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general didn't have one. He had lost his
when his brush bed burned one night,
and was in no hurry to replace 1t.
Though the least theatrical of men, he
may have wanted to set an example.
He was compared to a certain Highland
chieftain, who, seeing that one of his
men had rolled up ball of snow for a
pillow, broke it to pieces with a kick,
saying he would not stand for such
luxury among his followers"
On one occasion a young British oficer
came to Marion to discuss an exchange
of prisoners He was blindfolded and
led a twisting route, deep into the re-
cesses of cypress swamp, and there,
at the end Of the discussion, he was in
vited to dinner. The menu as usual was
roasted yams.
us this your customary fare, Gen.
eral?" cautiously inquired the visitor.
Gravely the general affirmed that It
was better than usual since there was
more of it. According to the patriot his
torian who tells the tale, the young Eng
lishman was so impressed by the futility
of fighting against such heroes, that he
went back and resigned his commission.
A War of Nerves
At the end of 1880 Gen. Greene arrived
from the North. and from that time for
ward Marion was part of regular force
and acted under Greenes orders. But
part of the time Greene was out Of the
State in retreat before CORVALLIS SUI
perior force, and for months at a time
the Swamp Fox was again carrying on
alone. His was war of nerves. He
popped up out OF nowhere and fell on
loaded supply trains: he pounced, In
dianlike. upon sleeping soldiers in the
heavy hours before dawn. One of his
favorite tricks was that old Indian
stratagem of pretending retreat to lure
the enemy into an ambush. When his
mischief was done he vanished so COM
pletely into the secret ways of the
swamps that his own men could scarcely
find him.
His methods Of warfare made a pain
full impression on his opponent. the
aforementioned colonel. This gentle
man later told a dreadful story about
N1dIlOIl dIlQ Ills ACOClo, WIN
would not, as he said. sleep and fght
like gentlemen but like savages were
eternally firing and whooping around
him by night, and by day waylaying and
popping at him from behind every tree as
he went by"
BY the end of 1871 it was practically
over. Lord CORVALLIS had surrendered
in Virginia. Gen. Greene, helped by
Marion and other Southern free-lancers,
had retaken South Carolina bit by bit.
until only Charleston remained in Brit
ish hands. But 1t was not until De-
cember, 1882, that the white sails of the
invaders feet were spread to the breeze
that carried them out of Charleston
Harbor Francis Marion, now so years
old, went home to salvage his war
wrecked plantation. He died there at
the age of 63
For years and years after that the
bright ghosts of "Marion's men" rode
through the Carolina countryside; the
legends multiplied. and old mems eyes
lit up and their tongues were loosened
ut the mention OF his name.
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health failing me, I applied for fur
Tough and went to Europe, whence I
returned in February, 1864. I was then
ordered to report to the commandant
of the military prison at Andersonville.
Ga. who assigned me to the command
of the interior of the prison.
THE duties I had to perform we're
arduous and unpleasant and I am sat-
isfied that no man can or will justly
blame me for things that happened here
and which were beyond my power to
control. 7 do not think that I ought to
be held responsible for the shortness of
rations, for the overcrowded state of
the prison (Which was of itself prolific
source of fearful mortality, for the in
adequate supplies of clothing, want OF
shelter, etc. STILL I now bear the odium,
and men who were prisoners have
seemed to wreak their vengeance upon
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Lincoln, and here in the connecting
structure-a three-story brick building,
which was the penitentiary proper took
place the execution of those adjudged
guilty of the conspiracy. In the floor
of the prison was buried the body Of
John Wilkes Booth, who all will at least
agree was the actual assassin.
Since there appear to be but two old
buildings at the Army War College
grounds. located close together, both of
which no doubt had some connection
with the old penitentiary, 1t may be of
interest to trace bit OF that buildings
history.
Sessford, in his annals for 1926, says:
THE sheds and workshops at the Ar
senal have been nearly completed, to-
gether with an extensive wall to pre-
vent the washing of the banks by the
river considerable progress made with
the penitentiary."
Penitentiary Completed.
The next year we find: "The peni-
tentiary and keepers houses are under
cover and nearly completed" and in
1928 the following: The penitentiary
and keepers houses are completed and
only await the passage of law for
the organization of the establishment" ."
The next item Sessford gives is for
the year 1884, when he says:
The Arsenal and the grounds around
it have been much improved and have
a fine view, being on the point of the
Potomac and Anacostia Rivers The
marsh, on the east side of it, and the
penitentiary ought to be drained by
the cutting of small canal as far
north as south N street, which would give
additional ground and remove much Of
the cause of sickness in the neighbor-
hood
And in 1887 we find that the swamp
complained of had been filled In.
In l84l we find that additional build
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Famous Civil and Military Prisons in the Capital

