The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-12-21
Strange History of the Rev. C.
T. Daniel of This City.
WAS SENTENCED To BE HANGED
His Only Crime Was Devotion 10 His
Native State.
ESCAPED FROM HIS GUARDS.
Is Now d Minister of the Gospel Among
the Poor.
HOW HE RECLAIMED HIS NAME.


fenced to be hanged, and after all a
minister OF the gospel, working with
wonderful success in one of the most
difficult evangelical fields-building
up churches among the poor, 1t is n
startling record. sure enough. when
put thus bodily. 1t is the record OF
Rev. e. T. Daniel. who now lives at
1439 Jefferson street, Kansas City.
And yet Mr.. Daniel, i'll spite OF his
prison record and his death sentence.
was never criminal. as one might
be led to believe by casual glance ut
his record. His worst Offense was
patriotic devotion to his native state
Kentucky. In his youth he rode
with Brigadier General John H. Nor
gan, the famous confederate raider
Over and over again he risked his
life for the south. Finally, in 1864.
he was leader in the great conspira-
cv that had for its object the release
of prisoners in the northern military
prisons. He was taken. With Others
he was put on trial before a military
tribunal rs a spy During the trial
Mr.. Daniel-he was not ii minister
then-brOke away from the guard in
the court room and escaped. He
made his way to Canada, and in that
haven of refuge had the pleasure of
reading in the papers the news that
.he had been convicted and his punish
ment fixed at hanging by the neck
until he should be dead. He did not
go to Cincinnati to keep the engage
ment.
HERE Is HIS STORY.
But to 90 back to the beginning
here is Mr. Daniels story:
He was born in Cynthiana, Harri-
son county, Ky, in 1910, and was
accordingly. u years old when the
civil war broke out. His symplthies
were with the south and for a long
time ne went back and forth through
the union lines. nh missions for the
confederate secret service Then
later on he ioiaei Dick" Morgan's
regiment OF cavalry, which was
part of the army OF its colonel's
brother, General John Morgan
II rode on the famous raid through
Indiana and Ohio, said Mr.. Daniel
the other evening.
''It was a thrilling expedition. We
crossed the Cumberland July 3, '63, |
l was captured-and most of what |
was left OF the brigade was taken at |
the same time-on July 10. Those |
sixteen days We had ridden ninety !
miles day, We were out of the sad |
die not over three or four hours a |
dav.
To start out with, there were =. 900 |
of Us, All but 500 or 900 were final
~ taken. but we mode-a great ride
We captured and paroled 5000 pris-
oners. We caused the withdrawal OF
Burnside and $4,000 men from Vicks-
burg. We forced the surrender of
West Virginia by the federals and |
with it the south got most import
ant salt works | call that worth |
while The object Of the raid was to
create diversion by way of aiding |
Lees effort in Pennsylvania OF
course. when Lee was beaten at
Gettysburg, the movement failed
but we did our share.
was captured near Buftington's
island, in the Ohio east of Cincinnati.
We had passed Cincinnati to the
north, tut SO near we heard the
steamboats, whistlin@ there. | saw
Il mile post that said six miles to
Cincinnati, | recollect
TWICE A PRISONER
Il had twice been prisoner before.
but had got off by playing citizen.
This time that trick would not work.
was taken to Camp Morton. Indiana
and later on to Camp Douglas. Chi
ca~o. On November :. | dropped in
to the sewer in the evening and
crawled oa+ of the prison bounds and
soon tier was safe IA Canada. There
/ s2en5 the time till late in the sum
mar If 1861. when the plan for the
Wholesale release of all the confetler-
ate prisoners held in the northwest
was formed To further tl;s Went
to Chicago. just before election |
was captured at SIr. Walsh's house.