Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-26

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The "ld. lr3lrw. muth-cuyrr-d unnks
and papers Of l..rrhl prison tell a not uu-
romantic tale u' rNu WOMEN who were
directly r"uu"rr-d with lwu murnrIri uu-
events IL the lannon's southern prison.
After the war these ia,l,- figured in good
positions In thr ..lfI Of Tia" government.
which they had ever proven lOvHl to. al
though ~llrruuuLrd by rebels IN the very
h"ih"! "l treason one ui THESE WAS Miss
Ahhir ''T'~u She fingered about fh,. old
war"h"U>" ~ much. in her desire to dO
something tor the union prisoners con
fined therein that She was inld that If
she 'lId not stop truIlu. with the Il II
. lHnkr' Prisoners She would br hustled
into ~fl" Thunder Bu ~" feared not.
And II was she. II much - any other per
son, who wI~ th,. in~tIghiIu- cause Of \;
men escaping IN u bod, Ia the prison
was one t"l \. ID. Strength who had or
gaiilhr" an expedition. having for lis nh-
l"ct the rhIdiug If the country in and
around Rome. ia Forrest captured the
whole Of them, and they w"r" sent TO
Richmond prison.
Ahhr Grrcu happened "a know Srrcight,
and she ~rnuG-Itd in !" hun pair If
larg" Colt rcNnlvrr~ with ia" word that
II he would c~rap" he would lee taken care
uf until he could get out Of the country.
One night some "f the prisoners standing
at the window could. by the aId ui pale
moonlight, scc dark objects popping up.
as il were. from the very bowels vi the
earth in n vacant lot across the street
w here III the HI are all those men CON
ing from shouted one of the prisoners.
"~hut up You d-n fool. said another,
who WAS in the secret Come away from
that window and keep your mouth shut"
W hen the roll was called next morning
III men were WiSSing Il took my man
Jim, said my informant. 9TH" next morn
ing, aud made an examination Of the lot
across the street. II WAS fun nf high
weeds and directed Jim To get in and look
Ehnut. In doing 80 he suddenly disap-
peared. When J went TO the spot where
| had seen him last. yawuinG hole con
fronted me. | stood there in wondcrmcnt
for moment. when looked mp and he
held Jim running ont of the prison. Then
the whole thing dawnei on my hemud-
died mind. Those IL men had got ont Of
the prison i'll the same manner that Black
Jim had got into il"
BY means of large chimney the men
had lowered themselves to the basement,
"ntIt We Kept u itT-r tutNIilN III straw
The men had dug down through the floor
of the basement. across the street forty
two feet, and emerged into the vacant lot.
The dirt taken from the hole was piled in
the room and covered with straw If il
hadn't been for a very peculiar accident
continued the aged narrator. we would
have lost every able bodied man
in the prison that might" Col
StreIEht got fast in the hole The
men had dug under ga~ main, making a
sudden turn down and then up Streight
was big, heavy fellow, and in going
under he got caught between his shoulders
and hips. The men IN front pulled and
those in tn" rear pushed. but for hours he
remained IN this plight until toward day
break lac was hauled out more dead than
alive. 1t was then too near daylight to
make the delivery general one hundred
and seventeen got away but We captured
more than half Of them. >treighr WAS
taken care of by Abbie Green III a little
hut just outside the city, where food was
provided until he WAS able to get away,
which he finally did. and reached Wash
ingtuu in safety" Miss Green was given
position ia the United States treasury
a position which she still hnidS Cor
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