Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-30
ABHEsF or A REBEL spy.
HIS C.aBEBEs ~ THIS CETI,.
stnrtIinR DereIopmea1s.


civil organization in Chicago. There is scarcely
a hotel in the city which does not contain them
You win fnd them in every drinking saloon, and
in some Of these latter holes it is unsafe to pro
claim yourself an unconditional Uai0n man.
You can find them upon street corners. It was
not an insignificant boast nor an unfrequeut one
mado yesterday at the corner of Clark and Ran
dolph streets, that By God, JEFF Davis viii
be up here pretty soon, and be will fix things
all right" It Is not unknown to every body that
8 law Office in this city is in the confidence Of
the Confederate government, aud that it received
funds to pay out to Confederate surgeons at
Camp Douglas. Il may be a matter of news 70
many, not to 81, that regular meetings of secos-
sionists are held in this city, at which most
! reasonable sentiments are uttered and at their
festive orgies, healths to JEFF Davis aud his crew
arc drunk, sometimes with so much enthusiasm
| as to be audible to parties in the street..
! We DOW propose to eluGidGse G few points in
/ the Lie and career Of 2 Chicago SPY, and give
| the prC-slavery daiEes chance to howl " aboli-
/ tiOnist again. Our special dispatch from
Cairo, yesterday, announced that &C. DE- Bur
roughs5 OF Memphis, probably a spy, who has
been in Chicago for SOME time, was followed
! here by officer Elliott, Of Chicago, and arrested
Il by the provost marshal. In his trunk, under
false bottom, were found packages Of quiuine
and morphine, and forged passes. He viii be
sent to St. Louis"
! The DT. Burroughs, of Memphis. is not
! physician at al, but carpenter DY trade. and
/ his proper name is George Burroughs. He came
to Chicago from the East some six years since.
and opened carpenters and buildsr's establish
ment on west Washington street He pursued
as business here three years and became well
known, being remarkably shrewd and intelli-
| gent man. Daring these three years, be mar
ried a slster-in-lsw eff Mr.. A Weaple. a well
/ known mechanic and citizen Of. the west di7is-
/ ion, and a thorough, radical Union man.
| In 1889 he broke up his business here, sold
out at an advantage and removed with his family
/ TO Memphis, where be pursued the same trade,
and from his easy afiiaton with Southern
manners and sympathy with Southern insttu-
/ tons, he gained large patronage aud made
money and friends very fast
At the breaking out Of the war, he was as
strong q secessionist as if 90 the manor born
lie took to 1t naturally, and it Wss unnecessary
/ to administer to him any oath of allegiance 10
| the Southern Confederacy he secured fat con-
/ tracts, tor he was bound TO turn his new-dedged
patriotism to = financial account At the an
proach Of the Federal feet to Mezphis, Bur
/ rOughs, with numerous others under JEFF
/ Thompson, found it convenient TO skedsddle.
and went to Grenada, Miss, and LETT his wife
/ and child at Memphis. His stay IN Grenada
WIS very short as there was no money TO be
made there. He managed once more to get into
/ Memphis, after obtaining an agency for the sur
| ply Of medicines to the Confederate trooUs.-
| Now the peculiar medicines necessary for the
/ physical comfort Of the rebel troops. such as
/ qGinne, morphine, etc, are not pr0eurabe at
/ the South, and 1t became necessary for him 70
make d journey to st. Louis or Chicago, to get
/ them. At the same time he had arranged 70
look about little al Cairo, Springfield and Chi
csEo, and report for the benefit Of his EMPLOYERS
Several of his business friends informed him
/ they bad made them pay, and he therefore de-
/ teTmined upon a visit to this city.
/ We should have mentioned that while at
/ Grenada he established 4 shop and did consi9-
eTable work for tae Confederate government,
! running up bill Of some $500 which be
could not collect, and therefore Thought that in
this purchase Of medicines and otherwise he
migst more than make it up. To leave Mem
i Phis it was necessary to use a little straCsty.
