Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-16

IL o'clock they were perem ptorily or
dered to lie down. A lamp was always
burning at the further end OF their
prison. A sentry was at the door TO
watch them. In soft places they made
good progress; then blocks OF solid rock
would throw them into the depths OF
despair. A corporal OF the guard al
ways came when food and water were
brought in. BE often looked through
the oophole without making q discov-
cry, for they always replaced ADD plas-
tered over the debris with lime allowed
them as a sanitary disinfectant. Their
/ chains, too, were often examined. At
| ter months of incredible labor, often in
terrupted by sickness, they enlarged the
breach clear through.
With money from their friends and
from the sale Of hats they bad long pre-
viousy bought flute, a fife, fiddle
and some knives, which last they Kept
concealed in dirt. Doe man only could
work in the loopbole, his hands stretch
ed before him and his body in painful
posture. As he worked IL was the Gus
tom OF the other men TO make as much
noise as possible with flute, fife, fiddle
and clanking chains in walking about
to drown the blows of the hammer, the
plastering over the work being done
quietly with a single after they were
ordered TO lie down. Their jailor kept
cigars and liquors on tap outside the
door OF their dungeon. He paid no at
tention to their noise, believing II only
hiIsrity infused into them by the good
/ -
CUT THEIR FETTERs.
They had also converted their knives
| into saws by hacking the edges OF the
/ blades. With these they cut the clevis
/ bolts on their letters so nearly through
/ that by working with their hands they
could snap and withdraw the bolts from
either end. The shining incision they
concealed with wax aud kept It doubly
hidden from inspection by the cords
they habtually wore TO relax the weigh
OF their chains.
Ga the night of November 7, 1907,
they silently cleared away the rubbish
in the breach, and, relieving them
selves OF their chains, some fifteen Of
them wormed their way out,
two, however remaining behind
from inability TO squeeze through. Out
| side the ramparts was q moat, which
upon occasion could be filed with
water, but was then dry. On the out
side Of this was a glacis, beyond that a
swale with bushes, and further of was
the seashore. Keeping In tie deeper
darkness of the ditch along the fortlh-
cations to eyade the sentinels on the
walls they crawled along for half a
mile, then emerging from the ditch into
the bushes, they made of toward Bocca
/ Grande, all bnt father. He had been
sick, and as but few days out OF hos
pital. he dropped in the bushes from
/ exhaustion within six rods OF the city
wall, anc remained there until the
I following night. The next morning he
was ab.rmed by soldiers mounted
aud afOot securing the country
for them, but remained undiscovered.
Concealed By vines and bushes, be could
see sentinel walking 10 and fro on the
bastian across the ditch from him. The
seeond hight. narved by desperation
and hunger, be moved on, aud before
morning. was attacked oy dogs, one
fierce bite flying at him as If TO tear
him to fpeces. Keeping quiet. the
dogs lie Il him. He was then wandering
bewiide I'd and at random In the sub
urbS OF Eexemani. when man accost-
ed hin in broken English. Father
told hI his story, and the man. pity
ing h took him TO his house. gave
him and put him TO bed. After a
good { he wrote to Captain Sanford,
lintrz be the letter 70 his hosssand