Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1904 — HIS ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON. [ARTICLE]

HIS ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON.

At the Brook Soldiers’ Re-union to be held on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, two Rensselaer old veterans are on the program for address:s at the Camp Fire, Wednesday evening. They are Capts. R. W, Marshall and J. M. Wasson, The latter will relate the story of the oelebrated escapes from Libby prison, by a tunnel, he being one of those who crawled out through the tunnel and, after several days of exciting adventures was recaptured by the Confederates. His story will be the great feature of the first day’s exercises. Thursday’s great feature will be a speeoh at 2. p. m, by Hon. O. B. Landis, of Delphi