▁truth ▁in ▁general , ▁as ▁they ▁would ▁lose ▁their ▁chance ▁of ▁going ▁on ▁the ▁ships , ▁but ▁a ▁few ▁had ▁made ▁thre ats ▁of ▁the ▁sort , ▁and ▁the ▁command ant ▁was ▁very ▁une asy . ▁ ▁About ▁ 6 : 0 0 ▁pm ▁of ▁ 6 ▁April , ▁Short land ▁discovered ▁a ▁hole ▁from ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁pr isons ▁to ▁the ▁bar rack ▁yard ▁near ▁the ▁gun ▁ra cks . ▁Some ▁prisoners ▁were ▁outside ▁the ▁f ence , ▁no is ily ▁pel ting ▁each ▁other ▁with ▁tur f , ▁and ▁many ▁more ▁were ▁near ▁the ▁bre ach ▁( and ▁the ▁g amb ling ▁tables ), ▁though ▁the ▁signal ▁for ▁return ▁to ▁pr isons ▁had ▁sound ed . ▁Short land ▁was ▁convinced ▁of ▁a ▁plot , ▁and ▁rang ▁the ▁alarm ▁bell ▁to ▁collect ▁the ▁officers ▁and ▁have ▁the ▁gu ards ▁ready . ▁This ▁pre ca ution ▁brought ▁back ▁a ▁crowd ▁just ▁going ▁to ▁qu arters . ▁Just ▁then ▁a ▁prisoner ▁broke ▁a ▁gate ▁chain ▁with ▁an ▁iron ▁bar ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁prisoners ▁pressed ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁prison ▁market ▁square . ▁After ▁attempts ▁at ▁persu asion , ▁Short land ▁ordered ▁a ▁charge ▁which ▁drove ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁prisoners ▁in . ▁Those ▁near ▁the ▁gate , ▁however , ▁h oot ed ▁at ▁and ▁ta unted ▁the ▁soldier y , ▁who ▁fired ▁a ▁vol ley ▁over ▁their ▁heads . ▁The ▁crowd ▁y elled ▁l ou der ▁and ▁threw ▁stones , ▁and ▁the ▁soldiers , ▁probably ▁without ▁orders , ▁fired ▁a ▁direct ▁vol ley