The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-04-02

The officer of the law was much i'm
pressed with the evident truthfulness
"a this statement and was Just dismis
sing the marquis when young man
entered from Il side room with some
papers for him 10 sign. On seeing the
prisoner he at once whispered to the
magistrate:
How did General Lafayette come
here?"
What is that YOU say" exclaimed
the astonished Judge. ''Who did you
say it was"
The General Lafay ette.'
impossible! How do you know
him -
Il was present when the general
was delivered by the Prussians to the
Austrians. i cannot be misLa ken "
At this the magistrate ordered La
fayette to he at once taken back to
Olmutz. There was nothing for the
marquis to do bit to submit to this
hard fate, and. loaded with chains,
he was again thrown into dungeon
IN the gloomy prison.
DR.. Bollman was over taken, but de
ceived his pTsuers by pretending
that lie himself was chasing the fugi-
tives. He made his way without in
telruption to Hoff, but could not find
any trace of Lafayette. With as much
patience as he could command he
waited until evening, hoping all the
time to see the marquis appear. That
night he started out, and spent his
time until the third day visiting all
the towns along the border, trying to
learn news of Lafayette and Huger.
Then he heard that the marquis had
been rpcaptured and was again con
fined in the old prison. Anxious to
learn the truth he took the road to
Olmutz, He soon learned that both
Lafayette and IIuger were prisoners.
BOllman was very much grieved,
especially at what had happened to
Hugar. He considered that he was
the direct cause of the young Ameri-
cans misfortune, chided himself for
having left him the way he did and
resolved to give himself up to share
the Imprisonment of his companion.
When Hugar started for the shelter
of the trees, he was marked by par
ty who never lost sight of him. Yet
his pUusuers were on foot and he
might have escaped had they not been
constantly joined by peasants from
the fields who were fresh in the chase.
At length Hugar reached the woods
and thinking his hunters could not
see him threw himself into thicket.
He could not run farther and hoped
that he woulu be passed. But the
leader in the chase was peasant who
had just managed to see him hide.
He came up before the rest Of the pur
suers were IN sight.
Huger thought 10 bribe him and
offered him purse Of gold if he would
run ahead and thus draw the pursuit
away. The fellow reached ont for the
money as If to comply. But on get
| ting hold of the purse he at once rails
! ed great outcry calling for help.
Resistance would have been useless
! and the gallant Huger was carried
back to Olmutz prison in triumph, in
wardly consoling himself, however,
| with the fact that he had assisted to
escape from captivity the greatest
| champion of liberty in Europe He
was shut up in the castle as a state
| prisoner.
Thus, by a train Of accidents which
no prudence or care could forCSee or
| gugrd against, this well planned and
bravely executed attempt utterly failed
Yet it was productive of good. 1t
gave to the world a clue as to the
whereabouts OF of the eminent prison
er. and showed his friends where he
was aud what had to he done to secure
= his liberation.