The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-11
AARON BURR WAS
 ARRESTED IN ALABAMA
He Was Identified by His FaultlesS BOOtS--Ihe
 Story of His Arrest and Return \ to Washington.
to Washington.

pitable attentions, regretted the ansence of her husband, inquired the route to Pensacola and rode off with ms com panion.
 The Arrest.
 Perkins remained at his post m .ne woods. shivering with cold. and wonder ing why Brtrhtwell did not return to him. His patience at last became ex- hausted, and believing the person ne was pursuing to be really Burr. he mount ed his horse and rode rapidly to the mousse of Joseph Bates. ST., at NaunahupDe Bluff Procuring kom that gentleman a negro and a can& he padded down the river and arrivee at Fort Stoddart at the breaking of day. Rushing into me iort and acquainting Captain Edwaro F. Gaines with his suspicious, the iat.er made instant preparations to take the road, After a nasty breakfast, about the rising of the sun, Gaines placing him. self at the head of a file of mounted soldiers, rode off with Perkins. About 9 o'clock that morning they met the two mysterious travellers, on the descent or a hill. near a wolf pen at the distance of two miles from the residence Of Him. son. The following conversation tmme- diately ensued:
 Gaines-I presume, sir. I have the honor of addressing Colonel Burrf
 Stranger-I am a traveller in the coun- try and do not recognize your right to ask such question.
 Gaines-I arrest you at the Instance of the Federal Government.
 Stranger-By what authority do you ar rest a traveller upon the highway, on his own private business?
 Gaines-I am an officer of the army. hold in my hand the proclamations Of the President and the Governor, directing your arrest. '''
 stranger-You are a yours man and may not be aware of. the responsibilities which result from arresting travellers,
 Gaines-I am aware of the responstbil- tiles, but I know my duty.
 The stranger now became exceedingly animated, and with much eloquence and force denounced these proclamahons as documents which had emanated in male- volent feeling, without any just founda- ton, and endeavored again to frighten the young officer from discharging his duty by ingeniously animadverting upon the great liabilities which he was about to assume. But Gaines sternly replied: My mind Is made up; you must accom- pany me to Fort Stoddart, where you shall be treated with all the respect due the ex-Vice-President of the United States. so long as you make no attempt to escape from me-" The stranger for a moment gazed at him with earnestness, apparently surprised at the unusual firm ness which the young officer exhibited. He then assented, by a gentle motion of his head, wheeled his horse around and took the road to the fort, riding by the side of the captain. His travelling com- panion rode back toward Wakefield with Brightwell the Sheri1, who was in com ma m Nurffh he kxryA 4t,,e were met by Gaines. The party reached the fort in the evening, and Colonel Burr, being conducted to his room, took his dinner alone. Late in the night he heard a groan in an adjoining room. He arose from & table, at which he was reading opened the door, entered the room, and approached the bedN Ne of George s. Gaines, the brother of the commandant who was sick. He was kind to the suf- ferer, felt his pulse, said he had travelled much and knew something of medicine, and offered his services. They now ent- cred into an agreeable conversation. Burr asked the Choctaw factor many questions about the Indians and their commerce. The next day he appeared at the dinner table, and was introduced to the wife of the commandant, who was the daughter of Judge Harry Toulmfn. In the even ing he played chess with that accomp- lished lady, and during his confinement at the fort was often her competitor in that intricate game. Every night he sought the company of the invalid, who became exceedingly attached to him, and who felt deep regret on account of the downfall of so interesting and so dis- tinguished 8 character. Often and often did the good heart of George S. Gaines grieve over the adversities and trials of this remarkable man, as they discussed together. In all their conversations. maintained every night the impenetrable Burr never once alluded. to the designs which he had failed to carry out to his present arrest, or to his future plans In the meantime Captain Gaines had been untiring in his exertions to fit out an expedition for the conveyance of his distinguished prisoner to the Federal city At length he placed Burr in a boat, along with file of soldiers, and he was rowed up the Alabama River. then into Lake Tensaw. Passing some houses on the banks, several ladies wept upon seeing the exVice-President a prisoner, and one of them named a son for him.
 Everywhere in the South the ladies were attached to the man, and suffered their feelings to become enlisted in be- half of his unfortunate enterprises It Is prominent and noble trait in the fe-