The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

ter who ne may be, should not stand IN
the way Of adherence TO a great prliici-
pie"
To make long story short, President
Lincoln finally decided TO stay the execu-
ton of Amsley, and eventually he ana
Gof were exchanged, one for the otffer'
Con- was ordered to Washington, Wnefe
he was taken before the President, VINO
questioned him at length about MS m
prisonment and that or his fellows As
result the exchange Of prisoners, whlch
had been temporarily halted, was resuIl-
ed and continued uninterruptediy until
the end Of hostilities.
Leaving washington, Goff went to his
home in ClaPksburg TO spend his fuTlough
One dag during this period Maj. AHsiey
was brought into town. p prisoner again
COTS ow-townsmen knowing how his
life had been put in jeopardy Though
Amsley. swarmed threateniHgly about the
prisoner To make matters worse, the
sympathies of the soldiers, 70 all intents
and purposes. were with the mob.
At this juncture Cot appeared. Quickly
he sized up the situation and as quickly
acted.
Let no friend Of mine, he shouted.
clay hand on this man. He is entitled
to the protection of a prisoner OF war.
His words had the desired effect. me
mob fell back, the soldiers were suddenly
awakened to a full sense Of their duty
and Amsley was safely landed in prison.
When Gon first ran for governor OF West
Virginia one OF the men who worked
hardest and longest for him was MAJ.
Amsley.
Afger, Gould, and Sage.
Though his career was full of exciting
incidents and chapters. the late Russell
A. Alger always considered that he lived
his mCst thrilling day on July /, 1862
Then it was that with just ninety picked
men under him he attacked in the rear
and routed 1900 Confederates under Gen
Chalmers, at Bonneville. Miss. Wound
ed and taken prisoner in the charge, he
escaped and rejoined his command the
same day. Gen Alger frequently char
acteTized this charge as the best thing
ever did in the service" He was in
sixty battles and skirmishes, fighting his
way up from private to major general OF
volunteers
Russell Sage was seventy-fve when he
get the greatest thrill Of his whole career.
which began in 1916 and ended ninety
years later The attempt of NOrcross to
kill him with a bomb tC * place Decem-
Der 4. 1881 NorcrOss, clearly insane,
walked into Sage's Office, demanded 81
100. which was refused. and then drop
ped the satchel containing the bomb upon
the floor.
AS you may remember, NOrcrOss him
self was the only person killed. Sage suf-
feTing from shock. though q visitor
named Laidlaw was fTightfully injured.
Laidlaws famous lawsuit against Sage
for damages, which he never got. is h8.d-
~ forgotten yet. Joseph H. Choate was
Laidlaws lawyer. ana. in crOss-eXamin-
ing Sage brought To light many facts
concerning the latter's penuriousness
which were unknown till then.
II was during that trial that Sage ad-
mitted his fondness for sl2 suits Of
clothes Two or three years later, with
a twinkle in his eye. Sage told a friend
of the writer that s12 was too much;
that suits which were quite good enough
for any man could be bought for S11-
Black Friday brought its series of thrill
ing experiences to Jay Gould For days
thereafter the Little Wizard" went
about in fear of bodily harm being done
him, and was continually guarded from
then on until the day Of his death.
tCopyright. 1905. by Dexter Marshalll