The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-08-01

N hen tpl "a IIIfum N uuN. l'fI N
lrW d.,s AGO 40 thr Sual.lr. ilnmr ip
Nasniaet.n. thcr. vas removed from
rarti, =. man 81 ho lnd been 10 prominent
figure Tor nearly nau "a oaumr. iie WAS
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of Na,kers Hlibn-tcrinr eN.t.ti.u n
Nicaragua lirw4- n.-l tl. fires rHi1
of IA. nitrd states secret -.r,I-r Wurn
IL rcenln, pnrf e th- Treasury p.uari-
n,e,t
mo ,.,,,cti0n nf DOf Wool VIII th-
civil VAR ,yn- unigYe. ans l,s relations
with President i4ncom nud Secretary
Stanton were absolutely conhdental
His hie was actively sought more tHnn
a zen times ouc mancroescd the. .cren
To a-sas-inaie uim; toe rouiedcs.t.-
were determined to capture and Han-
h.m and dol-n-. prrhap- scores ul lm.s
he escaped from apparently lnrNfri.sh.c
dangers by hs rNtrnordiaary nerve.
Adroitne.- aud auilrN. rnui.td vifh
prodigiou- pn,-i-la. strength and urtv-
itv.
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80 ir.s sat,.- ,,,. .'... ''n.,-.,,.r an..
d,a -inler and Mood fersue. .,n. sI the
,,,..t ,.,,..r, model l.rs n,e. .-,f...r-
o,d ,,,.ior..- in tt. ,.,,,nt.,
When ,ba N.,ir,r v.,r broke or, he
.,l.ts1 IN IN. monnf..4 r,H.- of .rn.
Sam n Walser.rhrnptri Iexan rg .er.
xto.e command soon became O.. 3rI
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Brown's defeat ana hs death on the.rai-
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tary oi ""i nv "l
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ings' chi'N Wv ''''-' l,,'i III ..., ....;..
INTO the-f H''"o'"''7
DlOckale rnnheir' '.'I'''S w 'D''.''' ..'.
band dispatches ''ielIn ".'''' "''l'..
with passports VINO "r'e gHg-'' -.i' '',-
the conlederAcy' iea"e'S "' 'N.
81 the uOldeh Olcie' opP'"'"l' M
DRAFT ETC. ana ~ H'ni' 'oo' am a.. ,.'
captured mail oi tue Iore!'9 10 ~ '
.'Pue''' 80 - - 3D.. Wa f,s,.,rt.
to the proper oilicer7 ol 'ne " "' i''l 'l'''''
ment. -
rla'oNi.H' h'N'" "'"'
While maiutainingst almost yraD-
oical disrinline the prisoners liked and
,esnected II God Frequently adopting r. f.
oiu,ions IA give expres sion TO their i-el
mos toward him.
Probably Col. Woods most daring
feat was making repeated personal 'isli-
10 eyerv militry prison in the south
sometime be effected an entrance as
agent of the federal government; ire
quently he entered IN the dirguise oi "a
confederate soldier and a lew times be
got in by permitting himself 90 he taken
prisoner. lp several Instances he pro
cured the statements OF inmates a. To
prison conditions. written out by sienog
raphers in the presence 0i the oillclalr ln
charge, for the information OF Lincoln
3 and stanton
When charges Of starvation and cruel.
+ ty TO I'uion captives in confederate pris
ons were most numerous and persistent