From the Richmond Dispatch, 5/8/1863, p. 1, c. 5

City Jail. – Since the withdrawal of the former guard around the city jail and the substitution of another, the prisoners have made several attempts to escape. A few days since twenty were found engaged in a vigorous effort to get out, which was only defeated by a timely discovery. On Wednesday morning Richard Duff and Jon Orrell, charged with felony, got out by cutting through the roof.

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