Article clipped from Alton Weekly Courier

For LinOTr.—A couplo of the inmates of tho Facile fctiary, feeiiup* probably* the ssntinaant of Patrice Hesrt** vrorde,_“Give kb Liberty or give mo Death,-”_whilc unloading atavee from a wood boat just above Wisa’a Mills, on Tuesday afternoon, eud-dsnty took Breach leave of tfc cir comptxn-Iodb end the guards. They ran up Short street, to the Lime Kilne, near which ibey ■prang into a skiff, pushed eui and struck for the opposite shcrc, pursued by thefnardfl, who fired at but missed them— 'he guards followed them across the river, bat they «qencoded in making their escape.
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Alton Weekly Courier

Alton, Illinois, US

Thu, Mar 24, 1859

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