| Show dead april 3 A special to the buat from morgantown Morgan town ky baya mor ia iti a fever of excitement over the murder this morning of major A J hamilton the famous originator and executor of the libba prison escape in IQ sam haa bean arrest e 1 on the evidence of one baether who va spencer fired the fatal shot major hamiltons name ia the country and be has received many notice from magazines 1 in escape of maior hamilton and associates fram the old libby crinion at richmond Kich mond va is one of the interesting incident of the cibil wr fijor hamilton waa a dembar of the cavalry and with him james A johnb i of the cavalry and i 1 noble oi the sweaty farst kentucky lui they conceived the idea of tun neline oat of the old prison and HI b a few crude implements began the tak after digging forty five nights aaa daylight and with them airier officers escaped the officers named at louisville on the it ol 01 march many of those were recaptured |
