Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-06

In Lebanon.
'Ha, ha! He's a green one
Yes; that's So
What time did the train with the
soldiers pass? inquired.
AT $50 last n---..
Very singular where the train is,
Yes; let me know when it arrives
I'VE cut of for a while, and an hour
later Z called me up and said that the
train had returned to Lebanon juno
ton after a skirmish with the force
Morgan sent to head it Of. In few
minutes the same operator, whose Of
fee was a repeating one for Louisville
business, sent into my ear despatch
from General Boyle to the captive Col
onel Johnson, to make no delay in
driving Morgan out OF the country.
Still another vigorous despatch in the
same tenor was wired to a Colonel
owen, who was en- route somewhere
to head OF Morgan near Lebanon.
Morgan then decided to leave, and in
order to allay suspicion in the mind OF
y. at the Junction, wired him that
| was tired out and must have a long
nap
self said he.
Eve rode on to Midway, on the
Louisville and Lexington railroad, and
reached there before noon. surprised
the operator, who was sitting on the
platform OF the station little suspect
| ing that Morgan was in his vicinity.
| asked him to call Lexington and get
the time OF day. / wanted to see his
style OF handling the key. He did so,
and confirmed an impression | had
drawn from the fact that there was
paper in the instrument. To use a
| telegraphic phrase, he was plug op-
orator and, adopting his style OF writ
| ing. I commenced operations. In the
office / found a signal book very val
uable to me. II contained the calls for
all stations on the line Despatch at'
ter despatch was going to and from
! Lexington, Georgetown, Paris, and
| Frankfort, every one containing some
reference TO Morgan. I tested the line,
! and found by applying my ground wire
| IL made no difference with the circuit
and as Lexington was headquarters, /
cut Frankfort off. l should have
stated that on commencing operations
! I discovered two wires on the rail
| road. One was a through wire direct
from Lexington to Frankfort not en-
| tering the way Offices, All military
business was sent over that wire, and
| as IL did not enter the Midway office.
| had the line cut, thus forcing LeXing-
ton business on the wire that did come
into the office. Midway was called,
and I answered. when I received q mes
sage from some one signing himself,
] FrrnH
| 10 operator Woolums, OF Midway who
was then my prisoner and alongside OF
me. TAYLOR asked: VIII there be any
| danger in coming to Midway! is
| everything right? Woolums admitted
| to me that Taylor was a conductor on
! the line, and I reported the facts 10
Morgan. He told me to wire Taylor,
who was holding his train at Lexing-
/ ton. that il was all right, to come on
/ with his train. [ added, No sign OF
Morgan here and signed the despatch
/ 'Wolums, operator Morgan made
ready to give Taylor's train warm
reception, but it got timely warning
and turned back.
"Soon the Lexington office called
Frankfort and sent into my ear the
military secrets OF our then nearest
enemy General Ward, whom General
| BOYLE was stirring up to drive MOT
gan out Ward was at Lexington, and
/ wired his subordinate at Frankfort
General Finnell, at some length said
| he:
"I wish you to move the forces at
| Frankfort on the line Of the Lexington
railroad Immediately, and have the
cars follow and take them up as soon
as possible. Further orders will await
them at Midway. 1 will, in three or
four hours, move forward on the
Georgetown road. VIII have most OF
my men mounted. Morgan left Yer
sailles this morning at o'clock with
500 men. on the Midway road, moving
in the direction Of Georgetown
Our position and intentions being
i known exactly in the enemy's camp,
Morgan directed me to send a despatch
that would throw General Ward on an
other track. Dating the message at
Midway. and signing the name OF
| Wollums. the operator, / rushed TINS
startling information to General WARD
Of Lexington:
Morgan, with 1000 men, came
within a mile Of here and took the old
! Frankfort road, as we suppose This
is reliable
In about ten minutes Lexington
again called Frankfort, and I answered
the call. It was our old friend, Gen
eral Ward, talking to General Finnell
U He repeated to his subordinate my
! bogus despatch about Morgan and his
l / 600 men on the way to Frankfort
and said It was reliable; hence the
regiment ordered from Frankfort to
! Midway, in his first despatch, had bet
ter be recalled. / receipted for this
message in the name Of Frankfort, and
4 manufactured a message to confirm
the original false news sent to General
Ward. [ then waited till the circuit
was occupied and broke in eXcitedly
telling those at the keys that | must
have the wires, and called Lexington
lexington answered with as much
spirit as / called, and I said:
"'Tell General Ward our pickets just
driven in. Great excitement. Pickets
say force Of the enemy must be 1000
FRANKFORT
Morgan had decided to be on at
once for Georgetown. l ran a secret