[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Strang, who made no defense, was tried by court-martial, and condemned to death as a spy. Washington approving the sentence, he was executed accordingly.6 When the eastern wing of the acad-emy was being constructed some years ago, human bones were disinterred not far from the tree, which were thought to be the remains of Strang. They were coffined by Mr. Wells, the principal, and re-buried. The following extract is taken from a letter dated Peekskill, January 19, 1777: "General Howe has discharged all the privates who were prisoners in New York; one-half he sent to the world of spirits for want of food. The other he hath sent to warn their countrymen of the danger of falling into his hands, and so convince them, by ocu-lar demonstration, that it is infinitely better to be slain in battle than to be taken prisoners by British brutes, whose tender mercies are cruelty. But it is-not the prisoners alone who felt the effects of British humanity. Every part of the country thro' which they have march'd has been plundered and ravaged.