The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-19
NUMBER 43.

give the other a rest He consented, and
chained up my false limb with all imaginable
care" At night, when Curion heard his at
tendants snoring he parted company with
his fettered leg, undressed it, clothed him
+ self again and stole out of his cell, which no
one had taken the trouble to fasten on the
outside He found means to scale the outer
walls of his prison and regain his liberty. His
+ escape, which he describes in this matter of
T fact way, figures in the pious histories as the /
work Of witchcraft, on the ground that the
Devil is ever ready to assist his own.
+ The escape OF Grotius, the historian, from
the Castle OF Louveustein was an original .
one. Involved in the ruin Of MS friend John,
+ Of BaneveIt, Grotius, in 1919, when only .
thiIty-siX years Old, was condemned to per /
petuaI Imprisonment. lie was allowed to .
borrow books from his friends, and when /
they were returned they were sent away in I.
a chest along with his linen for the wash F.
Toward the end Of the second year, when '
the guard had ceased to bother examing the (
box as it came and went, Madame Grotlus
contriyed to have her husband conceal him +
self in this convenient casket, and he was
carried to freedom by some Of the very sol
diers set TO guard him SO zealOusIy.
CoSCEALsIEST AND DISCUSSES.
Such methods Of concealInent were 10y no
means uncommon in those Old days when
men were imprisoned for years at a time,
living under guard ia some castle with pret-
ty much the same freedom as they would
have enjoyed in their own houses barring
the liberty of going out when they wanted
to. The little Duke Of Normandy, who, af-
ter the assassination of his father, William
Longsw00d. in the tenth century, was con
fined at Laon by Louis d'Ou;re-men, who
Z had fixed his eyes on tie throne, andwas car
ried cut i'm bundle of grass by his faithful
steward, Osmoud. The feat recently per
I formed by a couple Of prisoners on Black
wells Island by conceaIing themselves in
- du9gheaps is no new one More than one
captive in feudal times was ioted to liberty
buried under q load of manure There was
f an Old German warrior i'm the time of Max
e imilian who is said to have made his escape
% from the castle in which he was confined
1 hidden ia the carcass OF q horse which had
. dieJ in the stables, and from which he had
r removed the bowels to make room for him
- self An italian captive is told Of who in
d the fourteenth century was taken from his
+ pTison-hOUsc ana buried i'm a church vault ia
d the coGiu OF the castle priest, whose corpse
> he had found an opportunity 20 remove and
conceal under his bed, where it was not dis
covered uutiI it began to develop decidedly
gamgy flavor The Marquis de N0ntelorio,
a State prisoner OF C1diz In the sixteenth
century, became state fugitive Jy slowing
himself away in an empty wine cask
Disguise- have, from time immemorial.
= been fayorite aids to escape. James Y. freed
Y himself from the power Of the DouClases in
9 the makeup of stahIe-boy, and Mary Stu
# arts first attempt to get away from Loehie-
- ven Castle was in the dress of "a laundry
u girl When Flora Macdonald assisted Charles
4 Edward, the PreteHder, to escape after the
. battle OF Cullodcu, she disguised him as a
e servant girl and chTistened him Betty Burke
e Count Layelettc escaped from the Concier-
lie gerie in 1915 on the sharkey plan. in a dress
q of his wifes. One of the most remarkable
n rcscues on record was that Of the Earl Of
" Nithsiale, who on the night before the day
Is set for his execution was got out Uf the Tow
b. er Of London by his wife. Nithsdale was
D. under sentence for completely i'm the Rebel
ii lion Of l7l5.
re Lady Nithsdale had thrown herself at the
2, feet of George Il, imploriug mercy, but the
ll King had refused TO listen 10 her. She OBJ
re tanned permission 10 bid her husband adieu
ou the night before his execution, and went
10 the tower with two women. who were i'm
BY her confidence. One had on two suits Of
III 0Hter garments. and after leaving suit in
"a tLe Ea-i's chamber she Immediately quilted
- the prison. The second gave the Earl heI
IS clothes and put Oh those which the first had
"a. just taken OF. Wrapped ia a long cloak
yr aud with a handkerchief to Lis eyes, tl.
cr prisoner tleu passed through the seulinels
,c- and took ship for france Lady SitIsdal,
Fir remained behind iu ber husbands stead, bu
.d She scau reLaiuel her liberty.
ut TI-E ESCAPE oF TElE DUKE OF ALBANY.
Pc The escape OF the Duke Of Albany im
les rrisougd in Edinburgh Castle by his brother
NV james the Third. is one Of the most dramau
q episodes of Scottish history. Albany an,
ial bis brother. the Earl Of Mar, where as gIe8
lat fav9,itcs with tile people as James was not
.ss The King caused Star To be h.ed to death
IS Albany was laeu1csd by tine same fate, whc
III, his friends resolved to rescue him. 4 litU
OF slo5p sailed into Reith Roads with "a cargo q
on C93~rouy wines OF which two small casE
pa, were sent as present tothe captive Prince
ne When the DuSc came % dip into them. 3
for found u one "a ball OF wax containing Ie
an ter urging him TO escape and make ms wa
lu- TO tie water side, where he would find tI
little vessel waiting for him. In the 9th,
to- cssk there was o coil of rope, which wouI
er enable him 30 drop from the walls OF h
ne prison to the rock on which the castle stand
-ot His faithful Chamberlain, who shared D.
h a captivity promised 20 aid him in bis eHte
sse prise. The main point vas t. make sure
To the Captain Of the guard. Albany invite
an this officer to sup with him under jhe pa
ma text Of wishing to- have his judgment on I'll
the wine; and the Captain. having posted D.
,av men with due eirsEmSpe led three
ms them into the Dukes room with him, n
,n,- tlen took his place at the table The me
aHt over, the Duke proposed game Of frictra
Jaw and took care. while il was going on, TO y
the his guest freely with tie wine, While q
Chamberlain was no less attentive 10 q
three soldiers. The drink, and the heat Of
ots great FIRE. near which they had artful
riu. placed him, soon made the officer very dro
non sy, and the men, too began TO nod tn,
, he heads
iwn Thcu the Duke who was a strong ma
his jumped up and,
S of WITH ONE BLOW OF A POSIABD
2 to laid the Captain dead at his feet. In anotl
-eek moment he had dispatched two of the s
+. on diers. while the Chamberlain, with his o.,
his dagger, finished the third Their work "
leg the easier to do rs the drink and the tire
eds. cether had almost stupefied the poor uret
per, rs before blow was struck. They tim
had the bodies on the fire. and, making their "
A to an ut-of-the-way corner of the walls