The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-16
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Inc ., sergeant began his work. and al.
most the first thing he found 80. eno q "a. al
mission from the Confederate Govsrn n
under % mat was enough. Cole was pa.
s'f = Co1 ai'1st In, and closely guarded.
traroS ~ S0t; johnson. of Kentucky, had be.
taig;n HiSGu MIN. ao dropped paper con.
mnon f : Tue information of his purposes
H"ldo Jd ane "harf Just as they were leaving
Sen Sontana. ON the morning of the 10Th Of
facts feonuer ooo II was picked up and the
9os Do..o;. G;o'hi49nicated W to provost marshal at
Ue,io't. lie telegrephed to the officers
w. wos .Ie steamer Mfchigan, but the dispatch
n,a nos ~ ACCIDENT delivered to the com.
nianulng officer OF Johnson's Island. II
rs mas merely by chance that the message
aSneu oon,. the ooat in time to save her from
capture and to upset Coles plans.
On MS arrest Cole was asked who were
n,s accompiices. There thoy were ali
HOauo Hu;n the vessel and still unknown.
Luck as a flash he devised plan to savo
.menl: ne named twelve Of the most
prominent citizens of fSandusky as his co.
oouspirators, knowing that they would be
=. once arrested He felt assured that his
lemaie accomplice in the city, who was
watching the bay for the signal of sue.
.sss' IS would be warned of his capture,
anu alarm the men in the boats. He
was not mistaken. The first man arrest.
ca was Mr. West, who kept the hotel
wnere he stopped. Annie Davis knew
Ge nsa miled the moment il occurred.
Qulckiy slipping from the hotel, she took
small boat, rowed out aud ga,e the
alarm TO the men in the fishing boats, and
tney TO the !arsons and Queen. Beal
scuttled the Queen and sunk her in sight
ol the Michtgan, and running the Par
sons over to the Canada shore, sunk her.
100. Every man but Cole escaped. An.
ME Davis also got away, but she was cap
.ured day or two after, when she came
oack to bring notice from the Confcder
ate mentthat they would hold two
oincers as ransom for Cole, and would
execute them ;f be wsss deal. Nth ;n
any oiher way than as a Confederate
solqier engaged in legitimate warfare.
Johnson cut his throat at the barracks
In Cincinnati while being held as a wit
ness FOR the Federal Government against
Cole.
After Coles arrest he was confined ON
the. Michigan until after Gems. Dix.
Helntzelman and Hitchcock visited the
vessel to make An investigation. They
came on board on bright September
day, 1t was thought that the Golden
Circle were in the plot, and they were in
search OF evidence. They asked for Cole.
Cole says that he was quitely smoking
cigar when the officer came below to
escort him OH deck. In going forward he
knew that he had to pass directly over
the magazine. He pulled vigorously at
his cigar to get it we'll lighted, then TAX
ing it from his mouth he held it by his
side, and in passing dropped it into the
little air-hoie which opened into the
magazine. He, therefore, reached the
deck, expecting that every moment the
powder would explode and that the ship
and all OF board would be scattered to
the four winds. The fire in the cigar,
however, died away without reaching the
powder. The three Generals heard his
story, and HeintEelman, on learning Of
the trick played on the twelve citizens Of
Sandusky, thundered out, "Capt. Carter,
why in the thunder didn't Jou hang that
man to the yard arm ?"
The records of the War Department
! show that he was tried in Cincinnati by
military court, of which Gen. Heintzel.
man was president, and convicted of the
charge Of piracy and OF being q spy
He mas sentenced &c be hung on the 10Th
of February, 1866, on Johnson's Island,
and it was finally decided to remove him
to Fort Lafayette. Legal proceeding had
delayed his execution, and petition
gotten up By the ladies of Northern
Ohio, among whom were the niece of
ex-Secretary Columbus Delano, and the
daughter of Gen. NJ. D. Leggett, since
commissioner of patents, ,softened the pub.
lie feeling. The two ladies named were
passengers on the Island Queen when
Cole captured her, and were not only
protected hcl shown perfect courtesy by
him and his officers. These influences,
combined with the appeal Of powerful
| friends of the officers held in Richmond
as hostages for him, secured commute.
tion of his sentence to imprisonment for
life at the Dry Tortugas.
Before this, however, Cole was ren.ov.
| ed to Fort Lafayette. John Y. Bealo en-
| deavored to rescue him while on the way
to the fort. They tried to wreck the train
which he had taken on the Lake Shore
Road, but they wrecked the wrong train.
Beale was captured, tried, sentenced 20 be
hanged. and suffered the death penalty on
Governors Island while, as the sequel
shows, his friend, first sentenced to death,
and for whom he gave his life, escaped
all punishment
1t is claimed by those who r ofess to
know that the execution Of Beale caused
the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
J. Y. Beale was from Jefferson County,
West Virginia, but short distance above
Washington, where many of his relatives
now live. He was the intimate friend OF
John Wilkes Booth. When Beale was
sentenced to death Booth made power
full attempt to save his life. He enlisted
all the eminent men he possibly could to
aid him in his efforts, but there seemed
no hope OF success. AS last resort he
begged his influential friends to secure
him an audience with President Lincoln.
Quite number Of them consented to do
SO, among whom was the late Col. John
w. Forney: The audience was granted a
short time before Beale was to be hung,
and Booth made o plea for his life which
moved Mr. Lincoln to tears. The good.
harted President would doubtless have
con,muted Beale's sentenced after the
/ occurrence of that night, but Secretary
Stanton said: "There has been too much
leniency in dealing with these fellows
Coles sentence has been commuted
The law oughtto take its course on Beale's
case" It did, and Beaio was hung
| Booths failure to save the life of his
friend is said to have so preyed upon his
mind that it gradually worked him up to
the point of assassinating the President
Cole remained in prison at Fort Lafay.
cite, and, after making one Intellectual at.
! tempt to escape, WIS on The 10th day oi
February, 1866, brought out Of prison on
q writ Of habeas corpus issued by the
District Court of New York at the in.
stance Of Jake Thompson and other Con.
federate leaders. He escaped to Canada