The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-01
B:AZAINE'S FsCAPE.

THE PLAN OF EsCAPE-THE DANGER AND
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DEPARTURE.
The correspondent of the Tribune writing
from Paris gives the following facts con-
nected with the escape of Marshal Bazaine:
We are, as yet, uninformed as to the minor
details Of the method and final means of
Bazaine's evasion. From the facts at hand,
however, it appears that. some three or tour
weeks ago, probably not for the first time,
Madame Bazaine, aided by friends, made a
pressing appeal to President Mcmahon to
ameliorate the hard prison conditions of
her husband. which was respectfully
but absolutely rejected. AT this the
woman sank Loyalty to half-friend,
and governments, not of her woman's
choice, beneath this overwhelming duty of
fealty to her sovereign husband. She ar
Rued for while vainlv to him that he was
liberated from any soldierly or other moral
obligation not to profit by any chance of es-
cape from unjust Imprisonment. His conn
ter argument was, conceivablv, that. seeing
that his wife and children ana his faithful
friend, Col. Villette, had constant access
to him; that, under conditions, ex-
ceptionally free and easy for a State
prisoner whose term of 20 years was a
generous communication of a death penalty,
other persons had access to him, he as mil
bound, as il by parole, not to distort 10 profit
of evasion, benefit. and advantages conceded
to him as prisoner, accepted and implying
obligations ostensibly recognized by him,
not to abuse such officially permitted advan-
tages. 1t was uncommonly hot in July,
in all Eastern Europe, at the Isle
Ste. Marguerite as elsewhere. 1t is needless
to say that the thermometer rises with
perfect indifference to social grades. and
that folks of the superior classes suffer in
tolerably more from announcement heats
than the low commonality. That stout
gentleman, ex-senator and ex-marshal, hav-
Ing an apartment with terrace to himself,
should not suffer from passing heat
ineffably more than the close packed
garrison of common soldiers who were
there to guard him is not matter for dis
custom. won't you then, dear, protest
practically against the leveling injustice of
the elements, renounce your implied PROM
Use to stay,
USE YOUR FREE RIGHT TO GO.
and look kindly on the easy means have
collected here for the assurance of your 60
ing!" were the tempting arguments to
which he was subjected. mo-" responded
the marshal at first. But again and again
the lady returned with her illogical attack,
and so finally carried the marsh al The
rest is a mere material arrangement OF ma
chineries. The moment that Bazaine was
resolved to withdraw from his prison, moth
ing very remarkable was requisite to carry
out his resolution. If. as some pretend, he
made his rope ladder by Baron TrenclS
process of unweaving and reweaving the
rope strappings OF his baggage, be gave him
self needless pains. His wife, children and
Col. Villette freely and daily visited HIM.
He aud they would have been a pack of
helpless idiots if they could not bring to
him some fathoms more of cord than he used
in passing from the unmatched terrace of
his comfortable prison house to the waiting
boat below. Bazsine is 63 years old, and IS
more than ordinarily stout man. He let
himself down with great difficulty-and
even left bleeding testimony Of his suffering
|-over a precipice of ninety and more feet,
into the boat, which his heroic wife and her
Mexican cousin, Monsieur Rull, had in
readiness.