Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-23
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DluH VI ACAA U Ae Hea0 SO m N-ANe Oi couldn't see anything?"
 That won't do, corporal. You cer- tainly followed something. Now, on coming up with it, what did you find it to be-"
 Ut wasn't what Oi 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 if his heart would break, and he again showed signs of collapse.
 And you had reason to bell eve it was the person driving the buggy you followed:"
 ''Oi didn't see any buggy. It was so dark
 "Wen''-impatiently-''the person driving whatever it was you saw. "
 How could Oi know that?'
 Ut was natural to infer that. there being horse and buggy near, the pris- oner had been driving it. "
 There Was no buggy"
 Well, the pieces.
 "Now Oi would ask the court, said Ratigan, steadying himself to impress the members with the probability of his position, If the person or whativer it was Oi saw tamperin with the wire moightent have turned off on another road and Oi suddenly lighted on this one:"
 ''That'll do corporal. You may step out and give the next witness your place.
 The next witness was an officer from the camp to which the prisoner had first been taken after her capture. Hc testified that upon 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.
 In addition to those Miss Baggs deci- phored when at the Fain plantation were two others, which were as follows:
 CRAwrISH SPRINGS, Cia.. Sept. H. 1883.
 Mobile Burton you whCS on has from other bob from rc-cnfor,td Qua2.iOOn count us that to wet applause will can y"Ur undoubtedly cen tury points Or:lrE" S'nJamln and been coming We join tClCgraphs.
 
 bearing an attempt at explanation in the prisoner handwriting:
 To Burton probably :'c-nsidc) on your coming can We count
 when can count on your coming? Applause (some person, probably the signers SelCEraphS
 been rC-cnforc,d from some one tclrgrarhs that Quadroon (proba | bly Bragg has been rC-cnforCed from other points
 WASIIINGToS, Sept. -, 1888. Potts ready We rNsllt conditidn us if scparat cd goes Jack all badly rapidly attaCk scattered l tho twentieth and doodle D shall but in tht but well plaster Arabia arc up should present dread the concentrated jet bc by should oui | enemy closing W" to. l There was no attempted explanation with this telegram. Either the prisoner ] had made no headway with it, or sht
 had not sufficient time. probably both l though it was moro difficult to deci l pher than any of the others These tclrgramS had been sent to gen
 eral headquarters and an interpretation
 of them furnished, which was read t l the court:
 CRAwFIsH SPRINGS, Ga. Sept. II. lStS. l To Burnside:
 Hallcck tvlccra3hs that you will join Us
 When can We count on your coming? Bragg l has undoubtedly been rc-cnforccd from Nir gina and other points. RoSECRANS. CRAwFIsH STRINGS, Ga.. Sept, l6, 1sG3. | To tho Secretary of War: All EUO~ well. We are badly separated, bu
 closing mp rapidly. If the enemy should at
 tack Us in oUr present scattered condition,
 should dread the result. But by the prtsscn
 2Oth We shall tN' concentrated and ready.
 The reading of these dispatches pro | ha
 unfavorable to the prisoner. She ha,
 held the very life of the army in he
 hands Had she got through the line
 with these two CipherS and their inter l pretationS she would have supplied tn enemy with such information as woul, put an end to all uncertainty and insur an attack on tho Army of tho Cumber land before it could be concentrated O
 supported by other troops. This woul } have resulted in its annihilation. l There was really no defense to make ) and the defending counsel simply place ' his client on tho mercy of tho court | hoping that, being woman, deat l might not be the penalty. The rOoI t was cleared and the verdict considered = The court were not long in convictin ! the accused of being spy and amend q ble to the treatment of spies, but as t n the punishment there was n great di y versity of opinion. Some thought tha n Imprisonment in northern Penitenti
 ary would be a sufficient atonemeni
 There were those who argued that thi e would not have any effect to deter Ott . CTS from similar acts at a time whe d the army was ill so critical n situation
 Then the importance of the dispatchG r Miss Bags was attempting to delivt Il to the enemy, the fact that their deliN