. Capturing a locomotive: a history of secret service in the late war . ving that course for others. It would have beenwise for those who could think of nothing else to doto ride as mounted couriers to the stations ahead; butwhether this was done or not I have never it was not done so promptly as to influencethe fortunes of the day. But the truth is that Fuller and Murphy were atfirst completely deceived as to the nature of the eventwhich had taken place. They had been warned toguard against the escape of conscript deserters fromthat very camp ; and although they would never
. Capturing a locomotive: a history of secret service in the late war . ving that course for others. It would have beenwise for those who could think of nothing else to doto ride as mounted couriers to the stations ahead; butwhether this was done or not I have never it was not done so promptly as to influencethe fortunes of the day. But the truth is that Fuller and Murphy were atfirst completely deceived as to the nature of the eventwhich had taken place. They had been warned toguard against the escape of conscript deserters fromthat very camp ; and although they would never havesuspected an attempt on the part of the conscripts toescape by capturing their engine, yet when it was seento dash oflF, the thought of this warning was naturallyuppermost. Even then Fuller conjectured that theywould use his engine only to get a mile or two beyondthe guard line, and then abandon it. He was there-fore anxious to follow closely in order to find theengine and return for his passengers at the earliestmoment possible. Little did he anticipate the full. CAPTAIN WM. A. FULLER. (Conductor of Pursuing Train.) Ilige UNFORESEEN HINDRANCES. 87 magnitude of the work and the danger before any Federal soldiers were within a hundred milesof Big Shanty never entered his mind or that of anyother person. For a mile or two the three footmen ran at the topof their speed, straining their eyes forward for anytrace of the lost engine which they expected to seehalted and abandoned at almost any point on the they were soon partially undeceived as to the char-acter of their enemies. About two miles from theplace of starting they found the telegraph wire sev-ered and a portion of it carried away. The fugitiveswere also reported as quietly oiling and inspecting theirengine. No mere deserters would be likely to thinkof this. The two actions combined clearly indicatedthe intention of making a long run, but who the menwere still remained a mystery. A few hundred yardsfr
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