Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-11

| me 60 as it would have taken 5000 men at that
| time in that county to arrest me and would
| have precipitated the war into the heart OF
Illinois Going 70 Madison, ~ ,b dna nrSas wne,s
| he told me that everybody was looking for me;
| and he assisted me across the river, where L
| then to Versailles, then to Lexington
CAUGHT AT LAST.
In order to understand subse Quent events we
must go back to August, 1852. AT that time
my battalion was with General Erksley Smith,
in the battle of Richmond, KY, and was as
sistant provost marshal at Lexington, thus
making many acquaintances. had also re-
NAMED on the battlefield to bury the dead. i'm
pressing the services of citizens, among whom
were four brothers BY the name of Haley: On
my arrival at Lexington from the northern
trip, called at the Curd House, which was the
rebel soldiers headquarters, and Miss Mamie
Curd was the moving spirit among them:
While eating dinner met Captain Gwynn. OF
General Morgan's staff. At that time there
were 600 Federal infantry at Lexington. ZOO
cavalry at Georgetown and 5000 cavalry at
Frankfort. all under marching orders for Lex
ington.
gave Captain Gwynn this information, and
we parted to meet at Tate's creek ford, four
miles from Richmond, at IL p. M. Provided
with horse and Lieutenant Colonel Rileys
uniform of the Twenty-ifth Michigan, with the
post countersign. obtained through the in
huence of Miss Mamie Curd, at o'clock L
river was halted. l gave the countersign,
told them was Colonel Riley, of the Twenty
fifth Michigan.
Get down. Captain German, we know you"
said one OF them, and saw that was in the
hands of the Haley brothers. They treated me
kindly, and took me home with them.
SENTENCED TO BE SHOT.
While in a room disrobing, one of them
picked up my coat and heard some paper rustic.
He ripped it open and found some maps and
lot Of letters directed to President Davis and
Vice President Stephens. Then they knew
that they had prize. The letters were all in
cipher. which could not read myself. They
furnished me with another suit and laid
Colonel Riley's uniform, which 1 had worn
over my suit, it being too large for me. away
was taken back to Lexington, where was
tried before General Gilmore, who asked If l
could read the letters. said that could, and
that saved my life. Instead of having me shot
the next morning at sunrise, he sentenced me
to be shot on April Z, She trial occurring March
2. l was confined in dungeon in John Nor
gan's old negro Jail on Limestone street, a place
with which, as Provost Marshal, was thor
oughly familiar. In the dungeon was Charles
Shiver, Of Scott's Louisiana Cavalry. At first
we were suspicious Of each other, but through
our mutual acquaintance of Miss Mamie Curd
we soon became warm friends.
Our hands and feet were shackled, and then
a chain was fastened from the one which bound
our hands to the one which bound our feet We
to get out of there. and sent for Father Lynch,
Catholic priest Through his influence sue
ceeded in obtaining call from Miss Curd. 1
told her to have the girls make love to the
guards and sergeants, which they did.
FILE SEARCHED IN A SHIRT.
She obtained bedding and clothes for me, and
in few days found a file starched inside of
the bosom of shirt, so that it would not fall
out when the garment was shaken. With this
we cut the rivets on our shackles and with our
case knives We began the task of cutting out
through the floor On the 18th of March the
hole was large enough for man to crawl
through, and we made our escape that night.
eating hearty meal at Mrs. Myers, next door
to the jail. We reached Versailles and went
TO General Buford's house before daylight.
running 10 miles during the night. On our way
to this place we found q farmer in the road
resting for the night. We stampeded his
horses and, binding him to a tree, left him.
wishing him good luck.