Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-05-16
EVENING STAR.
AtrocIous NlHFdaF,

The insurgents have lust added q black crime
II the deepest dye 10 the already long list Of Of
fences for which they will have vet 20 answer .
The execution Of Timothy Webster az 4 spy was
an act OF eHociOns murder, which, II tbs Gov
eminent does not avsn2e SIeediiy thew should
be eXeerGtsd by every citizen. We knew Web
sler well and intimately For many wears he was
: member Of the police department Of this city,
naVing terved under Capt Falrchild In the eighth
ward for several wears, and afterwards under
Capt w tter in the twenty-Sccond ward. IL was
during this latter term that the explosion Of an
internal machine occurred IN Earie's Hotel in
Park Row, which caused great excitement
throughout the city. We at once took the matter
Ia hand, and carefully gathered together all the
fragments 81 the Internal machine; and after a
careful end scfutiuiZinp ezamipetion, and COM
pairing certain facts that had some time previous
come TO cur knowledge, we arrived at the con-
clusion that !; was intended for gentleman resi-
ding In New Jersey.
We sent for Mr.. Webster and after stating to
him the conclusion we had arrived at we COM
u1itted the whole matter 10 his hands, with d.
rectons to sit the affair until be discovered the
Gullty party Il was very delicate and intri-
cate affair, requiring great prudence, shrewdness,
ana patent Industry; and so skillful was his
management, that he was enabled e Errayel the
whole mystery. From that time forward he re-
mstned IS one OF the detective force Of the city,
until he was appointed by the Commissioners Of
Police Lieutenant Of the Twenty-second Ward
subsequently Mr.. Allen Pinkerton came 10 tn q
city In search OF honest and skilful oficsr, when
q.
LIN, ard he Resigned his position In the mu-
Hicipal fo.ce.
lie then went IN the city Of Chicaro, where he
Tes employed successfully in ferreting out some
q the most stupendnus crimes that ever discraced
tie snnais Of the West not the least Of which WIS
- Direction OF the wretches who undertook 10
pun the Rock Island bridge across the Nissis.
siPpi river. Since the breaking out of the insur-
TFcttn, he HIS been employed ty the Government
~ ore o. its most sa2acicus and truSty officers;
bI: how and IN what manner we do not feel al
l'rerfy 10 say, further than IL disclosed by the
following extract from Richmond paper:
Nv ebster. who had plenty Of gold and Con-
tolerate State Treasury notes gave IL ali 20 ais
wife the niS ut before his execution. He y,as in
the employment Of one OF the departments here
as letter-carrier between this city and MARYLAND
lt Is siid-hOw true we know nCt-that he used
10 take tRe letters received here 10 Washington
where they were copied, aud the answers re-
ce!ved were served in the same way. thus being
used az evidence against the parties as MANY al
them have found 10 their cost, by subsequent ar.
est and incarceration in Northern foIis Srs
p 'I0n was fist excited against Lewis and ScuIIy
dHd tAey let tie cat out Of the bag on him ate,
tEeir conviction Mrs. Webster, who was ar
rested along with her husband as u spy is still a.
Castle GOODWIN, but will, no doubt, be sent on. Of
the COnfederscy."
el nc6ler victim, and thong We shall never agair
be permitted to look upon hts face we viii
cherish bis memory in our hearts while life lasts
as one who, when his country called refused MOI
70 undertake, AID who successfully carried ant
tGe most difficult aud hazardous duty TO deIivel
I'f rom u" tAraidOn Of traitors -Nsw York Pc
20, Gazette.