“That is a true statement, Drouet. And that is yet another reason I fled Washington City quickly upon hearing my Yankee boss mention the capture of Loreta Velazquez. I did not want to have to answer for crimes of that magnitude in any country. Had Colonel Baker been able to identify me as a culprit in the treasury shenanigans I would have hung for sure.
“So, I removed myself from Baker’s circle at the close of the war without putting an end to the notorious lady spy, Loreta Janeta Velazquez. I did begin tidying up that business when I arrived back in New Orleans a few weeks ago as Colonel Snider. In the taverns and other establishments frequented by blue-coats in the Vieux Carre, I began letting it be known that I, Colonel Snider, had seen to it myself that Velazquez had been eradicated i
