Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-07-03

wsst Brsr-iy 10 His DEATH.
ID the four years 1 served In the
Of northern Virginia. said the
confederate. IN reminiscent
while chatting with friends IN =
lsYllIr hotel. 4 saw more men
y than ia care 10 count la the
H. " The war TIRES out " the fonT
Who were tent mates with me
Killed Each one went doWn
10 leu feet Of me. one with his
torn away with she'll. the Sec
with minie hnil that tore . great
10 bis iuguIar vein. and the thiid
an overdose OF bayoast. when he
81 close quarters with the Yankees
afternoon al Seven Pines NY
msnd los, 5s per cent in one bat-
aud AZ &c usually came pretty near
hlas thlugz up with the other fell
have becn witaeas at pretty
share 81 violent dcInises. Bot
b il one incident that happened
the end o, the war tina, keeps COM
back 20 memory. and every time
iuk u IL | wish / had been some.
Fs else on the morning Il happened.
know. Eoar the close % the war.
poor. hali.stafyad devils got 10 de-
ing pretty frequently. II was war
thofc was but one way 10 TeIedy
p wooden cross. the deacrter and
hr!ns squad. ono morning ! loft
command and started over 10 talk
somt old friends In = Mississippi
Eneut ! got about half Of the iih-
81 ~hen | ran into little bodf Of
Two Of them had their sycs
dtu'tsd and their arms tied be-
y them. The frNt fellow eoI.dn't
h been more than Is. lie was all.
hlghi az an arrow. with dark. carl
brown hair. and his face was the
dAomeBt aud the saddest ! nser
He waa walking quietly and
Ady ! couldn't see his eyes. but
a muscle Of his face was twitcping.
his feet were planted fairly and
Arely on the ground. noticed
he wore the uniform 90 captain.
second fellow had to be held W BY
men. Every few steps he would
to the ground perfectly limp. and.
teemed. lifnless. when the men
hId get him up he would scream and
like scared child. He wal a
ht, big, raw-boned North Caro- ini-
and his terror would have been dis
ping II 4 had not been 40 pitiabIe- ]
owed the little procession for 100
Us to whore the line of crctses
pd. The captain was TO be shot
AZ they placed him with his
= to the cross he said Mon, you
w me. I've led you In thirty fights,
you've never seen me shy from a
muzzle yet. have your Just
ht you to take this bandage on my
and az long an I've got to die
me die like man. I've given you
order to fire many time. ane I'D
to give my last order, II you'll let
The lieutenant hesitated, and
2 he said, Jack, I'll do Il. n get
for IT. They unbound his eyes.
straightened himself for mib ute.
IN y long look all about him, and
I facing his men said, in as steady
oice as | ever listened TO, 'Rendyl
Fire! They fired, and he pi'ch-
straight forward his full length.
= before he struck the groend.
y they tried to bind the Tar-aeel
the cross. but he writhed and
Rned and twisted away from It like
nake with broken back. They
Z 1t up and he was shot while he
crawling along on the grot nd,
aiming out prayers for mercy,
~ afterward that the captlin.
ing that his mother was dy ng,
asked leave TO go to his home,
eh was only twelve miles away. We
oed every man then, and the permit
refused. He slipped away. but be-
W ne got back Grant made one OF his
eks on our lines. The captains
pany went into action for the first
without him at the head OF IL.
returned for court-martlal De-
NJ ing had become too comAon for
excuse to be taken for II. and he
~ ordered to be shot the next morn
By some chance detail OF his
company was selected for the
y by another chance 4 happened
Pc him shot. wish hadn't"
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