The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-16

might be tampcrin with the line
mind ye. Oi only thought it--and Oi
called ON whoiver IL was to surrender.
Then OF heard . get up, and whativer
it was dashed off. Oi followed it as
fast as liver Oh could, calm on 'em to
stop and frin me Colt Div.l bit did
any one stop.
The corporal paused again. 1t looked
asif he were not going to get any fur
ther.
"Go on. my man"
"Well. then we came to the camp of
General IS division. and was halt
cd by the guards, while what OF had
seen got ahead. So oi lost sight Of 1t
entirely"
Proceed.
"Well, wasn't it the fault Of the
guards stoppin me and lettin the 9TH
er go ON, and no fault Of miner
"Go on
whats the use of goin on? OF lost
sight Of what was tamperin with the
wires"
''Rnt Won overlook it,"
Chow can Oh swear it was the same?"
There was smile on the faces Of
those present. The questioner seemed
puzzled at the corporal's device to avoid
testifying against the prisoner.
"Did you not ride on and overtake
what you had seen?"
"Divil bit.
81 know better. You went on and
found something in the road. What did
You find?"
"Oi didn't find what Old SEEN"
"What had you seen?"
"Didn'toi tell ye it was so dark that
Oh couldn't SEQ anything?"
'"That won't do, corporal. You cer-
tainly followed something. Now, on
coming up with it, what did you find it
to be?'
"It wasn't what Oh followed That,
whativer it was, had gone out with the
mornin light. Oi reckon it was some
thing ghostly."
Nonsense. Did you not find the
prisoner lying in the grass?'
''Oi did, replied the witness, as IL
his heart would break. and he again
showed signs Of collapse
"And you had reason to believe it
was the person driving the buggy you
followed!"
"Oi didn't see any buggy. 1t was SO
dark
"Well"-impatiently--"the person
driving whatever it was you saw. 4"
"How could Oh know that?''
''It was natural to infer that, there
being horse and buggy near, tho pris-
oncr had been driving it. /"
There was no buggy"
"We!l, tho pieces"
"Now Oh would asl; tho court" sail
Ratigan, steadying himself 10 impress
the members with the probability OF his
position, ''if the person or whatiyor il
was Oh saw tanperin with ne wire
moightbnt hGve turned off on another
road and Oi suddenly lighted on this
ono?"
"That'll do. corporal. You may step
out and gire the poxt witness your
place"
The next witness was on officer from
the camp 10 which the prisoner had
first been taken after her capture. Ec
testified that upon n proposition 20
search her $40 had voluntarily producod
the dispatches. which were shown to
him in court, and he identified them az
the saIno rs those she had given up
A reading of these dispatches was
called for, and they were read.
In addition to those Miss Dages deci
phcrei when NJ the Fain plantation were
two othurs, which were as follows:
crAwEIsa SPRINGS, Ga, Sept. IA, Isc3 !
Mcbile Eurtan y9u whom ca has from othcrd
bob from re-cG.c.etl Quad-oon count Us that
70 wet applause win eau yo1r ruIouhteGly cen
tnly poi.l;s or pge Benjamin and been eomirc
we join teleSrapEs.
Pinned TO this telegram was pape-
bearing al attempt at explanation ia
the prisoners handwriting:
TO Burton tprobably Burnside)
on your coming
can vO count
when cen we count on your coming'
Applause tsome person, probably the signerj
tclosrGYhs
been re-enforced from
so...c one tClegraphs that Quadroon -proba.
bly, Bragg has been re-enforced from other
points.
WASHINGTON, Sept. =, 1863.
tVsto Iciuy We COIN IL ~ llifuI-
ed goes Jack all badly rapidly attack scattered
the twentieth and doodle ID shall but in the
but we'll plaster Arabia are mp should present
dread the concentrated Jet be by should our
enemy closing we to-
There was no attempted explanation
with this telegram Either the prisoner
had made no headway with it. or she
had not sufficient time, probably both,
though it was moro difficult to deoi-
pher than any Of the others.
These telegrams had been sent to gen.
eral headquarters and an Interpretation
OF them furnished, which was read to
the court:
CnAwFIsH SPRINGS, Ga, Sept. H. 1909
To Burnside:
Halleck telegraphs that you will Join us.
Whcn can We count On your coaingp Bragg
has undoubtedly been re-enforccd from vir.
ginia ana other points. kosECaANs.
CRAwrrsH SPRINGS, Ga, Sept 10, 1868.
To tho Secretary Of War;
All goes well. We are badly separated, but
closing up rapidly. II the enemy should at
tack US in our present scattered condition,