The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06

/! purry, IN His blindness, did not endenvorr
| 10 make his escape FROM the fatal
| hounds, Captain McITvot, Initiating the
] Italian, covered mouth and nostrtls INC
| train was fired. There was q faint ex-
| ,losion, ana fainter odor. A moments
| pause to avoid any noSloin fumes when
might Finger, and tho two ran TO me
| rlace Of execution The PUPPY WIS WIS
| crawling ana trinbllng nitnlessly, but did
not appear to be suffering. y fresh sup
4 ply &c the powder was spread and eX-
| p)odcd, Thu puppy survived hs before
I CnptnlnI hIcIyoy wished TO leave now.
a. ho consldrrcd the matter tested But
1.uEo insisted on another TRIAL This MISC
failed, L,,go In his wrath at the fail.
IRE, seized the poor little animal nnd
| rubbed his nose into the powder. Cap
Am MclIyoy interfered and rescued the
I victim.
& Ltro ATTEMPTED M explanation, but
| POSSIBLY on account Of Ignorance OF
| English, failed to convince tho cap
| tun, Eli
~ would have been further assured or
the doubtful character Of tho signor, had
1 known this incident at The time
Another incident connected me With
the signor. Some months after the cpl
sode related by Captain MclIvoy. 1t was
| during the finale OF the wilderness cam
rnign, I was on duty with battalion
near Richmond. whenE1 was Summoned
u, report to headquarters and directed to
report to tic court martial general IN
the, city without, dclay.@,f had not the
slightest idea why my presence was re-
quired. is 5,.s5}3 65
Tho court was calmly conducting bust
ness almost III. hearing Of the hostile
guns. It was three days before my
name WIS called, and was ,lslicred up
stairs III what was then styled the Syca-
moro Church. The court. not all in uni
form, sat around a long table. Tho Gull
prits were disposed IN n pew. There were
no spectators. rs ! remember. Most Q T
tho prisoners were IN uniform, but there
were q few In civilian costume. was
sworn, then handed an envelope. i re-!
cognxed my own 4ha ndwrlting on the nd-
dress; was asked If acknowledged It
and directed to read the contents. 1T was
letto, In which by direction Of Con-
cral Gilmer, advised the transmission
of s,lndry maps to Signor Ornzio Lugo.
/ stated the circumstances under which
the letter had been written, and was
requested to identify tho person to
Mhom 1t had been addressed among the
prisoners. With some difficulty, I pick
ell out the party. Ills appearance was
indeed forlorn. The dapper Individual,
whom / had previously encountered. had.
become a frowsy tramp.aA sojourn of some
weeks in durance vile at Castle Thunder
had doubtless caused the transformation.
I was next handed a. small memorandum
book. There was not q word IN 1t In
any language. On various pages, not
consecutively. there were the rudest sort
OF sketches. J. was asked II they had any
significance Mysanswer was that they
might have to the person who had made
them, but would be absolutely uIlntel-
ligible to any one else. The only limo
that represented any object was the
scmblance OF an arrow.
did not learn until long afterward
that the italian was allowed to go free
enG escorted TO the lines. He had been
captured by the pickcts on the banks of
PamunkeT River. where he was signal
Ing 10 be taken over. also understood
that very considerable influence had been
brought to bear to compass his relief.
He claimed TO be nephew Of Car
dlnal Antenelll, and brought letters to
The then Catholic bishop Of Virginia.
an Italian friend in our service that he
ana found that he spoke very imperfect
Italian. My informant was convinced
| that Lugo was an Austrian, who had
lived some time In Venice, Which city was
| at that time under the Austrian govern
rnent There can hardly be n doubt but
that Signor Lugo was in tho Confedcr-
ncy less for the purpose Of exploiting
his own inventions, than for locating
those sunk by the Confederates. Never
theless, 1t IL hard to understand his in
slstenco on a test as consistent with
this doubt.
fs. WILLIAM L. SHEPPARD .s