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The World sMysteriesHOW DID jo HU « MORGAN ESCAPE?CoPyriKtot. 1-13. tor The Constitution.} t wn «I■ n’t Morgan was on* of thfl roost *??£I cavalry tJOctb connected w1t fho confederate army during tbc Civil wa-w* earned to have, boon absolutely fear-“SnSs oM set »-SrS— ”°t7“en\ucJ.v‘S0^dan’a“SIS ke, resaU.,^^.ns'.£«.rsroperator witn “ . raoia he kept him-ssr, sr?*movomenw M weU ^ ,h» stable.stores and gran tries There weicggss3W Finally the federal troops cornered the irlonois (rroond Worsan and a nambor rxh — *O^'nmrnt rcqulred of th* «*««!, T m. th w-r. Mufliwf In c.lle lt;at all * m n ijtit t including Morganris.; r^t ?^s^s “-tr;■* brrn pJT5trtt^i - —— -oon as tho «cre free ocord.d atV,S^°h: One.UaU dW.a. ga. u^a tutwhlUi thei kne^ wo lu 'tart at Jcarried U» It ter, »• ‘“J=‘tllnBt„ “^X1 crMk«4 il« ■'P*6'1° TCUrnf? and ran to the Ohio scrw ‘rrC “r. ferried to K.ntucto andu icii am n ar dwout, at orce to t louse wbcrO rcCrcthncntaand shelter vtaUed themThence Morgan made hia way through Kentucky and Tennessee to northern Geor gin losing his companion by the way but ftndirg htmaelf at la«»l omong those who did not fenr to avow their sympathy wltli his •'auso and their admiration for Iub char ncter Ihence he procceJed to Richmond wherv he was greeted with enthusiasm and made a speech recounting h s adventures ai d pfO*e't!n that the telegraphic blazon which appeared at the nick of t me of his having Just arrived at foronlo was P ”'.h f-mlui tlous and that his e^cipe was made en tjrelj without a.**1atanlt;'e from an\ one out slue th prison —an aftiHrtlon net nty-ded to iz*cH» and Ju**tif\ a strong presumption tha.. the fact was ut urwlse Thence he. return id to service in ea*-t Tennessee where he was killed on the night of September 4 1H64 Dll Morgan tunnel I* way out of the cell as he alienee he did or did hla guards allow hint t r. ape*' Th s * ibject tv Men ha* 1 aen or Aide d1scu*Mon ever since the war has not Wt **fttW b the tearing awaj the eu) I j art of Tune of this jeaf of the cell bio k n vhl-'h General Morgan was heldPaitiV c’cplorvllon of the Mrshaft und r the Morgan c**ll U prlsor ofTlcials fall*! to ovetl tt e ev.d nee of the tun u.l to tho •*atlsfflct1 on of tho«m whi otiteiwl that iho noted laldet '•* as a-llowed to pass «‘ront’~gate of the big institution ploratlcms whloh were conduolwl show that the tunnel und«-r the cell had any o.iilfit o that It r I any considerable distanceThe ceil was Or mol is tied in i mo to pare to convert tnat I art of the ] r which it whs located Into a hull of for tl o convicts Thf 1 »rs.m ell the mec.ca of thousands of sightseers g or\ jear and lt« flna*. deposition Is ms undecided The warden or tne piison Intimated that Kt will feromnifiul be given to some m t: 1 Ipulltj ajr-L to preseive itFrom ihiB lecentiv found to be presumed Ihut Mt»r„ ir o sympathizer allow d the since nc could nut l;*iv jiel but tlioe isout tha The e\ fall toM r ga n i uled t :*r.pie \i » hut. I fenthwhi h}«*•-has t Iv 11evidence t s a nf^ ler ilrI C T.K I* t » J»C 1| vscaped «•. me tunno w a qw of si ur i . anv authentic evidence or the - bj ct md is Hlctlj to e'er remain a m sterv ih t whit reall happened on the r.j^hi of lr* cava n leaders escape
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Wed, Aug 13, 1913
Page 13
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