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 into another scheme with Dunbar. Haggart thought himself certain of his own liberty, but he thought it would be a grand thing to elearclear [sic] the jail of all the prisoners. Laurie, another prisoner, proposed getting a stenestone [sic], and tying it in a napkin, and some morning to knoekknock [sic] down Hunter, the head jailor, and take the keys from him. Haggart was not fond of using the stone, as he did not want to hurt the jailor; and he proposed, when Thomas Morrin came up to thothe [sic] man under sentence of death, to gag him into a closet at the head of the stairs, and take the keys from him; Dunbar and some others got the stone and put it into a bag. On Tuesday, the 10th of October, about twelve o'elockclock [sic], they notieednoticed [sic] Hunter the head turnkey, leave the jail to attend the RaeesRaces [sic], and shortly after, Morrin eamecame [sic] up with two ministers, whom he loekedlocked [sic] in the cell with M'Grory, who was under senteneesentence [sic] of death. Shortly after, Haggart plaeedplaced [sic] himself in the elosetcloset [sic] at the head of the stairs, where he had previously put the stone and bag. Dunbar ealledcalled [sic] up Morrin to let out the ministers. He eamecame [sic] up accordingly with a plate of potatoo soup for M'Grory, and when he got up to the top of the stairs, Haggart eamecame [sic] out upon him from the closet, and the pushing open of the door knocked the plate out of his hand; he then struck him one blow with the stone, dashed him down, and without the loss of a moment, pulled the key of the outer door from his poeketpocket [sic]; he gave only one blow with the stone and threw it down. Dunbar picked it up, but no more blows were given, so that Morrin must have received his other blows in falling. Haggart observed Dunbar on the top of him, rifling his breast for the key which he had got. Simpson had a hold of Morrin's shoulders, and was beating bis back upon the steps