Page:Life of David Haggart who was executed at Edinburgh, 18th July, 1821 for the murder of the Dumfries jailor (2).pdf/15

 15 each other; he started for Belfast and then to Dublin, and paid his passage for Ame- rica at the Pigeon-house, but meeting in with one called O'Brian, he changed his mind; here he robbed a man of 100 gui- neas in gold, and jaunted through the country in Cars, with women of bad fsme; he was taken up for robbing a drover at Downpatrick, and put into jail, where he saw more scenes of wickedness than ever he had witnessed all his life; the women's room was immediately above the men's, and eight day's provision was served out to them at one time; they blocked up the doors, made a hole betwixt the two apart- ments, and kept possession in the most riotous manner; before his trial he bribed the drover to swear he was not the person, and he was banished for 7 years; in jail he was visited by the magistrate of Drum- more, who ordered the jailor to put, him in strong irons. Haggart denied that he had ever been in Drunmore, and said his name was O'Brien, and not M'Colgan; he was moved to Kilmainham jail, among other criminals; here he made his escape, but was catched by some of the prisoners informing the jailor of his designs. Next morning the whole prisoners, con- sisting of some hundreds, were taken down