The evening world., 1911-01-27
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4 BY Albert Peyson Terhune
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No PA GhSnee of Lodeins. That Shattered Liberty 49,.
to change his lodgings. other pages must have been written in the
story of Americas fight for freedom. incidentally, a adventure
- that would have been one of the most spectacular and dramatic
in all or history was averted.
Benedict Arnold had sought to betray u struggling country by selling
the West Point stronghods to the British. He ws commander there and
was implicitly trusted. For a bride o. $4,000 and a brisadicrg anernlship
in the English Army he consented to yield this important place to the
Had he succeeded the revolution must almost certainly have been
crushed. and America would have remained a British province. lin an
earlier article of this series the story of the attempted betrayal and of Ar.
nods escape to the British lines has been told)
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- to o'nsr officers Of doubtful anssiancs tn, he BRITISH
Ax'sc,'""o $: a T. , ss :s ' am on ';''' Such a"' a 'sp "''''' val ;" BAD g
- ., Arnos had "a ,,%S:e . to Ne" 1 York city he British
manderIn-cmet Sir Henry cnnton. received him as a guest Of aH honor. 'I Ho
New. of this sort tS oft sH Hs"v ~. INJURIOUS, III" WAS to " tne r,,T TmA r rn ''I l% CO. Cd rS aspect.
inst ~nn mt .S on a ia, daring plan to turn Arnod's triumph INTO such punishment
have ~% Sn ons idea lea iva S~' . to ssau'' o Anno d. from m, ii, laaer RS. New York home.
show n hat t. Amst0a could punish treason, but would prevent Arnold from start
hen ounnzns Such an expedition eoud not, fN to in,nre te prospects
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~ Was to sasoo1 to- TO ss s,s' Tor ao" To ,Ai ia: A"'s .saee sa% almost ss 1a aoRs Of MI. ssmr, s..
mounted a% ro s% ir r mS%s S%"T re"e Where 1s several si' Rla tss i%o. l5 S at
Of cavalry to ' overhaul he %%s d desert s This d" w Ds' Sone to- p' dtsar sTns su "a sS9p
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mn within aa opened fire. on him ''"'' '"' just "' HIS '""'''''
menu ' eopa n st'% son Ss .s,i S Ssains s rushed ssp s anS pursued "a %" sS a 'S Ss' O., T ssns's
of ae ts s"1 nnsus sO yM ms "s aso, IND n Swan" him. o at to a boat that the captain o. ne
Ate: ,n. pparsn' haI.. breadth escape none of The nom eoMa aouo,
Clinton who questioned lin closely champe told wOndrous stories about this
American plans. seeming eager to betray every patriot secret h knew. Clinton
% him or to Arnold, who made Champe a erscant-ma}o
The Mock IN a legion lie vas recruiting. 8
"Deserter" This ws just what Champe wanted His military
work brough him into daily contact with Arnold n
let him study the traitors habits He found that Ar
mold walked alone in his garden every evening at a certaMn hour. Champe
and an a"ompnce sent word to Lee to have a troop Of cavalry waiting ne
night in the woods on the Nw Jersey side of the river
Then they arranged to seize Arnold during his evening stroll in he garden
They planned to gag n bind hin. then. to drag lin through In dark streets
as II he were a drunken soldier. throw him inoa waiting boat n row I'm
across to where Lees men waited. 80
The scheme was we'll laid. IN Unforeseen ~ spoiled IT,. In M afternoon
before he proposed kidnapping Arnold suddenly changed mis- lodgings md
moved to another part Of he city 1t was too late to make new ranyement
for the next lay Champe vas ordered South with his regiment. where Arnold
pMa2ed Virginia ad inflicted cue injuries on the amt he had betrayed
Champe at last managed to escape to the Americans, but never again was
there In opportunry for him or for an ohe patriot to brng Benedict Arnold