The times., 1898-08-30
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD.


Riders. who was killed in the second
fight at Santiago. was one of the nerv-
lest, most gallant men / ever heard Of"
said Detective Parham at police head
quarters last night. Parham was attach
ed to the hospital corps of the regular
army during the Geronimo campaign in
Arizona where he became acquainted with
many OF the residents of the territory by
the scarcity of them, probably. and the
camaraderie that existed between the
settlers in that wild and Indan-nfested
country, and the soldiers. VINO were their
only protection
lie came to Prescott, then the capital
OF the territory, from San Francisco. /
tnink, and represented for a time the
san francisco Call though l am not sure
about that After he had been in town
| lof snort time he started paper of his
own, Inc Hoof and Horn. which was de-
voted TO discussions relating to the best
methoos OF raising cattle and in which
| he also printed digest of the topics of
| the uay. y Nell Immediately became very
| popular and was elected sheriff of the
county Tor three terms and afterwards
was made judge of the probate court He
was candidate for Congress on the Re-
pupiicah tieket at one time, but was de-
Iedteu oy Mark Smith. by very narrow
margin or votes. During his first term as
/
work have ever known An old man
named Clevenger with his wife and
'uopleu daughter Jessie who had taken
| d claim IN Graham County near Fort
uraht. decided to emigrate into Utah and
after selling all his household goods with
ene proceeds he bought a travelling out
III with which to make the journey over
iaho. he had about 81 500 In money with
| nm When he started. Not long after the
| journey was begun a resident of Yayanaf
eounty was passing along the road and
| seeing the remains of a campfire he stop
Peu 10 see II the parties who had been
ehcainped there left anything behind
| "hlcA could be used. As he stepped in
! the ashes where the fire had been to pick
up prass button that was lying on the
| ground the earth under his feet began to
| sink and on glancing down he was as
| founded to behold two human finaa-s
which seemed TO come up out of the sand
ihe man was somewhat frightened and
"l'hout stopping to make further inves-
| legations he mounted his horse and gaf-
loped as fast as possible to Prescott
"here ne told Sheriff ONeiI what he had
seen. ONeil went to the scene as soon
as possible and exhumed what proved to
oe ule remains OF Clevenger and his wife
ne heads of the two people had heen
crushed IN and We're ,lmost beaten he
yohd recognition. It was evident that
they had been dead some time There
was no trace of the girl and II was
Shousht that the murderers had carried
ner OH. Ihe only thing that could be
,. near the graves of the old people
was the brass budton. which the sheriff
TOOK charge Of, The button was ~ ~
regular army style. but that could give
,io cle" 10 the identity of the ffends who
iSu murdered the couple as that kind Of
" putton was very plentiful in Arizona
at that time and almost anyone was HE
ing. 'iei' cio'h-
% Neil was not to be daun.ad ~, ,,,o
absence OF clews, however, and he went 10
work on the ease devotiney as much 30 80
time as he could spare TO il. He travalad
over the territory in search Of the rnur-
uerers and finally. after nearly a wear ot
iluitiess search, he heard that A white
man named Johnson was living at Carson
City' Nevada, with a very pretty eirl
Hanled jessie Clevenger. who was not mis-
WE ana whom he seemed 10 keep by
Iorce. ONeil went 20 Carson immedi.
ately and finding that the girl was the
adopted daughter of the murdered nair
ne arrested both she and her cornnapjor
ana brought them TO Prescott From in.
formation he received from the peonla a;
carson he found a colored man named
! wilson In hiding at Provost, Utah. who
NfcAA bS4ii5 dEItSlSut confessed that ht
and johnson had killed the man and his
wife and he had skipped off with the
money while Johnson took the girl. VII.
son was a bob-tailed' soldier from thc
Iehtn Cavalry. that is. one who has re.
cetVed dishonorabie discharge, and wa:
thoroughly worthless. Johnson bore 9
very evil reputation in Arizona and il
was believed that he, too. had beer
'bob-tailed.' The girl had been carried
, ! off br fprpa ar oe
Of the fiends. When the men were trieG
Wilson. of course, turned states evi
dence and received life sentence in tht
penitentary at Yuma, Ariz.. while John.
son was hung forthwith. O'Nei
did all the work of making tht
great catch himself and received the com
mendations of every citizen in the terri
tory"
The strain occasioned by the war ha.
been particularly heavy upon telegraph
and cable operators" said an old mem
ber of the profession last evening
Longer hours have been the rul,
throughout the exciting period in question
and the work has had to be done under
circumstances which made for increased
: tension upon every nerve. There hav,
f been but comparatively few really capahl.
men who were out of employment as tn.
, volume of business was largely aug
mented in all branches of the service
Speaking of the war, have YOU neye,
thought of the nervous strain IL is upo,
a man 10 have to receive the report O
/, a great battle over the wire. Aside from
the difficulties, occasioned largely by tn,
haste with which the copy was nre
pared. there is the sensiblities of tn,
operators. You may think IL strange. hu
it IS a fact, nevertheless, that while
am receiving the report of big engage
ment on land or sea- my mind works s,
9 rapidly and my sympathies are taken holC
of so strongly that when l am done,
$ feel positively worn out and as mucl
j, fatigued as though / had worked severa
I days on stretch. In making up the lis
of those persons who did service in tn
war, telegraph and cable operators by n,
, means should be omitted.
1T is strange what humorous thing
happen on a battlefield" said a membe
of the Hospital Corps. who is confined il
r the hospital at the Washington Barrack
: with two Mauser bullets in his leg, place.
there by the treacherous Spaniards as h
n was engaged in the humane work of re
e moving the wounded from the field a
! San Juan. THE funniest thing / think
" ever saw was in the first days battle nea
d Santiago. when the Rough Riders cam
e so near being exterminated. A troop o
n the Tenth Cavalry was stationed close il
$ the rear of the firing line expecting order
TO move every minute, and every maj
was so nearly scared to death that the,
were trembling like lot of ague pa atients
Not that the colored men were not bray
and determined after they got into ba 7