. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . Judge Baxter. From a photograph. 268 Daring and Siifferitig put twelve men on trial as spies at once, and our request was then asked that one be tried and the result in his case be accepted forall. We also offered to tell just what we did, thus saving them all troubleabout proof, for we did not wish to deny being on the train, or engagedin its capture. But they gave us a clear intimation that they knew their ,. The old Court House in Knoxville where the Court-Martial was held. own business be
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . Judge Baxter. From a photograph. 268 Daring and Siifferitig put twelve men on trial as spies at once, and our request was then asked that one be tried and the result in his case be accepted forall. We also offered to tell just what we did, thus saving them all troubleabout proof, for we did not wish to deny being on the train, or engagedin its capture. But they gave us a clear intimation that they knew their ,. The old Court House in Knoxville where the Court-Martial was held. own business best, and we were obliged to take it in the manner of theirchoosing The nature of the charge against us gave some uneasiness. It was ofbeing spies, and of lurking about Confederate camps as spies, and hingedonly on our going South without anything being said of the capture ofthe train, or our return. This was suspicious; but we were led by theirexplanations to think that possibly they only wanted to get it into such aform that we could consistently say, Not Guilty, without denying what Knoxvillc. 269 we really did. But afterward we found the intent far more serious. Thecharge was of violating a certain section of their Articles and Rules ofWar; and the specifications were two—first, coming to Chattanooga, andlurking as a spy about the Confederate camp there; and second, goingthrough Dalton and Camp McDonald to Marietta, and lurking as a spyin those places. There was not actually any lurking about any of
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