From the
Richmond
Dispatch,
5/8/1863
City
Jail. – Since the withdrawal of the former guard around the city jail and
the substitution of another, the prisoners have made several attempts to escape.
A few days since twenty were found engaged in a vigorous effort to get out,
which was only defeated by a timely discovery. On Wednesday morning Richard Duff
and John Orrell, charged with felony, got out by cutting through the roof.
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