. Confederate operations in Canada and New York. Colonel Martin occu-pied rooms at the Hoffman, Fifth Avenue, St. Denis, andtwo others. Lieutenant Ashbrook was at the St. Nicholas,La Farge, and several others. Altogether nineteen hotelswere fired, namely: Hoffman House, Fifth Avenue, , St. James, La Farge, St. Nicholas, Metropolitan,Howard, Tammany, Brandreths, Gramercy Park, Hanford,New England, Belmont, Lovejoys, City Hotel, Astor,United States, and Everett. I reached the Astor House at oclock, got rny key, andwent to my room in the top story. It was the lower cornerfront room o
. Confederate operations in Canada and New York. Colonel Martin occu-pied rooms at the Hoffman, Fifth Avenue, St. Denis, andtwo others. Lieutenant Ashbrook was at the St. Nicholas,La Farge, and several others. Altogether nineteen hotelswere fired, namely: Hoffman House, Fifth Avenue, , St. James, La Farge, St. Nicholas, Metropolitan,Howard, Tammany, Brandreths, Gramercy Park, Hanford,New England, Belmont, Lovejoys, City Hotel, Astor,United States, and Everett. I reached the Astor House at oclock, got rny key, andwent to my room in the top story. It was the lower cornerfront room on Broadway. After lighting the gas jet I hungthe bedclothes loosely on the headboard and piled the chairs,drawers of the bureau and washstand on the bed. Thenstuffed some newspapers about among the mass and poureda bottle of turpentine over it all. I concluded to unlock mydoor and fix the key on the outside, as I might have to getout in a hurry, for I did not know whether the Greek firev/ould make a noise or not. I opened a bottle carefully and. RoBEKT M. Martin1866 IN CANADA AND NEW YORK 275 quickly and spilled it on the pile of rubbish. It blazed upinstantly and the whole bed seemed to be in flames before Icould get out. I locked the door and walked down the halland stairway to the office, which was fairly crowded withpeople. I left the key at the office as usual and passed out. Across at the City Hotel I proceeded in the same in going down to the Everett House I looked over atmy room in the Astor House. A bright light appeared with-in but there were no indications below of any alarm. Aftergetting through at the Everett House I started to the UnitedStates Hotel, when the fire bells began to ring up town. Igot through at the United States Hotel without trouble, butin leaving my key the clerk, I thought, looked at me a littlecuriously. It occurred to me that it had been discoveredthat my satchel had no baggage in it and that perhaps theclerk had it in mind to mentio
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