The New York herald., 1879-09-08

'Patrick Brady, sir. he replied, without raising
his eyes or unfolding his arms.
''How old are your n..e
Forty years old. sir?'
'sWhere were you bornr
..In tho county OF Cavan. Ireland"
"aow long have you been here?"
..Twenty-one years."
PROUD OF HIS NAME
''Who was your fatherY
'Charles Brady"
s.What was his businessY'
''He was . road inspector"
'IndeedY'
~ saw your counsel. Mr.. Weed, to-day"
'.Did you sir" said he. with quick sharp glance
or his black eyes ut me. l.s.
II did, and from what he said to me was led to
believe that your father was not road inspector"
The prisoner was silent and statuesque. lfeY
.sPatrick, lie gave me to understand that your
father wealthy Irish gentleman. He said you
told him so III the days when he undertook to
The man still sat motonless with folded arms and
downcast eyes. He said not word, but over his
palld hollow cheeks there stole faint red tinge
and his neither lip trembled nn
..Who was your fnther?"
II have given you q name and occupation for him
once. What moro do you want?"
IL want you to be consistent now in your account
OF yourself and antecedents. You told your coun-
sci one thing about yourself and your friends in
the white heat OF your trouble years ago. Do not
tell another and far different story OF them
unless you are willing to acknowledge that you
told falsehood then II you do few will believe
.what do you want with me that should 60 into
my family historyY' t.luNuT Nl5 iH
II come in response to the letters you have writ
ten to philanthropic people in New York asking
them to interest themselves in your behalf. These
letters have been sent to the HERALD and suggested
the possibility that you man whose suiferings
had been greater than he merited aud ought to be
pardoned. II any good Is to be done you by the
HERALD you must tell 1t tho truth" 1851
"And You want to know who my father WASP"
81 want to know that you are telling me the truth.
You have already told your counsel one story; you
now tell me another. You cannot blame me If feel
dissatisfied with this discrepancy ut the very out
set?"
Brady unfolded his arms. Strengthened up in his
chair looked me boldly in the eyes and with ushed
face and steady, strong voice said:Look here, sir.
know that the HERALD wants to see Justice done to
even 80 poor chap as me; but let me tell you ono
thing. have been twenty-one years. man and boy,
in this prison. have onged for freedom as only
man like me can; but before I'd bring disgrace on
my family by telling its true name I'd stay twenty
years more in Clinton Prison. No man knows
my family name"
There was silence for minute in the room, and
then everybody-chaplain. keeper, warden and the
rest--bresthed aloud sigh OF commendaton for the
poor fellows manliness.
THE ESCAPE THE MURDER.
''Well. Brady, tell me your story your own way.
Begin at the beginning and SO right through slowly.
Settling himself In his chair moro comfortably he
began:-"ln the latter part of 1854 away from
home and shipped as cabin boy board the ship
Middletown. in which went to St. John N b. I
returned to Liverpool i'll her and left her there. My
uncle owned and commanded a full-rgged ship
called the Joseph Jarrett. and finding me adrft in
Liverpool and bent upon following the water took
me with him to Quebec"
'.What your uncle's nameY
al decline to answer that question:"
"Never mind. Go on"
''well. sir, as said. I went to Quebec with him
You see was determined to get away from niy
friends. and. having y little money OF my own,
started OF through Canada by Toronto and Hamilton
in 1858. after working on steamboats, and anything
else could get to do. remember it well as can
be. reached tho Union side on the oath of May
the Queens birthday-lS5S. i thon made my way
to Albany and fell into bad company. It's the old
story--a boy aud bad companions. The end soon
December N N yaarI wa
arrested for burglary III the third degree on the
18th Of that month was sent to this prison tor .
served all but eleven months, when seven Of
us. hungering for liberty. determined to get
the rolling mills in which Augustus Wright
was keeper. We had no concerted plan
away Whenever we conld hore ~,asS Wara Lancet 90 get
Sewell, man about twenty five years DID, convicted
of highway robbery. with term OF fourteen years
to serve; William Judd. who was younger than
was; Alexander Poquet. aged twenty five, robbery
long term man; George Petit, aged twenty-five u
what his crime had been). and Marvin L. Hall who
was about twenty years old and was serving
his second term in state Prison. AS told You be-
We were to go when we could Well. on the night
OF the 18th OF July. 1861. We were all in the
rolling mill together with Wright about ten
minutes past twelve, and there was nobody
else near BY The first thing knew was our party
OF prisoners were rushing through the open door
and followed tnem. II only short distance
to the fence which separated the prison from the
hill yonder and were not long in scaling il.
fore left secured bag Of bread from tho cup
board to sustain us while we hid in the woods You
see 1t was Just twenty miles from Canada aud We
couldn't break cover for a few days.
sKwELL's TERROR.
swell. to mako long story short, sir. four of us
Sewell. Poquet, Judd and myself-reachc the fence
and climbed 1t together. When we got to the other
side Sewell says TO Brady have killed Wright
"'No you havn't. said I. although oid not even
know that he had struck him ut all. But Sewel was
scared by what he had done that he unable to
walk. Ho was absolutely in a fainting condition.
We wandered about for three days and wefe finally
captured in barn.
BRoUoHr RACK TO PRISON.
''We slowed away In this barn hiding from
tho mon who were securing tho country for us. We
were half starved too, and had lost heart. Sewell
had Wrights revolver aud watch, which he took
from the keeper as he lay the floor insensiblc.
This revolver was tho only weapon we had when We
startled ON the third morning by the arrival OF
tho French farmers. who had been chasing and dis
covered There sixteen Of them armed with
rifles and other Weapons. They surrounds the
barn and called upon to surrender. We ut FIRST
refused to do 10; but being young, wretchci and
seeing possible chance OF escape gave ourselves
up and were handcuiTed and marched back to the
prison. We did not know that Wright was dead
then. The hrst we heard of 1t was when we entered
said, Keeper Wright is dead. sewel tried to
break the dead mans watch upon the stones. but
prevented him.
CHAINED TO THE FLOOR
John Parker was the warden Mt this time and
whom we enterod the prison grounds we wore
marched Immediately to our cells, whero we were
left for day. The second day we were removed
to the dark dungeons and chained down to the rings
in the stone floor. There nothing but u small
heap of sawdust to lie on, and the light OF day
never penetrated our prison blessed eyes, ex-
cept when the keeper visited us. We remained
thus tor three months. during which period an
attorney named Gay, from Plsttsburg. came
on behalf of the prison authorities to
ferret out evidence against us. His plan
was to have US brought before him separately and
then he would examine aud cross-cxamine each in
the hope of getting some one to turn States evi-
dcnce on the rest You SEQ the belief that more
than one had hand In the death OF Wright, not
withstanding that Soweu when he came buck to
prison made clean breast of the matter and bunly
acknowledged that he and he alone mad slain Wright
This did us good, however. We were indicted for
murder In tho first degree taken to Patsburg tried
and convicted ON the evidence of three conycts--
Grant, Nash and kcnnedy-who In the rolling
mill ut tho time OF the escape, but losing tho
last moment gave up the chance OF flight. They
nrnlniaed and obtained nardnu