| From the Richmond Sentinel |
| January 26, 1865 |
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| Conveying Intelligence to the Enemy |
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| Samuel Ruth, Superintendent of
the Richmond and Fredericksburg {Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac} Railroad; Hugh Silva of King George,
and John H. Timberlake, a policeman of Fredericksburg, were on Monday
committed to Castle Thunder, on the charge of being regularly engaged
in carrying information to the enemy. The parties have as yet had no
examination, owing to the absence of a witness upon whom the
authorities mainly rely, and therefore nothing is known of the
evidence upon which they were arrested. |
| Mr. Ruth has been long and
favorably known in this city as a most efficient railroad officer, and
a respectable, prudent and cautions man. His friends are slow to
believe him guilty, not only because of his previous good character,
but because of his peculiar and remarkable caution and reticence, and
a most marked disposition to mind only his own business. |
| The authorities expect to
prove by one Mrs. Dade, of King George, that Ruth, Timberlake and
Silva have long been leagued together and engaged in running a regular
mail to the Yankees on the Potomac. |
| At the request of the police
authorities, we forbore to mention this case before. |
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