ings we're erected. and seven years later
that: The grading of Four rand half
street south Of Maryland avenue to the
penitentiary has been carried on with
spirit and when completed in the spring,
will be of great Importance to that sec
ton"
In 1850 we find: considerable i'm
provements have been made at the
Arsenal for various purposes, and the
manufacture of gun carriages and many
articles necessary for Army purposes
carried on
War College Grounds.
In 1852 the chronicler concluded with:
AT the Arsenal much activity prevails
in the various machine shops in making
and fitting gun carriages, etc, and all
the necessary appendages"
An item, said to be a War Department
record, gives the main events in the
ArsenalS history as: 1897, a fort: 1903,
military station formed 1907, workshops
erected; 1872, place Of storage for gum
powder; 1914, destroyed by British; 1915,
rebuilt: 1916, officially designated Arse
nal; 1926, penitentiary established; 1860
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in this soldiers case, and the chances
are that had he been tried in civil
court the fury would have convicted
him of nothing greater than man
slaughter. The record of the court
martial, as approved by Gen. McClel-
Ian, states:
Ordered to Post.
"Sergt. Brennan was sergeant OF the
guard at Georgetown, D. c., on the 18th
of October last The prisoner was 4
private of the guard and on the f1rst
relief. When the hour came for posting
that relief Lanahan was not at the
guardhouse. AS Sergt Brennan was
about posting another man In the place
of Lanahan, the latter came to the
guardhouse. The sergeant turned sharp
~ toward him, told him he was never
in place when wanted slapped him
and told him to get his gun and 60 on
post. Lanahan got his gun and took
his place on post. Sergt. Brennan had
previously given Lanahan half hour
Of extra guard duty A very few min
utes afterward. as Brennan was pass
ing by his post the accused fired and
killed him.
Scene of Execution.
Vermont avenue at this time was an url-
improved thoroughfare north Of Thomas
Circle and, with the possible excep-
tions Of Seventh and Fourteenth streets.
there were no streets improved-or even
partly improved-as far north as Flor
ida avenue Boundary street). Only
commons were to be seen in the vicin-
ity of where the execution took place,
except, perhaps, for the contraband
camps for colored people who had fol-
lowed the Union Army into Washington,
which we're erected not far from Logan
Circle
The old central guardhouSe where the
prisoner was confined for while, was
the second guardhouse for the housing
of local prisoners in the city; the first
was a two-story brick structure on the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue at
Eighth street. having been occupied by
Capt. John H. Goddard and his men
from 1842 to 1860.
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BY Helena Huntington Smith.


