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As the prisoners passed him in the dining-room , all they could say was `` Progressing , '' `` Not discovered yet , '' `` All is well so far . '' At last , on the 24th , Calhoun heard the welcome words , `` Finished . First stormy night . '' Calhoun now examined the time-tables and found that a train left Columbus for Cincinnati at 1:15 A. M. ; arriving in Cincinnati before the prisoners were aroused in the morning . So he wrote on a slip of paper : `` Escape as soon after midnight as possible . '' He believed that train could be taken with safety . The afternoon of November 27 , the weather became dark and stormy .