Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-20

stronghold Late In the evening, | rode
over to wcdgewood'e position 10 see
II he was correctly located. General
Hale told me the positions OF Webb
and Gibbs were excellent, and 20 I
made for the house. arriving there nf-
ter dark
HARRY DIsPIRlTED.
Harry had returned home displritcd
ana had gone out TO the front to mrct
me. lie came home later In the night
after had gone TO bed. We had several
alarms In the night owing to some
street fighting. hut no damage was
done Us.
Next morning STARTED out early and
visited the hospital 10 see our wounded
men who were doing well ana heard
That John Young and uoodmans bodies
had not yet reached there. W. rode
out towards the "dcposito." parting Ut
u.e rotunda, ] to visit wcdEwoo1 to
Ind new advance position FOR his
guns ana Harry 90 visit the hospital
and walt Tot me at the Nebraska camp.
! attended 10 my duty and then rode
ncroaa' the country to the Nebraska
camp. where I learned that Harry had
left. going ~ they thought, to the de-
poslto. I rode over there. but they had
seen nothing Of him; ala not. how
ever. feel much concerned. thinking
that he had gone TO the city 10 attend
Johns funeral.
FIRED by NELSON MARGETTs.
took n hasty lunch with the bat
terry boys; about half past one y. m.
The Npbfnnkna ANA two companies or
the coloradoans and our four guns un-
der Gibbs and Webb moved out ON the
road tp the waterworkH pumping sta.
tion. We had not gon far. say 80
yards. when reaching the top 81 the
hill We saw the enemy In force on the
top Of another hill about half n mile In
front. the Infantry were dcployed ns
skirmishcrH and had met with a pretty
severe frr. | Immediately had our four
guns unilmbcrcd and run into lots near
by, where they We're concealed by
brush fences. The frrt gun nfcd was
one sighted by Nelson Margetta and
Il was highly successful w striking the
cnrthwork In which we had seen the
enemy moving around: we afterwards
found three dead insurgents there. The
other guns swept and gtaxcd the hill.
and the little devils. who cannot stand
artillery IRE. turned tail and scan-
pcred down friendly ravinc. over the
ncighborlng hill; aa they were dirap,
pcnring We dropped fow ahrapnel
among them FOR a reminder. They ran
into the Twcnty-thlrd Infantry on the
left aud were engaged quite heavily.
when We were through the Infantry
advanced and there was not "A shot
fired ut them.
FOUND HARRYs HORSE,
Col. stotscnburg and were stand
ing on the top of the hill which we
had lust taken. when on % his men
came 10 him and said there was
wounded horse on the Rad below ASK.
ing N he should shoot H. He was or
dered 10 do 20. I went over To the brow
OF the hill and looked at II ana TO my
horror recognized " at once nn the gray
horse that Harry had been riding, rec
oEnisnbio chiefly because % the red ar.
tiilery blanket on the horses Iron gray
back. ran down myself rhot the horse
and rapidly searched the nrlRhbofhood
for evidences of the miss man.
Nothing hut one Of the rtirrupn, cut
a ,harp knife, could be- found. W. low
cred a man into one ~ the vcntiiating
holes OF the water pipe To see " there
was any evidence of his fate there.
hut We found none. I never had an
experience that made me 20
heart sick. The uncertainty OF
his fate. whether he was dad or awe.
Tho auestlon a. TO how he pcfished "
dead the thought that perhaps hlh
horse had been stolen ana ne captured,
AN these reflections HurHcd through my
mind. Hut there was no time for delay
The advance was Htill In progress
Tho Nnusai1i were cracking ON the hills
nil around ~ and our troops engaging
with the enemy on every side. our
hatterlcs always put thcir shots IN
whefc they told. 20 the great gratinca-
tinn ~ the Infantry who all swear by
the Utah battery boys
HARRY's INITIATED REMAiNs.
We had not advanced far from the
poaltlon In which iinrfyn horse was
found when l was called for a few rods
10 the front. and In such tones as 10
convince me that either MS remains
had been found or some evidence OF nus
fate discovered. II Was his body no
MAS nearly naked, only part OF MS
shirt ON tho upper part OF his body be-
ing left. Thcru was bullet through
his head showing burnt powder ON the
hair. ne was also shot In the right side.
I searched the ground later IN the oven
ing and found fourteen empty shells
and a piece OF his suHpcndcr. Nothing
more 4 ala not have the heart to take
more than single glance nj his lnu-
tilntcd body. ARRANGED TO have MIN
sent bnck FOR burial and ordered the
bcst coffin we could obtain. II was OF
galvanized iron. NJ that the body cuulu
be- shipped afterwards " desired ny his
| family. John Young anu o"oul.,nh
We're buried In tho same klnd OF comm
| The way Ia which Harry met his tate
Ia In mystery, beyond solution. MY
| own theory n. that he went by n num-
| hrr ~ bodies of troops Including the
main body which with the battery was
temporarily resting WITHIN the closed
walls OF the "deposito,' ana ala not
make any inquiries Us to whcre the
| guns We're, believing that he would sec
| them when he reached them, and that
| unaware he rode right into the FIJI
| plnos' lines into tho Jaws or death;
| lint they permitted him to got we'll
| within their grasp. keeping concealed.
| md nj the proper moment shooting NJ
| him with the result ~ only woundlng
| Ma horse. He then ran forward, be-
| lleylng the NehrnskanH ANA the Utah
| batteries were Htill further IN advance.
| maj they then ran after him and he
| took refuge behind the wall of "A ven-
tllatlng shaft over the nclueduot, a
ANAL building about 10 u feet with
walls three feet high ana gable roof.
| and here made a stand against his cnc-
mics. only 20 be- iinnlly shot and after
| wnrds stripped by them. OF course
| this IL only aupposition. The Incident
made me sad beyond description. and
| 10 mo il the most dramatic feature OF
| the war out herr.
Wei. we took the waterworks,the bat
| terry boys really doing the main part OF
| the work and being chcercd to the
echo by the other troops. About dark
| 1 let the four guns on the hill over la
| the beautiful valley In which tho
| works were located and rode Into town
| 4, "a. kuuufful Ia AZ. A. tha "a,