Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-17
EII's DARING ESCAPE.
Plan Was Conceived and
Matured'
h JUDGE THOMAS H, HINES
I. nix with the Gallant Ken
lucky Soldier


- XIV, March 15.--Judge
| q Hines, who conceived and
f, me entire plan for the ro-
| same of Gen. John Morgan
oher Confederate officials
ohio penltentiary at Column
N nutilne of which he kindly |
a ne press the other day Is
,ssnects a remarkable man.
aree talk and department he
| I" that fast-fudlng type of old
.'stbern gentlemen-that de-
| indy, courageous man, the
II whose Individuality is
r,rked ON fin de steele Amerl-
.,seter and manhood. But for
[. n If men In which he was
| 4 there is no telling to what
| \ Al repression the Puritan of
.,land would have resortcd in
4 he growth and development |
IA lie In the New World. |
| \ contra, who can say TO what |
| 4 recklessness bordering on Ii
49, the masters OF American
| mud have gone but for this |
f,,resslon OF this very Puritan,
4 siter all. the American of to-
/ d thank the cavalier ns well
| Puritan for the blessings OF
tspment and the guarantee
| nlest possible scope for the
1 riiyldual right. A cavalier in
IA in thought, yet Judge Hines
Al devoid Of that bombast and
usually associated In the
| 4 PERSONS who know no better
n tyne Of men. He manliests
kng modesty strangely in con-
sih his record MS one of the
lAlng and intrepid cavalry OIL
he service of the ill-starred
acy, and would rather talk
4 md flowers than of adNen-
ri "hair- breadth 'scapes,
" has doubtless had as many
sR any man alive. There is
gaatlon IN the statement that
n Is as soft AS n woman's.
Bhs face a single line of hard
Augh II Is scanned from expos
vlnd and weather endured In
ID marches and brilliant dashes
4 With Morgan's might riders
Ia var famed furiously around
u only feature denotlng the fire
fnlnation concealed by his gem
tomplacent exterior is the cold,
" that is set far back in the
I'd that blazes and grows dun
alless with the change Of com
b from things martial 10
nonotOnous and commonplace.
isarer the mold and stature OF
lasilce Fuller than 10 any other
4 pvn man to which We can com
Ia, and has the same artistic
Ne as that distinguished Jurist,
the detail of mustachius that
Al over the upper part Of his
sih artistic carelessness, Per-
10 bis early youth NJ had been
4 ihted TO the genial cline OF
lAtmia OF the Quarter Latin he
have been a Du Maurler Of these
ni;ead Of running the gauntlet
rlaial war and grown into Il
Of former days or then
Up his career as chief JUS
The commonwealth Of Ken.
ealllng some or the Incidents
VA with his famous escape from
y penltentiary, Judge Hines
70 say, after describing how
mel was cut with two ordinary
'Ns'; We realized that If we
q our cells to the air chamber
hlrhed the exit to the prison
niough our tunnel. and scaled
70 the outside without being
that escape was almost i'm
unless we had money with
y pay the expenses of trans
n and other contingencies as
lsht arise. General Morgan had
u9ley that the search by the
-. Nu'l W. Wei N'A'
ga not discover. but 1t was not
2 be Of any practical good
after l. began work wrote tt
9 IN Kentucky a letter, which
w or eight feet In diameter
ieet high. Beyond this poke
has yentured.
~ trusted convict ] sent out
.ned' requesting her to go t
1 VIZ and get certain books, ant
s4eA OF a designated one, which
y 70 open with a thin knife
-s'eln a certain amount of Fed
,Isy' repasle the back. write my
,1oss the inside OF the bacl
money was concealed ant
h. opx by express. In due cours
II We books. with the money
nahd, The book selected TO
..-;pAsion OF the money was al
a. ~ political publication OF n
!. 'alue, with the title. l believe
" The History OF Mystery
!, unnamed now to get informa
" me time OF the running O
~ 10 await a cloudy nigh
nen full moon after we ha
lr,., at work on November q
! ~ convict was again foun
* was quite an old man, Gale
~. l been In the penitentiar
-ai and, as he had been =
n ~ ~ his term having oiIGos
\, o Ss was permitted 10 20 eirand
,elals to the city. i gave hi
y, US a daily paper and 81
|sry teneh brandy. Neither l
.l,,an e Within the prison or o
&sr,,as,e had any intlmatlon OF OF
slated escape.
\ ssr Onr FIRST thought TO mai
A " ~ ihe Confederncy. by Il
n hl'naaa, but on Inspecting Il
h ~. NAY We found in the pap
n sor n mat a knowledge OF u
: 4. osell necessarily come to a
4 utss before we could reat
n ~. yNer the Canada horde
A rs nothing left. then. but
& ums an South, which we foun
A NJ es,,w would reach Cincinnati b
4 q WIZ s We're opened IN the NOR
gtisS ~ tllne our absence woul
a seaalrs,d discovered. one THU
| Is as-ainea to be done. and tn
4 a ,se,n The easiest and safe
II n to scale the outsi