Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
CAPTURING a spy.
He Died Game, Refusing to Peach on
His AccompIices.

His Accomplices-
During the winter of 1864 while |
Steele's army lay at Little Rock, Ark, |
it was usual to send out squads OF |
or 80 men-commanded |
by a lieutenant, to the outposts to
stay a week or ten days before being
relieved. While out on these expedi
lions the bareback and sow bosom
would get very common, and so on one
occasion a comrade and myself pre-
vailed on our lieutenant to let us go
out in the country beyond and try to
get something in the vegetable or fowl
line for change. He consented, and
we went out and gathered a supply
leach had SACK, and were returning
to camp, when we saw a man riding
through the woods some distance
away. From the direction in which
he was going we surmised that he had
gone around the picket post. handed
my sack to my comrade, and told him
that / believed l would take that fell
low in. He had gone down into a de-
preston by this time, and evidently
had not seen u.s. l turned my horse
and put him on the run, and by the
time he came again into sight was
less than 100 yards from him, and
commanded him to halt. He stopped,
turned around, rode toward me, and
when he came up handed me a pass
1 looked at it and saw that it was
genAine, with Gen. Stee1e's name at
tached. / asked him why he went
around the picket post. He got a little
confused at this, and did not give a
satisfactory answer. 1 then told him
that 1 would take him back to the
-
erland by name) could do as he
pleased about passing him out. When
we got to the post the lieutenant came
out to the road, took the pass, glanced
at it, turned to us and said: Take.
this man to Steele's headquarters as
quick as you can get him there" We
took him to headquarters, continues the
writer in National Tribune, and when
Steele saw him he said: AHA, my man,
I was looking for you. 1 didn't think
| you would escape my hellhounds-"
| There was some private mark on that
| pass that the officers of the outpost
| understood. Sewed up in the leg-fend-
ers of his saddle were found complete
| maps of our army, all the forts and
number of guns Steele ordered US to
| take him to our regimental guard
| house. ! had seen this man frequently
| around our regimental suffers tent
| Zone Bill Whiteman) all the forepart
of the winter. He seemed to stop there
part of the time. We also had a Capt.
| Whiteman in the regiment, a brother
| to the sutler. When this fellow had
been confined in our guard house two
or three weeks Capt. Whiteman came
| to me and asked me if | wasn't on
guard at the guard house. 1 told him
| that l was, and he said: Take that
| fellow out and give him a chance to
run. They will keep him and fatten
him up two or three months and then
turn him loose, and there is no doubt
but he is a spy" He didn't tell
me to pop him, but that is what he in
tended me to do. l took him out in
the night, and told him they were go
ing to hang him, and that he had bet
ter rum but he wouldn't do it, and
was very glad afterward that he didn't
as they hanged him in a short time
He was only 10 years old, and they
offered to liberate him if he would tel
who helped him draw the plat. 1t has
always been my opinion that Bill
Whiteman, our sutler, was the MAJ
and that Capt Whiteman knew it. ant
for this reason wanted him killed
fearing he would squeal on his broth
er. My recollection is that the spy;
name was Dodd, though l am not sure
but am sure that he died game.
On April 25 following this inciden
l was taken prisoner at Marks Mills
Ark, and after we were taken a con
federate officer rode up and asked 1
there were any of the Seventh Mis-
souri, cavalry in the squad. Some foo
said Yes (There is always fool Oh
such occasions). The confederate said
I'VE are going to hang every son o
them. They caught one of our men u
at Little Rock last winter and hum
him. If he had known that 1 was tn
. man who captured him there woul
: probably have been something doing
and 1 would have been the center of a
traction. Needless to say made mysel
about as small as 1 could, and fel
, about the size of a jacksnipe. 1 vii
not dwell on the horrors of our pris
on life. We were first taken to Cam
Ford, Tex, $50 were taken to anothe
prison near Austin, and what was LEI
of my crowd of 247 were exchange
in December at Galveston, Tex, an
r brought to New Orleans. Quite nun
, Der were so nearly starved that the
! died after being exchanged.
A New Monster Weapon.