Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-09-15

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tanuul. lor on this dcF- Hded the life cf
t.so brave feli,.w working like q mole
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Tho man in the tunnel drew in after
/ him a square wooden box. such as bad
been used IN she prison for a spittoon-
+ So ounssite sides Jhis box bad cords
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in and oat. aud also a. a means 81 sig
mailing. by the man working within.
s.hcu it was iulL
The airi taken from the tunnel was
scattered over thc leor. from which the
ioo-o fodder vas drst removed-it was
alWays placed back when She nights
work was finished.
found she tanning very hard work.
hut was relieved cvaIv half hour as Was
the ular dirrinc inside. The sensation
OF working in che dark with those in-
tcnscly silent. earnest men ! can never
forget. while thc time WAS regulated by
the "airs we'll" Of lho guards. under
" hose feet a pathway ~ liberty and
tod s land was being cut.
! wanted {, take my turn inside. bat
. Howard would not hear TO 1t until he
had had a chance to post me rs 10 the
work.
About one O'Clock we were relieved by
another gang. and with my friend.
crepi back. ss | had come, 10 the Upper
| Chickamauga.
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dread of summons from the prison
officials. to answer for the death Of
Frank Brent. but now that had some
thing 10 do and prospect of escaping,
my feelings underwent a radical change
and became positively cheerful
Through Howard scott | met Colonel
Ross and all my fellow-workers. some
of whom were old friends. There were
less than thirty in all engaged in this
wonderful work, and the secrecy with
| which they succeeded in keeping their
scheme from all the other prisoners WAS
not the least amazing part OF the under
taking
soon got TO know the tunnel as we'll
as il | had been it's originator Its
'oursc was due east under a road way
hat ran down from Carey street to the
iaual and ct right angles to tho prison
ront. On he other side of this short
trcct there was a hirh-boari fence that
hul Qua the space from beyond view of
he guards. This space was a sort of
iourt yard for another warehouse to the
asst. and in this warehouse great guam
I utlcs of boxes were stored. these boxes
had been received under flag of truce
for the prisoners but, about January j.,
1854. the delivery OF them ceased and
they were nightly looted by our guards
As the tunnel neared completion my
own anxiety became so great that rest
during the day became impossible, for
an intense impulse was on me to be at
work all the time. found another
kcntuckian who was possessed in the
same way. This was Captain Johnston,
who could work harder and go longer
without food or sleep than any man [
ever met.
At length, in early February, the tun-
mol was nearly completed, and Cap
taln Johnston was missing from roll call
q be prison was searched for him. and
the tunnellers. who knew where he was
tcit cold and nervous till Ross told them
that Johnston must have escaped by
bribing one of the guards. as Captain
shelton had done short time before.
Continued next week