You studied Francis Marion in grade
school history. You remember him bet
ter, If at all, under his nickname, the
Swamp Fox" He gets only paragraph
in the textbooks. But he was probably
the greatest guerrilla leader this country
has ever produced, and genius at the
kind of warfare which is being waged
behind the lines in conquered countries
today.
Early in 1780 before the siege OF
Charleston, Marion went to dine with
q number of other officers one night, at
a house on fashionable Trad street. Sir
Henry Clinton was moving in on the
city with big army and fleet, but
doomed Charleston, like Singapore, was
determined to be gay to the last. The
gentlemen drank heavily, and the host
locked the door on his guests-to make
sure no one would leave while still
sober. To avoid argument, Marion went
out by way of second-story window,
fell and broke his ankle. A few days
later he was ordered out of the city as
unfit for duty. before the start OF the
siege.
All the officers who remained were
captured and spent the rest OF the war
locked In British prisons. Francis Ma
rion escaped to the backwoods and
swamps.
South Carolina that summer of 1780
was country as broken, beaten and
dispirited as France since the fall. The
few South Carolina leaders who had es-
caped capture when Charleston fell were
refugees with the Continental forces in
the North. Fifth-column rumors COM
pleted the feeling of hopelessness; Con-
eress, it was said, was planning to hand
over South Carolina and Georgia to the
British crown, as the price of q favorable
peace.
Leader of Swamp Dodgers
However, Marion was commissioned by
Gov. Rutledge to lead a little group OF
Irish rebels in Williamsburg County.
August 10 or IL, 1880, he took command
of his new force, and the Williamsburg
boys gathered around for look at their
general They saw slight, swarthy,
hook -nosed man of 48, wearing "a close
round bodied crimson jacket of coarse
texture, and a leather cap. part OF the
uniform of the I'd Regiment, with sill
yer crescent in front, inscribed with the
words, Liberty or DEATH"
He looked over two companies Of men,
whose struggling unkempt hair and
rough homespuns contrasted strangely
with the slim-legged horses they rode.
There were 200 of them-200 swamp
dodgers who could ride like centaurs and
shoot the eye out of squirrel at the top
of the tallest pine-if they had guns
and ammunition. Marion spent the first
few days raiding the sawmills for saws,
which were beaten into sabers by rough
and-ready camp blacksmiths.
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dren In their little cabins in the clearings,
and when they became anxious for the
safety of their families, he had to let
them go. and wait, reduced to inaction,
until they returned. Sometimes the wait
was long, and their leader became bit
terly discouraged. But they always
turned up.
Fought Like Indians
1t was said Of him that he expected
his men to run away-but not too far to
come back again. He never wasted their
lives in vain military gestures, He
taught them to fight like Indians, from
tree to tree.
II never saw such shooting in my life"
moaned one unhappy relocated colonel,
who had set out to chase Marion, but
was chased by him instead, through
weary winters campaign.
These boys were tough. They had to
be- They lived on diet of roasted
sweet potatoes; for long periods they
were without salt: they slept on the
ground with one blanket apiece. The
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ings of the old penitentiary, authorized
by Congress back in 1926 for the in
generation of Federal and local pris-
oners, and which was removed in No
vember, 1867, except that part which is
standing today and used as an officers
quarters, but which, many years ago, We
are told, was the hospital and later a
portion Of the workshop Of the prison.
Here also was held the military trial OF
Mrs Surratt and those accused with her
of conspiring to assassinate President
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1865, depot Of supplies for Army of Poto-
mac; 1881, Arsenal abolished, buildings
transferred to quartermaster department.
Old Guard House
To complete the picture it may be said
here were demolished in 1904 to prepare
the grounds for the Army War College
and Engineering School, and about all
that remains of the place as many Of
us knew it in our younger days are the
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homestead, besides property in this city.
Jones is a resolute man, of strong
impulses and determined character, and
has borne a fair character. Jones will.
apparently, have no trouble about bail,
