Excerpt from The Cipher Dispatches
In the following pages an effort is made to present concisely a connected account of the translation of the cipher dispatches and of their revelations. We first began dealing seriously with these dispatches during the Summer of 1878. The fact that the publication of the famous "Gobble" message had soon brought forward a person familiar with the cipher in which it was sent, led to the belief that a similar result might be reached again. Specimens of the various ciphers were accordingly published, from time to time, accompanied with comments, intended to attract to them wide attention. Our hope, however, was completely disappointed. No one seemed to know the key. Absolutely no help came from any quarter. All manner of suggestions were received, and many were tried, but none proved in the end to be of the slightest practical value, save a single one communicated by Secretary Evarts. That gentleman suggested that possibly a thorough student of pure mathematics might be able to divine the law on which the ciphers were constructed.
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