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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XL AKDR'S CONDUCT AS A PRISONER.--HIS CONVERSATIONS TTITH COLOKEL TALI MADGE.--STORY OF NATHAN HALE.--ANDRF-'S PRISON AT TAPPAN.--CORRESPONDENCE ON HIS BEHALF.--HIS TRIAL.--EXECUTION.--REWARD OF THE CAPTORS.--REWARD OF ARNOLD.--HIS PROCLAMATION.--AFTER FORTUNES OF MRS. ARNOLD. N the 26th of September, the day after the treason of Arnold had been revealed to Washington, Andre arrived at the Robinson House, having been brought on in the night, under escort and in charge of Major Tallmadge. Washington made many inquiries of the major, but declined to have the prisoner brought into his presence, apparently entertaining a strong idea of his moral obliquity, from the nature of the scheme in which he had been engaged, and the circumstances under which he had been arrested. The same evening he transmitted him to West Point, and shortly afterwards, Joshua H. Smith, who had likewise been arrested. Still, not considering them secure even there, he determined on the following day to send them on to the camp. In a letter to Greene he writes: "They will be under an escort of horse, and I wish you to have separate houses in camp ready for their reception, in which they may be kept perfectly secure; and also strong, trusty guards, trebly officered, that a part may be constantly in the room with them. They have not been permitted to be together, and must be kept apart. I would wish the room for Mr. Andre to be a decent one, and that he may be treated with civility; but that he may be so guarded as to preclude a possibility of his escaping, which he will certainly attempt to effect, if it shall seem practicable in the most distant degree." Major Tallmadge continued to have charge of Andre. Not regarding him from the same anxious point with the commander-in-chief, a...
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