Manahan was of the firm of J. F. Manahan & Co., No. 17 South Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. This letter, by mistake, fell into my hands on March 12th. It was necessary to act quickly in order to intercept communication twixt Martin and Manahan, and for that purpose I left Baltimore on the 12th, and had my man wire to Martin, as follows:
Baltimore, Md., Mch. 13, 1865.
M. E. Martin,
c/o Burnett & Funkhouser,
New York.
"Your letter here. Shaffer, my friend, will call to-day. Let me know the result by telegraph immediately."
Manahan,
Maltby House.
I assumed that if Martin wanted to reach Manahan, he would address him at the Maltby House, the telegraph office there was in my possession.
I at the same time had myself wired to as follows:
Baltimore, Md., Mch. 13, 1865.
I. K. Shaffer,
Merchants Hotel,
New York.
"Call on Martin immediately, I have his letter of 10th."