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al-re-oft is-bnanherc-ro-liisno[thal-ailheneelltore.he-ailsoileor0,ofmernatotoe.icisrs)Uaay 01 uciouer, jckm. * linCi William TJ. Foster, 0nClerk of Court/’ theTHE RECORD AT THE CAPITOL. Lil#An examination of the Executive journal dciat the Capitol was made* There were two entries referring to “ C. Crawford,” as fol-lows: . *“XovEwnKK 1,18.j5. “°% %3f*„ni-10e-ieA petition was received for the pardon anlt;to itintiary, sentenced thereto by the circuit court of the county of Wythe for stealing and of passing counterfeit money, and upon con- |-vvsideratiou thereof the Governor rejectedthe same.” . . 'va“November 28, 1855. las “ Information huving been received from (n. the Superintendent of the Penitentiary of |ra the escanc from that institution of C. Craw- !n ford, one of the convicts, who had been 1QJsentenced to five years’ imprisonment by rCfthe Circuit Court of Wythe for burglary :“ Ordered, that a reward of S2fl) be oller-ed for bis arrest and return to the pcniten-tiary. A proclamation to that effect was awarded and published accordingly.“JosErn Johnson.lt;• Teste i•{ G. IV. Munford, Secretary of the Com- mi ’ monwealth.”A search through the Executive papers m*was made- for Crawford’s application for an pardon, but the packages for that year (18.35) “c! could not be found. /W1IUW CRAWFORD KSCAFF.D. * \* „„Next, recourse was had to the files of the foe Whig, and there, in the paper of Friday, )_0November 30,1S55, was found the follow- ^e,iDg:!/.! ;; U dit“Escape of a Convict.—On Monday -tfl;night Ialt;t, about 8 o'clock, a convict namedC. Crawford made his escape from the peni- pntentiary, where he had been but recently wa confined under sentence of five years’ im- aniprisomuent for burglary committed inWytlic county. He wag working in the u shoe department, and on Monday by feign- njcing sickness obtained permission to go to thlt;: the hospital for medicine. Instead of going at, there, however, he went to his apartment in wj|the prison and removed his name from the ^ci door. He then returned and managed to C(j conceal himself in the shoe-shop. At night CUIwhen the prisoners wcrfe locked up it was observed that the name-had been removed,.and as it is sometimes the custom to change prisoners from one cell to another, the guard supposed Crawford had been assigned a place in the lower gallery, and no suspicion was excited. Meantime Crawford remained in his place of concealment, and after the sboe-shop had*been finally vacated for the night he arrayed himself in a suit of clothes belonging to a convict whosetorn, Bad nfnrlv ovnirrd. and whieh hadhiuThfro! '] wbcenmecoiofM.
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Richmond Daily Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia, US
Tue, Sep 11, 1877
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