Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
New Orleans as his residence. He learned

thc souS 1Iolu SdSaDOu0 IuuS1Cau WQO visited that city, and had sung it in hun dreds of Confederate camps since the war; There was absolutely no evidence against him, and he would have been set at iber- ty had not entreated the officer to give me until next day to look up something to confirm my suspicious. at once mounted my horse and rode through all the adjacent camps and I found that the man had visited every one of them. He had certainly taken in a whole corps in his round, and was heard of among infantry, artillery, cavalry and even the hospitals AS peddler he would have done this, but as spy he would have done the same thing. All the evidence could get was that he had appeared, played his fiddle, sung his song and sold his notions, claiming to some to be selling on commission for sutler, and to others that he was in busi- | ness for himself.
 returned to headquarters clean done up and mad at myself for having made such mess of it. The man was all right and I was all wrong. went to the guard house to ask him few questions, and it seemed to me that my sudden en- trance rather confused him. While I questioned also watched, and presently observed that he seemed to have very large quid of tobacco in his cheek. Mind you I was looking for trihes, and no sooner noticed the fact have mentioned than | watched to sec him expectorate and soon realized that he was doing so This wasn't at all natural, and began at his head to look him over. When I came down to the third button on his blouse there was no button there. All the others were in place, but this one was missing.
 The man was talkative and even jovial, and by and by left him with the remark that I would go and report to the officer and have him set at liberty. stepped out, walked around for fifteen minutes and then re-entered the guard d-house. The third button on his blouse was now in place, and the quid of tobacco no longer bulged out his cheek. When ordered to ''peel" his coat he hesitated, for an in- stant and saw him change countenance, but off it came and carried it to head quarters. S
 Every button on that blouse was not only hollow cylinder made to screw to- gether, but each cavity was filled with proofs to convict him as spy. He had worked an entire corps, and he had the number of men, pieces of artillery, condi- tion of arms, and whatever else might be asked for. It must have taken him two weeks to secure such full and explicit in- formation.
 When he was brought before Gen. - he felt that the jig was up. There were his own notes to confront him. He re- fused to utter one single word, and l seemed to have made up his mind to pay the penalty without flinching. It was brief work to try, convict and condemn him, but he was never executed. On the night before his execution he died on his blankets. He was in the full vigor of years and health, having hearty appe- titc, and his death has ever remained n ! mystery. There was no wound of any sort on the body, and of the five surgeons summoned to investigate all were certain that he did not take poison of any sort. After playing on his fiddle for half an hour he lay down on the blankets with the remark that it was his last ight to sleep. A guard sat within ten feet of him and saw him apparently fall into a sweet slumber, but two hours later he was dead. Detroit Free Press.