Did Not Die Dishonored

Chattanooga, Term., June 1. - Tbe fact that the military "spy" cannot be dishonored by being forced to suffer a dishonorable death was illustrated here Saturday, when a monument to the Andrews raiders, provided by the state of Ohio, was unvLiled. It was the event of Decoration Day, and ex-Governor Foraker was orator of the occasion, while half a dozen descendants of the raiders were present. What is known as the Andrews raid occurred In April, 1862. The leader, James J. Andrews, was a Union spy. He made two attempts with Ohio soldiers in 1862 to make his way through the south to Atlanta, Ga., and capture a locomotive, on which he and his companions proposed to ride over the road to Chattanooga, burning the bridges after them. Both failed. A Terrible Race for Life. It was in the second attempt that he and seven of his men lost their lives. He and his men captured a locomotive and three freight cars in the second raid at Big Shanty, but after a tremendously exciting run and hot pursuit of ninety two miles, during which there was mucn hard work and some very desperate chances taken, the raiders abandoned the engine and took to the woods, to be all captured within the next two or three days. There were twenty-two men in the party. Eight were executed, eight escaped, and six were changed. Ñames of the Elght Héroes. The men executed were James J. Andrews, of Flemingsburg, Ky.; Marión A. Ross, George Wilson and Perry G. Shadrock, of the Second Ohio infantry; J. M. Scott, of thr Twenty-first; Samuel Slavens and Samuel Kobertson, of the Thirtythird, and William H. Campbell, of Salineville, O. They all understood the nature of the service which they undertook and the risks they ran. Had they succeedd their efforts would hare had a marked iffect on the progress of the war. The base of the monument unveiled is pf granite and is surmounted by a bronze locomotive.