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Dr. Mudd

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
October
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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New Yohk, Oct. 8. 'J 10 HtraliTs Pnrt Monrue eoiFespqndciit bus tho to'lüwiiig pnrticalars of ibe attemp! t eueaire made Iy ]:. Mudd,] as hen tofore pbblished : Tho 1)-. j j'yi-d twu-ual liborüesj on tbc is'and ! ibroógh bis Beiiig detuitüd h tbo hospital i department. Tbroagn the advaiitage j of this liberty, he raanuged to eonceal hitBBelf in one oi the coal bunicurs of the Bteuiner Tliós. Scott. Wheu he was found m bo mis-i:ig, a most tborough searcíi oí' Iba rteainer was instituted to iind Liiii, and t!:e suarcli was vcry ueai abandonod, md Iho idoa (.t hia of.Q;enlmeut on itgittn up, whe:: an oificër who was assistiug ia ifie öüarch ibcust tho point of Iiis sword uto tiio Boëtor'a face, causing hitn to ery out, ar.d thenby raake kuowo hia phice of conciiüiment. Thü Dr. laj whuily hid ónder the coa!, except a portion ef hir face. Ou his discuvoi-y hu was taliert back to prisoD aud put at hard labor, which occupation he 8 likely to foüow for ome time. The quartermaster of tLe Th os. Scött ivas .8ubfeqiieotry arrested on ii übarüe of complicity iu aiding Dr. MudJ to escape. Theïö hus bícu no chango in tbs disposition oí tbe otber assaesiuütion conspiratora. Tbe desertirms froia the regalar and volunteer arrnics during thü last mouth anrounted to five thousaud.

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Old News
Michigan Argus