The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1882-07-20

sEvEE YT11FUI DEATHS:
Annals OF tho War Five Young Men
Executed as Union Spies SEEKING .
Train and Running into the Com
federacyisH Heart.
Rev. W. 4, gscottp Methodist minis
ter Of Atlanta, Ga, who was insthe con-
federate lines: during the war; has fur
'nished the following chapter 81 hitherto
unwritten history 80 the Phihds lphia
FINEST d
~ single event. q our revolnti onary
struggl Except itamay be some deci-
.sive battle awakened q more sprofound
interest than the arrest, trial and execu-
,tionDf Major Andre, the British spy.
The event Of WhichMe are now Is speak
was not less daring IN its design or less
significant in its bearing ;on the military
fortunes OF. the COME derate states. In
the spring of 1862 General Mitchell and
his forces were encamped atShelbyville,
Tenn. General Mitchell had his eve on
Huntsville and its western conn ITiica-
ton and was slowly advancing by that
route towards Stevenson and Chatta-
nooga. 81 = IL ~ &c.
At this time there appeared upon the
scene q man of suburb physique and of
almost courtlys address. This was 81. j.
Andrews, a native of West Virginia ,sbut
MANY a
county, KY. Previous to the.swar 4 he
traded In the. south and from the begin
mug. of the war had been engaged ia q
contraband traffic. with the seeded
states. He undoubtedly enjoyed the:
confidence of both federals and confed-
crates and came and went at will. Judg-
ing from my subsequent intercourse
with him should say he. wasa man of
great natural sagacity, but of limited cul-
ture.e He had the courage and enter
prise of a frontier scout Combined With
the caution and quick, perception Of
VidQcq, the great French detective.
Andrews visited Shell byvifle for the pllr-
pose Of submitting to General Mitchell q
well digested plan for the destruction Of
of the thirteen bridges Of the railroad
between Atlanta and Chattanooga.
General Mitchell after thorough III
vestigation, resolved to furnish Andrews
with every possible help. They all were
picked ,men, chosen because Of their sol
dierly qualities from three Ohio regi-
ments, and they were certainly informed
that they were .embarklng upon
two men reported lat Chattanooga and
rendezvoused at Marietta, and among
these was William Campbell, civilian
from Kentucky, who wasplompted bv a
lovesof adventure. It is no slight cyl
dence ofs~athe fidelity of these men
that they confronted the per-
lis and privations Of their tedious Jour
ney from Shelbyyille to Chattanooga
and promptly answered the goll-call at
MaIietta on the morning Of the fatal 18th
of April, 1862. Is 4 6. s.
Andrews and his party, to avoid sus-
picion, had purchased tickets to different
points on the road. A little after sunrise
the northWard bound train rolled up to
the station and the party boarded It.
Nine miles to Big Shanty and the struy-
gle would begin. Upon the arrival ofthe
train at that point, the. conductor an
nounced ssBig Shanty; twenty minutes
for breakfast" The conductor, engineer.
indeed, all the attaches Of the train and a
large number Of the passengers, went in
for breakfast. The hour strikes. Andrews
and his engineer, Brown, with prompt
ness and yet perfect composure, mounted
the: engine, while, the remainder Of the
party occupied the three front cars,
which in an instant were. detached from
the hinder part ofthe train. The steam
valve was pulled wide open, and in the
presence ola brigade Of troops the train
bounded OFF at rapid speed. Stopping, 5
however, two or three miles aboye.'the
cut the telegraph lines and then resumed
their flight ct the rate OF fifty miles per
hour towards Kingston, where they
knew they were5to pass the regular down
Meanwhile Captain ". "A. Fuller, the
conductor, JEFF Cain. the engineer, and
Anthony Murphy, an ofici ,lof heIfoad,
were not idle. They rushed. from. the,
breakfast room il time to see. the cap
tured train disappear behind
q curve. Fuller was all: man, Of
pluck and indomitable energy. He
seemed at once to comprehend the sit
nation. The party that bad seized his
engine were federal soldiers in disguise.
Without 2 moment lost in parleying he
and Murphy and Cain started on foot in
pursuit. Before they had proceeded far.
they secured q hand-car and mounted
that. Two miles fran Carterville, at
y. Station, they found to their de-
light an engine fired up and heading for
Chattanooga. They at once impressed
i and dashed on after the fugitiyes at q
break-neck speed. Andrews and his
ston by the nonrarrival Of q, train.,r This
delay well-nigh insured the failure, of
the enterprise. When Fuller and his
party reached KnnsinG4nn 10 wac f,llv