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The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
. The reason for my belief I am not at liberty to give. Attempted escape of Lieut. Reed and his companions from Fort Warren. Lieut. Reed, of the Tacony, who cut out the U. S. revenue cutter Cushing, nearly succeeded in escaping with his companions from Fort Warren on the 20th inst: A telegram says: The revenue cutter J. C. Dobbin arrived here at four o'clock this morning with the yacht and escaped prisoners from Fort Warren. There were but two of the rebels, and neither of thFort Warren. There were but two of the rebels, and neither of them were of the Tacony's crew. Lieut. Alexander was commander of the ram Fingal. The prisoners state that only two escaped from the fort. The other prisoner proves to be James Thurston, second lieutenant in the rebel marine service, from the Atlanta, alias Fingal, captured at Savannah. The prisoners state that they escaped by crawling over the ramparts of Fort Warren while the sentries were on duty. They swam, with the assistance of a target, three quarters of a mile, to the opposi