James Prentice

After the meeting where the heads of the Sons of Liberty plotted to murder the Union spy Coffin Stidger left the building and met with his Secret Service assistant Mr. Prentice. He told Prentice about the meeting, and gave him five dollars to travel to Indianapolis to notify the agent about his impending death.

After the meeting Stidger writes up a report to give to his new Secret Service report Colonel Fairleigh by way of Stidger’s brother.

After receiving the constitution and by-laws of the Order of the Sons of Liberty Stidger takes the copies to the Union Secret Service where he lets them keep them over night. The next day they had made exact copies of the papers.

During his time employed with the federal government working as a Secret Service Spy Stidger only receives thirty five dollars. After his employment officially ended Stidger had still not received any money so the first of September he sends a formal request of payment which goes ignored. In February of the next year he sends Mr. Prentice to confront the agency and Stidger is finally payed.