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mItrkalofI'dstITusataledBOwyinlieliemKMi*KVJOMSlt;75»i.»ViUi!Wilt;30HHI115lt;45 17aTr.!30r 4 ousWi175*70|sa»*15‘50;ja1654v.1i0505S50■J.14*1’HiEli Devoe, who died recently at Mon-month, N, J.t was one of the bestknown of New York detectives. At thecommencement of the rebellion he entered the service of the Government.When Lincoln started to Washington before his first inauguration, Devoe andTom Lampson were sent to Baltimore to investigate the rumor that the President would be assassinated in that city. The work was difficult and dangerous, and had to be prosecuted with the utmost secrecy. They managed to mix with the active secessionists, and finallyjoined a secret society whose intent was to kill Lincoln under the cover of a concerted mob. It bad been arranged thatthe Prasident should be escorted through the streets, and the murderwas to have been done while a number of the society attacked and disorderedthe procession. Devoe and Lampsongot the details of the plot as membersof the society, and it was upon ibeir information that the expedient of hurrying Lincoln through on another trainwas adopted. When the plot bad failed kiu the society looked about for traitors in■w their midst, and they eoou learned thatDevoe and Lampson were not residentsof Baltimore. This was enough toarouse their suspicions, and the detectives found it necessary to quit so suddenly that their baggage was left behind. They went to Washington, and were followed by a gung of Baltimoreroughs, who infested their hotel, andintended vengeance of somehMVI35 •ISi! *1But here again detective work thwarted any plan that may have been concerted. Another detective, whohad gone to Washington as one ofthe Baltimore gang, found a chanceto put Devoe and Lampson on theirguard,Ievoe remained in Government employ during the war, at times acting asa spy within the rebel lines, and upon the assassination of Line jln was one of the many detectives who were put atwork to hunt out those concerned inthe plot. He arrested Mrs. Surratt, and while at her house detected Paine in the guise of a laborer. The arrestof Paine brought him a large reward.Two Men Lost Their Lives Through
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Plymouth Marshall County Republican
Plymouth, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 05, 1874
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