Statistics for occurrence #1 of “ex-Governor McGoffin” in chapter 55 of Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2:
...vish love for the $5 given him in advance by each escaping prisoner.
A lot of prisoners trying to effect their escape one night were recaptured just outside the enclosure.
Among them was a son of ex-Governor McGoffin , of Kentucky.
He, with the others, was suspended by the thumbs next morning for the purpose of extorting the betrayal of his accomplices.
They remained as dumb as oysters, although suspended unt...
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