San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-30

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Late in the CTCRing a number of COnUdl-
cScentS lCerC grouped about the StOUe.
My name is Edward l.. Pelton. am
in the employ of Beellman street firm
rs bookkeeper A week ago Mr.. Charles
Gates came to my place of employment
and asked me to put into writing what
ever could remember of certain events
which took place in Il Virginian hospital
i'll the winter of 1868.
What want, he explained, sis your
best recollection of private named
Maurice Green. The hospital records
show that he was for some weeks in a
ward Of which you had charge. When
you have located the man, put whatever
you can recollcct of his life there down
in black and white and you shall be we'll
paid for your trouble
At the first interview | frankly ex
planned to M GATES chat it would be
impossible for me to furnish him the de-
sired Information. vt that time | had
not the slightest recollection of ever hav-
ing seen or heard Of private named
Maurice Green. He refused to take no
for an answer.
Il will give you weeks time to think
it over" lie said, before | apply to
others who shared your life in the hos
pital am told that Maurice Green
was connected with very important
event at the hospital that winter Re-
call, if you can, all the people connected
with every one of that winters impor
tauC events, and you will come to what
want"
For week | had no peace of mind
night or day. | was anxious to aid Mr..
Gates. who seemed very pleasant gen.
tleman, and was anxious to earn the
money he was ready to pay for the work
he had asked me to do. \ dozen times
abandoned the task in despair. My
treacherous memory brought to me no
hint Of an important event III which Pri-
vate Maurice Green was Il central figure.
At last newspaper clipping found
among my army papers put me on the
right track. When Mr.. Charles Gates
came to me at the end of the allotted
time was ready for him.
. Il have found your important event."
| said as he came to my desk, land |
have connected Private Maurice Green
With it. He was killed by an accidental
explosion in the night time of one of the
coolest days ever saw in Virginia"
You have made good beginning
he said, land the rest ought to be easy.
Write down everything you can remem-
Der of the man from the time he entered
the hospital up to the time of his death,
and | will call in three days for the
manuscript And" he added, turning
back after he was well on his way out of
the Office, you may as well begin your
narrative by stating, in unmistakable
terms, all your reasons for believing that
twas Private Maurice Green who was &C
cidentally killed that night in Virginia"
How do know it was Maurice Green
who was killed that night? am positive
of it. But that is a woman's reason. Let
me set down here, in detail, all can
now remember of the man.
He was placed in my ward early in
the winter At the time he was suffer
ing from a species of brain fever, but he
recovered quite rapidly A New York
officer similarly affected came in at the
same time, and | remember now that
both gained rapidly, and that they be-
came quite intimate as soon as they were
able to sit up in their cots and talk. 1t
is my impression that at the time | had
some particular reason for keeping the
two men together in my mind, but |
cannot now recall what it vas. 1t is