they both said it is timothy webster. so timothy webster is arrested. he confesses and is tried. he is convicted of espionage. in this early time of the war, the same thing true with military forces, often times visitors were exchanged for parole. later on in the war, somebody convicted or tried for espionage would be hanged or shot. there was a time where the north could intervene on webster's behalf and get him parole. rose is another example, although during the war they did not shoot or hang female spies. they would usually be let loose. webster's attempts to have free parole failed. this is perhaps because of benjamin. he not only betrayed his trust, but his friendship. he went to the gallows on the 29th of april, 1862, and in another bizarre twist, he had to be hanged twice. when they dropped the first time, his body snapped, they picked him off the ground, dusted him off, marched them back to the top, put in other rope on him. he muttered the words "as i die a second time," indeed he did. probably one of the better intelligence agents of the war is elizabeth van lew. she i