From the Richmond Whig, 6/18/1862, p. 1, c. 1
YANKEE SPIES. – We are informed that the paragraph from the
Petersburg Express, relative to a Yankee spy having been seen in the city,
copied by us yesterday, is true, except that the place at which he was seen was
the Exchange, and not the American, and in the Parlor instead of at the Dinner
table. His name is Dennis, and in Washington he was Seward’s chief detective. He
was recognized by the little daughter of Mrs. Greenhow, who had been instructed
by her mother, while in Washington, to make herself familiar with the facts of
such characters. The shrewd rascal, it seems, recognized the little girl, at the
same time that she discovered him, and when she ran to give the intelligence to
her mother he disappeared. The fellow is remarkable for his cleverness and
cunning, and has no doubt before this put McClellan in possession of much that
he desired to know. The event should be an admonition to our own detectives and
guards – and to the people generally. Let all be on the qui vive, and let
every person who has the least atmosphere of doubt about him be required to give
an account of himself.
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