Show jolli bohil morga morgans ns escape from the ohio penitentiary tent iary by the aid of two case knives an opening was made from one of the lower cells in which gen morgans brother was confined through the cement flooring of the cell and some eighteen inches of cement and brick into an air chamber running the entire length of that wing of the penitentiary and dai directly estly underneath the cells thence with the same implements and a small coal shovel they dug under the prison wall and by means of a rope made of their bedding scaled tile the walls of the penitentiary tent iary and escaped the evening of the escape gen morgan who had occupied an upper cell managed to change cells with his brother on the lower tier and thus escaped leaving his brother in durance vile or openings awnings were made from underneath into the cells of the escaping officers after the first one had been made from the cell of captain nines hines in this latter cell was found a note to tile the warden as felllows foll lows CASTLE MERION CELL no 20 nov 27 commencement nov ath 1863 conclusion nov 1863 number of hours of labor per day 3 tools two table knives ila la patience est cst berriere crrie errie re mais son fruit est doux 11 by order of my honorable confederates T HENRY HINES capt 0 S A the correspondent of the cincinnati gazette translates the F rench french quotation patience is troublesome but its fl fisit uit is sweet 11 there seems to be a dispute between the warden and the military authorities as to who had charge of the prisoners and is therefore responsible for the escape the warden contends that since the ad of november the military had charge of them and tile military aver they had not the dispute is of little consequence for the escape is disgraceful to both parties |