, 1879-04-26
TURN DOWN FOR RICHMOND /!
How tho Te1rgraph 1sorn tho Ncws OF tho
Full ag thp cnnfudcrate cnrltal.

HOW tho T44fEFAnH 1S6FH tItG MOVIE OK {E0
Ful1 oY ,i,n t,unfuuornte cuulta1,
fnt;uft,nbfn nr,tiu yymrt.
u,sa,fo 10 aav ii,at m mcssn,,,. ever scrt l,v
,,,a;ro,',, was ~; tm;1, ma,,onaI n,crcst as ~,
one which MF. william f. Kettles, tslcn nn ot'-
orator IN the service Of the Government at tho
War Danartucnt III, Washington. received from
Ktclmop.l on tle. morning Of tho Cd uf.Aprll,
1915. MI. Kotsles, 'lhen nero boy Of 15, but
an expert telegraph operator, wns working
the Fortress Monroo md City Point wire nj
Waahirrto,,. Shortly finr Il: no tt,u Nashfnpton
a'H' oheffSstonc opoFatoss "ere eagaReu o''
Tong infssa9es "heh sutiaenly ootta Meh were
taken aback by what seelnea to ba r,ost foolish
demand from Fortress Motroc, "Iurn down for
1,t,,,,uonI or,,L II, tIoit n ft,.t ,f 1,1htninr
i.S!o'u' ,' .'".i' Hu ~. ,,,a 49,. ,st". ~
struck lhroueh t.lc "ails " I1at "so"'tat t''e
shock could not hasa been croater tt'ah IL was
OIL the part OF oycry mn In tiAt room. Such n
thtnr n. cnu numun,catiou with nIrhmunt1 y1,1cF,
49,, nat ,oo,, rrr,,n s,n,n III. hrolnui,r NJ III,
wv 'ut osut n'U"M ,, i f,,"t t ~ ~
M ~" s', ~ H., ~, ,rs ltta,,, ny ~ ~ ~
o,,.,tt W.. ~ nw}orchndvss Mini i:nm1,,I thn
ass -. .n.,h,tI ~ ~ ~ Sn',th, E'm,i i; ~.
essas s.tss S't"nh"o'o - ''o ao"''' o'"'0 ~ w
IoHS. T ,,,a .,-oo+ o,oo.tt, L., +ur,,,o 1ov,, III,
,s,,e,,t .ar, ,"r ;ron,,;ins 'i,car. u,iic
F. ,saa ho, ; n, trr wSa sas,"rin,,
~ "as oeak uos, ,' ,it, Nus ams
aIoun" w. aans Hpa,' ',",, ~ s' ;yhn, Il
psisc, "'si ~, 1,4..' ~ "at ~
nuIl ~ nuse G 'ar"ss tr T. Z ~ ~,
,x"r., W. ~ ,nminn" alon@ tiu lms. No sIrnai WA
sset m,lamc'ea ti'o'o p'onpt'9' 4"'" e""' 'ao
question. ~, ,,,,
!. ~ Ky you " ~ i,., aa1 Met''
!, ~ III ~ ""Gnu fi.s.,, .r. nx,. ,a IT,, yo,,u
All r'sAt' Abse's the Hras Mesanse ior AouF
3ta'at uu :,
RicitAosn. Va.,. April y, 1bGn: n:-1hs non; A.
n: stdatoN; neeff!afV g nur' We enioEcu A'cA-
HoAa a. '''iS nriratsr. s fiensr., conmuni'nq,
Mf. hettles coheeueA t1,ht HI hs cop'e4 lho mes
sage put ne eou!u never ~ ~ now. Ho set'olh.
bGra VI staT1h,s up iso hls cila! a1a n!,sett!sE
inkstana anu ,nairanielt' o. x'ckMg oser tsh
TINT eat Of the tirepaec " osdsr To mako q
nose' u Tnsa'4 ~ IVY. 1 GSks;es .rtf, fofost.,
where sat lfesidsnt M L!i1eoln n'ia nls' 1!hSef'
tilu cipher clerk, talkltik u 70" tone. As het-
tiGa was anout 10 hhiht Jug messase 70 Ail'
Tinker the President ca.tglt stEnt VI TUG body
| words, and with Que t!loilos Allu tWo strlues,
nltssaEe anu rreaiaent WoIe out ot s1nt ". to
wsy to secretary staitoAs !oon. AZ; A'nSef
n'ld oyerybodY o!su were aatnptounaea hot.
tes quietly retnfhca 70 Il!s lnstEtn'ohtt "aiKnls
ll4o 0no In . t'ream; procecdo4 mechanically to
turn tho tnkstn'la feht slae uE ahn H., 70
l,u aat down IN ls chaIs a'l ssaFed stratght b.
foro HIN IN blank uniazsnlunt' Around hit'l
wura tho otl.er .operaturs, every man Aliko
t!uttesed Rn1 unable to Eet thcif minus back to
tinlu, great ttnlv, hut mighty goul tttnui
III luss linn usu.quartcruf Thu tino e takes
to wrIto thts, tue operating was llllgd with
officials u,!t Bub-Gtllra1s. President Lincoln
with every onc In tllo room, Alld then every Que
III tho room shoos hands viii! cact, otlier and
then With tho President aMu seetctary aEals
THEN shsY all crow.led AROUND tlie fottFcfs Mqt-
sat at hsa instrument Wl!c tllesions wtfo sllu".
cred In ou lin Iro,u oycry mouth. llu was ask.d
more questions IN tbus6 ten iItnHtca than ho
| will b1 likely to be ever askel again ln that
| oft tfuIO At hat the inflammation