Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . not to see them, they were toflee to the mountains — and liberty.* Thus far fortune had favored their efforts. On theevening of December 14, Lenhart was at the post out-side of the prison wall. The shadows of night fell onthe valley and over the mountains. The sentry paced * Colonel Richard J. Hinton, in his John Brozcn and His Men, statesthat Charles Lenhart was in all probability in the same file of Virginiamilitiamen with John Wilkes Booth at the execution of John Brown. Inhis account of the attempted escape of Coppoc and Cook he says: In thetow
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . not to see them, they were toflee to the mountains — and liberty.* Thus far fortune had favored their efforts. On theevening of December 14, Lenhart was at the post out-side of the prison wall. The shadows of night fell onthe valley and over the mountains. The sentry paced * Colonel Richard J. Hinton, in his John Brozcn and His Men, statesthat Charles Lenhart was in all probability in the same file of Virginiamilitiamen with John Wilkes Booth at the execution of John Brown. Inhis account of the attempted escape of Coppoc and Cook he says: In thetown was a Kansas man, Charles Lenhart, who under disguise was striv-ing to be of service. On the night of the 14th of December, Lenhart wason guard at the angle of the jail wall where, the next night, the spectacleof their heads above its edge created the alarm of a faithful pro-slaverysentinel. Lenhart enlisted in the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil War,was commissioned lieutenant, and died in the service in 18G3. Edxvin Coppoc 433. -I r 1 A Main entrance; jti Space between walls, JVviss house, and thejail building; C Point of wall which Cook and Coppoc reachedon the night of Dec. 15th in their attempt to escape; D Jail yardd d d d d, cell doors; ^Reception-room; /Cell occupied and Stevens, afterwards by the latter and Hazlett; G Cellof Green and Copeland; /^ Cell of Coppoc and Cook; / Cellfirst occupied by Albert Hazlett, w w w, w w, windows, those ofcells look into the jail yard; cc cots of Brown and Stevens. PLAN OF JAIL AT CHARLESTOWN This plan and the explanation are taken from John Brown and HisMen, by Colonel Richard J. Hinton, and are here reproduced by specialpermission of the publishers, Funk and Wagnalls Company. Vol. XXX—28 434 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. back and forth eagerly looking through the darkness forthe appearance of his friends on top of the wall backof the jail. Anxiously he watched and listened. Mid-night, and no sign
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