CHAPTER V.

EXECUTION OF UNION PRISONERS.

Resolved to Escape--Mode of Executing Prisoners--Removal of Chain--Addition to our Numbers--Two Prisoners become Insane-- Plan of Escape--Proves a Failure--Fetters Inspected-- Additional Fetters--Handcuffs--A Spy in the Disguise of a Prisoner--Special Police Guard on Duty--A Prisoner's Discovery--Divine Services--The General Judgment--The Judge-- The Laws--The Witnesses--The Concourse--The Sentence 143--167