The sun., 1885-08-16

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and In a hole on the inside Of this wall John
Ryan had. earlier In IL the evening. deposited a
S as o maze
easier e climb by when aHns ,H over tho wall
and was waiting inside tho outer wall for the
vas wanted. and. the Vaaek anaci.S Of .
vas hand There ssnane
duck n Q nsiEhbering garden that raised
false alarm once. Tho q. 0. j. H. WAS an hour
When the prison clock, struck one, Breslin
opened the door leading to. the corridor whero
Stephens's cell was situnted. NO one else was
Sss ssa
doors leading bp the SSsdeS as 70
without making slight noise. The policeman
on tpe other sIde Of the door at The 2 other otlheI snd
| heard Bresin turn the key In the coll door. He
Yin ynr 1Fo No %ords Usse
spofsn Stephens after loaded
ter as noiselessiy. as possible out Of the
corridor and down the stairs. Here an anTious
the jail bird rang his gong. a! wa. over. but no
sound came from his cell. He afterwnrd OK
hs snee Sy ags x. shs kS
open % his. % and @ that had he given The alarm his
throat would hHys been cut Hs.rins n9 alarm;
,S
noT's garden was very hish wall, which had
&c s9Sa .
der used In lighting the lamps inthe yard was
!Ua wa usa ba. q nsRins the s Or Hs now
he found that q. tall nan stan %standins on the
81 ss 81 Il. fS@d Of so %s
Tnns bis gong and alarmed the prison Without
could be SPAR spared. T After I hurried GO consuita,ion
he decided TO return to the prison. end. with
the unsties dining Hhh G room. nv on Which to place
the ladder. There was IN unoccupied sentry
might be- policeman stationed in the Gov.
na Ss Would Of
| tween the sentry box and tho prison door. he
told hin t1 to o.si shoot any man coming from tho
m, two tables were carried out as quickly as
and Placed Rs on top o. he other
there was tooi shed on the other side, which
would facilitate the descent Tho ladder was "a
Byrne and Breslln. while Stephens assembled.
THE CRITICAL MOMENT.
roand M % aud handed S Bresiin iii S the rsvolver. This
shcs nohns oeaa easss thors on shoaa be
a policeman in the Governors garden he could
shs ths W could do nothns
to aid him. Stephens climbed ND the ladder.
OF the wall. easily got over it. and dropped
down to the shed on Mn the Mn other side and thence @
outer wall. and which would aid him in climb.
wall Into the Circular road.
This signal was at once recognized: 1t was
only the work OF a minute for tho little party
Of the rope over tho wall. Fonr Of US held it.
part about climbing. and. after waiting m Q;
oF Ws % end while Sa
In q second there was q strong tug at the
Sed sS% Ws nna
tho top of the wall about eighteen feet high.
% ha a 0 @ s1sssd es
S m s msht bs
stones on the TOP Of the wall John Ryan tSd :Sd
| ulM W uIoV oVMh hAo ooSn " toSG
Ryan caught h Is fee! on his breast the sand on
his his bustonsd ] coat. Il ssasserea RYAN. and q
ne was coming down caught Stephens aboa'
51sss he aeS 1T It % ss to sh'
ns % Ssd him him 11emse S5 sfhsF s
and this fact caused probably as much BY the
n ss e. y h1a
in his cooness and self possession. The boys
} gathered around him. and: shaking his band
only answer was In q, husky whisper to Kelly
stepbens and md KelIy il; at once crossed the road
and turned into Love, lane. long winding
eW rom
turned into Brown street II this =, street S nn WA.
Mr B6"nd sSs sister ~ Mr.
o'Connor: Of Unied Ireland, and now q residen
sSd Of had 10 scsd s
senger bstween Stephens and Kelly before hi,
arrest. was on the lookout He bad mnrkea .ni
the rain 70 keep them IN their places. but b,
tho rain had ceased and a gust Of wind hiov
: the bit; Of pap.r In front Of the next s house
.. Just about to ring the 0rangeman's bell whel
, tho boy appeared and showed them into th'
.. Brssiin lett the tables and the ladder as the
stood when Stephens crossed the wall. nnd th' a.
abos sbe s1 n
; and returned to his room 10 the hospiinl; whlcl
pair OF patent ather shoes. SO that his ordi
nary ones might not be soiled and & after CT care =
put them away. ami. brushing his clothes. go
into bed and was fast asleep In ten minutes minutes
7 and found no siGn OF anything to indicate thu
: | the escape was known. At O'Clock he raise
an alarm and reported that stephens WIS gone
THE ALARM.
, 4 scene OF wild confusion ensued. The Who'll
: | prison staff was aroused, and every nook an
4 | corner OF the prison was searched for the IN
| xittve. The Castle authorities were at one
:, notified. and in few hours the police wer
securing the city. searching houses and watch
= | ing trains and outgoing vessels OF all kinds
\ The garrison was placed under arms. .Simiia
u precautions were taken elsewhere, and I'M vi
. | ter panic prevailed among the loyalists. Land
v lords and magistrates woro. parslyzed wit
u dismay. and fully expected tho outbrss
!. OF formidable insurrection. Ha
i Stephens been, ready to give the wor
= = then he could have got ten follower
. | for ha opa hal would hAyA Rnsw0r0d hi