Show W Reached Enemy's Heart Through His Stomach Stoma h Mrs Laura Fraser the original Becky Thatcher of Mark Twains Twain's stories sto ries s related shortly before her bel death at Hannibal Mo how she bad had once gone gom through an flU experience ue as thrill thrill- In In as nil any ny that flint had bad created for hl his fiction During the Civil war Mrs Frasers Fraser's husband was a n strong southern 8 sympathizer and as ns he was ri II doctor he defied federal a authorities In treating wounded Confederate sol diers deers lie He finally was put JUt in In prison about the time that Gen McNeil cume came to Hannibal to suppress the southern sympathy s and aDd camped In Mr Erasers Fraser's front yard while be picked out ten prisoners of ol Confederate leanings lean ings rings 10 Ln o be converted by T 1 firing squad Mrs Fraser I fearing the Inclusion In elusion I of ot her ber hu husband band Invited the 1 general beneral to a specially prepared dinner din ner net and bf hr was so overcome with cul cut culinary inary nary delights that he ordered Frasers Fraser's release But he reconsidered the next day and hud had him arrested re-arrested though he be spared his bis life Detroit life Detroit News News' |