The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-09-05
Bazaine's Escape.
Romantic Details.
Nine. Bazaine, q Great Little
Woman.

The PAris correspondent of the N. Y
Times furnishes q report OF the escape OF
er- M arshal Bazaiue, which presents many
| interesting points no, before published.
We clip the inost striking passages;
A short time ago, or shsr the sI- Mar
| shall had been some seven months iS
| prison, Mme. Bazsins asked MacAsho
| TO change tho penalty into exile for life,
and while he would have gladly done 80,
| If he could with safety, or without rAis-
ing popular clamors agains. him, the
President feIt obliged to decline the petit
and o.Asr s,s.mp,s had failed tbs. The
plan VI escaping was accepted by Bazeine.
He was urged to IL by his wife, who
pleaded With him daily, and who used
one very strong argument. In France,
she said, revolutions were frequent, end
one might burst upon the country at any
moment. II the Radieals were TO sue
coed TO power again, by any chance, the
nrst act OF the new Government would DO
TO sign the death warrant Of Bazains.
Although this 10 an exAsgeration, there
can DO no manner OF doubt that his life
would 10 In danger. 1t was by constant
pleading with him that the faithful vito
finally won his consent 10 leave the island.
some Of The Journals pretend that he Was
on parole, but this 10 absurd. 4 prisoner
dsss net promise not 70 escape unless he
gets come privileges 10 return, aud b.
saline has had none Whatever. lie has
! been constant iy subjected 70 rigid prison
| discipline, has never been allowed 10 walk,
| except upon the parapst, some ten feet
| square, and has bean refused nearly all
the privileges he hes ever demanded. He
had . right TO escape, therefore, II he could,
but whether 10 was good policy 10 do 80
10 Q question which can hardly DO decided
ct this time.
All ths Arrangements for the escape
had been completed week ago, and the
parties concerned only awaited . favor
able mement for carrying their plan into
execution. COL Vilstte, Bazsins's faith.
ful friend, the man who sat by his side
during his trial and who asked TO share
his captivity, thus giving up his swn
hopes Of advancement, was not allowed TO
sleep on the island, but was granted the
privilege Of coming over . few hours each
day. During the winter Nine. Bazsins
and her children had bsen upon the island,
but owing TO the unhealthy air OF sunme-
they had TO DO sent away: A. Nine. Bar
..:ns could NO longer Be confined In the
visit hsr husband a. stated periods oulv'
and forced 10 procure . permit in ad-
vance. On Saturday she made her usual
visit, and IL was ON Saturday Night that
Bazains escaped. The care Of the pris-
oner WAS oonfidsd 70 only four guards,
drawn from the company Of one hundred
men, which comprised the garrison. Al
night . squad Of men Iieksted before the
gates Of the fortress. Upon the side Of
the see thsrs 10 psrpendicular descent
OF thirty meters, nearly thirty-Avs yards,
and - this side ID narrow, no spot WAS
found for placing . sentinel. The guard
had 10 march upon the other angle, at
some distance from this toleYable safe
point. Indeed, TO the enormous size Of the
prisoner, and his advanced age, u Was
thought impossible for him 70 escape from
this dangerous point Moreover, - In
the case Of Rochefort, and the Commun.
lists of Noumss, IL appears that the Gov
eminent counted upon sharks, with which |
tho waters are nlled. TO guard the sec side
Of the castle.
On Sunday the Marshal had passed tie
greater part OF the afternoon upon che
narrow pArspet, pacing up and down with
Colonel Vilstts; but soon after the de.
parture Of the latter Bazsine went TO his |
rosm, and In short time retired. About |
10 o'clock the oommAndant made his |
usual visit. finding HE prisoner In bed. |
The guard had been set, and the
picket WAS also visited. Il WAS Z
dark and stormy night, the mistrai
bowling about the fortress, and raising
msnscing white caps upon the sea, and the
black clouds hanging low In the sky,
ri ~
steamer had been signalled just at dark,
Of the night wero favorable 20 repose,
and afSsr seeing all things In order he,
Too. retired. WIS, then passed could
only be diviasd. II 10 Known to-day that
about 7:3o on Sunday evening Nine. Ba.
zains hired boat, and accompanied by
. very young man, started out for q row.
A Croisetts fshsrmsn rscogn lied the
lady. and saw her pulling an oar with f.
yerish anxiety, and steering toward Saints
The boat was soon lost
10 sight II was very dark
whsa the boa, came upon the
Island, whore Nine. Baxaine and her oom-
panion must have lain for several hours
Tossed about BY the storm. Mean while,
The Marshal had arisen, and after having
attached his knotted rope TO the iron bars
Of the window, had let himself down this
giddy height. The rope was found there
IN Shs morning. and bearing eleven fresh
bleed stains upon II 10 show that the de-
cent was not effected without danger. As
he small boat had 10 be Kept beyond the
urf, bsEsins had 70 swim in for SONS. dis
ancs but he vas soon drawn In by his
contagious and loving wife, and the boat
vas quickly pulled OF 70 the steamer. The
,sIt morning the Itsllsn coast wss reached 4
md bazains safely landed q Saint Reno.
: was not until The next morHing that d
no guard had any intimation OF ths e. i
ape OF shsir prisoner, but u seems b
rangs that no enc on the island should v
ave assn either sbs boat CLOSE under the O
rails or the steamer only . shers distance a
way. n
The young man who accompanied Il
line. BszAins was . member of her fam. Il
Y, ayoung Mexican BY the name Of Rull r.
10 has several times ovuissd of the islsni Il
. steam yact; but 10 was only the other CO
~ that The MARSHAL could BE- persuaded :
lsAvs. Col. Villstts waited a Cannes
ALL the nsws sPrivsd. when he started
. PAris TO state whst he knew. but was
rested before arriving. He 10 now IN
oss connnsmeat - Gpssss.
AT DxLAONICO'S. =
rom Harpsr's Magazine for Septemberl
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