The National tribune., 1902-01-02
A CONFIDENCE GAME.
One of Morgans Raiders Pays for Good
whisky With Counterfeit Ctin.

! EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The incl
dent occurred near Burlington Island,
Ohio, on July 10, 1863. There was Il
mix-up between "Morgan's Men and the
veterans of the 9TH Ohio Cav on that day,
and among others Il Confederate soldier
| of Kentucky became Il prisoner of war I'M
der the hands of Geo. W. Lloyd. of Co.
| &, 9Th Ohio Cav. This Confederate was
a young soldier of about 20 years OF age,
| high-spirited and courageous, and evident
! ly one of the boys of the Blue Grass
Region.
While this particular prisoner was be-
ing marched to the rear, there came upon
the scene a number of guards, and,
as old soldiers know, they are the most
dangerous to meet when you haven't got
your gun with you. These home-guards
may have suffered the loss of a horse. 4
mule or few chickens, and were dis
posed to take vengeance upon the dis
armed Confederate soldier. An alterca-
tion ensued right then and there. Lloyd
was determined to protect his prisoner,
and the hOme-guards, being well armed
with ShOtgunS, We're threatening, and as
a last resort Lloyd warned the home
guard that if they attempted to assail the
uDarmGd prisoner, he would turn his gun
over to the prisoner and permit him to
defend himself, while lie UlOyd) would
take care of the rest of the guards
with his revolver. The alteration ended
by the home-guards withdrawing, and the
Kentucky boy was marched to the rear
safely and in good order.
The pext day he, with other prisoners,
was loaded oil steamboat and sent to-
ward COncinnati. Geo. W. Lloyd was
one of the guards on the steamboat, and
as we were coming down the Ohio River.
Lloyd popularly known as "Jakey"
Lloyd was pacing his beat, keeping a
careful eye upon the prisoners, when this
one Of "Morgan's Men referred to above
approached him with the inquiry if it
might be possible to obtain n drink of
whisky. and stated that he had in his
pocket his last dollar. and was prepared 10
spend that last dollar for one drink of
whisky.
Now, strange to say. "Jakey' Lloyd
had canteen full of whisky hanging over
his shoulder; where he got it L cannot |
imagine, but lie had it all the same; SO
he told this Kentucky prisoner that while |
he could not sell him drink of whisky, I
he would permit the Kentuckian to hold /
his canteen while he paced his beat the |
length of the boat and back, and il the |
Kentucky prisoner should take = drink out .
of the cantccn without permission, then |
he, "Jukey." would accept the dollar as Il /
present. The Kentucky prisoner asked |
''Jakey' not to walk very fast on his beat, |
and accepted the caGtecn under the con- |
ditiOns above described.
'Jakey" Lloyd turned his back and |
slowly paced his beat the length of the !
boat and back again, the Confederate sol /
dier true to his promise, returned the can |
teen, and ''.1akey" was more than aston |
ished to find it WAS empty! 1t is hardly |
10 be credited that one Confederate sol
licr could empty full cantccn in one /
drink, and it is fair to be presumed that
he had passed the cantecn around among
his fellOw-prisoners while the Yankee sol
lier was slowly pacing his beat as per
agreement. At MI events the caHteen
was empty, and ".Iakcy' accepted the
Droffered silver dollar and has kept it for
Ill these intervening years as a highly /
)riZcd memento. /.
Lloyd recently presented this silver dol
ar to me rs a souvenir uf the days when
We We're boys together, and l, having
some suspicion as To the value Of this par
icular dollar. had it tested by an expert
md learned that it was counterfeit. | am
therefore, asking this one of ''ATorgan's
\len," if these lines reach his eyes, that ,
he bogus dollar given To '!Jakey" Lloyd
Inder the circumstances described above :
n July, 1863, for cantccn full of whisky. '
f it is not agreeable to do this, kindly
end us at least two gallons of good
whisky, to replace that which he and his
OmradcS drank. as specified above. We
reckon" that it will require at least two
allons to pay, with interest for all these
ears. for the one cAnteen full then con-
umed. The two gallons may be sent to
Ne, and l will see that "Jakcy" Lloyd gets
is share of it.-THEODORE L. ALLEN,
tn Ohio Cav, Cincinnati, Ohio.