The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-02
M0RGANaS ESCAPE
FROM TINE ONO rEN1rENr1ARY.
a ATari1inE Episode OF Be.dsrwartar.-Ths
Gasr.lia who Game Near whseIing-A
Recital Of ma Adysntares aud ms
saEFow Eseapes from Detection.

S1 AseAPee Ef"n Detoettons
zAosa, n. Hln.. d soatAan Blsosae
On the 5ist Of July and the LIST Of An.
fgust, 1868. General John q. Morgan, Ger.
eral Basil,W. Duke, and Eixty-eieht other
officers of that command were, by onier d
4 General Burnside, confined in the onio
.Esata Penitentiary, ut Columbus. BEFORE
entering themain prison We were searched
and relieved Of our pcclsetekniygs, money,
and all.other articles Of value, subjected
Ito a BATH, the shaving Of purta taces, and the
cutting Of our hair. Wewere placed each
ina separate celllin the frst and second
ranges ofeells on the south side in the
east wing Of thu prison. Thera
cells were let into q solid bl0cJr
ot masonry one hundred and sixty
teet long and twenty-five feet thick.
They are six feet high, three and half
feet wide, and six tpet deep, with iron.
grated doors tacing hall twelve feet wide.
between the cells and the inside wall OF
the wing, and running entirely around
ara Iet. There are No tisrs % az coIis 80 81,
narrow platfor,n f,,,,st !. I n.lI
tier, and reached l,v 9te,,s
up at ths end Of the blnels CansrSi 81; NE
gau and General Dni,a S.,sra IN ~,
range. General MonvRn heins, ,,,,,, =.
the last call at The east end ot IN. -
those who escapetl win (ienersl' No. =
having their catls 4, tl1s f,S+ ,,1s, ~
main building wori,. .shons and MI, va, -,
fuelnsed hv A solid stone ,vall tI,;st1 60
high. lour teet in ti1irtness and Is,,.i y,
.top. 20 as 10 form 4. wa,-~1v ~, ~ .j9a G
armed guards stnt;oned tIsre ,ii,-;,,.. AZ.
idny.. ''''-ssts''>- 'T''.s M st's
Siany nIens. IN. a..,,a ;,,,a,,,....
desoarath rara s,s,,,as,!.j ,i;..a,ssI SUI
pejeetsd because dsemeli imnr,ct;s.Its i,i..e
Among them was bIiberv of Ia ,''.,r,,SS' s1Sss,s
This was thought not Tpas;hIe hs,.s,,sa .,t
the double al of grSrSIs7 ,,;II,s.,, ,,,s, III
civil. vino wepe isaiors ana - ,.atei!i,,i -. ~
each ether 81 thst Il Irss ,rHs navar
although Tra eonid nave co+nn,sssis,3 ~
through cnr frisn5z IN Rsnts..IS. Ss,i
eIsawbere an almost rrtinifsJt s.,,ss,,sut .ns
money. y u
ON i. MORNING n, the .las, ,,l,,. ot tn..o-
ber was rudsiy treatsJ ID y;t5S,,t = .S',s..
by the fjsnnty % gsrJsn W. .TJ,asa S+1Se, 49,,
no means of rs5rass1 -. ,,5- !. -
not yisa 10, seak 'TeI;ag hv. ,.,..o, - W
II knew from tIa, errs,i,,,:.,. ~ ~. aS.S
raies tfet r. ronId f.Ss,,I. +, ~. !.,,a..t
ment IN = ,,;., ,,,..a ~,
sater fnr Etiss, n, -. y. silA
f,eF, ,as;,a,l: -, nj X s4ts
door VIII the Az. 10y
neither eat nor sIaan i,nt;II Lad ,,s,.;..a.i
some means AZ sscs,a n. da,sS.S",'t 80
idnired sncS, st;nS,,I,,. as ,sas i.r..;
by tha denuty warien IA sTo,s - NE -
mental ACTION Ia 1n,J,;ns Z; a., -.
nothing iIn,in. 4Ts ,jsy "a 49, -, 1,.;sN ,.;..s
olclock at nivhf r had ms r,.t,rsJ ~ ~.
that wa ca,T3aI int s.+..Snt;sn y. pH. -.
he that owa - ~. ;.,t !. .,.4.I
had inst enmnjata,i tha !, XT,ss.,..
Hnyn's Taa MisssstIss ea,,+ags, T. s.s,
vivid delineations nf tIle g.,
of Jean Val Jean. and 81 tIIe snbter15,ntsn.
passages of the c,ty 81 PaIis.s Tbfs NAV
hKya lati me 10 the line a. thnnob, tLst
in the plan of escsns sdorss5. 4 i,,t
II was this: / had observed tEsts M. t,Ho,.
OF my cell wasupou \ leyel VII tJe Sra,,,,J @
upon the outside al tbe. .lniIjinS. -suS;eh
was low and fat. and also tbat the finar n
the cell was nerteetlv DIV ami f,,aa f.,,,s
mould. Ifoeearred "a me tlat, n the rss, r
Of the cell was to 4 GREAT extenf ezclntSsSi
from the lishr and IN ti1is drv1ssS s,,J
fraauom from monlti Gould mot aS;st ,,,,IrS.,
there was underneath sometfinc n az
natn4e Of nm ar chamSsr. t, ,,,ts,,. ~. ~,
damnness from risingnr tha ,s.I1. a...5 IL
through the floor. Tffhischanhs,sI, n sI,s,.I5 LII
be ionnd 10 exist and co,Id Ia rssc,,sSt =
tunnel MIGHT 81 nm ti,ronoh Il tbs ta,,r';a.
lions into The yarti. from wI,icF NJ ,,D;,.St
escape i,y scaling tiIe onter .,o yrolI ,,.a ~,
chamber f1rnisRing n reeentacIs 1t1s teI ~ ~
earth and Stone 10 be n akep' crt +, ,'.. s-o
ming the tunnel. Ths re~t W, ~ ,,.,, ~
our cells were nnloctei and ID ,,..s. Z "aeh a,a
mittefi 10 assemhle in ths. I,iI \ 80 tei y.
General Morvan,s cali Le beS;1,. 49,, ~. y
several DAYS Guite nnwell md is;S SsL Lat..s Iot
him the nfan, as \ So, IL HI
f-.f ~. - 80 - = ,s,, As4As ~ ,,Suru S%1eSuru ". 4t5