The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-12
General
Washington's
Spy
c.o.v Of the British DC.
| euoancy Of New York.
~ r. A. mitchell

NAT Is now
-. y. ', Work.. was originally a garden
's ~, TO Petrus Stuyvesant, the
s !, .ss Dutch governors of the prov
v Now Amsterdam. At the time
English came ashore and TOOK tne
D .u.v from the Dutch the name
amsterdam was changed to New
By the time the American war
Independence came the Bowery had
. ~ q street, and st. Marks place,
:. Governor Stuyvesant's manor
stood had begun to be occupied
dwellings.
septly some workmen engaged in
nr down one of these dwellings
unon a space closed by an iron
within which was a body, or,
=, * cton of a man. There was
oh Of the clothing left to indicate
. was 4 soldiers uniform, and,
,,.t hcinr or having been of a red
,bcre was no doubt that the
bod been in the British army.
sipc hy the trimmings and buttons
,ide arms. he must have been an
az In his pockets were found
,har Of letters, some Of which were
Nd Katherine some Kate, some K
some Katherine Ten Brock.
No find was turned over to certain
.Ons who we're interested in the
history Of New York, and through
letters a story came to light that
hppn buried in oblivion for more
a hundred years.
bring the Revolutionary war the
sion in question was occupied by a
Nv of Tories named ThrOckmOrton.
British occupied New York, their
hosts extending to Westchester
bv. where they confronted the
riran forccs-a thin line-under
ne Aaron Burr.
here was a time when Washington
e his headquarters at Dobbs Ferry,
pttlement some twenty miles from
York. While there he used what
means within his power to gain
rmation of what was going on In
eral Howe'S army in the city. There
a family of Ten Brooks living near
house occupied by the general, and
day. when he was sitting in the
b he used for an office. his orderly
puncel to him that a girl was with
who desired to give him certain in.
fation of the enemy. Washington
ctel that she be admitted.
le gave her name as Katherine Tel
Elk and said that she had been tc
York and while there had KEEP
eyes open to the extent and arma
Of the British forces occupying
city Washington asked her &
many questions, and her reptile.
Fed such intelligent observation
the general proposed to her tina
make another trip with view t.
ging him other information which
ery much desired. She consented
ne asked her to discover If posi-
whether General Howe was medi
% move southwark through New
ey and Pennsylvania. There wer,
methods of obtaining this informa
the one by noticing the accumula
OF supplies and means of trans
auon' the other by learning from
person who knew what was t
lone
ele was no difficulty in gettini
new York, for Washington coul,
pass for the purpose. AS to re
iHs' mat was another matter
erai Howe at this time had inter
'nat he did not wish disclosed t
neny and was loath to permit an
sung TO the American lines.
uied with Washington's pas.
,erlne Ten Brock rode fror
y rerry to a point not far sout
VuAers' where she found Colont
regiment. Here she left he
vance and proceeded on foot
aO',n side of the Harlem rive
lesne found the British pickets.
suess Ten Brock, who, as he
nlaicated, had descended frol
D.'en settlers of New York, had
VI mid blue eyes, abundant lock
- 1.eiy light in color, and a con
" VI pink and white. When st
.s ~ the British pickets she aske
Smcer OF the picket post to pas
Vuen, saying that she wished
, .'e" ork to do some shopping.
,su pass you through our lines
onlcer, noticing her mildnes
ion appeared not only in b,
as out in her voice, "but my o
m 70 pass no one going mort
e.n ~ IN You will have to stay 1
Nh i" get back home again."
las Inc feigned to hesitate at thi
tb oAea much disappointed. 81
: :, Vnicer that there was to be
oa. iohkers and she had nothir
sb al If she could not go to Il
nust remain away from Il
50 ~, looked so innocent al
:, pretty that the officer took pi
, aud taking from his pocket
'uFe off a nart froo &c., 81