/ He had run through tho Federal lines six times
without inter- JptiOn, and this seventh and last
/ time be accomplished it by getting a friend of
bis-s bankers clerk-to take the oath of ale
glance and obtain pass to 60 North with. On
| this pass with the friends name upon it, he
/ came through, and forged other passes where il
was necessary. In passing through the Con
fedeTate lines he had q permanent pass from
JEFF. Thompson, which always gave him easy
ingress or egTess.
He was successful in his attempt, passed
/ through OR lines without suspicion. and sT-
] rived in this city on Monday, the I4th inst He
went straight to his bT0ther-iu-law, Mr.. Wem-
4! pie, and lodged with him. SUpposing, probs-
/ bly,, that he and his opinions would be safe in
the family, upon the very evening of his arrival
he boldly avowed himself secessioEist, aud
commenced warm advocacy of secession doc
Iines, letting Ou', in the meanwhile the real
object CT bis visit. Mr. Wempls at O1ce' in
formed him that he could not talk thst doctrine
in his house, and tina. if be perished in it he
must leave.
The next day Mr. Wemple, whose love fo1 the
Union Outweighs all other considerations went
ts Sup't. Bradley, and laid the case before him
The result of the conference was that skilIful
detective, officer Elliott, was put upon the track
Of Burroughs. BY arrangements Mrs. WemDle
had frequent conversations with Burroughs, aud
drew him out to a considerable extent He
talked more freely with her than he dared TO do
with Mr. Wempe, and all the time the tolls
were gathering around him. In one Of those
conversations he made the following remarks.
which we fear are too true. Said he, you here
at the North don't know what you are fighting
for; you don't display any skill at all. Our
folks show that they know what they are fight
ing for. It doesn't pay to be a Union man in
the South. For instance, l am = seces5ionist.
The secession army comes along, and I am eli
right, Of course. The Union army comes along.
and if I am engaged at farming OF IN any other
occupation, l am not mOlested and my property
is all safe But suPposing am a Union man
The Union army comes along and am all right.
Our army comes along and l am hung TO the
first tree and my property cOn6scated." During |
that day, Tuesday, the detective in his shadow
ngs found that Burroughs had a friend who
acted for him--s convenient aCcomplce-Who
could be Union or secesh to meet circuu1stanoo0.
At several little meetings between them, the de-
tective was present, but their nature we are not
at liberty to disclose at present Tuesday even
ening he left 1fr. WeBpe's. The detective was
upon bis track and traced him to meeting Of
secessionists in the West division.
Wednesday, he commenced his purchases of
morphine and quiaine, with the assistance of his
accOmpice. Hs FIRST visited Messrs Lord S |
Smiths, on Lake street, and ordered a bill of
goods of the above description, amounting TO
some three or four Kindred dollars. From the
appearance Of the man, and the character Of the
drugs the dealers alluded to had suspicious that
all was not right, and accordingly informed him
that they could not sell to him unless be proved
himself a loyal man. With perfect sang frOid
he remarked that he could easily DO that, and
would get the United States marshal, who knew
him very well, to step IN and testify to his 10y
atty. He accordingly stepped ou., but forgot to
step in again. Instead of doing that be stepped
into another druggists on Lake street and boldly
asked them if they would fill bill of three or
four hundred dollars worth Of quiniue without
asking questions. The druggist, eager for
trade, was perfectly willing, and filed the bill
without troubling his customer with any ques-
tions about the future whereabouts Of the drug
| Wednesday night be again visited the secession
meeting and was undoubtedly received with dis
/ tinguished consideration by the Chicago traitors
On Thursday, the 18th, he announced his inten-
ton Of returning to Memphis via Cairo by the
5 so P. NJ. train on the Illinois Central railroad.
| The detective was Immediately informed Of it,
aud while Burroughs was packing his medicines
into the false bottoms Of his trunks with goOdly
store of clothing over them, the detective was
placing clean shirt in his pocket The two
singulsrly enough reached the depot about the