THE QUAKER AND HIS PRISONER.
One of the “boys” now hanging out in Detroit was nabbed in Penns>lva:iia » few months ago for a; me swindling game, and was locked up in a country j>il pand* lig examination. He was tiie m'j prisoner in the building, and ho ba in t been In there fifteen minutes hef ro he felt that!an hour’s work would let him out It was a tumble-down affdr, built half a century ago, and the turnkey was a young Quaker. As he received his prisoner he said —“I think I shall place thee on thy honor to escape,” “All ri>lit,” replied the prisoner, “i want to stay right here and fee this case through ” Ha had the ran of the corridor and a i open oc-H, and above two hours after supper he had no trouble in wrenching a couple of bars off the corridor window. Waiting for the jail to get quiet he lifted the sash and climbed out on the sill for a drop to the grou d, but at that inttiut he heard a voice fretn beneath him saying —“On second thoughts loncluled tha‘ thy honor might not be as s-fe aa my vigilance Get thee back or I will blow t'ly head iff!" The prisoner not only “ got back ” but the old crib held him safely until he was taken into Court.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1342, 15 September 1886, Page 3
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229THE QUAKER AND HIS PRISONER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1342, 15 September 1886, Page 3
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