Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-11-16

enough to go in for a commission
and was determined to enlist and
serve as q private soldier in the cav
airy. He had good clothes and things
that he put in trunk and expressed
back to Averill, keeping only valisc
full of underwear, ETC., but that was
burned up on the car afterwards.
Two days later, before they started
for the west, q man who said his
name was Murray came to the rem
devious 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 Muir
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 manifestat ion of ill-will 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 a beast
than a man"
But the examiners did not seem in
terested in Murray. Gen. Vinton, VINO
had again entered and was q close
listener, and was observed to he
studying the witness closely, present.
ly beckoned to one of the doctors and
said a word in undertone to him.
The medico shook his head. There
was lull in the proceedings a mo-
ment. Connolly was too sick a man
to be kept there long, and his doc
tor plainly showed his anxiety to get
him away. The crowd too wanted
him to go. He had told nothing espe-
cially new except that Murray and
Foster were acquainted, and Murray
enlisted because Foster had
Everybody" said by this time this:
must be Fosters body. What every
body" wanted was to get Connolly
out of the way now, then perhaps -
another fever patient might be sum
moned, for they couldn't expect to
keep those remains another day.
There was widespread, if unspolken.
hope among the score of correspond
ents that the provost-marshal would
feel that he must summon Miss Ray.
But before the examiners could de-
eide there came an unexpected scene.
Vinton went over, bent, and whis-
pered to the provost-narshal, who
looked up, nodded, and glanced To-
wards the witness, sitting flushed
and heavy-eyed, but patient, across
the room. Vinton was plainly ask
ing something, and to the manifest
displeasure of many of the crowd the
little Irishman was again accosted.
"You say Murray was bitter, and
bit YOU so that the marks last to this