. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . d and Wilson had made longbefore. He imagined that he was safe and went boldly forward in theday-time ! One more nights journey by boat, or half that time put in onfoot directly northward would have carried him safely beyond the as he was going forward, congratulating himself on having succeededso well, a band of rebel cavalry who were making a raid into Mitchel sterritory, saw him, and procuring a boat with several pairs of oars, cameout to meet him. Wollam saw his danger, and there was a ho
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . d and Wilson had made longbefore. He imagined that he was safe and went boldly forward in theday-time ! One more nights journey by boat, or half that time put in onfoot directly northward would have carried him safely beyond the as he was going forward, congratulating himself on having succeededso well, a band of rebel cavalry who were making a raid into Mitchel sterritory, saw him, and procuring a boat with several pairs of oars, cameout to meet him. Wollam saw his danger, and there was a hot chase, out 2t;6 Daring and Suffering, the advantage was all on their side. If Mitchels gunboat had but ap-peared on the scene then ! He was retaken, and as usual tried to deceivethem as to his character; but a Lieutenant Edwards, who had been withthe party who captured him the first time, identified him, and he was re-imited with his comrades in Atlanta. When Andrews was brought back to Chattanooga a scene of muchapparent barbarity followed. His escape had excited great rage, and pro-. Riveting; Cliains in tin; iJui duced most terrible consequences at Knoxville, which will be narratedhereafter. But they were now determined to yive him no further oppor-tunity of snatching their cherished vengeance from their hands. He wasput down in the hole with the other prisoners, and all access to the yardwas denied. Of course no other visitors could see them. The guard wasstimulated to renewed diligence. But as chains and handcuffs had provedineffectual, something more secure was devised. From the shop of WilliamLewis, the colored blacksmith before mentioned, a man was brought overand taken down into the dungeon, who riveted a pair of heavy iron fetters A Struggle Against Destiny. 257 around his ankles, Dorsey and Wilson, who were present, describe thescene as ominous and terrible, the dimness of the dungeon, the poor, death-sentenced man, half reclining with his feet across the blacksmit
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