The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-07
Life Sketch Of Sam Davis.
By Robert B. Cooke.

t b. Cooke.
DAVIS IN tho 2e"crai mass oi tho
records page e35. Samuel Davis mann.
appstrs referring =" srri.s l. Vol 81
part 3. pug"s 20S. 2p9. 20 and 2ll OF
'he Records Of tho Itoh.iliou Maps.
plans etc. arc not nentiouedt
These wcf" concealed about hiq pcr-
SON. ono iu his boot ana some i'm
tic scat az MS saddle
Visits Home for the Las, Time.
on sunday hefor" his capture hc
visited IN" uciphborhood OF Ills ho.ns
secretly auld communicated win his
in thicl"t near the house where b..
wa- viAitod ana FED By them. Ilo
meyer. 49, Least none Of them las risen
?" say So d""lt upon tho great ri~l,
he vas 'altins. on seemed u be i'm
pressed with tho danger ~ HIS Si,ua.
ton ~ rclishcu the co0,c ana tho
biscuit they brought him and spent a.
lappG day With his loved ones tho
last limo Ae WAS ever 20 soc thc,n
upou "arth u is not Known wien ne
received thc document r.fcrreG -. la,
II was presumably after Tits last happs
visit
b. wus handson, darR.hairoa
hoy. "ith Zinc Owes. and. OF coul was
~" p'id ana joy of tn. mother sud
listers
sans Capture.
1i Np1.iDbc" 2p 90. sam YEAS rap-
urcd Iu The vlr.ults of pulasM b. :.
hansas regiment known AS an, Jas.
itH"NerS. hui httl' Is known as to tho
details ~ bus capture ~" Mas thrown
lh'" ttif"' in fulash INC iucriminat-
'Hk Ih'p' b'lnr Ipunl uppr h!s per
@"i' lN nus t""' "nn lhder tho :, 81
oi Ila saddle
49, hf"Hsn' u'loI' General
ppdE". WHO questioned him CLOSELY and
i' "ti"'' 20 Hh'N '''i N1"t' sam got
'hiui '''' l"p'ir
w VIZ" "' lei"N'u !" ~
N"'-' ana was I''n""'t" 10 jall IN"
M'F again ',"ush'
'' '"i' 'NH'IA' '''i-'. "h" tooh num-
ny n'' pilf''t' oH''' ana t'i' hli" 'iai
'r'f S'''oHs mari" "a" u'eii hr"ht ny
"~'''-' h'N| !hAi pa" was spy ana
'@' ''>S'sS'u ttuF"'s lii"rir"
,"' ''H'i % 10 We cora. \''ny. ;'na
way "t1 hn"" Mh'f' Hr ohttin"d
~ ana ila' he ala not s1em % realizee
''' o'rR"I oi his position Up TO THIS
time sam Aau remained silent. when
~. ieuIed 'h most diHulicd manner
'''h'fa' Dodge know thc danger %
'S Sl'""''h aura am Wiling 4" take
,i" ,"hSSv neg, hhu "n"" mat
Mn nae TO die nut there Us no powcr
'i. 'Ii'h ihhl can make nc ten
"drr"' ''""rr"' i'en"- with Sam.
'''uttaI !"uEc men pitd WIN and
""' "''' '''' %. h'S po"'i 10
.,','. So.,.' N,','l - s'l. n'7 ne,
-, NJ NO
~, cl,,
W. MN, -, 80,
,b., ~ ,,o',,. 49,
,,,,,.d 'n,,o, KIM 1;.ncrai 1nd,.c ",d.'r.,,
co,,ri,ra,t.al
m Is uscl.rs IA rncntion his ,ri,i
l.re m. wa. q rrteon.r d, i,. b,,,js
On the cuon,,. i'm poss,.siou OF u.n.rs
uf Tia. highest importance. whieh he
had secured On some way un.ccoul.tcd
for ana which hc vas endeavoring to
deliver To his own side
ln SUCH 4, case there is but ono YER
dict detti-and 10 This awful penalty
Mas. what savage cruelties are en-
ceudored ~ such times
"nm's Letter to I'll" Mother.
On November - sam wrote 10 MS
mother
F"iaShl "i'eS COMFY, Tenn
.ro, >to,, ~
~ ~" Pa. y .
FodaTaIa Hta,h..r 10 80, @,i .r
n,. ,,,,,., IA yo,, 800 ~. to'.,.t..
, Nto,t, 49, fa
DIV. nv ioy. ~ ~ vn,,,
"SAAfI-r,L DAVIS"
Mother toll the cbIldrcn nll to n.
r,,od v.isb could coo va, oil onca
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80 800.
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