The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-19


spg shout half past 10 q clock AIr, Edsardl
and city jailor, discovered, uDon maEine
his weekly fnspecston ef slie T1il. shat & noted
white pRisensr. npmed Jghn N. 6 (,fine. ss,sI-
Ennede efn Cell Naa s, had aiinosk fpceeeded Ir1
cutting nus wax out ca bis eeIl. Cline Mssl
arrested on the 90 ii or Ockabar IN sorgea,ifI
fJohn T.2HalL or The aSssGord police distris !,
chMged With felc1foaisly sseslfS > water
and chain from, Mr. JohniW Tinsesiax asaf
tne state Fatris4 4fouoda. ;tia Was sexanainafbs
the Pollce Justice, sens son 70 the rrand ;,Irva
OF The Hustings Conrt,s ndieted. Iied. AZ
eonsicted and wasi5 jlil lia aseordance Win
the rdict5of the ,ipry wEen he attempeed
70 eseapes he was awaiting trial for auosher
odence@gis :, y e s.ealillg watch from ID. Fig
gait at ,ForGs Hotel. z
g 5aiIor Cummsns,, who ii Il most yaIt1ai,Is
city officer, .is accust6ens t0 make ffais1 M
.spgstigni isg the entire jnii 4eyerv saturday.
But II appears that he haa been warued tI,at
Cline was d slippery fellow. and 60. irstead,os
waiting untif Saturday, he ilada aflie exaaIiir,a.
|ti0H three days earlier. z sss a9
4: Ubon entering fBaeell Mr.. Eummins ran
his band along the .EiE Sos. examined lthe
floor and door, and finally diseoGered 4 news.
paper pasted up over fbe top os the door
against the wall. This locked rather suspt.
Fcious. and fthrustsng hss sEHgersan.s tore q slit
in The paper from 0aasenG To- the other. He
ethen pufsefb fs or apd did "a 20 The iron
and d lot OF mortar fell upon the door, al. the
jatior's feet. The paper had been neatly and
securely pasted with soap over the space,
from which Cline had removed forty-eight
bricks and; several buck ketfuis OF catnant.
Further search revealed c0ld-chisel and
two spikes, with which the prisoner had
been working. Where be procured the
ehisel was not ascertained, butis was an In
strument about three incheslong, with which
he had, within the East ten days, dug out
the cement. removed the bricks, and then
hid them nnder his bed. The spikes, which
we're very heavy and about elk inches long,
he got from the floor. After loosening q
plank he pulled isuT, and used the spikes in
digging out the mortar. ,1i.r3 y s ~ "a "a I
With the chisel he cut out, an iron slab
from over the cell. door about thl es quarters
of an Inch IN tbick6ess, and putting the
blank between the: bricks aud 1.-The slat
finally succeeded in gettingi It intWo. He had
thus removed the iron and all the bricks ex,
cept the whifeWasbed layer which was upon
the outside Of the wall facing The ,jail.yard
These he decided not TO remove Until night
when, he hoped TO be ablel 10 take shem out
get into the iail-yard, and then run the risl
Of scaling the ysrd.waIt, ,,,.5aa fg,g.ef s.
Amer tearing down The piper Cpmmins
said to Cline, x !. Why, Cline, yoti have beer
trying TO get away from us, have you 2" te
which the prisoner replied, q Yon dom
blame man for getting q out II 4 he ~ can, Dc
|v6rIP0 a;is esN'sE7si - a7s f'
! Ii prisoner told Mr. cdnrnmins some days
ego that Cline had slid he would never 60 ID
the penitsnttary If he could escape, and thii
remark put the officers more On their guard
|QtfCline was very much excited when The
Tailor went into his cell, and shook from
head to foot with fear, After the examina.
|tien9 he was taken oht and carried to ths
ward, where the blacksmith put on The
shackles and Msss Cammins a pair Of hand
|cuffs. He was conveyed %, the rnutderet's
cell mo. 81. where, he was chained securely
pc After having. been shackled Cline express
/ ed q great desire 10 SEE the Common onWealth's
attorney; but tSis request could not then y be
complied WITH. s'iil l'2aa &
| TacIine was inclined 7to be communicative
after his fear, and said that he had marked
oata place on. the yard. vail where. be hoped
to get through or over. The jailor told him
that would have been Impossible, as The
night.watchwan is on the osont all the
ffiHle. AZ Never mind ~ said the prisoner stl
meant to take the chances for all of that .'ss'S
: The cell where this desperate prisoner is
now securely kept IS the one in which Horace
yenabIe, Hifdrey Psge, and other noted
prisoners have been confined. Page and in
deed all the county prisoners have, however,
recently beenfemoved to the Henrico County
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