Sellers and Washington Hawkins, who had hastened to New York with all speed.
They found Laura in a cell in the upper tier of the women's department.
The cell was somewhat larger than those in the men's department, and might be eight feet by ten square, perhaps a little longer.

It was of stone, floor and all, and tile roof was oven shaped.

A narrow slit in the roof admitted sufficient light, and was the only means of ventilation; when the window was opened there was nothing to prevent the rain coming in.

The only means of heating being from the corridor, when the door was ajar, the cell was chilly and at this time damp.

It was whitewashed and clean, but it had a slight jail odor; its only furniture was a narrow iron bedstead, with a tick of straw and some blankets, not too clean.
When Col.