The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-07
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AvED by
Hew one Of Lincoln's Repr ~ Y.
laysd by Break In the
From the Pittsburs Dispatch. IL. 7
'The most impressive sishs
saw, I think, was at Hsrpers -. sel
'e5," said Detective @. w Nc
recently. The detectiveis 80
CT Perkins Agency, ard was
time Sheriff of oswsgo fcunty'N
The conversation was thought a
by a remark upon ths Impressive
of the funeral services over Gen. U
''The sight of a man goingto h'I
funeral, with the band playing q
march, is calculated to impress
he continued. "That is the cas<
know, with a man condemned t /
by court-martial. The case q
/ spoke happened in January
and the wonderful escape of
demned parties is something
never forget. Two IrishTse
Shea and Michael Doanss
sentenced to be shot fof
There was considerable feel
of the men. It was in tl
big bounties, and the II
men had enlisted for somst
81, 900 q piece. In afew days Z
both missing, and were not Cd
three or four weeks. They werl :
and their money was about GO
truth of the matter was that
no case OF wiilful desertion. 4
had got on q drunk, and had
sobered up enough to realiz
position. They were badly fria
and were attended by two pr
can remember the place well
were marched up on a little hi
level plateau, and the soldiers ;!
into three sides Of a hollow
The two men, accompanied
priests, and preceded by
playing the dead marairywer ~
around the inside Of this sd
stopped nearly in the center p
side OF their open collins. ~ =
were in earnest conyersat !
them, and the minutes rolled i
they grew into an hour. Twelv q
came, and Gen. Stevenson CAV d
for the priests to leave themeii
reluctantly they did so, pro 50
their leave-taking upon one 9F
and another as long as they s.
Everything was at last made s
and it was only a matter of s
between the men and eternity,
the Generals orderly rode up, 4
ing his hat and yelling at the II
his voice. It was @ reprive
Lincoln.
at seems that the priests had
graphed the President the night b,
asking for a reprieve, and stating
there were mitigating circmsta
Lincoln, who was always lookir
an excuse to save q mans life, REL
ed them. Gen. Stevenson's headt
tiers were nearly q mile from whe
were, and the telegraph Office w
his headquarters. He had le
mounted orderly there with ms
ton to push through any disp
that come. Nothing came until
minutes before IL and the orr
dashed away. He had to 90 I
steep hill, nearly half a mile
When hereached the top his h9Ssa
badly winded, and could hrdl,
He met q citizen on a goSd horse
without any ceremonY pulled the
tleman down and W6anted the
animal. Half a minutes DELAY "
have been the1ast ofMessrs. D
AND Sie...S a
A strange part OF the story Ii
to come. Solhe SRtee years after
l met an old telegraph operator i
wego. He was in Washington in
winter OF "a and '6A We got to
ing over war matters, and l. Il
that he remembered thecase ItolC
about. He was in charge OF the
leading to Harper's Ferfy, He
heard of the two men TO b. exec
there, through the operator,
had discussed the matter oye
wires. Consequently he remem
the case well. Upon the mor1il
the execution, at 10 o'clock
patch reprieving the men We
him to send out. He tined
desk, and what was his hrro N
that he couldn't work se <Hk
storm was in progress oso3
else was the matter. AT aE t|
wire would not work. Thes <
other way of reaching Harpr
The dispatch he didn't get Of
just before IL, but, as it hsIpe 4
good time; but he told me it "
experience he would never forgd
though it was q pretty close sh
the two Irishmen, and | don't +
they ever forgot the accident site