Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-25


quarternEsIer. ssu 49, seuer1 iooh
no interest in my business affairs. anc
secure transportation for the last loi
of cotton / had bought
But a terrible surprise WIS in store
for me. We had no sooner got back
to camp than 1 was placed under ar
rest, with two soldiers standing over
me. ready TO shoot me AT the slightest
provocation. was not only indiG.
nant-l was frightened. No officer
came near me. SO that l was unable
to ask any one wEat II all meant. ex-
cept my guards. who told me that all
they knew about IL was that fhey hac
orders TO shoot me If ! made rhe
slightest move to escape.
The first information as TO my real
position I received was when an ofh
Ger approached me and began TO read
from a paper he held in bis hands
was too agitated at first TO listen TO
or understand il. but presently I gath
cred from IL that | was charged with
being n spy and was 10 be tried for
that ofense by drumhead court mar
tial that very evening.
Everything now gradually became
plain to me. On the suppostion that
l bad come into their lines for the
purpose OF gaining Information the
provost marshal had reported the fact
to the general. leaving word that ]
should not be permitted 70 so away.
The matter Of my identity being sup
posititious. | was not to know that ]
was suspected until they were sure Of
their case This accounted for the in
terest | had excited and for my tent
mate watching me while | took of my
clothes. He wished 70 know If was
armed. Then while on the tour Of in
spection they had thought of permit
ting me 70 90 back to where ] came
from to report a greater force than
they mustered. But the general had
quashed this plan. saying. HE who
has eyes TO see can see for himself"
The order he said he would issue was
for my trial. which also meant execu-
ton
In the evening / was taken into n
large tent where a number of officers
sat around a pine table lighted with
candles. One of them stated that ]
had been lurking about their camps
and had been arrested. But before be-
ing placed in proper confinement / had
taken to my heels. tearing up a, paper
as l ran. l had escaped, but the bits
of paper collected had contained draw
ings of their position and memoranda
of the number of their troops.
An officer acted as my counsel, but
as be knew no more about me than the
others his defense was worthless. Un-
fortunately | had recently sent a lot
of business papers north that would
have proved my identity. As 1t was
/ was mistaken for some one they had
their grip on before and who they sup
posed was still plying his vocation as
spy under the guise of cotton buyer.
/ was condemned TO be shot in an
hour. Ten minutes before the time
appointed for my execution an officer
rode up and called out:
We've retaken that fellow who goI
away last week He's been concealed
by southerner."
The moment he looked at me he
started back in astonishment.
I'D have sworn" he said. that
left you only few minutes ago. You
must be his twin brother"
was not his twin brother" bur
when saw him the next morning just
before be was shot / saw that bis re-
semblance to me was remarkable.
had had enough of cotton buying.
concluded to go north and recover
from the shock / had received.
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