Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1864-09-08

years ago, has been cutting hEa %
Canada, where itaPpsars she was
ried 10 an o6icer in the Roy,l Ca
Rifles. airs. Ward was arrested $ tbs
cry something over a year ago. bal u4-
der The mild adminislra,ioa Of Tie Gen.
lhen in cOmmand was permitted q as-
part, and we had not heard ,sha, 6esses
Of her Until we saw the following ia
Detroit Tribune Of TIE ed inst
Ward was kaoSah here as an aavss
who was not very scrupulons ir q
OF raising ne vsipd. shoi-a I1ir
by birth, and a rebel in prinri2le
"About two weeks since woman 6e-
tween forty and fifty years of age was
arrested in this city On suspicion Of beiGg
a rebel emissary, as TO !he ge;lt Of
whom there is good reason 10 believe
The evidence is daily growing more
stronger She states tha; the name Of
her first husband was Ward, bot she
now claims to be the wife Of one James
Killingsley, an officer in the Royal Cau-
adian Rifles. Be that as it may, the
Government authorities were infornea
of her transactions. and a trap was al
once set to catch her which succeeded
admirable quarters were furnished her
in the House Of Correction, where sne
now remains awaiting examination,
which will be had in a few days"
she formerly resided in ST. Louis,
Mo, and claims to be sister Of Jobu
Winner, a former mayor Of that city and
sheriff of that county, ia February, 1853
at The head Of a band Of rebel gusrrillas
although she does not appear to know 6
his death. Ifshe is woman she repre-
sents herself to be, her real husband
is now in the Tennessee or Kentucky
State Prison"
"Mrs. Killingsley, alias Mrs. Ward, is
evidently we'll acquainted all through the
country, and is known TO have called on
prominent Democrats in this city, with
whom she always appeared 10 be on very
intimate terms. She left 81. Louis IN
October, 1868, and went 10 Windsor,
c. W.. where she remained about eighl
weeks, visiting tLis city frequently
several times being disguised; but wa
closely watched, however"
"She left Windsor for New York eiiy
where she put up at LiBby's Hotel -
Thence she removed to Barnum's Hotel,
at Baltimore, on her way south. wit ral-
liable papers. At this place she wa ere
rested, but succeeded in destroying as
letters she had upon her person BY throv-
ing them into the FIRE. As no directe1-
dence could be shown against her, size
was released. aud reiraced her steps 80
/ New York, aud subsequently returned
10 St. Louis. The next heard Of her
she was stopping At a bo'el in Sandwich
kept by Mr.. Suits The plan 10 en-
| tap he was concocled and carried into
execution.
She was arrested about two weeks
! Friday evening, and on the following
Monday her friends sen. a young man
who resides in Canada 10 see her, 10
whom she related her past history, boE
as the young man aforesaid had no note
book we are not able TO give her story ia
full /, is substantially as follows: She
has been a resident of the South, and
her sympathies( very naturally Of course)
run with the oppressed people Of the
! Confed eracy. She has son who is a
/ lieutenant-colonel under lhe rebel Gen,
Longsreet, another also in the rel
service in Missouri. and a nephe
the Union army-where. she
state. She stated that She had
company with several prominent
ais in both the Union armies; ha
on President Lincoln and JEFF. ID
norsed patients in lho George .oZ
pitals and had passed through d
wheneve she wished. WheneVe'
had money she said she bad no difHj
in getting through. She remarked Z
being a Southern ajy, she could not 5
expected to take Lineoln's oath Of alles
lance, and she did not intend 20 90 81.
anyway. She said further, that Mayor
Baker, of this city, had called upon her
the day after she was placed 10 the
House Of Correction, with whom she had
a long conversation. lie (the Mayor
told her that be would send her appro-
ariates Counsel, that she should be releas.
ed, and if she desired to go South, BE-
would see that she was furnished via
the proper papers to do Sos. 10
Democrat Sgpi. lst
The French baker poet, Rfbaul. Is 's
Z have a statue at MINES. toward vhirh