Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-05-08
From the Detroit Post.
Sue Mundy.
AN EvENrFUL HISTORY.


Nearly every pleasant day pedestrians
on our principal avenues pass a dark.
eyed brunette, of medium size, plump
figure, and richly dressed. In the early
spring Of 1891 Sue Kiteradge, lovely
girl, just returned from boarding-schooi,
iiyed upon her fathers plantation in one
OF the rural districts of Kentucky. that
hung IN the balance, uncertain whether
to risk her fate with the new "Confede-
racy" or hang back. Sue was seventeen.
frequent visitor at the adjoining plan
tation of Mr.. Mundy, al old gentleman
whose wife and son, young man. COM
posed happy family.
One day company of Union cavalry
rode down upon the place, plundered the
premises, carried off the valuables, burn
ed the residence, and finally slaughtered
the parents who were defending their
own fireside, laying waste the country
in their track, and leaving voupo Mum
day and Sue orphans indeed. Young
Alundy was at last aroused, and while
beng carried off prisoner no word es-
capped his lips but "Sue." When asked
his name, he repeated "Sue'-probably
the effects of a disordered brain. His
linen being examined, the indelible name
of "Mundy" was found, and ever after
he was known as "Sue Mundy," the con-
slant terror of Union citizens and SOL
diers in that section.
After being released on parole, he i'm
mediately returned and inferred the
charred remains of his own parents, as
well as the body of Mr.. X. Taking a
solemn and fearful oath of vengeance,
and accompanied by Sue, who was now
without home or friends in this wide
world he started for neighboring campof
bushwhackers or guerillas, where he was
received with open arms, and was soon
promoted to the Office of commander of
the force, while Sue, disguised and pass.
ing by the name of "Kit"-an abbrevia-.
tion of Kiteradge-proved invaluable as
spy, fearless rider, and of undoubted
bravery. Kit, after serving nearly swo.
years as spy and general planner 6E the,
band, found her health falling. DIS.
guised and armed with the highest testi-.
monials, she succeeded in seeuaiMg DO.
sition on the staff of Gen. Claiborne, the
hardest fighting IrishmSR ID. the rebel
army.
This position she held, doing her duty
like man, until the battle Of Atlanta,
July IL, 1864, in which Pat. Claiborne
was killed. Returning to her youthful
hero and his band, she again reEeled in
the carnival of blood, and though her
evil spirit was willing, the flesh was
weak, and Kit was again transferred to-
duty at Andersonville. Prisoners who
have shared the hospitality of that cele>
brated camp will, perhaps, remember
short, stout, and muscular young Lieu
tenant, with dashing black eyes, face
smooth as a maiden's, aud cruel as fiend
incarnate. This was Sue Kiteradge, the
amiable young boarding-school miss. the
cheerful companion, the once wealthy
heiress, the beautiful maiden and firm
friend of young Mundy, whose life to
her was dearer than her own. Sue
Mundy and q part OF his band was cap
tured and tried by court-martial. Kit
was present during the whole trial, and
used her greatest influence, but of no
avail. Sue Mundy was convicted and
hung at Louisville, Kentucky, in March,
1865. The flowing hair still hung about
his shoulders, ard when his youthful
corpse was taken down and laid away in
its narrow bed, the bleeding and broken
heart of Sue Kiteradge was buried with
it; and now, wanderer on the face OF
the earth, homeless and friendless, she
lives without hope of heaven or mercy,
forsakcn and dishonored, and cast away
forever.