Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-09-10
BAZAINE'S ESCAPE,
The MsrshaPs Own Account of His Perilous
Drop iato the Sea and His Wife's Courage.

The Cologne Gazette gives the fol
lowing particulars of the MarshaPs
escape as derived from himself:
"From his sitting-room the prison
er was obliged, in order to arrive at
the terrace (his promenade), to pass
q bridge, and to descend some steps
at the and of it. The bridge was Inc
closed by walls on both sides, on one
of which stood the guard. A tent
roof was spread over the bridge to
keep OF the rays of the sun, which
also concealed from those standing
at the soot of the steps the persons
on the bridge. On the southeastern
point OF the island, which has a steep
descent into the sea, the Marshal had
arranged q little kitchea-garden, in
which he worked much and watered
his beans. There his flight was to
be effected. On a far projecting
part of this garden the Marshal dis
covered one day that an old gutter
for carrying off the rain water which
poured through the rock was filled
up by fragments of wall and rubbish
Every day the Marshal worked to
open it gradually, and had to conceal
with stones and grass what ne was
doing from the eyes Of spies. At
last the opening was completed If
inside the gutter two strong iron
bars were placed across the rock,
and if to the bars strong rope, end
ing with an iron ring and penetrat>
ing through the other side of the gut
ter, was attached, rope ladder
could be fastened to it strong enough
to carry even so corpulont man as
the Marshal. In the gutter there
was room enough to hide the rope
ladder and ropes till the decisive day.
The most difficult part was to arrive
unnoticed at the gutter. Every
evening march, (the jailer) accom-
panied The prisoner on his return
from tho terrace across the bridge to
his rooms. Then the door was clos
ed by the warders, and escape render
ed impossible. The Marshal resolved
to trust to happy chance, and to
expect the day agreed on with his
wife for the daring act. The night
from Sunday to Monday was chosen.
When at 10 o'clock the Marshal ar
rived with march, at the flight of
the steps he asked him not to take
any moro trouble, as the way to the
rooms was now very short. March,
let himself be persuaded. The Mar.
shall MOUNTED alone, crossed the
bridge, the tent-roof of which con-
cealed him for a moment from those
outside, :eigned TO open and shut the
door, which was closed later by the
unsuspeoting warders, loaped across
the wall at the left Of the bridge,
went softly along the outer wall,
and reached the gutter, having now
passed the first danger. A thick
rope, provided with many knots,
and at tEe end with strong iron
hook, was fastened to the ring, and
the descent, eighty feet deep, began,
with the danger of being smashed
against the projecting cliffs or of fall
ing into The sea, dashed by q furious
mistral The Marshal, who had
gained much strength during his cap
tivity, had also put OBJ strong,
tightly-ftting belt, with an iron
hook in front, SO that he could fasten
himself to knot of the rope when
ever he required a short rest. Ar
rived at The middle of tae rope, he
perceived q feeble light beneath him.
He knew now that his wife WAS
there. lie replied by the signal
agreed or, lighting a match. showing
him thus suspended. His hands
swelIed and bled, the cliffs hurt him
every whore-thick cloth trousers,
still damp from the sea water, are
covered all over with holes, and
show what the daring man must
have suffered. Having reached the
end of tbs rope, but not of the strand,
he let hinaself drop into the sea, and
swan toward the boat in which
were his faithful wife and her cour-
ageous cousin. Before reaching it
bis strength left him, and Alvarez
De Rull, his youthful deliverer, had
to lit the heavy man into the ROLL
ing boat. After one hour's rowing
they reached the peninsular of Croi-
settle. AT some distance the barge
of the steamer Baron Riscasoli, hired
by Nine. Bazain for O. pretended
pleasure "trip, waited for them, and
brought lhem toward / o'clock in
the morning on board the steamer.
The Captain did not know the name
of his guest. Nine. Baxaine, when
going on land with the barge, had
announced that she would engage a
valet and perhaps chamberma;d
for her voyage. The Marshal was
introduced valet, and went at once
to his cabin, which he did not leave
again before the landing at Genoa.
The Marshal and Nine. Hazine state
most explicitly that they had no ac-
completes, and began and executed
their work alone"
The sane paper, speaking of Mar
shall Bazaine's sojourn at Cologne,
says: "goung and beautiful, with
luxuriant black hair and black eyes,
of a charming figure and bewitching
loneliness, Nine. Bazaine had passed
the days Of spiendor at the side OF
her husband, embellished and eased
to him the days of misfortune, and
has now boldly braved the waves
and the other dangers of an escape,
and brought it about with the help OF
a Youthful and resolute brother. But
the Marshal has also shown no lack
of courage. When his two deliverers
gave him the signal at 10 O'clock in
the evening, be let himself resolutely
and quickly down by the rope, which
tore his hands and shins (he has
shown ne himself his swollen and
black and blue hands, and wound on
his right shin). Three or four times
| . bioh sp0utinO wava saiyad hin, M