El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-01
STRANGE
IS TRUTH
A Man Who Was Found Dead
and Buried Here Turns
Up In Mexico.
BOLD ROUGH RIDER
Found Vgain After Years Of
Wandering. and Part
Of His Life Is a
Blank.

Oae of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough
Riders, whose grave has been decoras-
ed in Ell Paso each Memorial day since
1898, has cone to life in Mexico.
The man is John S. Hsrdvick,
mamber of the Fret United States
voluatser cavalry under the next Vice
r-e-ideut of the United States, who
WAS present At the storming OF San
Juan and who escaped from the dang
e-s Of tie Cuban inngles to fall VIC
tim of disease In mis- own country. The
rom.ntic story is stranger shan any
G-tisn.
The psculiar feature OF the whole
affair Is tazt while Hard wick 10 sup
posed TO be buried here, and the cad oc-
eurrence OF his death has been nearly
forgotten by peopls of shis city, the
real Hard wick is living az Mexico City,
where he 10 now celebrating his mar
riage with . beautiful girl whom be
net after going 10 the repu bic.
Ths girl who has already probably
become his wife, does not know that
two years ago her husband was buried
in FL Psso, and that che city has re-
cords of his death. But such is the
case.
When the Spanish American war
broke out Hard wick wss working in
the mines Of Mexico. he is native
of Nav Mexico territory, and Is oae of
the dead snots aad fearless riders who
made Roo.evelt's famous baad OF
rough rid re- celebrated the world over
Hard wick cones Of fighting stock,
aad when the news of the blowing up
OF the Maine by she Sparisrds reach d
him a. the Mexican mine, he rss.gned
his position spd came back TO this
country. knowing tha, she United
States would sYenge the death OF the
Maine heroes. Hsrdvick wanted to 60
TO Cuba with Uncle Sans troope.
When be reached New Mexico
company OF Rcosevelt's cavalry WAS
bel ag formed at Santa Fe. he knew
Ali OF the boys who had Joined the
troop and b. decided to go with them.
h, ,of.re1 bis services, and they we're
Q accepted.
ae went with them to Cuba, and
assisted in the storming OF San Juan
hill. He va. psrsora ally complimented
nv Colonel WOOD and Lieutenant
Colouel Roosevelt for b-sverJ. and
whs, he was given his discharge IL
wa, with an honorable record.
Hard wick passed without teing
ve,ndeG through Use Cuban cam osign,
but at Msutsuk Poiat Long Island, he
WAS stricken with iaoial er5stpelas
which rapid reduced him from
stroap man 10 almost a wreck. 4nen
the etfec.s OF the Cuban climate began
TO sho themselves, and 1t was seen by
his comrades that bis mind was affect
ed.
He came back TO mis- home in New
Mexico, sand became worse From
Santa Fe Hardwick ceme to FL Paso.
That was in November, 1898. He Was
4, a pitiabls condition. he was labor
Ing under an alteration of the mind.
EXPOSURE had intensified the disease
from which he was suffering. Ts
make matters wor.e he WAS penniless,
and suffering for the actual necessi-
tie. Of life.
One day q man came to the ONCE OF
DR.. Howard Thompson Of this city,
almost dead from exposure. The man
was taily frozen from living ous
In thu mountains with scarcely any
shinR to eat. twas Hsrdwick.
DR.. Thompson attended to the sex
mans requirement and cured him OF
srysipslas. The mans mind was
growing worse however, and si'sr
three or four days of treatment Dr.
Thompson had the rough rider sent TO
Hotel Disu where the sisters tock
charge of him and where the condition
of his miud became better.
After remaining in the hospital Tor q
short time q zrdwick escaped, IL de-
mented coalition, and has never been
seen until few days ago, by any body
fu this country.