Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-21

something about seeing me later, and
left the tent. made up my mind
right there that there was some sad
secret in his life that he couldn't talk
about to so new an acquaintance as
myself, and I didn't bother him again
I was so blue myself about being away
from my friends and relatives that a
great wave of pity for this poor fellow,
who seemed so much less able to stand
trouble than I, swept over me. The
second night after this, Redmond put
on his coat and said he was going out
for walk. Hold on a minute I said
and I'll go with you,'
"'Oh, I'm not going far he said
you'd better stay. I'll be back in an
hour
"'But I want to co. I said. I'm
sick of hanging around the tent
"He said no more and we went out
together. There were no guards but
the provost guards and the men could
wander around at will. We went into
the town and stopped at saloon,
where Redmond made me gasp by
drinking nearly half a tumbler of
whisky without wincing. We went
to several other places and had drinks,
and finally, at my suggestion, started
back for camp. We were passing
through very dark street when Red
mond suddenly came to standstill,
and, hauling out his big cavalry re-
volver, examined it carefully and then
turning to me said: You'd better
step in that doorway moment. I'll
be right back
II looked up and then noticed, about
a hundred yards away, a man coming
toward US. He was well dressed,
prosperous looking man, and as I saw
Redmond take step in his direction
it came over me all of q sudden what
he intended to do.
"'See here, Redmond I called,
walking forward and catching him by
the shoulder, what are you going to
do?'
"'Hold him up he said in his soft
voice. go into a doorway; it won't
take a moment
"sNot a bit of it, I said. you'll
do no such work as that while I'm
around
"An expression which betrayed the
mans real charactar came over bis
face and for second I thought he was
going to shoot me. Before he got a
chance I continued:
mRedmond, if you need some money,
I'll help you out. I've got little. l
won It stand for any such game as this
though
"'I can get along until we get pay
day on s5. Can you let me have that
much p
Certainly I said, and I gave him
bill in a hurry, for the stranger was
getting dangerously near us. He put
up his revolver and the stranger pass
ed US, little knowing what narrow
escape he had had.
"Redmond never made the slightest
reference to the affair on our way to
camp; but when we got into our tent
I told him very plainly that / was
going to quit him, and made an ex-
change with another man the next
day. He wasn't the least disturbed
by my leaving him, and always greet
ed me pleasantly when he met me. A
week later he came around and gave
back my $5. We hadn't had a pay
day, and I don't know to this day
where he got the money.
"From this incident I guessed that
Redmond was an unscrupulous fellow (;
but I never had the faintest concep-
ton of what a scoundrel he was. 1t
wasn't until I got to Camp Wikoff
that learned all about Redmond. I
came up to that camp from Cuba. He
came from Tampa and got there ahead
of me. When 1 got there he was un-
der guard, although he wasn't sup
posed to know it. He was wanted In
Kansas for numbering two women,
and the Kansas officers who brought
on the warrant told a tale of Red
mond's career that was bloodcurdling.
In addition to being murderer he
was notorious as train robber and an
all-round desperate. A sergeant was
put on guard over him 80 that he
couldn't get away but one night while
the sergeant was peacefully sleeping,
Redmond cut out the whole back OF
the tent and escaped. The next day
the detective came on to arrest Red.
mond, having procured the right from
the war department; but the bird had
flown, and I have never heard that he
was captured. That was all there was
to it; but if you could meet Redmond
by the way, that was merely an
alias-you would never believe that
he was anything but mothers dar-
ling"