New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-19

face. parr was finely-shaped man with strong
but good features and In sailor fashion, TOT ne nad
been q man-o'- wars-man, no wore snlos g h;s
eocrcnv his throat from ear to ear the res. Oh n,s
f.ce he,ng shaved smooth. There was no okn
ahont him that we could see of violent death.
He was scarcely even paler than nsuai me oap-
tain erdored the straggers placed in the 'front.' ranK
of the sem;-circle, and III his Indignation pi'' INV
q scathing harsngue against drinking. -, .,
The Welshman however. drew the covert scIu-
tiny of all by his behavior. He shook yloIehty as
his eyes searched all the faces about the ring anu
II was noticed that never once did he let his
turn toward PARIS body. But while the captain an
was at the height of his eleguence. pointing W t
lesson of total abstinence 10 be ara Nh Honl no
tragica incident one Of the stragglers, a veIg
lOquacious fellow, of an envlous nl1d anu plt.i
dlslikes had been ureaslly watcnlhg 'ho m eihSd
man. Suddenly, as if by an instinct, ne rusheu
over to the body, and, kneeling down oealde ~
called the first ieutenants attention 10 solnSVbIE
under PARIS beard IL was thres-coIneaeu S"S Of
sinking deep into the throat. At the exposure Vi
thIs wound. rev for the first time Observed
another OF the stragglers, usually the sprlgntIest
Young fellow in the company 1cll IN IaS and q
whispered conference took place among tno ~ 80;
The strasglers were ordered TO give over ,no,i
mnskets for in pectea. All were found TO DO loaa
ed as was usual at such an outpost, ana honc hau
been recently fired OF. Barrels, and Dayohets too
shone like silver, Wi hout STAIN or rust OF nav on
steel or stock. The bayonet-scabbards 700 nlIen'
have been examined but somehow in the eXclte-
ment this was overlooked. The deurlous lelI"W
arms at the guard-house bore the search equinlhs
saher stragyiers ali agreed abont one thing, or
seemed to agree about 1t, that they had drunk
liauor freely az the negro hut and had then broken
nm in % small parties with no show OF lll-wlll SO
far but pone appeared TO recolleot WHO conSttuted
the several parties, or when or how farT became
separated from the rest or who had been Iist seen
in his company. All but Pau had returned TO the
hut for more liquor and were there foahd oy lne
first lieutenant. The nine were sent up 70 fNoInney
next lay and put IN iIons but after preliminary
examination all were released but the Weshman,
who was seat to Cumberland Jail to await his trial
for murder. ,., ,:t,
us all from that gloomy region aud destroyed the
beautiful bridge. The Seven Days hight was
scarcely over when the Welshmah, wasted away
almost to a skeleton from the effects of nearly
years imprisonment en- low diet. reloIned us OF
Harr1son's Landing. He had been let out of jail
for want of evidence against hlm. ,
But what was always curious to us was the after
career of the young fellow who tainted over PARIS
body He was never day well after that, though
he had before been remarkably active ana vigorous
the best athlete in a company of athletes. He
was constantly in and out OF hospital, q study
and puzzle to the medical men who saw that he
was alling but could not diagnose his aiment. lilo
wasted finally away and died III military
hospital in Philadei phia, of soe long Latln-named
disease, according to hosplta! report which had
TO give some scientific reason for his death. ne
died the same ay thatthe Welshman was discharged
from Cumberland jail
Not long after, in September, 1862 the cavalry OF
both sides maneuvrng after the battle OF Ante
tam came into contact near Harper's FeTry-a very
tuhng affair indeed. One OF the wounded Federal
cayalTymen was brought to the rear. Death was
settling down upon nm and he began TO speak 10
the surgeon in charge of a murder On the outposts
not quite a year before The surgeon, amazed,
listened attenively and heard the dying man insist
that Welshman accused of the murder was lnno-
cent. But the cavalrynan, when he had got that
far was seized by the last agonies and his voice
was silenced for ever. This man. who had been
transferred from our company to the cavalry regi-
ment in which be net mis- fate, was the talkatlve
person W no had called attention 10 the wound IN
PARIS throat. What dId he knowi and how did he
know it1
The mystery of that night at the Wire Bridge
was never cleared up.