In late 1861, the elder Van Camp was imprisoned as suspected spy in downtown Washington in the Old Capitol Prison.
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When Berret refused, insisting that his oath as mayor of the nation's capital should suffice, Secretary of State William H. Seward had him arrested, jailed in the Old Capitol Prison, then sent to Fort Lafayette, New York.