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THE RETREAT FROM THE JAIL. 19
Hall and Owen to convey him if possible to Mr. Murray's, about three miles off, where his
family was on a visit. He said it was likely he might live until morning, when if he
remained in jail he would be again taken by the mob. He was told carriages would soon
be at the jail, but upon discovering impatience, Dr. Owen went out to see if he could be
safely carried off at once. When he returned, Bentley came with him, and Mr. H. again
urged his removal, upon which Bentley objected, saying that he had no right to permit
the prisoners to go away, as they were in custody. He was answered by Mr. H. that the
jail being broken open and the prisoners rescued by the mob and brought back for
security, without being recommitted, he could not be blamed. Bentley replied, ' very
well, do as you please.' A person then presented himself and offered to carry Mr. H.
off, who fell and fainted several times upon attempting to rise. Dr. Owen recommended
and gave him a glass of brandy, which he took, and was quickly invigorated, and enabled with the aid of his deliverer to stand up and walk. He asked to be carried to Gen.
Lingan, over whose dead body he stood for a moment, and was hurried off. When he
got to the outward jail door he was taken on the back of his deliverer, who ran with him
to the Falls, conveyed him over, and helped him over into a small garden opposite, where
he was told to lie until called for. After lying some time wrapped up in a blanket he
heard a wrangle at the jail, and concluded it was the best time to crawl away as well as
he could, which he did to a place of safety, whence he was conveyed in the morning at
daylight some distance from town. Mr. Nelson and Mr. J. E. Hall left the jail at the
same time Mr. Hanson did. The former, though among the most injured, found his way
to a secure retreat within a few hundred yards of Mr. H., and was taken in a cart covered
with hay to the same house in the country, where the wounds of both of them were
dressed, and they were taken to Anne Arundel County without delay. -Mr. Hall got
unassisted to the house of a humane gentleman up the Falls, near the jail. This gentleman dressed his wounds, put him to bed, and early in the morning sent him further
into the country. The names of all the others who escaped in this manner are not yet
known. By whom or with what intention he is ignorant, but Mr. Murray was carried
by some persons and laid on the ground by the Falls. They left him there, probably supposing he was dead, and all went away but one. That person, after all the rest were
gone, approached Mr. Murray and laid his hand upon him. He took the hand of the man
and pressed it. He started with surprise and dread at feeling his hand pressed by what
he had supposed to be a corpse. Murray then begged his assistance to escape, which he
promised, adding that he was one of the mob, but thought 'there should be fair play.'
He then assisted Murray to rise, and conducted him to a neighboring hovel, whence
at Murray's request he went into town to inform his friends where he was and conduct them to the place. This office he faithfully and successfully performed, though
so much intoxicated as to be hardly able to walk. Murray's friends thus conducted,
came and removed him to a place of safety.
"Gen. Lee was taken to the hospital, where his wounds were dressed by the physician, and he received every assistance of which his deplorable and mangled situation
admitted. Hence he was next day conveyed to the country, and arrived at Little York,
where he is said to be doing well. Major Musgrove, it is understood, was also taken to
the hospital, and carried the next day four miles above Ellicott's Mills, on the Montgomery road. A mortification having taken place in some of his wounds after he reached
home, his life was for a time despaired of; but the skill and attention of Dr. Charles A.
Warfield, Dr. Matthews and Dr. Allen Thomas, have preserved this gallant officer, and
he is now out of danger.
" Dr. Peregrine Warfield, Mr. Charles J. Kilgour and Mr. William Gaither, all of
them much mangled, were conveyed, without molestation, in a hack brought by the physicians about four o'clock in the morning, to Ellicott's Mills, and thence to the house of
the father of Dr. P. W., about twenty-four miles from town. They are all recovering.
Object Description
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Description
| Title | 00000044 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE RETREAT FROM THE JAIL. 19 Hall and Owen to convey him if possible to Mr. Murray's, about three miles off, where his family was on a visit. He said it was likely he might live until morning, when if he remained in jail he would be again taken by the mob. He was told carriages would soon be at the jail, but upon discovering impatience, Dr. Owen went out to see if he could be safely carried off at once. When he returned, Bentley came with him, and Mr. H. again urged his removal, upon which Bentley objected, saying that he had no right to permit the prisoners to go away, as they were in custody. He was answered by Mr. H. that the jail being broken open and the prisoners rescued by the mob and brought back for security, without being recommitted, he could not be blamed. Bentley replied, ' very well, do as you please.' A person then presented himself and offered to carry Mr. H. off, who fell and fainted several times upon attempting to rise. Dr. Owen recommended and gave him a glass of brandy, which he took, and was quickly invigorated, and enabled with the aid of his deliverer to stand up and walk. He asked to be carried to Gen. Lingan, over whose dead body he stood for a moment, and was hurried off. When he got to the outward jail door he was taken on the back of his deliverer, who ran with him to the Falls, conveyed him over, and helped him over into a small garden opposite, where he was told to lie until called for. After lying some time wrapped up in a blanket he heard a wrangle at the jail, and concluded it was the best time to crawl away as well as he could, which he did to a place of safety, whence he was conveyed in the morning at daylight some distance from town. Mr. Nelson and Mr. J. E. Hall left the jail at the same time Mr. Hanson did. The former, though among the most injured, found his way to a secure retreat within a few hundred yards of Mr. H., and was taken in a cart covered with hay to the same house in the country, where the wounds of both of them were dressed, and they were taken to Anne Arundel County without delay. -Mr. Hall got unassisted to the house of a humane gentleman up the Falls, near the jail. This gentleman dressed his wounds, put him to bed, and early in the morning sent him further into the country. The names of all the others who escaped in this manner are not yet known. By whom or with what intention he is ignorant, but Mr. Murray was carried by some persons and laid on the ground by the Falls. They left him there, probably supposing he was dead, and all went away but one. That person, after all the rest were gone, approached Mr. Murray and laid his hand upon him. He took the hand of the man and pressed it. He started with surprise and dread at feeling his hand pressed by what he had supposed to be a corpse. Murray then begged his assistance to escape, which he promised, adding that he was one of the mob, but thought 'there should be fair play.' He then assisted Murray to rise, and conducted him to a neighboring hovel, whence at Murray's request he went into town to inform his friends where he was and conduct them to the place. This office he faithfully and successfully performed, though so much intoxicated as to be hardly able to walk. Murray's friends thus conducted, came and removed him to a place of safety. "Gen. Lee was taken to the hospital, where his wounds were dressed by the physician, and he received every assistance of which his deplorable and mangled situation admitted. Hence he was next day conveyed to the country, and arrived at Little York, where he is said to be doing well. Major Musgrove, it is understood, was also taken to the hospital, and carried the next day four miles above Ellicott's Mills, on the Montgomery road. A mortification having taken place in some of his wounds after he reached home, his life was for a time despaired of; but the skill and attention of Dr. Charles A. Warfield, Dr. Matthews and Dr. Allen Thomas, have preserved this gallant officer, and he is now out of danger. " Dr. Peregrine Warfield, Mr. Charles J. Kilgour and Mr. William Gaither, all of them much mangled, were conveyed, without molestation, in a hack brought by the physicians about four o'clock in the morning, to Ellicott's Mills, and thence to the house of the father of Dr. P. W., about twenty-four miles from town. They are all recovering. |
