Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-14
STORY OF PRISON LIFE
IN WAR BETWEEN STATES
robert Marshall Continues Nara.
tive OF Days Spent rs Cap
tive OF Yankees.
FINALLY STARTS FOR DIXIE
Tells How. rs Clerk, He Found II
Easy to- Write Own Name on Rolls
Tor Exchange and Get Chance To
Come Home.

Before entering upon my duties as
exchange clerk there are several oc-
currences which might he mentioned
Early in the fall four prisoners cs-
capped. Their tent had II plank floor
They apparently had no other tools
than butcher knives and tim plates. but
win these they tunncl.d a consider
apic distance and passed under the
paliSade They chose their tim" when
considerable work was going on in
bitches about the prison, ana fresh
earth would not 10" Il cause for su-
spicion There was quite hubbub
when their disapp.nr,nc. b.ram.
known
There was mounting among Graun"s
or The Netherby clan. They rod" and
,hey ran"
iiut the boys ciuded pursuit. Tor their
rccaptur" would have been h"rald"d on
tn" house-tops
Ia good weather tEcr. Was Il GOOD
deal OF preaching Oh the campus. but
generally OF an inferior quality Though
recall sam Athcy and Iiuish i:asland
who afterwards became uiuiS,.1. OF
some noi" Ring making ana the
manufacture of tooihpicks employed
the tim. %: Il good many. ia" guards,
wh"n of duty bought good many. and
they were taken outside and sold as
souvenirs Their sal" was forbidden.
hat by q sor, Of Free Masonry. buyer
ana seller got together Tho seller
would throw his wares upon the ground.
Th" buyer did tn" sam" with his
Er"cnbacks. Each picked up his he
lo"sings ana the authorities w"y. NON"
tn" wiser neglected 10 state that
aHk"" ministers frequently preached
in tn" mess hall. perhaps every Sunday.
hu, attended none Or the services. as
J could scarcely follow even John W
Ipanied whilst standing. and feared |
would hear something TO excite my ire.
MA nIt>t" h" pharlsaical, would state
thdt vas closer student OF the scrip
lures whilst la prison, titan NJ any other
tim" ia my life.
ORDERS ARE: ISSUED
TO SURRENDER ONERCOATS
soon after B-all came into power am
order was ISSUED FOR All men possessiui:
bluc "N"rcoa.S - bring them 70 the
provost luarshars office" md thcs" :.
dated them all. Whilst the weather
Was st!ll quit. cold an )dcr was is
sued that no man should possess NOR.
'h"u two blankets AS had the fore
SlSh' OF ground squirrel, was the
happy posscssrr ~ hyc AS liont,z
and Harris had only on. each He man
aged 10 dispoS" OF four very nicely.
as was pond"riuy how TO keep the
NTH from being ccnfscatcd. n big fe! .
low from tn" Fifti",h Virginia said
III hide that blanket for you for two
rhaus ~ tobacco" "All right" said
ift"r Inspecting Was over handed
over IN" two chnws, generous ones.
didn't use the weed. but generally
Kept plug TO make change.
suppose the medical department
vas conducted fairly we'll But the
ylNstrinu mad" his tour OF the wards
TO which he was assigned after The
prisoners had br"akfastcd. Those who
could do so went 10 his Office and re-
"cived their medicine from him No
sick man, either in the wards or the
hospital. had a special visit from him
aud " hatrver complications might arts.
II MAS impossible" Ia call him in. MANY
died l doubt not. whose lives might
have been saved could they have had
the doctor at the critical moment. Sew
crai Died In our Ward from this state
Of affairs. Ono died in the bunk Just
beneath ours suppose his Gaze did
not seem critical when the doctor made
his rounds. Ills constant prayers ana
long drawn breathing were hcuri-rcn-
ding
ENIlti.NII,I.N Wan