for hundreds of people express them
selves ready to qualify as soon as he is
brought up.
Jones Is known as one OF the best
horsemen in this section, and has some
of the fastest running horses in the
District. Perry Carson. who is in charge
of the van. was on the rear, and seeing
no demonstration on the part Of the man,
had no right to draw his weapon"
On November % Jones was released on
a 5000 bond E. G. Wheeler the junk
dealer. and the well-known restaurateur,
Sebastian Aman, qualifying.
The old second police precinct, to which
Jones was taken after his arrest, still
stands at 2O40 Georgia avenue, opposite
the ball park 1t. James johnson was
then in charge. and his territory 1nclud-
ed nearly all of the County of Wash
ington.
The Capitol Prison
During the Civil War persons suspected
or accused of political and other offenses
against the Government, were locked up
in the Brick Capitol, which soon be-
came known as the Capitol Prison, and
here were kept for awhile the famous
Confederate spy Belle Boyd and others
equally as notable. This building early
used as the United States Capitol, and
occupied part of the site where is now
located the Supreme Court OF the United
States. At the beginning OF the war
between the States many promlnent
Southerners were taken there as prisoners
or for investigation some OF Whom, no
doubt, were perfectly innocent OF any
wrong. And most likely, some Union
soldiers were taken there also, and PROP
ablv tried by drum-head court-martial
and shot on the premises, OF which, now
ever. no record seems to have been KEPT.
After Congress vacated the Brick
Capitol in 1919. it was used for years
as a boarding house and for other pur-
poses. and continued as such until IL
became a Federal prison for poEtical
offenders. and at one time there were
1904 prisoners incarcerated within lts
walls. Capt. Henry Wirz was prisoner
here and was hanged in the rear yard
for his part in the starving to death OF
Union prisoners under his charge at
Andersonville, Ga. Wirz was born IN
Zurich, Switzerland, and came to this
country in 1849 Three other executions
took place there during the Civil War
period.
Incidentally, Capt. Wirz was convicted
by military commission and executed
II years ago. The facts connected with
his case are generally we'll known. How
ever, what the prisoner had to say in
his own behalf at that time is interest
ing:
II was very seriously wounded at the
Battle of Seven Pines, near Richmond.
and have nearly lost the use Of my right
arm. Unfit for field duty, was ordered
to report to Brevet Maj Gen. John H.
Winder, in charge OF Federal prisoners
of war. who ordered me to take charge
Of prison in Tuscaloosa, Ala. My
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at appears that while Sergt. Brennan
was mounting the second guard, Lana
han was absent from his proper position
and was reprimanded in sharp terms by
the sergeant. Lanahan replied with some
imprudent words, whereupon Brennan,
placing his hand upon Lanahan pushed
him into his place. Lanahan said, DO
that again and I'll shoot you! Brennan
turned quickly and inquired, What was
that you said, sir?' and on the instant
Lanahan raised his musket and shot
Brennan in the side, killing him in
stantly.
Brennan was fine-looking man and
an excellent officer, and his death caused
much excitement.
Sentenced to Hang.
"Lanahan having been court -martialed,
was adjudged guilty of the charges pre-
ferred against him, and was subsequently
sentenced to be hanged on Monday, the
9Th day of January, 1862, at such hour
as the provost marshal should appoint.
His sentence was read to him day before
yesterday in his cell at the central guard
house by Corpl. Burnham Of the Sturgi's
Rifle Corps"
From the guardhouse Lanahan was
taken to Franklin Square, and from there
1t is said the military detachment, with
the prisoner, marched without music out
Fourteenth street to where it intersects
with Vermont avenue, and turned into
that thoroughfare, where the scaffold
had been erected between o and streets,
near Vermont avenue, which would be
about at Logan Circle.
Open.Air Hanging
Events Of this kind are never pleasant,
and upon this occasion even the weather
was threatening and few flakes of snow
added to the melancholy situation The
earth was already blanketed with snow,
and few buildings or trees obscured
view of the high ground to the north.
Troops were then encamped on Meridian
Hill, where is now Meridian Park, and
these were discernible as they watched
the hanging.
There were extenuating circumstances
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THERE WERE GIANTS IN
THOSE IA vs."

