his roommate is benjamin talmage and he volunteers to be a spy. washington knew that he was not prepared to do it and he had no experience, he's extremely bright, robust, ambitious and seemed to be fearless. against what i understand and concluded as his better instincts as far as we can tell and as far as my research would reveal a couple of days. i sa sold a point at which he crossed and there's a few stories going around about one of them said that he was overheard asking some questions where someone pretended to be sympathetic to what he was doing. it's a trap and he was caught and captured and a few days later he is hanged unceremoniously. there is a debased about the location that i understand was 56 and third. i bb there is a plaque. some say that's fine. but most important, i want people to say he didn't get hanged on mars. in new york city they are sending a message you are going to go for the other side. you aren't going to be a loyalist we are greatly brutally and directed we want this to be over quick. >> host: he failed because of his