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Show MORE ABOUT ANDRE AND ARNOLD. In connection with the recent Tarrytown centennial celebration, the following incident may not be too trivial to be of interest: After Major Andre was captured, the colonel of a regiment ???Unreadable??? one of his men should volunteer to attend upon him during his confinement. James DeGoher volunteered, and was detailed for that duty. On the evening before the day of Andre's execution, he politely requested (he was always polite) his attendant to step over to Chaplain Munson's quarters and ask of him the loan of a Bible. This he placed open upon a table in the room he occupied, and after reading a passage, he would walk the room a while meditating on it; then returning to the table he would very rapidly, and as if perfectly familiar with the contents, turn the leaves of the Book in search of some particular passage, which he would read when found, and again walk the room in deep meditation. And thus was spent the whole night preceding his memorable execution. Not forgetful in his distress of his obligations to others, when led out to his doom, Andre took the hand of his attendant and expressed his gratitude for the kindness received from him. In relation to Arnold's escape, said DeGoher has handed down to his descendents the following incident. When Arnold boarded the Vulture, he immediately went below and brought up a bottle of wine and glass to the deck and saying, "Here's to the health of King George the Third," drank the toast, and then said to the boat's crew that had brought him from shore, "My men, if any of you are disposed to come aboard and drink the health of King George with me, they shall receive a bounty (mentioning the sum) and those who are not are at liberty to return." An old Scotchman clambered up the side of the vessel, and the rest of the crew rowed back highly incensed at the thought that they had rowed Arnold, the "traitor," to safety. |