The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-02-19
ADETECTIvE,s FUNERAL.
One of the Men who Frustrated the Plot 10
Kill Lincoln in Baliimore-His Arrest Of
Mrs. SurrafI and Paine.

Eli Deyoe was buried near Monmouth, " j.
yesterday. His funeral was at the family home
stead, overlooking branch of the Passac, and
was attended by many of his old friends from
this city. Early this winter Mr.. Devoe had a
bad attack of rheumatism in his right leg and
about three weeks ago he was advised by his
physician to remain indoors This Injunction
he but partly obeyed. One day he trottcd colt
up and down the yard. While doing this he fell
and hurt the rheumatic leg 50 badly that lac
could hardly hObble into the house. Within an
hour the leg had SO swollen to break the skin
in several places below the knee. Several ply
scians were called, but he grew rapidly worse
eryspelas setting in with terrible effect. On
Saturday last DIR. James L. Wood, of this city,
amputated the leg above the knee. Although
the previous suffering had so exhausted the pa
tient that the chance of his surviving the opera
ton was slight it was regarded rs the only pos
sibe way to save his life. He died two hours
afterward.
Eli Devoe was one of the best known of New
York detectives. He joined the force under the
old organization, and was one of Matsells sha,l-
ows many years ago. At the commencement of
the rebellion he resigned and entered the detec-
tive service of the government. When Lincoln
started to Washington before his first inaugural
ton, Devoe and Tom Lampson were sent to Bal
tilnOrc to investigate the rumor that the Pres-
dent would be assassinated in that city, The
work was difficult and dangerous and had TO be
prosecuted with the utmost secrecy. They man
aged to mix with the active secessionists and
SECRET society whose intent
to kill Lincoln under the cover of concerted
mob. 1t had been arranged that the President
should be escorted through the streets and the
murder was to have been done while a number
of the society attacked and disordered the pro-
ccssion. Devoe and Lampson got the details of
the plot as members of the society and il was
upon their information that the expedient of
hurrying Lincoln through on another train was
adopted. When the plot had failed the society
looked about for traitors in their midst, and
they soon learned that Devoe and Lampsou were
not residents of Baltimore This was enough to
arouse their suspicious, and the detectives found
1t necessary to quit so suddenly that their bag
gage was left behind. They went TO Washing
ton, and were followed by gang of Baltimore
roughs, who infested their hotel. and probably
intended vengeance of some kind. Bnt here
again detective work thwarted any plan that
may have been concocted Another detective,
who had gone on to Washington as one of the
Baltimore gang, found chance to put Devoe
and Lampson on their guard.
Devoe remained in government employ during
the war, at times acting as a spy within the reb-
ell lines, aud upon the assassination of Lincoln
was one of the many detectives Who were put at
work to hunt out those concerned in the plot
He arrested Mrs Snrratt, and while at her house
detected Paine in the guise of laborsr. The
arrest of Paine brought him large reward.
After the close of the war DevOe was hired by
the Ninth National Bank us messenger and spe-
cial detective, and he held the place up to his
death. He was sixty-fonr years old, and left
considerable property.-N 7. San.