The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-13
Some Confederate Experiences al
JOhlSOn'S Island.
HOW 4 LOUISIANA CAPTAIN ESCAPED
lie Was Rccapturcd, Escaped Again From
moving Train and Was Again Recap
turcd-He Escaped Again and Was
Killed In Battle.


TAI similar attempts all OF which iailec,
but nii OF them thrilling and Interesting.
How John BeiVln. of thls city, went our
in the uniform of Ca major bon thc Feoc-
raj army and came back in bis shirt and
drawers only, how Colonel Hundicy, OF
The 9TH Alabama Regiment succeed
"a in getting out and t0 Che main lana,
but was captured after three days abb
acnce and returned in The same CONDITION
beivin was, and uumbcricss oihcr tl-
f.ie efforts. but notably one of the mcft
interesting. was the attempt or captain
Or have f0rcottcn his name much
90 ny regret COLI him McQurk. for he
was an lr.shman as gallant man as
ever Fought of the Sixth Louisiana In
1antry. For some weeks Dee. John orr
adiutant of tho Sixth Louisiana and
myself had been planning for an escape.
though we knew that Johnson Island
was noted for the careful guard kept
over the prisoners and that Colonel Huls
boast was that DE bad never lost q man
from the prison. Tho island was three
miles from sandusky. the prison yard
was surrounded hy close board fence
about twelve feet high ON The outside
and about three feet below tho top was %
walkwny for the scutIncls and tine DEAD
line on ths inside was about thirty loot
from the fence. amy man caught between
that llne and the fence was shot with-
out mercy or asking him amy questions.
COLDER THAN CHARITY.
on the 2nd off January. 1854 the Their
momctor was cd degrees ucio" zero ana
tho wind blowing about forty miles am
hour 10 was colder than charity We
noticed that the sontncls bad the cauce
of their coats over their heads and
thought the probabilities were tnat we
could Get mp TO thc fence without being
seen. So wo determined that we would
attempt 90 get out as soon 1s possible
after taps we took thc Stats from our
hunks and made o. ladder. we Chen ore
ranged with three other friends to 20
with us. After taps alI riX 0f us started
from different points and Lv crawling.
wo succeeded in reaching the fence. once
there we were comparatively safe from
fle sentinel as ho could not sec uf nom
She platform NcQuifk volunteered 90
go over FIRST and did e0. orr was on The
ladder and just about to throw himself
over. whom wc saw The light from lame
tern shining through the cracks OF ihc
feuce and called him back DO turned
ont that Notwithstanding Tho extreme
cold. Colonel Iiu had not neglected his
usual vigilance. but had patrol march
ing around Che fence to sec Chat no rebel
CO.. "h.s dear boys" as Doc called them.
was about to take French leave Dog saw
ing through the fence. We al croucheo
as close TO the ground as possible and
waited. hoping chat the guard would
pass and we would then Doe able TO
lllrnb over tho fence Just as the lame
term got opposite 90 where we were wc
heard O. challenge then click of ID ham
mcr and McQuirSs voice. saying 'dou
shoot ] give up. followed d moment ai-
GER by "a SOUND tnai clearly lnll. '',d 'N'l
ni'W from some ."' '. ''"
delivered and then tho sound OF ia.i-
sing body gtrliug Tho ground, Chen pis-
Sol shot Gas tue officer trcd 600 Mcoulk
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,..r.I
FIRED r1 Trrr DIRECTION
wa r0ri5 .Ieo ham 1IrOu.rk running
tbroueb the dead lrarcbe. and leaves
fr,r, r.o f-... ,rhe y.1oi. squad then
turned out and for five or ton minutes
fnlv fred ir fr0 direction 1IcOu.rk hnd
..,re trf 60 Can ASH l.ro.g no one frl-
i,.,,.a ttr, Do t-rr.1 orf afterwards
tb.t bo b-d e.rrrt the man who had
cooked his orn and knocked him down.
rIhar the blow or tho r.U gave him
,or.ne-i.r ~ tho brain and for some
weeks bis fro WAS do.u4frad OF hnt DO
recovered ir GOOD fra 1rs reason for
t~inoinr mis- .n viI .nDear latter Now
3. r.e understood f.tg.r,n colonel nan
and fbo n.orle u,tr- in the country
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