Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-01

WeaTIncSS over GulS SeHSGlGSS uC1dy. Drayton had been told of young Rays almost astounding declaration, and officers of the law half expected him to make some adverse comment there on, but he did not. Alert correspond ents, amazed to see the corps com mander at such place and so far from the Ayunta1niento, surrounded him as he would have retaken his seat in his carriage, and clamored for something as coming from him in the way of an expression of opinion, which, with grave courtesy, the general declined to give, but could not prevent appear ing a week later in thousand papers in a dozen different forms-ferried over to Hong-Kong by the Shogun or some other ship, and cabled thence to waiting Christendom.
 Drayton had his own reasons for wishing to see the remains, then Vim ton, and later Ray, and as his move ments were closely followed, the wits of the correspondents were sorely taxed. But the examination was to be resumed at nine. rumor was rum ming wild that Miss Ray herself was to be summoned to appear, and Dray- ton had to be dropped in favor of a more promising sensation.
 It began with dreary surgical tech nicalities. The heavy bullet had traversed the ascending aorta "Dear it's bifurcation,' said Brick, who though only an autopsical adjunct, was permitted to speak for his as sociates. Death, said he, had resulted from shock and was probably instan- taneous. No other cause could be at- tributed. No other wound was dis covered. No marks of scuf1e except "some unimportant scratches on the shoulder. The bullet was found to weigh exactly the same, as those of the unexploded cartridges in poor Maidie's prized revolver, and though Brick would gladly have kept the floor and told very much more, the provost-marshal as gladly got rid of him, for, despite the unwillingness of the medical officers at the Quartet de Meysic, Connolly had been trundled down to Ermita in a springy ambulance and was patiently await ing his turn.
 The moment his coming was an nounced, Connolly was ushered in and Brick shut off short.
 A nurse and doctor were with the sturdy little Irishman, and he need ed but brief instruction as to what was wanted. Taken to the trestle and bidden to look upon the face of the deceased and say, if he could, who it was, Connolly looked long and earnestly, and then turned feebly but calmly to the attentive array.
 "If it wasn't that this looks much thinner" said he, 'I'd sayyit was a man who listed with our detachment at Denver last June, about the first week. The name was Foster. He disappeared somewhere between Sacramento and Oakland, and Isnever saw him again.
 Questioned as to whether therNwas any mark by which the recruit could be known, Connolly said that he was present when. Foster was physically examined, and he never saw a man with a winter skin; there wasn't mark on him anywhere, then that he could remember. Ridden to tell what he knew of Foster, the young art;l- leryman was given seat, and some what feebly proceeded. Foster was bound to enlist, he said, was of legal age and looked it; gave his full name, his home and business; said he owned ranch down in New Mexico near Fort Averill; didn't know enough to go in for commission and was determined to enlist and serve as private soldier in the cav airy. He had good clothes and things that he put in trunk and expressed back to Averill, keeping only valise full of underwear, etc., but that was burned up on the car afterwards. Two days later, before they started for the west, a man who said his name was Murray came to the rem dezvous and asked for Foster, who was then being drilled. A detach- ment was to start the next day, and anybody could see that Foster wasn't glad to welcome Murray by any means, but on that very evening Mur- ray said that he too wished to en- list and go with his friend" He squeezed through the physical exam ination somehow, and they took him along, though nobody liked his looks.
 Then Connolly told what he could of the fire and of Fosters subsequent disappearance, also of Murray and Murray's misconduct. They asked Connolly about Lieut.. Stuyvesant, and here Connolly waxed almost eloquent, certainly enthusiastic, in Stuyvesant's praise. Somebody went so far, how ever, as to ask whether he had ever seen any manifestation of ill-wilI be- tween Stuyvesant and Recruit Eos ter, whereat Connolly looked aston ished, seemed to forget his fever, and to show something akin to indigna- ton.
 "No, indeed!" said he. There was nothing but goodwill of the heartiest kind everywhere throughout the de- tachment except for that one black guard, Murray. They all felt most grateful to the lieutenant, and so far as he knew they'd all do most any thing for him. all except Murray, but he was a tough, he was bitter, and here the sick man feebly uplifted his hand and pointed to the bluish-pur- pie marks at the base of the thumb.
 Murray did that,'' said Connolly, simply. 'He was more like beast than man."
 But the examiners did not seem in-