The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-02
TEoUGRT THEY HAD BURIED HIN
But Now They Are Convinced That
the Supposed Dead Soldier ia Alive.

But Now They Are Convinced That
the Supposed Dead Soldier is Alive.
From the Ptttsburp Dispatch (Ind).
MCLEANsBoRo, ILL, April 10. - In
August, 1861, William Newly enlisted in
White county, ILL.,, in Company D, Fortieth
regiment, Illinois Volunteers On April G.
1862, he was wounded in the head at the
battle of Shiloh and left for dead on the
field. One of his comrades afterward made
affidavit that he helped TO bury him. Last
fall man appeared here who could give
but little account of himself, but who
applied for transportation to Carmi, stating
that he was once a resident of that county
and wished to go to the county poor farm.
Nothing was heard of him again until
last Sunday, when he again appeared here
and announced that he was William Newly,
and that he was supposed to have been
killed at the battle of Shiloh. Several
members of his regiment met him on Sun
day and Monday, aud all united in the
opinion that he was the identical man who
was supposed to have been killed nearly
thirty years ago.
Moses Robinson, member of Company
c, same regiment, claims to have seen
Newly after he was shot and supposed to be
dead, but he recognized the stranger i'm
mediately Greed A. Lay, q member of the
same regiment, who saw him shot, also
recognized him on Monday. He appeared
before A. NJ. Wilson, a lawyer of this place,
and made application for pension, four of
his old comrades making affidavit that he
was the Identical Newby who was wounded
and left for dead on the battlefield Of Shiloh.
A purse was made up for Newly, aud on
Monday he went to Carmi, hoping to meet
some of HE family or friends.
Newly is suffering from partial paraly~
sis, epilepsy and locomotoratoxia as the re-
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lay on the battlefield from Sunday until
Wednesday. when burial party came to
bury the dead He was discovered to be
alive, and was sent to the hospital, where he
was afterward discovered by an uncle, who
was a rebel, who took him to his home and
afterward took him to Key West. After
keeping him some time his uncle placed
him IN the poorhouse, where he remained
seventeen years He was then sent to
Chattanooga, where he also remained in a
poorhouse seven years. From there he was
sent to Henderson, Ky. where he was again
poorhouse inmate for one year.
Since then he has been sent from place to
place, and the man seems to have had no
knowledge of passing events until his sudden
appearance here lastSuuday, when gloom of
intelligence seemed to lift the mist from his
past life, and be announced to his astonished
auditors who he was.
To-day Hezekiah Newby. a son of Will
lam Newby, appeared here hunting the
man who claims 20 be his father. He is a
young farmer, living six miles east of Mill
Shoals, White county, and only Yesterday
he heard of the mysterious stranger appear
ing here and claiming 10 be his father
He determined 10 investigate the
matter, aud tonight went co
Carmi TO find. il possible, his toughest
father. His mother is living in Texas, is
still widow, ana has been drawing a pen
sion from the government on account Of
the death of her husband. Young Newby
says If It proves TO be bis father he will
telegraph 70 his motaer that the dead is
alive, and nave her return at once.