I have letters from a relative who passed away almost 50 years ago

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2. Great question - I'm in a similar situation

I have letters from my great grandfather, written while in prison for suspicion of insurrection during the Mexican Revolution. In the letters he's trying to arrange for the release of his son (my grandfather) also in prison under the same charge. My grandfather escaped on his own by charming an officer's daughter who stole the key so that he could escape. All this happened around the 1910's.

I don't know how my great grandfather managed release, but he did.