Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-23
A GRACEFUL LIAR
A Hero Whom Montana Has
Overlooked.
STORY OF HIS EXPLOITS
A Bl00dthirsty M0ntanian Whose Merit
is Receiving Recognition in
the East.

Here is a hero whom the people of
Montana have overlooked. He is now
at his old home in Scranton, Pennsyl-
vania. where his %gallantry is receiv-
ing due recognition. The Scranton
Truth publishes the following concern
ing him which will be read With interest
by all of the members of the First Mon
tana, many of whom have never heard
Of Edward Lane before:
Edward John Lane. of company L,
First Montana volunteers. with his ia
Their, M. j. Lane, a wealthy farmer. Of
Tafton, Pike county, is in this city the
guest of his brother, NJ. H. Lane, the
West LackaWann avenue meat dealer.
Mr.. Lane is Il soldier who saw very
active service in Mamma where he Went
as a volunteer to fight his country's bat
ties and where he received nine wounds
in the terrible light of the 18th of March.
mi. a left this region 10 years ago
to seek his fortune in the west. At Butte
City, Montana, he was foreman of the
Marcus Daily cope mine. and had
charge Of 700 men. Four years ago he
went into the British Klondike region
| prospecting for gold. He met with
Of the war with Spain reached that far
off ountr he at once determined to re
turn and enlist in defense Of the flag.
He returned to Butte City and there
[! WIN MI. I1aI1lld OIL Butte, he raised Il
regiment among his old acquaintances.
the First Montana volunteers. No man
in the regiment was less than six feet
in height.
"Neither he nor Mr.. Hanna was after
any honors or glory. They enlisted out
their experience in directing men. re-
fused to accept an office in the regi-
ment. Both We're content to battle as
simple, private soldiers and they did so.
They tented together. While in the SER
vice in Manila Mr.. Hanna was elected
state senator in Montana.
MIR. Lane in the bloody battle of the
25th of March was wounded nine times
The Americans attacked the trenches
Of the Filipinos who put UP a stubborn
resistance. The fight was a hand to
hand one. The Americans bayoneted the
Filipinos in the trenches and the Fill
pinos resisted With bayonets. AT one
time a Filipino had a bayonet right up
against Mr.. Lanes breast to run him
through, but before he could 90 70 the
soldier at Mr.. Lanes elbow sunk his
bayonet to the gun in the Filipino 9
neck.
TN this terrible fight bullets rained
| on our troops from the Fillpinos tremen-
| dous fire. Hundreds of our brave SOL
| diers were slaughtered. Mr. Lane was
shot in the side, but fortunately his
wounds were only flesh wounds. He fell
at length with a bullet, however. en-
bedded in his groin. he was earned
off the field in a dying condition. One
Of the Cinnamon who helped to carry
him was shot dead. The doctor who
bent over him to dress his wound fell
over him dead, pierced through With a
Mauser bullet. Mr.. Lane still carries
the bullet and to-day consulted a scran-
ton surgeon. The bullet has been To-
Gated by means of the X-ray. but it is
not possible to remove it without intiict-
ing great danger to his life.
"His father feels very proud of his
brave boys record in fighting for his
country's cause"