Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-19
escape OF B. N. YERGRR!
BE Leaves the Jail In the heart
OF the Clty after daylight
and Is not detected!
JACKSON. March l9, 1870.

JACKSON, March 10, 1870.
About sunrise this morning the
news spread far and wide over Jack
son that ed. Yerger had escaped"
OF course everybody was on the
qua oiUe TO learn how, when and
by what assistance, for it wa not
deemed possible that he could
escape unaided. A brief resume
Of his manner Of confinement and
treatment will not here be inap'
propriate.
When Mr.. Yerger was first trans.
ferred to the civil authorities by
the military, he was wrath that he
should be confined in the common
cells of the jail, and the Sheriff,
Capt. Lake, on the promise Of Mr..
Yerger and ms friends that he
would not attempt 10 escape, oil.
lowed him Yerger) 10 have the
freedom Of the Jail yard, and to
sleep at night In one Of the rooms
fitted up for attaches Of the jail
This was pending his application
for n writ Of habeas corpus. On
yesterday the application for a writ
was postponed to I'd Monday in
April, as reported by telegraph, and
tho Sheriff was notified by Yerger's
friends that they would no longer
pledge their honor in cOnsidera-
ton OF the privileges heretofore
allowed him, 6ut Nj. Lake had
confidence aud still accorded 10 the
prisoner privileges as heretofore,
Notwithstanding he was heard TO
say last evening that he would es-
cape il possible, lie il Known 10
have addressed Il note TO m eminent
legal gentleman last night after
dark, asking an interview, but the
interview was not granted, on the
ground that the gentleman had
had no connection with The case up
TO that time, and it would be un'
professional to take hold OF Il al
this late day.
But to the escape, the first pub
lefty OF the matter was az hour Of
ter daylight, when two gentlemen
coming from market met the Sher'
itT on the street, going to the jail
(which Is situated directly beside
and over the market,) when he
the Sherin-remarked, "Yerger haI
escaped" Surprise was n natura
consequence on the part OF his au
ditOr's, and naturally caused ques
tiOning as to the facts OF the affair
the Sheriff had not the information
in detail himself, and the parlie
returned to the Jail TO learn all
The Sheriff rang the gate bell u
the Jail, when the jailOr aud tw.
other white men appeared, perfect
ly cool and collected, not seemingl
excited to the highest degree, 80
, when asked how long Yerger hal
been gone, the jailor replied, ooh
half an hour, or perhaps an hour,
and this within thirty feet {
the market house where there ha
, been crowds Of marketers from
=, O'Clock, and it was now near
. o'clock. When asked for particI
he showed where a barrel had bee
> placed on end close up beside IL
= fence, on top OF which had bee
placed q box from whichit was pr
sumed that he had escaped, bl
n when 1t is known that standing q
It the box aud barrel, and reachir
n as high as he could, it was still son
u three or four feet to the top Of Il
; fence, the statement win hard
hold water; to say the least, it
rather thread-b bare.
" The public seem little concerne
except from natural curiosity
y such q feat. The jailor and his q
Id sociates are recently discharg,
il United States soldiers, aud are
hearty accord with the men charge
with the consolidation, in. Il
state, Of the work Of reconstru
Ie don. Several parties are o
! securing the surrounding conntr
with a view to arresting Yerger.
We sg7 eggbe7lai JEREMIAH,