The boys from those States seemed to naturally go together, and be moved by the same motives.
He informed Wirz what he proposed doing, so that any unusual commotion within the prison might not be mistaken for an attempt upon the Stockade, and made the excuse for opening with the artillery.

Wirz, who happened to be in a complaisant humor, approved of the design, and allowed him the use of the enclosure of the North Gate to confine his prisoners in.
In spite of Key's efforts at secrecy, information as to his scheme reached the Raiders.

It was debated at their headquarters, and decided there that Key must be killed.

Three men were selected to do this work.
They called on Key, a dusk, on the evening of the 2d of July.

In response to their inquiries, he came out of the blanket-covered hole on the hillside that he called his tent.