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following our path. During the next night, the robbers feeling secure in British territory, and having fallen asleep, were taken captive by the colonial militia.
At first they thought that I was part of the conspiracy, and I was taken with the others to Newgate Prison in Simsbury. Eventually the authorities in Connecticut learned the truth and I was allowed to return home as a hero.
I was welcomed back to Gunntown and to Oxford with open arms, and I must admit that I thoroughly enjoyed my reception as a local war hero. My only regret was that being otherwise occupied, I never had the opportunity to answer the call of the bell, the horseman or the drum.By Richard Ryan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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