The sun., 1893-09-10

that was In need Of friendly assistance an
ness Tor % me- ne B him si%nssf elf that very s day isi
ss 20 SSdr t1s ss. Of
aifiieaity. made his way north by way Of tn
when I returned to my hotel I wrote q lot
S part e. 9Re 70 e se oondI
tion In which Union men In Charleston foun,
Themselves. In due time the money WHICH
curity. i " though By no means was my way clear
In the next three days there was culminatiol
| OF events In manner not wholly unexpected.
AZ was coming from my hotel breakfas
the morning after received the money. q mar
stepped up to me- and said: You are wanted
WHO are ron. and what do you want1' Thi.
asked as mildly and calmly as possible; iii
know" was the answer.
Without more, words we set out for the
at loss as to what It meant But one thing
| caused me nnx ETY.: That morning had writ
sso Tes one Of
side pockets The writing was IN pencil on
| the pocket and 1t was but the work of mo-
ment to crumple the letter into a ball. As we
| came to the corner Of Broad and Meeting
| sent it into the opening OF sewer. where 1t
disappeared. This caused me a sensation OF
relief more easily imagined than described.
| It was the only proof OF my connection with
| the Tribune whose letters had given my friend
| Rhett and the secession leaders so much
so long hunted in vain. Mayor Macbeth APP
parently. expected me. Without preliminaries
my true name in full and New York as my
place OF residence.
ths the hHs
to Gov. Pickens." and thther We won't. neither
Of us saying a word. The. Governors head
quarters or court was In q building nearly op-
posite to the Charleston Hotel. where. with
his counsellors. seven in number. he was wait
entered his room that I was the one for whom
at which Pickens presided and Magrath was
No time was lost in performances. Questions
rs to my name residence. and occupation were
ing taken down. OF course the difference be-
tween the name gave and the one hnd reg
and an an Explanation p alton was was demanded. d. ""StA"'
New York heard it talked among passengers
that it was better for persons from the North
to register iictitiously and give Southern
place of residence. because q person register.
to special scrutiny and perhaps embarrass-
ment On this said | injudiciously acted
that no one Who conducted himself ' properIy ro.i
hespits BE city of charloston This stated with S
make . favorable Impression. Ex-Gov. Gist
helped me not little by turning to Magrath
deal the practice among Northerners coming
South since our troubles began. 1t is only a
fey days ago that such an instance came to
4 was truly, thankful for this volunteer and
disinterested assistance at an embarrassing
Accepted and tho nSin. dropped There was Was
tha SSeS
view. the possibility OF my. arrest. and was
not to Do sy III eSud not
the 66Sdsys 6oK with ,ba family s;o 0ths break
1S. net. emitting tie 5sst
agents. Then demanded to know if | had
done done ANYTHING gentleman might not do; Of
nai that vas, intimatinG Ut the same time that
spokesman. and his reply was: Whatever it
becomes be 2,n Necessary for y2u to know you will
say pa To yon G that's T answer the
The Judge proceeded flereely to renew the
nisask TSH hS9 questions related sSsy to
h9me?, What brought me to Charleston. and
what had ! been doing while herel At the
hardest remembered. or appeared
to 40 So TINT mad in my pocket certain letters
WI, Whien would hetter explain who was than
thing. produced letter from eI- Gov. WASH sfe
had known me for years and took peasuro pie sure he IN
asking for me from any friend Of his such cour-
same time handed to Pickens the private note |
ron ron GOV. Hunt Hunt to me- covering this general
stter t9ok t th9 soc occasion to wremark to
when. as South Caroina's Representative in |
he was serving on the Committee Of |
volunteered to impart what l said would no |
doubt be an interesting piece OF news. to- Mrs.
Of e Mr unt 6ad
This IS left no room for doubt % on the point Of
!, letter from ex: President Fillmore and an
other from distinguished Democratic editor.
DONE ali seemed It to %arS vansS as Hunt
The members OF the council put their heads
Ss ana sS e9astsa a SmonG in
hat the least shadow OF suspicion existed as
o the true object of my stay in Charleston. It
luite another, theory. Shuboe was brought
nto the consultation. no doubt to impart what
The letters ! had handed Pickens were
s h9dpE Ss HINTS letter.
atisned. He seemed to be convinced that
had told. He returned to his questioning.
mt nothing new was developed. either as to
ne ground Tor my arrest or my conduct.
tuck close to my original story. and every at
empt by Magrath to nreak the chain failed.
My examination had continued four huurs
= moro when messenger hurriedly entered
nth a verbal communication to Fickens. who.
,ith the others. at once withdrew to corner.
heir manner indicated that something unu-
ual had happened or was about to happcn
eturning to their places. though not 60 their
oats. Pickons addressed mo to say that it was
ecessary for them to hand me over to Provost
larshal General Brown-Mr. Alex Y. brown
"A DISTINGUISHED member q tho Charleston
lis exam nation" said Pckens. and his re-
smaned"
Please enter this statement on the min
tes" said l, and 1t was done.
| was loft alone with Shuboe who Is worthy
more particular mention than has been
wen him. He was a dark. swarthy man OF
bout 80 years. was solldly built, rather under
eight. and possessed eminontly the quality OF
'lt-commnnd. As Pickens and his counsel
RS RS went % out he entered the room and took
cognized him with a pleasant word. He !
rev his cold eyes upon me. and they made
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