Show 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 QUEER 9 birks I 1 I 1 I 1 IN UMAN W I 1 1 11 by harrar R I 1 I 1 I 1 ic an andrea al fatal irro r i THE HE confiscation of a iles hessian uniform cont coat byi straggling ng follow follower I 1 r of the rt army I 1 saved a ved si struggling dorces front from the designs of the traitor denoi benei wet arnold 1 I one dork dark night in september 1780 arnold who was chenin then in command at west point met major AIjo john rjohn audro andra adjutant general of the british army on the banks balks of the filhe hudson river near stony point there they discussed Arnol arnolds rs treasonous plan to tt turn over hudson valley galley to the brit I 1 ish by surri sur rendIng ind ring west I 1 R with the attained ili by 00 tn british in the south they believed would destroy Aine american rican bop hopes es next next lay andre intended returning to the british sloop vulture anchored in th the e river but Ainer american icah batteries begun began firing on ba her he rand and his joshua smith refused to row him out ja escape tills this dangerous pred predicament leik li andre nare started on the journey to british headquarters in new tork averl overland al nd As he was nearing tarrytown and safety andre was suddenly confronted by three armed men one df arthem thiem wore a lles hessian uniform font foat that led fed andre into ills fatal error he concluded aliese were british soldiers and tried cried out that he was waa a british officer then to lila its dismay he discovered they were americans andre begged threatened and offered q a huge but in vain the men ecar sea clied him and paper 4 in arnolds handwriting ng were found lit hla his stockings the prisoner was turned over to mi an american officer who sent a letter to arnold of the cup capture ture un unaware aware as yet of arnolds implication the papers were dispatched to general washington n naoh rt ft so happened that general washington had unexpectedly arrived 09 00 the hudson he had sent alexander hamilton Hamilto nand and others of ills staff ahead to breakfast with arnold the message telling of andres arrest anest reached arnold at the table he folded the pi paper excused himself and hastened to ills his room there lie ile told his beautiful I 1 wife of his Impend impending Ipg ruin and left her weeping with their child he made lade good ills his escape adae andre was hanged c john david williams and name isaac van wert were who captured rach fuch received a medal and an annual anneal pension of but their fame was waa dimmed somewhat when it developed that they were not soldiers but army stragglers apparently devoid of patriotism andre teti te ti fled that they the were willing to be bribed but lie could fled dad no way to in sure sura payment of the money he promised them |