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1 in iderired on ts ap tos to ate. theX ISlorsdont ofs ofde-ponap-gal-vhoole-taiL r belichless beere-fulllorsselldtorediurt3 toactalernd,oldderisedtheimethetvil 1sev-s.any e toiniaext-forset me, ; ofthenthele-rhetlOestsml-Beeom-erszes,om-ion.lblerni-'ou-bythebir-hatnd,ngsI bvifes-r ofins:/• •M w W- Wt '“Escape of a Convict.—On Monday night Ialt;t, abont 8 o’clock, a convict named C. Crawford made his escape from the penitentiary, where he had been but recently confined under sentence of five years’ imprisonment for burglary committed inWythe county. He was working in the shoe department, and on Monday by feigning sickness obtained permission to go to the hospital for medicine. Instead of going there, however, he went to his apartment in the prison and removed his name from the door. He then returned and managed to coneeal himself in the siioc-shop. At nightwhen the prisoners werfe locked up it wasobserved 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 bad*been finally vacated for the night he arrayed himself in a suit of clothes belonging to a convict whose term had nearly expired, and which had been placed there for repair. A tine pair of boots, just finished for a citizen of Richmond, was conveniently near, and he did not scruple to take them, leaving his prison-shoes in their place. His next movement wits to procure some bridle-reins and lash together two pieces of scantling, by means of which he scaled the wall, and set off upon his journey unobserved by any one.”igermsegovernor’s proclamation.The following appeared the same day asan advertisement:“3400 Reward.—IJy tiif. Governor of Virginia—A Froclamalion. — Information having been received by the Executive that C. Crawford, one of the convicts from the penitentiary of this State, who wassentenced by the Circuit Court of the county of Wytheto five years’ imprisonment therein for burglary, effected bis escape‘la$t night and is now at large,“I do hereby offer a.reward of 3-00 to any person or persons who shall arrest the said C. Crawford and deliver him into tins penitentiary, and I do, moreover, require all officers of thmCommonwealtb, civil and military, and request the people generally to use their best exertions to procure the airest of the^aid Crawford, that he may be brought to justice. •“ GLven.undermy band as Gov-L. s. ernor, and under the lesser seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 28th day of November, in the year 1855.JosEm Johnson.“ By the Governor; George W. Munford. Secretary of the Commonwealth.“C. Crawford is said to be a portrait-painter. He is twenty-four years old, five feet nine and a half inches high, rather dark complexion, black hair, and hazel eyes, liis head was shaved on the 24th October last, and his hair is still short. He is said to have a wife in Baltimore.“ The Superintendent of the Penitentiary, on the part of the penitentiary and officersof tbe institution, offers an additional reward of two hundred dollars if the said Crawford be returned to prison within twelve months of the time of his escape.’’There is nothing to show that Crawford was ever recaptured. The Courier-Journal describes Crawford as a rather tall, handsome man, with light-brown eyes.Dr. J. W. Anderson, of this city, knew R. Clay Crawford soon after the war, when Crawford was living In great affluence on a handsome estate on the Delaware. Dr. Anderson, however, bad never heard of the etory about Crawford haying been in the Virginia penitentiary.The Turkish Legation at Washington states that Osman Pasha “ is a born Mussulman.” They ought to know, but it may be that they do’not. There is some probability, however, that our convict Crawforduej a,..dith; lt;Munfo■well-ki proces; was blt;and imA Ti nightSthe Fii at the ( with ahead.cd into cured i him, bi The to from 3■ Took where, ceny b mcntaicounse of sentM. Paj? tbestri gon.Pktt boy) w Allen, coloreda pure will bemornlrPoli of a niT h k Last N Sol. Sn mond a made tpresent die neemost gligent,prograieasily j ter, anceatures so her inpany silackedpectedthestaj won th Iiopula bimseli with e peared singer,Mr.splendi aria amsong “Sol. theTo-nthe coi tious b■ ■ rThe:The la friends take of the lee of fareters, fri und in The roi and m;will beDem ter fasl1112 M this is,family.At athe Cit
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Richmond Daily Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia, US
Tue, Sep 11, 1877
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