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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Confederate treaty. (search)
resident I received an order from General Magruder to arrest one Louis Pless and send him, under guard, to his headquarters at Houston. Accoe order was a letter from General Magruder's adjutant, stating that Pless had stolen several hundred bales of Confederate cotton, and that heer from Governor Lubbock, of Texas, urging me to make the arrest of Pless, and making similar suggestions. I had at that time an intelligentd guide. I ordered him to go on to Piedras Negras and ascertain if Pless was there. He soon reported to me that he was, but would leave forer. I then offered my Mexican agent $100 in gold if he would place Pless on the Texas side of the river, so that I could arrest him, and sug was done quickly. The following night the Mexican scout brought Pless to my headquarters and I arrested him. He was very much frightened soil of Mexico by Americans, and demanded the immediate release of Pless. This I refused, stating that I had arrested him in my headquarter