| Show saved ganaj life st louis aug all 17 thomas jefferson sappington an old time resident of st louis county who save saved d genera 4 U S grant from capture by confederates was buried on monday at sappington ping tou ton a auburn of this city in osgi when general grant came back to make a short visit to his farm near this city mr sappington who was vas a first lieutenant in the second M missouri militia learned that a num ber of the most radical sympathizers with the south lad had planned to capture general grant and take him south as prisoner mr sapping ton determined to thwart the scheme lie ile burreci hur rici to st louis and met general grant just as lie ho was starting out for 11 his is farm the result was it a disappointment to the men who sho were laiu lying in ambush for grant |
