Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-24

| cry was. when she betrayed hsr own moth
er into the hands of the Spanish and saw
her sent to the convict prison. She and
her lover were captured and imprisoned in
| Fort Cabanas She effected an escape and
aas sent TO New York, but the Cubaps in
| that city heard of her arrival, and she ac-
| romplished but little Since her return to
Havana she has not been able to do much
mischief, as, being unmasked, none of the
patriots trusts her, and her sources Of in
formation are cut off.
| Spanish Spies In America.
The secret service of the United States
Is making systematic search for Spanish
| spies who are understood to be at work
under the directions of certain people con-
nected with the late Spanish embassy al
Washington. The first important arrest
made was that of George Downing, who
subsequently committed suicide. The ele-
ment of love for a Spanish maiden is the
only redeeming feature of Downing's
mott treacherous transactions. Downing
CHANGED to meet at one time young wOm-
an who was employed as housemaid at
the Spanish legation. She was so employed
for some time while Senior Dupuy de LONE
| was minister and continued in service
when Senior Polo took charge. Persons
who had business at the legation some
times saw her and describe her as rather
tall, slim and having a dark complexion.
If the secret service officers know her name
or her whereabouts they refuse to make it
| public, and she is not likely to figure in
the trial. Downing is known to have been
| infatuated with her and was permitted to
call upon her at the Spanish legation after
he was discharged from the Brooklyn and
| game to Washington. 1t was upon one of
these visits that in some manner Downing
met Lieutenant CarranZa, the naval at
| tache of the legation. Carranza was ap-
parently looking for some such person as
| Downing, who readily fell in with the
| Spaniard's propositions and for money
agreed to betray his adopted country.
There is every reason to believe that terms
were agreed upon and plans mapped out,
before the Spanish party left Washington
and that Downing was at work seeking
| inside information in the interval between
their departure and his trip to Toronto
Downing came to the Brooklyn last De-
combcr, when she lay in the navy yard at
Brooklyn, and said his residence was New
York city. He is an Englishman by birth
and had done previous sea service on the
Peninsula K Oriental boats, and had
also been steward on steam yacht owned
by Phelps Carroll. He had naturalization
| papers. He was accepted and served on
board the Brooklyn until the third week
in April, when he was notified that he was
obnoxious to the men.
| He asked for his discharge, and when
/ Do LII -
| him it was Endorsed mot recommended
Tor re enlistment as commissary." When
Downing saw this, he flew into d rage and
threatened Mr.. Hancock. When he left
the ship, he declared that he would make
it no; Cor the entire navy" There was
| something more than unsatisfactory serv-
| ices in DOwning's case which led up to his
| discharge, and it is suspected that even
wien on the Brooklyn he was gathering
| information. He asked frequent questions
about coal supplies and the destination of
colliers engaged by the department.
Nathan Hale and Major Andre.
Two of the most famous SPIES in Amcri.
| can history around whose heads hang a
| halo OF glory are Nathan Hale and Major
| Andre.
Nathan Hale was a captain in Knowl-
tons regiment in the Continental army.
lie accepted the perilous service of eXplor-
| ing the British camp at Long Island I'M
der instructions from General Washing
ton who was then retreating to Harlem
heights. With the desired information
Hale was discovered before he reached tho
| American lines through the treachery of q
Tory kinsman and was hanged the next
morning, Sept. %, l777, without trial ana
with insult and cruelty. His last words
have become famous II regret that l have
only one life to give up in the service of
my country" A bronze statue was erected
to his memory in City Hall park, New
York, in 1893.
Major Andre, the other famous spy
stands as high in the history of the Eng
fish as Hale does in our own.
Andre came to this country on the
breaking out of the Revolutionary war as
aid-de-camp to Sir Henry Clinton of the
British forces. He was afterward made
major and adjutant general When Benc-
dict Arnold made his proposition to the
British to betray West Point into their
hands, Andre was sent to complete the ar
| rangemcnts with him. After he had left
Arnold and had passed all of the Ameri-
can outposts on pass supplied by that
traitor he was captured by three militia
men near Tarrytown. Evidences of his
guilt were found on his person, and after
a spirited trial he was condemned to death
by General Washington. He was hanged
at Tappan on Oct. ,, 1880. His fate excit-
ell sympathy in America and England
The English government put a mural
sculptured monument over his remains In
Westminster abbey when they were in
TERED there in 1921.