Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-17
ESCAPED FROM JAIL.
An AIbemarIc Prisoner N"c"'es
CeIt-Tbe Letters He Left.

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, July "
(spccial1-C. NJ. Bryant, VINO was
rested in the Peoples National bahh' u
This CITY. in April. charged with forgery
ESCAPED from jail during the past hisn.
o,d made his exit over the high Walls
which surround the building. a Whi'V
tramp who was placed in the cen ia9'
evening. went with him. r., ,,ts coil
window. which made an aperture oi , ao
gx9O inches through Whlch the n
vas made He scaled the jail wall ~ tnc
highest point. probably 10 fcet, by sPli0ittiie ~
together three Stats from ms - 80, mis-
and his companion proDablX WehI w COT
AFFAIR hand-over-hand. How they 81
doun on the opposite side Is not certain.
Thcv nrobablv used bed-clothes as IOpo
20 l6ver Themselves. If they did me rVPr -,
broke and some one got a syou r"., h,,
there was a piece OF Dldiihr' ~ wall
above The forger must nave pen
work on the bars for a lohs ny orr,|d
the point Of severance rust iau aiaircd
Wboro he GOT the saw Is not up -,
~ AZ ,bouobt he had II in his nat VIII
arrcsted lie left several letters 1nro"s
which was the following to the JAZZ Nm
mir John Martin.-My dtpaItul You
no doubt. be greater suI rIigbtIv visits
,b,o,,cb the ward made my stay loIsSs. :
tdotd vour tip-tocing kept me pulto
nervous You don't know now nt"i 2rt
came to frustrating my atCeniptt, her
my cat Is q good sehlinel. a. y,orlfed
90 eli ON the window-sill WINE W.,
Inv Watching her ] was able 10 zen ~.
,yo,,y annroach. Please don't use such
Vigilance any more against peIsc' ,,,,tcr
Revond your extreme vigilance, VIM
seemed exclusively directed 10 me, / ad-
nit YOU treated me as well AZ ! could
expect. for which accept my thanks.
"As the Jail is. and has been Whlle
have been here. devoid or any one III
whom / could place an iota OF cohluehCe'
| hardly know what 10 do with the thlnss
/ leave behind. but rather than let tne
darkies have them. l request that you 1l'
! vide everything in my cell IamonB lht
| white prisoners i'm the cell across the nan
/ from me. If your discontinue VIII aIo"
'OU' ~ &c. NJ. BRYANT"
In letter to his counsel, Mr.. G. W.
] Allen ne directed him not 10 aDailuol
! his case. but to insist on the motion loi
| an appeal mo monk ever leit ms crl
| 10 sing his vesper song with pe'ter III
| tcufion than ! have wrote the IoIseI
! "Nv old ways will not know Tue any
! longer | have resolved henceiortn 10 ~
/ a GOOD man. 1 know that in me lies lh'
! ro,vcr moi only to rise equal 10 but hightl
| Than the majority Of my Iell0W-iltn' az
| | am fully determined to 90 so. ~
! closed bv thanking Mr.. Allen l.r ms az
tive efforts in his behall' ana e. ~ D.,
would meet Mr.. Robinson. of the People
rank. who was instrumental In ms al
| r. st. t,~,,a,,t ov
/ ,,,'t tbof he sWiudled a number OF PEG
ME i'm and near Chatham, Va, beior'
Coming to Albemare where he went un
der several aliases. lie has nor 1,l,.o tah''
| anv one into his confidence. bIyant j
ah9ut "a years of age, and weighs pIoDa
Div i7C pounds. His compl Xion is h e,rll
and he has peculiar gray. bleaTed, Gym
AZ A. ne wore a blonde mCustache WhlcI
Wa on that day shaved of; ~.,-,..,o.
The Rev. b. 7. smith Of the me C T6ratior
church has returned rom hI Vir Ef1S''0
WI" Rir John T. Antrim is heading move
ment for a new double-track IRON on oi oit5
over the Riyanna river near s ,r Inls o any
,,idolY known as the Free bridge. haVln
cot its name. no doubt, in the days WIZ
Toll was general in Virginia