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The Daily Dispatch: March 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], Execution of a Confederate. (search)
Execution of a Confederate. --David Owen Dodd, aged seventeen, son of a merchant of Little Rock, Ark, was executed by the Federal military authorities there, a few weeks since, as a spy. A letter says: Mr. Dodd had a short time previous to the execution of his son removed his family to Little Rock, and had sent his sonLittle Rock, and had sent his son back on business. While there he gained important information in regard to the garrison and defences of the city, and had noted them in telegraphic characters in his memorandum book. On his way to Camden he was by a Federal scout, who searched him and found the fated book. He was taken to Little Rock, tried by court martial, aLittle Rock, tried by court martial, and sentenced to be hung as a spy. Previous to his execution, Gens. Steele and Davidson both conversed with him, assuring him of their sympathy on account of his extreme youth. And as they knew some one intimate about their headquarters had given him the information, they proffered to release him on condition he would divulge the n