The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-15

piration of his sentence. He was to get a
couple of saws from his brothers. shop
and place them at night just outside the
grating to the east end of the corridor,
where they were easily available. For this
he was to receive $40.
BOLTS REFUSE To WORK.
The slots into which the bolts of the
cell doors shoot had been sawed several
days before Mr.. Wade made his timely
discovery, the pieces being pasted back
with shoe backing. When the stone was
ready to move it was found that the door
to Young's cell would not open, by reason
OF the projecting rock. In trying to force
The door open the bolt was bent so that
the lock would not work, which led to the
discovery.
The story Young told in the letter
printed some time & in the INTELLI-
aENCER about the plan to knock Jailor
Wade dow and place hin in the cell,
bind and gag his mother end make their
escape through the main entrance, was
repeated in full to the reporter. Several
schemes OF escape were devised and all
fully discussed. Young would have moth
ing to do with the plan to knock the jail
or down, but was eager to adopt any other
feasible plan. In the event he succeeded
in making his escape from the jail he in
tended to go to the river, steal a BOAT and
float down the stream. His experience as
"a seaman would stand him well in hand
then, and he had no fear of capture, once
he could reach the river and get into a
BOAT. He told the INTELLIGENCER man
that all he wanted was Il few hours start
on the river with a pair of oars and al
ordinary boat, and he could soon succeed
in hiding himself. Once getting to st.
Louis, he would get to sea as quickly as
possible. The miscarriage of some or
all of these plans of escape alone kept him
here.
HIS LAST NIGHT BUT ONE.
Young sat talking with the two men
composing the death watch until far into
the night. He wrote n letter addressed to
Mrs. Wade, giving the INTELLIaENcER
reporter permission to copy it. At 1890 he
laid down and was soon in II sound sleep.
lie slept until 2:45, when he awoke, and
sitting up in bed, asked for his pipe and
tobacco. For half an hour he smoked and
talked, and ut 2:45 he put his pipe aside,
laid down and slept peacefully until 6
O'Clock Wednesday morning.
At Z o'clock Wednesday morning II. j.
Bandon's force of builders arrived with
lumber and began the erection of the
scaffold. Ii was put up where the half
completed scaffold, erected five weeks be-
fore, had stood, against the north wall of
the Jail. A stout rope was stretched from
the corner OF the clerks Office to the east
ernmost gate to the court house grounds,
/ DeXDnu WHICH tut curious were not al
lowed to go, leaving the workmen undis-
turbed. There was the busy sound of ham
mer and saw, each noise reaching the con-
demned man in his waking hours, and
perhaps filling his mind with tOrturing
dreams il perchance he slept II moment or
two during the day.
YoUNd's LETTE
The following is a copy of the letter
written by Young Tuesday evening, as
nearly as can be, in spelling and construc-
ton:
LEXINGTON, Mo, August IL. 81.
Mira. NJ. Wade, Lexington. Mo.
DEAR MADAM take the opportunity
to pen you "a few lines to answer your kin
and welcome letter. | thank you "a thou.
sand times for your Kindness toward mt
and my Dear Wife. Dear Madam it Is
very hard for me to leve those ! love sc
; dearly if it was not for them | could moi
meet my cup of bitterness better than
now. But 1 will be brave and meet IL tC
the last, for | know 1 am going to n better
phase, Where Their is no sorrow and ne
I departure. For | have got my Hope ano
trust, and pray to cure Lord Jesus When
| first came here and now that he viii.
3 for give me fer my sins.
, Dear Madam, | have never been very
( bad not half as bad those Peable say, O.
, course / have not been as good as | had &c
; be if / hat stopt Drunken l would never
+ got in this trouble. But l think j had