THE
ESCAPE FROM SUSSEX COUNTY
OF
ROBERT
H. GOLDSBOROUGH
NOVEMBER
1869
Robert
H. Goldsborough, the convicted murder of Charles Marsh, and sentenced
to hang on 10 December 1869, is reported to have escaped . The
“Commercial” newspaper of Wilmington has let the following
account:
We
have received the following particulars as to the manner in which he
accomplished his escape and they leave no room to doubt that he had
outside assistance in getting away. He had evidently been furnished
with an instrument with which he sawed off the bolt of the leg irons
and this left him manacled. He then was able to saw an eighteen inch
hole through the floorboards of his cell to the outside wall, dig a
hole beneath the outside wall which allowed him to get into the
outside yard, also enclosed by a concrete wall where he removed an
earthen drain and enlarged this hole to craw through to the street
where a carriage was waiting to carry him off toward Lewes and the
east.
A
Goldsborough relative had visited a short time ago and left a jar of
beach plum preserves which is believed to have contained the sawing
instrument concealed. Goldsborough is connected to a wealthy and
highly respected Maryland family and it is supposed sufficient
means have been been place at his disposal to make his freedom.
The
Delaware Governor has offered a meager $1000 reward for his capture.
A Denton newspaper in December 1869 told of a well disguised 'person' at the hotel, purchasing expensive clothing at the mens store there as if preparing for a long trip. It is said this was Goldsborough.
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