The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-28


urging his horse TO the utmost, once
more he dashed ahead. The dragoor
followed fast and, coming alongside.
aimed slashing cut. that xonld have
finished the flight had not the captains
horse stumbled and, In his headlong
fall. dashed his rider to tho ground.
lie was at the mercy OF his Zoe. Tho
pursuing soldier leaped from his sad
die and. advancing with threatening
blade, cried:
AT list, Moody, ut last"
Before the fallen man could make
sign Of surrender there was rustic IN
the neighboring bushes A stranger
sprang out OF them in the rear OF the
excited trooper A heavy club was in
his hand. and with one blow he laid
the unsuspccting soldier low. The
next instant Capt. Spring Moody. the
British spy flung himself on the drag
DON horse. and. with ware OF his
hand, dashed westward to the moun-
tains. In his unlookcd-for dcliyercr he
recognized young Maxwell.
Moody's object had been gained lilo
had obtained for Sir Henry Clinton the
ration book and all other information
; relative TO Washington's army, and
when he rejoined his loyalist band thai
night his first care was to set free
Squire ki,chcll. who had so unwilling
4 ly aided him. Moody's wcll-known re
treat in that region wasan inaccessible
4 cavern on the borders OF two ponds
: known as the Big and Little Muck
shaw, and about two miles south O.
. Newton in Sussex county. Between
o this lurking place and the city OF New
n York was his line of operation and thu
n region Of his many famous exploits.
) When Moody escaped, Maxwell, hi
= deliyerer, did not succeed in evadina
v the remaining body Of Dragons who inn
q mcdiately came up. lie was captured
o and, being identified by Squire
o Kitchell, was charged with aiding II
tho attack and plumber OF his house
q Eventually he was taken to Newton
" Jail and there confined under sentence
Of death Moody, however, had not
u forgotten his good service. Often alb
r. sent on distant and perilous expedi'
l. tions, IL was not until the succeeding
RS spring that the loyalist spy learned OF
,r the doom impending over his rescuer.
. Death thread bed young Maxwell fol
MS an net of which he was innocent and
of which Moody himself was the per
az petrator The spy, therefore, deter
be mined to attempt his release at AM
= risk.
~ The midnight rcscne is one Of tn
~ notable historical incidents of SUSSEX
~ county, and the details can also b.
~ found in Moody's ''Revolutionar
49, Journal" published by himself in Lon
-. don in 1852.
Taking with him six picked men
the spy entered the village of Newto
-. late at night II was perilous enter
~ =. prise, and stratagem became necessary
=" The keeper OF the Jail was hailed, an
49, he appeared at IN upper window.
- IL have tory prisoner to deliver I
- you," said Moody, assuming tn
- character Of a continental Office
..You know him well. 1t Is Jaquitt'
=. one OF Moody's men,"
l"' The iailcr was overjoyed at u
'ou prospect Of having SO notorious
loyalist in his custody; but he Wi
Gu. cautious. lie refused to open Il
doors.
the MOODY and his men arc out--so It
U.s. said-and my orders are not to unb'
-" the door after sunset. You Will ha'
RS to wait till morning"
The spy thcn abandoned stratagcr
: and stcrnly exclaimed:
ne THE man who now speaks to you
ah Moody. ! have strong party her
ew Instantly open the doors. Or I'll pr
10 the Jail down and hang you on the nea
est tree
ing The jailcr vanished from the windo
ugh and sounded the alarm bell. The pc
and pic of the town were aroused by
on and their approaching steps we
cut. heard in the darkness. The spy kne
silly that in former years, not long past, I
ord village had been the scene OF Indian
apt. tack and massacre, and he ordered
re's men to set up a terrific yell and 81
cessiop of war-whoops. The village
leu were panic-strickcn.
ten "Thc sayuycs are upon u.s.. Tn
It OF cried, as they hurried back to defe
their homes.
mo- In the meantime an entrance h
'uri- been forced, and Maxwell was found
lc u his cell, peacefully slumbering. !
by sudden vision OF armed men start
.ast- him. Instant execution menaced hi
" Of as he thought, and he was thrown II
lain an agony of despair. The next y
age, ment. the words: ''You are fire.
a no raised him to such y frenzy Of Joy Il
nted he could scarcely be hurried away
, pa time to escape the pursuit that
his lowed.
'thcr Young Maxwell was aftcrward
rode captured and suffered death. He '
, APP the brother of Lieut.. Gen. Sir u
'ntly Maxwell, who. in 1880, was the
,cog- survivor OF the British officers who
this served in the American revoluti
.rely Moody himself, as he has record
sort went to London. bearing the sad M
is Of of lis young friends fate; and the
ting we have here told was once ~
n to known on ''Alaxweuton brnes as
AZ IL story OF Lucknow and Annie Lawri
I his j. Barritx Bacon, In N. \. Ledger.
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