Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-29 | Page 9 | Strange Story of Col. James Gordon

STRANGE STORY OF I GOL JAMES GORDON General Government Once Offered Reward of for His Capture Dead or Alive I IS APPOINTED U S SENATOR I Ho lIe Escaped Arrest Through Intervention tion of Yankee Colonel With Whom Nhom Ho TIo Fought rought In lit CIvil War Memphis Tenn Dec 23 A special s to tho the News Scimitar says Sought at one ono time by the federal authorities under a n reward for hIs hh capture dead doad or alive for alleged conspiracy In tho the murder of ot a president of ot the United States and now appointed a n member of or tho the legislative body of or that country countr li Is i the tho strange story stor sto of ot Col Cot James Gordon of oC who ho hohas has been bean nominated United States sen zen senator zenator senator ator by Gov Noel as successor to the late A J McLaurin Mr Gordon was vas ono one of several con confederate confederate federate lenders leaders suspected of ot being in conspiracy with J Wilkes Booth to kill President Lincoln He escaped l arrest and probably death only by tho the InterventIon of ot a 0 Yankee colonel with whom he had crossed swords In a n fight in Virginia In tho tim years ears of the war Col Gordon had formed an nn Intimate friend friendship friendship ship with Booth and after aCter the assas assassination assassination of President Lincoln the re reward reward revard ward vard of wits was offered of for tor his cap capture capture capture ture Col Coi Gordon went wont to Canada and It I was several months after aCter the tho close of oC hostilities before he found it safe sate to re to In one of or tho tIm campaigns in Virginia Col Cal Gordon had bad crossed swords with tho the colonel of a o New York cavalry regi regiment regiment regiment ment Both Doth were Injured but they afterward became fast tast friends Cal Col Gordon wrote a n letter to this Now Yorker denying that he ho had any part In the tho conspiracy and ind stating that lio ho 10 desIred to return home The olmer too foe took tim the matter up with Gon Gen Dicks then In command of or the army forces Corces In New York and the latter sent him a passport and an invitation to come to New York and surrender which he lie did diet Ho satisfied Gen Ge 1 Dicks that ho lo know knew nothing of tho the Lincoln con