The National tribune., 1902-02-13

between them. The battle of Waterloo
was an ineXhaustible theme of contention.
| Wellington did not wish for night on the
day itself half as longingly as he would
have invoked its coming if be had been
| a prisoner in the Ohio Penitcntiary and
condemned to listen to the conflicting opin-
ions concerning his valOr and gencralship.
! Exchange and escape. however, were the
topics of most earnest and constant
| thought. Victor Hugo, in his wonderful
book, Les Miserables,' has daguerrotyped
| the thoughts and feelings of n prisoner"
THE MILITARY GUARD.
| Immediately after Gen. Morgan's es-
cape military guard was stationed at the
prison, and for some time spntines with
| fixed bay0nets prOmenaded the hallwhere
the Confederate officers were in dnrance
Never before, perhaps, had Confederates
so gladly welcomed Federal soldiers
There was a notable difference between
the bearing Of the military guard and the
one that had been accustomed to driving
ordinary cOnvicts. The Federal soldiers,
while doing their duty, were generally
courteous, not to say sympathetic, and
they made little attempt to conceal the
fact that they had little respect for their
associates - the regular and ordinary
gaolers Of common cOnvicts.
| There was a Sergeant of the military
-
cC nscicntiOus, good soldier, rigid in the
performance of his duty. but who, never
theless. never went beyond the letter of
his soldierly duty to unnecessarily humil-
late a defensclcss prisoner. The Confrd-
crate officers. when they returned to Dixie
and told Of their experiences in the Ohio
Penitentiary, spoke gratefully and re-
snectfuIiy of SerS't Lowe and the military
guard.
Two of the seven officers who ESCAPED,
Capt. Ralph Sheldon and Sam Taylor,
always adventureSOme, could not resist
. the temptation to visit Louisville where
they We're well known. to celebrate Their
good fortune by having "a good time. "
They were recognized by some of the
"boys on the other side" recaptured and
: returned to the Ohio prison-saddcr and
wiser men.
Capt Sheldon had led Morgan's "OId
Guard in the last charge before the Gen.
craI surrendered, and Capt. Sam Taylor
was the officer who. in connection with
= Capt. Clay Merriwethcr, captured the
two steamboats, unOn which Morgan
) crossed the Ohio River at Brandenburg
The reader will note the fact that Gen
Duke was not one of the escaping pris
? oners his cell being located in an uppe
, range. whence he could not possibly reacl
: the air chamber.
. TRAVELLING BACK TO DIXIE.
e Descending TO the street. near n lamp
4 post, and leaving that tell-tale rope dang
e ling from the outer wall. the "escapin.
: seven" Immediately separated. generally
;. going in couples, all of them resourcefnl
d albeit daring and adventuresome II
r travelling back to Dixie" | shall follow
n Morgan and Hines. leaving the other fiv,
: TO pursue the tenor OF their ways. They
!, of course. adopted many devices, some
d times travelling the broad road" an,
again the straight and narrow way" Al
: heretofore mentioned Capts. Sheldon ant
g Taylor went straight. to Louisville
a where they came to grief"
n Knowing that the train for Cincinnati
e was about due, Morgan and Hines wen
j straight to the depot, stopping en- route
e however, to procure a flask or two of spir
: titus frumenti, for the -stomaahs sake,
, and to be used in unforeseen future emer
& gencies and contingencies.