The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

Lane. thought he knew that Norman
Holt had been a dangerous rival and
took all an Irishman's delight in twit-
ting an anxious swain.
A long letter had come to him from
Louisville. semi-Official in character.
written by Captain EnyaTt himself, an
officer of the department commanders
staff, written to him as captain of Nor
man Hollis company, that he might
have the latest and fullest and most
authentic account of that young and
sOTely tried soldiers fortunes. 1t was
in answer to one the faithful Celt had
sent. because he could no longer bear
the slurs and innUendOeS so frequently
uttered at NOrman's expense by Nal
| 10y. and Enyart had written from the
fuIIness of his heart and subject. The
/ first pages the captain kent to himself.
/ The last, with frequent interjectiOns Of
Hibernian comment, he read aloud to
his senior lieutenant.
headquarters of the Ohio,
"Ofice Of the Assistant Inspector Gen
F'Jan. 30, 1852.
/ My Dear Captain Gaffney:
i have received your anxious letter
and am glad to be able to answer at
once. The few lines of inquiry sent you
on the 20th, when we stiu full of Cen
/ eral Thomas brilliant victory IN front
of Mill Springs, should have gone more
{
your capital answer. You have COW
cred the whole subject. and your testi-
mony to the faithful and excellent ser
vice. rendered by young Holt Will be of
the utmost value should the case ever
/ be brought to trial, which now seems
doubtful
'Te begin with, it must be remember
ed that all the outcry against him was
made by a lot of badly beaten troopers
who felt they had to account in some
way for the failure of the expedition.
/ Then ne himself broke down, had no
one TO speak for him, was too i'll to
speak al all. Then followed the weeks
in hospital and finally. as the charges
were formulated and laid before our
leVel-headed geGeral-yOu may not ap-
preCiate him now. my friend, but with
all his apparent GOODNESS and severity
the results VIII show he was the man
of all others to make soldiers of this
aTmy-he sent for Lieutenant Tanning
and others and asked how they knew
Holt had communicated with the enc
my's videtteS, how they knew F1e had
purpOSely delayed the march. and
whether they knew any better road to
I BellevieW than the one he took, except
the pike through AshOlt, which, Of
( course, would have run them slap into
/ a hornets nest. He found they didn't
/ know anything, and that the only Of
fcers and men likely to know anything
were Captain Wing, First Sergeant
/ Hunter and Trooper Fuller, all wound
ed or prisoners in the hands of the
! enemy. That spoiled the case for the
/ prosecution for while, anyhow. Then
who should turn up bu Fuller. found
among the wounded at Bowling Green,
and sent back to the general hospital
at Louisville Meantime Holt had had
opportunity to escape from hospital,
and not only wouldn't take advantage
of it. as he probably would if conscious
of guilt. but he kept others in check,
and this too, came TO the general 5
ears, and he ordered me to go into the
case. ! had know nthe young man when
he was cadet at the Point. and he
was square as a man could be-a ken
lucky gentleman in fact, and l could
not but sympathize with him in MS
extremely painful and trying situation.
forced upon him by the war. He was
still so deeply srieved that he could not
bear to speak of the matter at first,
but denying the accusations in TOTO ne
laid that Captain Wing would surely
exonerate him. and asked me to see the
wounded men in the other ward. And
there. as luck would have it. lay Full
lar he who rode forward with him to
the edge of the town and was close by
him until after they entered BELIEVER
gates. Fuller said Holt never had a
chance to speak to the enemy, that