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ax escape jum capture*•. Yesterday, a* the convicts were returning to their workehops from the. dining-room In tbepriBOn,fOflrof them, named Cooper, fromGalena, and Itatnsford, Chalk and Doogls,from Chicago, mode an effort to ’escape, by placing a long plank against the newest part of the north wnll of the prison, upon whichthey mounted to the top of the waUj.aodfear of them jumped off and ran ap thehill* The other'Was shit while ’ on the iop of the wallby ona.of ihegaardi.And jamped or foil hack Into the yard. . Bib nomo is Cooper.—: • The others were immediately pnrsusdby Mr*. Baokmaster; with some of his guards, and, assisted by Marshal I^e^hnd flflvew.1 of our j citizens, the four wore soon brought back.! The wounded convict is not dangerously hurt, although two halls took effectinbiB back and ona ia hls am. ' His wounds, were; dressed by Dr. Metcalf, the Prison physician, AsfliBt-ed by Dr.,Amin, who tMnk he wUJ recover In a week or two. ' ' -{J:r: {-; ■ ■;'• ■ ■’•The convicts were aU ^ed In the black-. smith chop* and }**cbnceolod uphn then^which.they brandiahod '..at:' thosewho endeavored to - arrest: them. • S eyeral: shotsfired at them;-by tbegu'ardfl, and it tesome of; them Were hofc HHoih :;
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Alton Weekly Courier
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, May 18, 1854
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