Transcript

   Forcible Jail Delivery.-–There was a stampede from the Lauderdale county, Miss., jail, on the night of the 27th ult. All the prisoners made their escape, and had not been retaken at the last accounts, viz: B. Thompson, sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for negro stealing; Thomas Boyd, sentenced to two months for assault and battery, and three runaway slaves. 

Citation

"Forcible Jail Delivery," New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune, April 27, 1852, p. 2

Related Escape / Stampede
Location of Stampede
Mississippi
Coverage Type
Original
Location of Coverage- City
New Orleans
Location of Coverage- State
Louisiana
Contains Stampede Term
Yes