Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-11-08
CAPTURE and escape.
A History of the Experiences Of
"Doo." Jones During the War
of the Rebellion. as told
by Himself.

he only laughed ana went OH 10 oeo
without inquiring further. After the
son-in-law had retired, we had quite a
lengthy discussion as to the culmin-
alton OF the war and what would be the
final outcome. They seemed to have
many misgivings as to the success Of the
confederacy f; whether it would ever be
able to established its independence.
We had no such misgivings. / told
them, for their edification, that there
was going to be such an uprising in the
North that it would require two-thirds
Of the northern forces to keep down
the insurrection, and such turn in
the affairs would certainly compel the
federal authorities to submit to the
establishment OF q confederate govern
ment. Such reasoning seemed to be
very consoling to them, yet they could
not place implicit confidence in their
northern allies; they seemed to think
there was lack of courage. Thus
the talk was kept up for an hour or
"1lCh No w bCu. VI SOaA CS
we felt like congratulating ourselves at
our success in manoeuvering in this
dilemma in which we were placed, yet
we dare not feel too confident, as we
would in all probability be subjected to
a category Of questions in the following
morning, as the son-in-law seemed to
be quite an intelligent man, and might
during the night discover some incon-
sistency in our story, and be deubly
alert in the morning, and give us a
more rigid examination. Happily,
such was not the fact. In the morning,
all were very friendly, and did all they
possibly could to make it pleasant for
US. AS for ourselves, we were very
easily pleased.
We remained with them all day
under the prefer SO that we did not
wish to be exposed to the detail" of
% during the day, and at night in
tended to resume our journey. This
seemed to them q wise precaution, as
both son and son-in-law were waiting
for the same purpose and object in view
in returning to Kings Salt Works.
We had most Of the day to ourselves,
and occupied it by sitting around the
barn and side Of the mountains, as the
weather was very pleasant; besides we
did not wish to disturb or interfere
with freedom of the visitors, and for
our own benefit we did not care to talk
any more than was really necessary, as
there were many chances to say things
that it would be far better to have left
unsaid. II there be any who read
these lines who have never trusted toan
invented story, they cannot appreciate
the experiences Of others. Sufficient
to say If one can get through without
exposing himself, he has done we'll.
After supper, as soon as 1t became
dark, VIC bid all an affectionate fare
we'll, and were ready to go; but not
until our hostess had prepared food
enough to last until we got to the Ben
Fork of Coal.
Her parting words were "Go home
and get clothing, see your friends, and
then go back like good boys" She
gave me her address, and made me
promise to write Immediately upon our
arrival home. How often, after reach
ing the union lines / wished l could
write, or get u letter to her in some
way, am not prepared to say; but it
was more than once. How surprised
she would have been. But we could do
no more than feel grateful for the mis-
placed kindness we received.
The seventh night OF our journey
was unattended with any incident
worthy OF note except the coming in
contact with a couple Of union citizens
on scouting expedition. Aswe came
to road, We stopped as usual to ascer-
tain II everything was clear, before ad-
yancing further. Wood thought he
heard voices that seemed to be ap-
us, and after listening al
! too could hear them. Wei
ourselves u short distance
from the road, and waited for them to
come up. When they came to the path
We had been following, they stopped
aud sat down, and commenced talking.
We were close enough to hear every
thing that was said, and it did not t,lke
long TO discover them to be union men,
as their remarks were chiefly devoted
10 the detail in that county, expressing
The opinion that three union men,
armed. could capture the crowd.
After listening for some time ] called
,ut friends two" to which there was