The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-13
Dieesne The Tannsl e rAbby Pri,on,

From IN illustrated article in the
0s~esyy. bya participant. va quote
the following: Work could only be
possible between the hours Of 10 at
night. when the room was generally
abandoned by tho prisoners because
OF Its inundated condition, and 4
o'clock in tho morning, whom tho
earliest risers were again astir. Il
was necessary to do the work with an
old jack-knife and one Of the chisels
formerly secured by Rose. It must be
done In darkness and without noise,
for . vigilant sentinel paced on the
Carye street sidewalk lust outside the
door aud within ton feet of the fire.
place. Arubber blanket was procur.
cd, and the SCOT from the chimney
carefully swept into it. Hamilton,
with his old knife. cut the mortar be.
tween the bricks and pried a dozen Of
them out, being careful to preserve
them whole.
1.-The rest of the incision was made
In accordance with the design describ-
ed. but no conception could have been
formed beforehand Of the sickening
tcdtouspess OF cutting an 81 shaped
hole througha heavy wall with q feeble
old jack-knife, In stolen hours of dark
ness. Rose guarded his comrade
against tho constant danger of inter-
ruption by alert enemies on one side
and by laundering friends ON the other:
and, as frequently happens in human
affairs, their friends gave them more
trouble than their foes. Night after
night passed. and still the two men
rot ,,.e .eAon &C.. R~.-. AL.s l..a III.
and descended to the dismal and reek-
ing kitchen to bore for liberty. When
the senttnel's call at Castle Thunder
and ut Libby announced 4 o'clock, the
dislodged bricks were carefully re-
placed. and the SCOT previously gath
cred in the gum blanket was flung in
handfuls against the restored wall,
filling tho seams SO entirely between
the bricks as to defy detection. At
last. after many weary nights, Hamil.
toms heroic patience and skill were re-
wardcd, and the way was open to the
coveted base OF operations, Rat He'll.
"Now occurred q circumstance that
nearly revealed the plot aud nearly
ended in a tragedy. When the opens
ing was finished, the long rope was
made fast to n Of the kitchen sup
porting posts, and Rose proceeded tU
descend and r%econnoiter. Hc got
partly through with ease. but lost his
hold in such o manner that his body
slipped through so as to pinion his
arms and leave him wholly powerlcss
either to drop lower or return-the
bend of the hole being such as to
cramp his back aud neck terribly and
prevent him from breathing. He
strovc desperately, but each effort only
wedged him more firmly in the awful
vice. Hamilton sprang to his aid and
did his utmost to effect his release;
but, powerful as he was, he could not
bulge him. Rose was gasping for
breath aud rapidly getting fainter,
but even in this fearful strait he re.
Trained from an cutlery, that would
certainly alarm the guards just out
side the door. Hamilton saw that
without speedy relief his comrade
must smother. He dashed through the
long, dark room up the stairway. over
the forms of several hundred men, and
disregarding consequences and savage
curses in the dark and crowded room,
he tramplcd upon arms. legs, faces,
and stOmacNs. leaving riot and bias.
phcmy in his track among the rudely
awakened and now furious dodgers o.
the Chickamauga room. He sought
the siecpiny-placc of Major George H.
FitzsiMmoMs. but llc was missing. HI
however found Lieutenant +. +. Ben,
nett, Of the 18th Regulars (since a ma
jor in the 9th United States Cavalry,
10 whom he told tho trouble in a few
, hasty words. Both men fairly flew
across the room, dashed down til,
stairs, and by their united efforts
Rose, hulf-dead and quite specchlcss
was drawn up from the fearful trap