Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-10-25

ually, Sne was OF course familiar with
their names and business, and, as eff
forts were being made to secure her
pardon, orders were issued that she
should not be released until after the
men had returned from the South.
Through mistake, however, of the
Secretary of State, Mrs. Greenhow
and the Misses Levy were pardoned,
and went to Richmond. She was
walking IN the streets one day, and
saw them coming out of the Spots
wood Hotel. She recognized them,
and Immediately informed the author
tiles that Yankee spies were in their
midst. Scully and Lewis were arres-
ted, and, as Webster had been seen
on several occasions in their company,
suspicious of his being an accomplice
became whispered around. He had
too many friends and was believed to
have done too6auch valuable service
for the Confederacy for this suspicion
to gain much credence, and he was
unmolested. Scully and Lewis were
tried, convicted of being spies, and
sentenced to be hanged. Some days
before that appointed for the execu-
ton, Scully, who was Catholic, re-
quested his jailers to allow him to see
priest. An emissary of the rebels
was sent to him, and personated the
sacred character. Believing his death
to be near at hand, Scully
MADE FULL CONFESSION
to the supposed priest, in which he
implicated Webster. The latter was
then sick at hotel with inflammatory
rheumatism, and was easily captured.
He was tried, convicted and executed.
He died like brave man, and won
the admiration of those even who de-
spised his business as a spy. The
rope broke after the drop, and the
unfortunate detective was revived and
made to go through the same terrible
ordeal after he had already seen death
in its most horrible shape. Near to
Webster's grave is that Of Price Lew
is, but the other actor in the tragedy
John Scully, is still living, and is now
an employe at the City Hall. He and
Lewis were kept in Southern prison
for twenty-five months, and then lib
Grated in an exchange Of prisoners OF
war. Lewis, who was young Eng.
lishman, remained in the employ OF
the agency, but died soon after the
war. His body is inferred near that
of rWebster's. OF the other men,
Stein and Knipe, there is not much
to say. They were both considered
excellent detectives, and both are nov
dead, but are not laid with theil
whilom companions, their familie:
having taken charge of their bodies
About the time Scully and Levi:
were arrested, Stein felt there wa.
trouble brewing, and determined Il
seek shelter in the Federal lines be
fore the storm burst. He was O Ger
man, with red beard, and somewha
resembled German rebel soldier VIII.
had just obtained a furlough. HI
cultivated the acquaintance Of thi
man, invited him to drink, and finall,
got the soldier very near helplessl,
drunk. He then robbed his booi
companion CT the furlough and GO
into the Union lines near Leesburg
He tramped over the Blue Ridg
Mountains and at last came to Chics
go, where, after the war, he opene
: the dollar store, which his wido'
still conducts.
: 1t was sauce qua peut with the FED
eral spies in Richmond, and Knipt
} the remaining Pinkerton agent, fe
that his ingenuity would have TO STAG
5 him in good stead, if he wished I
: preserve his neck from hempen CT:
e vat. He learned that an exchange {
prisoners was about to be made, an
y worming himself into the good gract
1 of the engineer Of the transfer boa
!. be was smuggled into the engine-roou
t Here he remained for hours in u
Y water-tank with his head alone out .
+ water, and this was not always abo'
+ the surface, as frequent ducking ".
: necessary to elude the vigilance
d guards. The grave OF Robert PM
+ erton, Allan Pinkerton's brother,
+ among the number OF mounds. +
. had also been in the secret seryi'