about men and women who worked fought
and died that America might live men and
women who made America great by con-
which was founded and has endured on the ne
21st article in the series will appear next
Sunday.
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re the recent German

the Civil War was located on the south
side of Louisiana avenue midway be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, on the
same site where now stands the Depart
ment of Justice Building, scene of the
trial of the German spies.
But undoubtedly many trials also took
place at the old Louisiana avenue guard
house and probably without any par
ticular formality. OF one Of the crimes
committed here, for which the soldier
was convicted and executed, The Star
of January 6, 1862, says:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-02
Billy Conn Will Pay Tax

Fresno State has the best team
he's seem this season except the
Washington Redskins and
Schisslcr saw the Western Army
All-Stars and the unbcaten st.
Mary's navy pre-flighters in action
but his rather strong state
ment was made right after the
Bulldogs had defeated his squad.
200.
Within a few weeks, Sports
Editor Ty Cobb of the Nevada
State Journal win cali for nomina-
tions for the 1912 Little All-coast
team last year. players from
30 small colleges were nominated
and first team berths went to such
luminaries as Tommervik of Pa
cific Lutheran; Motley of Nevada
Molich of Fresno state: Kemp of
Chico State and Satterlee of East
ern Washington =.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-02
Abes Wax Warm
In Second Period

Lincoln Abes chalked up their
third straight victory and fourth
of the season when they defeated
Seattle Prep Painters, 1870, in a
Cross State league mix at the Sta
dunn yesterday afternoon.
Except for Lincoln's two scoring
outbursts, which came within five
minutes of each other in the sec
ond quarter, the game was list
less as the Abes coasted and Sc
attic Prep was unable to accomp-
lish much through the Railsplitter
forward wall.
The Abes moved 55 yards
for the first score with Dick
Swanson doing the heavy
work up to the 1g-yard line,
where he was spelled off by
Bud Clausin, who seampered
nine yards for the touchdown.
Ing Thompson's placekick was
wide.
Biggest thrill of the tussle came
eight plays later when Walter Pee
Wee" Harvey blocked a Seattle
Prep kick on the Panther 3s-yard
line with Ed Huntington picking
up the bounding pigskin on the 20
yard line and galloping the rest of
the way to pay dirt. Thompson
booted the extra point.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-02
Savold Beaten
BY Mauriello
Bronx Scrdpper in
Line for Crown

NEW YORK - Tami Mauriellos
husky young Bronx Italian, picked
himself off the canvas and made
the most of his youth and stamina
in the closing rounds to lick older
Lee Savold in their excellent To-
round brawl before 1874 fans at
Madison Square Garden last night.
Mauriello came on magnificently
in the last two sessions to win the
unanimous decision over his more
experienced opponent, thereby
moving closer to the new civilian
or interim heavyweight cham
pionship."
Mauriello, who took the
count of nine In the fifth
round of this bruising, bloody
battle, earned a shot at Jimmy
Bivins, hard-hitting Cleveland
Negro, at the Garden on Nov.
81 In the next elimination bout
10 determine a civilian heavy
weight champion while Sgt.
Joe Louis Is "frozen out of
action" because of his army
duties.
Mauriello's trip to the deck was
the lone knockdown of the fight,
which Unexpectedly proved grand
brawl for eight rounds. At that
stage of the encounter, the United
Press score sheet registered three
rounds for each serapper and two
even.
Savold, an ancient" ring vet
eran from Patterson. N. j., de-
spite his rs years, had answered
the opening gong a 1876 underdog
in the betting.
Larruping Lee put up a great
fight until he tired in the ninth
and tenth when he failed to mach
blows with the younger but lighter
opponent. Mauriello, %. weighed
1874 against Savold's 1914.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-02
Tulsa Blanks
Drake, 40 to 0

Unbeaten and united Tulsa Uni
versity still held one Of the coun-
try's best football records today
after banking Drake, 400.
Tulsa, which now has gone
through six games without allow
ing a point.
The University Of South
Carolina knocked The Citadel
from the thin ranks Of the I'M
beaten by pushing across two
touchdowns In the final period
10 win, 14-0.
Kentucky registered its third
victory by shading George wash
ington. 27-6.
The Georgia Naval Cadets regis
tered their fourth straight victory
against one tie and one defeat by
trimming the Jacksonville Flers'
20-6.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-02
Drive
In Last Half
Lincoln Coasts TO
Easy Grid Victory
CROSS STATE LEAGUE


YAKIMA- Stadium Tigers
thrice thrust better tnan 50 yards
TO defeat Yakima Pirates. 21-6, IN
the opening Cross State league
game of the season here last night.
The Bengals scored on three
plays as soon as they got their
hands on the ball in the first quar-
ter but were held away from the
goal line until the last half when
two power drives paid off at the
touchdown window.
IL was bing-bing-bing for
the first Stadium score. Left
Half Chuck Fain reeled off II
wards. Then Fullback Paul
= Jacobsen powered through the
center for 10. Then Fain
scampered off tackle for III
yards and the score. Ralph
Baker converted.
Yakima came back in the sec
ond period and tailed on Beard
sley's 14-yard sweep around end
on a reverse.
The Tigers moved 81 yards on
ground plays in the third quarter
with Duvall Wiseman rambling
three yards for the final yardsge.
Jacobsen doomed the middle for
seven yards to climax a 60-yard
fourth quarter drive. Baker again
| converted
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-02
Renton Gets Hot

BENTON - Renton Indians
scored their first Puget Sound
Conference victor yof the season
here yesterday by defeating Puy-
allup Vikings. 1925. after the visi-
tors had rolled up 25-7 first-haif
lead.
Puyailups touchd owns
came on . 60-yard run by
Buck Brock, y z5-ysrd pass
from Brock 20 Dick Porenta
and two short line bucks by
Kenny Spooner climaxing
long drives
Renton scored In order on a
five-yard pass from williams to
Belmondo, a lateral pass from
williams to Belmondo. good for
10 yards; a 3o-ysrd pass from
Rockstad to Cook. and a 20-yard
off-tackle drive by Williams.