The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-14
JEFFERsoM DAVIS. CAPTURE.

JEFFERSON DAVIS CAPTURE.
Mss Ows vsr.sea ee the AGAsr IN Lotion
- . YrAesa.
CINcINNAri, Dec. IA report OF JEFF
ferson Davis capture, written by himself,
10 published here, having been withheld
IL conists of two letterv written To his old
friend, Colonel Crafts j.. Wright. Deceased,
who was n resident of this city for 10 or Is
years after tine war, and who was n room
mate Of Mr.. Davis AT West Point. The
hrss letter L. as follows:
"MIssIssIPPI CITY POeToFfICE. ~
NY Dear Crc!ts: I hase Learned tia. Tr:
To him, mrni,oning .yoar ansstionate inquiries
= i many ANY. : may ss iiSi"s. q Wsss Point in jun:
nsn.. and rn i S %sss'a aE. rel, mas u; f sr na ash s.sf si.sn m. y
self who will fail TO answer to his name az
ssA sb roi n !, Hsss 4 IL. my ,a anan ANNUAL laf 'ne lingo" q
the West Point graduates; also for y paper con-
VIII iieasenant IN his zeal to sustain the sian
s %nisS s article :aa,S d n s,s fsssrn s.i % = L; ssi Ss .ras.
For instance, the one who ordered me Ia halt
si.s m = s1 was e r aas = ir msia.ssiiya mt ""i ins Ssss;iss
] iropre. The water prooi cloak and shawl and
ing would NO, surrsnd.r. In answer tn his de,
% nss ARMS I i.sau Mfs my i'n ns,'k RAY. Tn %r Z. r. % sSaa aas s snssS
any yossib,liiy OF my escape, and J said to her
the tent, and passed on Immediately Ia q lire a
short distance on. The only hring or show Of
crossed SeI.rs s.%Pi and tina, ars WIS Ss:
s%ssn .rs M' ;im,s sc sn,a ! M ss- ssinn mf rri,s 4 Mar
He afterwards told me that several hours had
claimed credit for sSs forb.ar:ince Of his men IN
not shooting. me when ] refused To surrender.
Ing s = %, x s"s To- es ~as =" capture. but there rs> was
no time 20 have assumed one except by waiting
for the deploy 81 cavalry seen approaching, to
close mp The road still open Ia THE c.eek. The
initiate me. and al first asserted That j had on a
bonnet and won,an,s dress, with long hs"!s
have been made in New York. II may be here
mentioned That the stan officers sent on the ship
WAS iicarceraisd at Fort Monroe, did plumber
a aSd : a%ons S Sn,rsi things ~ a an i"Sp skirt, which III:
knayes were said subsequently, to have sold
wasd iss G Al m MY ca ~ %fi II that rot In my ny if' snss:
and our ,inss truth is crushed beneath
Of reason in the, Norti,srner's mind. that
iast sel "a me h l.G, = .nf GENERAL ns np' r !. nn Ml, sa..
feat has been TO Keep watch and ward over a
ida and over the cloak and shawl taken from my
wife when a prisoner, could eniighten the fas.
him Ha"r nSs to RI risk X" his s' Ss.raciay s. ..s ssims x 10 have
sen = bel, in the gray Of the ., morning. and W With
and distant object. IL her sagaciiy or magnanE.
f miiY s'H II no, 'a S.ne .sasE! b% y ONE a Who W. st Ts.
sar.fs;i AS suffering for the people he had repre-
81 presume, YOU have the papers Of the South
.rm ni sn,,, 8, e., S"e, Ia,,,S ON an, me q Treatment ;ns "aI,s of pr iris
q book Of Dr; steyenson's. one Of the : rgeons at
died, and the diseases and trea,msni. etc.
"tObert smith, the confederate commissioners
isl sH IN tn rh Il RlilsSSiias'aa' ,m mas a r isss { Sn that sSai
s%Sis %.ssa rar!hs E Than an. ,se wi.r ! m .i,.y . ssisr to to
Col. l.. u. Northrop. who was for nearly the
now resides near Charlottesville, Va. lie was in
"As 20 my views in regard to the treatment. Of
prisoners he might give you SOME informaiion
ton, of savannah, Ga, was guarterinaster gen.
&, ao a%% n q he y s%f ise what Mf.: a ; Why III Knows S"" wanted
p"'srr EVER ss S..4. to you. s fifi, Els Ss!'f laws.
kn.sIsass Your kind letter o sns sSsS al.. The
new q me. e, is g%Iobabie th,i. most g 4 was the
I%S%sy ssa. e ssf r m.s"% !Jss. Hs"fs' !. T a%tG ass% q
for the SUFFICIENT reason that I had no ga.id
Tsan sa' s..rs,ar sl'n ~ .I ns' trsssS Hr pI has some mr.;
E.,d: rart % Z, his rrisaas Iropsriy, mos. o. i
which was seized in his saddle bags; the amouhi
s %i;s S "a,; II i,s my T Il %ss p ssssss %s s ;s%rsrrIsad
by the drunken fellow Hudson, who was recog-
a'1is w r. .R Reagan ass,a'; saia M me- .n got M lis ssaale r. tSa.se
'.Ths rest OF tl. [. :; treasure was ~ pos:es;
STATES saaa 81 navy t.S and his .ssi 4 is.f both % i" Them s%" re-.
GAM GAM; sYYls.I ! isa there s' and TS have :" no " sn"%isdss
oft,eir future conduct.
capture, that he had been sent in pursuit Of the
WAGON train and that. he had no expectation of
hal hi, recently Joined Il.
Tim, mI.srs We're re- an, A. thu ,.s.., S? ,r : Isare ,m Of ,ha az
trcasnr,. WAS heing carried away, and that was
%ns"%,.''i TSs ."r .e %s1!' Of 's s!t .l:s r% MiissS % to a" tie
contrary notwithstanding. General sherman
! a".ii the ' ain. n.!. 81 himself s!i;t sSr want ssi" y s astisisy I'm IN
the matter. I will write u MIR. Reagan and ask
: "rns fact is, my dear Gratis; ,.a, ! s,aksa a.
rights and constitutional liberty. AS I understood