1 resi-
deoce was another hole through which Mike had
forcet! himself Once into the rafior all the fellow
hAd to do was to r.ase window, a fest which he
praetlced LAST February. Jump TO .hN ground,
seals : fence, and 20 WHERE be pleased Au this
the ia!L when the tailcs discovered hia escape,
Clancy must hare been dars, II not weem IN
stone was rwenty+four inches long, twenty-five
inches in width, eleven Inches thick. and weixhed
about 80 pounds: Layst. Of lust such bocks ioru
are laid Is one-third Of an inch thick Mike mar
usAct1fed the tool for removing The cement out OF
es ~S eeo e. 1ss e p5 TO-
place afirf be had looseaed i, vas procured By
him week. $50, probably, md Wan formed from
Is tf e. oeeaps 3 I'm = soms 1ee % no i Va
door, the bolts ielns held by nuts, md
door closed He removed the nuts pnllet1 the top
ot The bas forward unrtl il beoke, leaving ~ handy
eyer IN hia hands II ever man bad for tailhreAk
ing purposeA uow he procured the bas, after he
ing removed into his new cell Is i mystery. Tut
procure 1t he It'd and 1t seryed him well. The
mortar *h,eh h. dug ont Of ne rat was probably
thrown into the vault 1t the rear Of the corridor.
II would be interesting to know how lonR be waA
block Of stone must have been avery diIncait op-
Grafton. Indeed, 1t seems almost Impossible fortt
sst H sc. aeoe aas; gS;r ss 4a ,soa = 'se
through the hole It lef1 WAS easy enough
ALREADY male Tor him by stoue-masnna, Who ate
engaged IN facing the val With plates ot Inn. 10
prevent any more such deliveries as occurred IN
thictnesA The hole made bJ the masons Is ten
inches high By twelve inches in widtu- In the
ssaire q it Projecting stone iesssns lessen
i Is foar % feet and half frnm i the noor;
md almost fEuats the cell beneath It stood 4
been lnpossible for Clsncy % have poxed lis boly
into The hole. But through the place he went
somehow, aud In doing 80 be must have received
per1eneed Id hts renowned chimney asccnt The
fpotD into nhich thus allowed hun xAa vacant ;ne
furniture having been removed on account q NOR
fenoe in mtuutr and-Ntcfty w1a hia. Where
be < n1M S1 tne snen w9ata aks p fnpw
and II O'Clock "Wednesday night, and Uncovered
nothing xranr, On the wall outside Of the cell
peIlFfa n8A petu .po8tcd py Ehnc1 or some one
esse, AMI from tnem hung paper, which nea1.s
Touched the noor, covering The slane npon which
be hsa been opei11ing: The latlor Eai1ed the ps-
In fact Clancy mn1t harr teft mere shell Of nor.
tsr At the exterior, and punched It out when ready
to le4rk.
Day before yesterday the grand Jury visited the
taiL Clancy compliance! to them OF u wnnt Of air
in hrs cell at night, and one OF them became ex-
Of the plate-ilon door at night a. barbarous oct
Canec5 has alt enough now. Yesterday the tnrF
we1e In the jail again, aud not one or them could
begin to Lift the stone that Clancy tooE trp1a the
wall