Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-11-25
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FURTHER PARTICULARS PREPARATIONS IN Ap-
yANCE-A HOOP SKIRT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT
PART-A sADDLED HORSE IN wAITING-DE-
sERTioN OF HIS CONFEDERATE.
From Sheriff Layton, of Sussex County, we
get the following additional particulars of the
escape of Goldsborough from Georgetown Jail,
on Sunday night, 18th inst.
The preliminary work had evidently been done
by other prisoners before and during court three
men discharged at the last court, and colored
man named Liugo. convicted, participating.
These prisoners not being indicted for capital of
fence were not c0nfiued to their cells, but had
access to the prison yard, and to the common
entry. or corridor, of the prison. There was
small closet opening out of this entry, and extend
ing under the stairway which leads to the second
story. Some of them entered this aud took up
part Of the floor so as to get access to the space
between the prison floor and the ground, and
then, taking advantage OF such opportunities as
from time TO time presented themselves, they got
underneath the building and secretly prosecuted
their work which resulted In the removal of all
but one tier of bricks from the outside WALL and
also the dividing wall through which Goldseo-
rough escaped from his cell to the space beneath
the prison. This left but one tier of bricks III
each wall for the prisoner to remove, and his
task after getting free from his irons, was COM
paratiyely 0asy one.
All these preparations made before the Court
are during Its session, were part OF general plan
Goldsborough 1t seems did not expect to be con.
| victed and so made no attempt to escape before
| his trial He appeared surprised at his convic-
tion, and much cast down, but he told Lingo, the
| remaining prisoner that that jail could not hold
| hin, and he intended to get away. Lingo made
| the fna preparations and he was to escape with
the murderer, the latter promising to give him
| 800, after they should get out All that Colds
| borough now required to secure his escape, was
to get rid of his lrg-iron. To do this he got Lingo
| TO make MIN saw out of knife, but the bolt
proving harder than the knife this experiment
| failed. He then told Lingo where he could find
| and old hoopskirt, and directed him TO get II
aud make saws of the steel. Lingo found the skirt
| and made him eight little saws seven OF which
were found after his escape concealed about the
stove in his cell. Whether he sawed of tho bolt
with the other or not is question no one but
himself con decide, but Sheriff Layton believes
some one scaled tho wall and gave him more
efficient instrument. The surmise that the in
strument used was conveyed to him in can OF
preserves is incorrect as ha left the In his cell
unopened The Sheriff showed us the bolt and II
was apparently over half an inch thick and very
smoothly cut off. The suspicion thut he was
furnished with saw by an outside party 1t
founded on the breakage Of the water pipe and
other evidences that the high wall around the
prison yard had been scaled.
ln addition to the carriage which the tracks
show to have been In waiting IL is evident that Q
horse was also awaiting the prisoners escape anf
IL is now believed that he went of on the latter
Goldsborough told Lingo that his brother, at hi
last visit, gave him q roll of notes as he shool
hands on bidding him goodbye. After oil thu
important assistance that his colored fellow
prisoner afforded him. Goldsborough gave hin
the slip, probably to avoid the payment Of tn
300 promised him for his services.