And I'll say this atiout Merlon, who
was warden at the time: I never did
like him—I disliked him exceedingly—
but he did not know a thing about the
escape. There has been some suspi
cion that there was some connivance
on his part, but it is absolutely un
true.
"The work was all done with case
knives, which we stole from the dining
room, aftd one shovel, which one of the
men stole somewhere. It was used in
digging the tunnel."
Mr. Bullitt told an interesting story
cf the escape. He assisted the other
men to get away, but did hot go him
self because his cell was near the end
of the cell block—No. 4—and a guard
stood-near it. It was feared this guard
would hear him if he made an at
tempt, so he decided he should stay
behind.
Capt. Hines, who had cell 19, com
menced the work, digging through the
floor under his bed. Every morning he
would clean his cell up nicely and put
everything in such prime condition
that the guard would simply take a
look at the inside, without making an
examination.
"During the day, when the nien
were allowed the freedom of the cor
ridors for exercise, down through this
hole the men would climb," said Mr.
Bullitt. "The cell tier was built on an
archway, and in here there was plenty
of room to work. The distances were
carefully measured off, and holes dug
up to the cells from below.
"At the same time work was going
on in the tunnel. On the day of Gen.
Morgan's escape he changed cells
with his brother, 'Big Dick' Morgan.
A hole had been dug into Dick's cell.
In this way the general escaped, the
brother staying behind.
