The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-01-09

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b. q n~euientrl 10 ~ g1eas %
afag b week og tea Gays before hsan
fe1ieFed Whle oar or fhsre eapen
uona IRE hsrffsek ard mw hosqm
woaid 81 rsTV e1uu1ns ard - "a ~
occasion r. nonrate anG mgasI ge
vailed On or ueuiena1s t0 ~ m a.
cut in fhe country beTUad sn1 ~ 20
go bomethlnE in ne VeRFfahis % f9Wl
une Tor a charge Hs o~9nnenfl and
we went DHt End EafbsFef a Hgpgg
teach had n fackl. and were relrnlaE
% camp uheu We Esu a Ea1 riEI1E
through tLe Hoasa cone fartEIee
away. FrDin the diTect3eu 1 wEfch
be Has going We Eurmfaed that hs k2f
p3ne around TIRE picket posi- ! haE1ad
my sack ~ my p9lra6e and tod klI
that believed ! Hoald TAKE NAT fet
low ia Re had Eone a0Wn into q &C.
precision By this tine and eFEErIT
bad not seen as turned ny kgrEe
and put him on ne run. ard ~ 1hs
tine he cane again into EEEr wM
less thaa 100 yzr9s FROM hu ard
commanded him % hair He Etopped
turned arour6 rode toward ne and
when be zane ~ handed ne q PASS
Y looked a. 81. and Esw that 81 was
genuine. with Gen Etee1sE name a.
tached I asked him uhy BE- went
around the picket past he got a little
confused az this. and did u0s Elre q
satisfactory answer 3 then tod hiz
that ] would take him hack u ne
picket pest and the B~eate1ant lS18g-
eriand by Dau1ei coEii Do ~ he
pleased about passing him out Whez
we got 10 the post the Lieutenant zDs
out 20 the read took the rs Ez1cse
a. g. turned to as and SAID Take
this man 20 Steeles h-est1usrterg a.
quick as you can get him there We
( took him 10 headquarters. u1uu1zs the
writer ln National Tribune ard whea
Steele saw him be said. Aha KY MAJ
I was booking for you I 1ldl't thlzk
you would escape my E~e11Z1
There was soue private mark on Izt
PASS that the officers Ut the uuror
understood SeWed uU u the ieEte-t
ers Of his saddle we're found complete
maps Of our army. all tie forts AID
number % guns Steele ordered as 20
take him 20 our reEIeural guard
house j had seen this man Frequently
around cur reEiueutzl suffers tent
zone BIT Whitemall all the fo-eplrL
Of the winter He seemed 90 stop there
part o. the time We also had e Capt
E-hlteman On che regiment 8 brother
% the suffer. when this fellow had
been confined ln our guard house two
or three weeks Capt Whiteusn came
70 me and asked me So waszt On
guard A. the guard house ! told HIN
that I was. and De said Take thAi
fellow ont and give him q chance %
run They Wnl keep him zat fattez
him up tao or three ulUuths Ead Ee-
turn him loose and there Is 10 dou5'
but D. is a SPY He didn't tel
me 10 pop him. bu; that is What be IN
tended me 20 90. ! took him cas- Il
the night and told him uey were 20
ing 20 hang him and thar be had bet
ter run. but he wouidn't 60 t. and
was very glad afte-ward that be didIt
as they hanged him 10 q short time
BE vas only Is years Old. and thel
offered TO u5erate him 81 BE- Would teI
who helped him draw the plat Do has
always been my opinion that Bl
Whiteman. cur sutler. was the maE
and thar Cau- Whiteman knew d. an,
for this reason wanted him killed
fearing be would s1aeaI on his broth
er Ny recollection is thar the spy
name vas Dold though z am not sure
but am sure thaG ne died game
on Apn - following this iaciden
Was ls1n prsouer az Marks Mills
ARK. and after ue we're taken a con
radcratt officer rode up and asked
there vcre any % the Seveath Mis
souri cavalry ln the SQUAD Some Zoo
said Yes There Is always q hoi q,
ssch occasIopsl ne c~ulfeteraie sad
We are E0ine 90 hang every son %
them. They caught ere az oar wvn "a.
at Iitllc Rock East siatar aEa hau.
him o. hu had knoun taat was th
/, man Who captured hin here woal
/, r0abahly have asn a'~Tg,hiae t1lnE
and Q would have been tte Cga,e oi 81
tractIou Needless 90 SAP made ws
about as small a. J coaH sad O..
about the yre cf a iatkke! ~t|
. uat 6ucil on ihe horr1ss ef car
on iIr We were bHst taktu 30 Csm
Flrd Tex SEa VIEW gakea U anota
prison acaf Aas,in sHd SHAT vas .
> ur my erotd of ga Werv rzchanso
tn urecnher st Galveston Tex az
. hrouEht jo NtW orirsns oaiie a aaa
her usre m near,y starved fhat tte
! died aRer ht.ue exchanged