. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . It was quite high for its length and breadth. The jailorand family lived in the upper and lower rooms at the north end, and therooms at the south end were the prisons, the lower being entered onlyfrom the upper, and that in turn only from the jailers room. This prisonwhen built was intended for the accommodation of negroes by theirhumane owners. Another and much larger prison, in which were confinedthe great majority of white offenders, and afterward of war prisoners, wassituated on Fourth and Market St
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . It was quite high for its length and breadth. The jailorand family lived in the upper and lower rooms at the north end, and therooms at the south end were the prisons, the lower being entered onlyfrom the upper, and that in turn only from the jailers room. This prisonwhen built was intended for the accommodation of negroes by theirhumane owners. Another and much larger prison, in which were confinedthe great majority of white offenders, and afterward of war prisoners, wassituated on Fourth and Market Streets. Swims, the jailor, was a peculiar character. He was old, perhaps sixty,with abundant white hair, and a dry and withered face. His voice was 1 Series I., Vol. X., Part 1, page 632. 218 Daring and Suffering. always keyed on a whining tone, except when some great cause such asthe requests of prisoners for an extra bucket of water aroused his ire,when it rose to a hoarse scream. Avarice was a strong trait. He seemedto think his accommodations vastly too good for negroes and Yankees,. The Swims Jail at Chattanooga. and that when admitted to hishospitality, they should be thank-ful and give as little trouble aspossible. With such notions it is easily seen how much he could add to the sufferings of prisoners. One thing favorable was that he was fond of a dram, and when indulging, became very talkative, revealing many things that we could not otherwise have learned. We halted for a moment at the camp-fire of the guard outside the
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