Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-03-13
Ratigan, steadylng himself to impress

Ratigan, steady1ng himself to impress
the members with the probability of his
position, ''if tho person or Thativer it
was Oi saw tamperin with the wire
moightent have turned off oil another
road and Oh suddenly lighted OIL this
one?"
"That'll do, corporal. You may step
out and givo the next witness your
place.
The next witness was an officer from
tho camp to which tho prisoner had
first been taken after her capture. He
testified that upon Il proposition to
search her she had voluntarily produced
the dispatches, which were shown to
him in court, and he identified them as
the same as those she had given up.
A reading of these dispatches was
called for, and they were read.
III addition to those Miss Baggs deci-
phered when at the Fain plantation were
two others, which were as follows
CRAwrIsn SPRINGS, Ga, Sept. Il, 1893.
Mobile Burton you when on has from other
bob from rc-cnforccd Quadroon count us that
towct applause will can your undoubtedly CEN
tury points orange Bcnj njumin and been coming
We join tclcgraphs.
Pinned to this telegram was paper
bearing, an attempt at explanation i'll
tho prisoners handwriting:
To Burton (probably BurnsiGc)
on your coming
can We count
when can we count on your coming?
Applause (some person, probably tho signcr)
telegraphs
been recnforccd from
some one telegraphs that Qundroon (proba'
bly, Bragg has been rc.enforccd from other
points ~
WASHINGTON, Sept. -, 1863
Potts ready we result condition us il scparat.
ed goes Jack all badly rapidly attack scattered
tho twentieth and doodle d shall but in the
but we'll plaster Arabia are up 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 deci-
pher than any of the others.
These kilograms had been sent to gen.
eral headquarters and an Interpretation
Of them furnished, which was read to
the court:
CRAwr1sH SPRINGS, Ga, Sept. Il, 1868.
To Burnside:
Halleck telegraphs that you will join US.
When can we count on your comingP Bragg
has undoubtedly been rc-cnforced from Vir.
ginia and other points. RosEcRANs.
CRAwFIsH SPRINGS, Ga, Sept. 10, 1863.
To the 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, /
should dread tho result. But by tho present
2Oth we shall be concentrated and ready.
D.
Tho reading of these dispatches pro.
duced an impression OH the court very
unfavorable to the prisoner. She had
held the very life of tho army in her
hands. Had she got through the lines
with these two ciphers and their inter.
pretations she would have supplied the
enemy with such information as would
put an end to all uncertainty and insure
all attack OH the Army of the Cumber-
land before it could be concentrated or
supported by other troops. This would
have resulted in its annihilation.
There was really no defense to make,
and the defending counsel simply placed
his client OH tho mercy of the court,
hoping that, being q woman, death
might not be tho penalty. The room
was cleared and the verdict considered.
Tho court were not long i'll convicting
tho accused Of being spy and amena.
BILE to the treatment Of spies, but as to
the punishment there was a great d.
versity of opinion. Some thought that
Imprisonment in northern penitenti-
ary would DO sufficient atonement
There were those who argued that this
would not have any effect to deter 9TH
ers from similar acts at time when
the army was i'll so critical situation.
Then the Importance of the dispatches
Miss Baggs was attempting to deliver
to tho enemy, the fact that their deliv-