Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-29
1900 by J. B. Lippineott Col

and then went on With what nap pened after Scott was sent to alarm the guard. Barring some opening of shutters and peering out on the part of the natives anxious to know the cause of the trouble, there was no further demonstration until Scott and others carRe running back. But meanwhile something gleamingin the roadway-the Calle Real-about Is paces from the corner and up the street-to the north towards the Bagumbayan-and close to the side walk attracted his attention.
 He stepped thither and picked up this revolver. By the electric light at the corner he saw that one cham Der was empty. When the guard came on the run and he heard. of the tall officer fleeing up towards, the Bagumbayan, the direction in which the pistol lay, he sent MT. Wharton Lieut.. Wharton-with a patrol in pursuit.
 The inscription on the pistol re- vealed it's ownership and caused cer- tain suspicious that warranted his action, he believed, in ordering the instant arrest of the officer if found.
 Mai AlacNeil went on to say Ihe .shad not yet made the acquaint- ance of Lieut.. Stuyvesant, and did not actually know when he, gave the order that 1t was Lieut.. Stuyvesant who ran up the street'-and here the major was evidently in painful position, but faced his duty like a man and told his story without pas sion or prejudice, despite the fact that he declared the murdered man to be one of the very best young fellows in the battalion and that he was naturally shocked and angered at his death.
 Then the name of Private Reilly was called, and a keen-featured lit tie Irishman stepped forward. He was one of the patrol. Corporal Stamford, first relief, waa in charge of it. They had been hunting as far over as the "Knows-a-lady," and on coming back No. told them of some natives at the second house. Corporal Stamford posted him ] (Reilly) in the first yard near the street, to head off any that tried to run out that way, in case they stirred up mares nest, and took the other ''fellers'' and went round by the front. Nothing came of it, but while they were beating up the yards and enclosures Reilly heard Benton's chal- !lenge and saw tall officer come up to be recognized. They had some words-the officer and the sentry !. <<1I l-.k spoke excited like, and all of sud- den jumped away and started as though to run, and No. 6 "hollered" after him, though Reilly didn't clear .1y understand what was said. At all events he made him come back, and itr-here Reilly seemed greatly embarrassed and glanced about the room from face to face in search of help or sympathy-''i seemed to kind of rifle the officer. He acted like he wasn't going to come back first off, and then the corporal came along with the patrol and the officer had, to wait while Stamford was recog- nized, and the boys was sayin' Billy had right to stand the corporal off until the lieutenant said advance him. And we was laughin' about it and sayin' Billy wasn't the boy to make any mistake about his orders, when we heard the lieutenant come a-runnin' swift down t'other side the street and then saw him scootin' it for the open p'rade."
 Did the witness recognize the of- fcer?-did he see him plainly?"
 "Yes, the electric light was hurnin' at the corner, and he'd seen him sev- eral times driving by the sbar'ks.'"
 Was the officer present--now?
 '.Yes,'' and Reilly's face reddened to meet the hue of his hair.
 Reluctantly, awkwardly, pathetical- ly almost, for in no wise did identi- fcation, as it happened, depend on his evidence, the little Irish lad turned till his eyes met those of Stuyvesant, sitting pale, calm and collected by the generals side, and while the eyes of all men followed those of Reilly they saw that, so far from showing resentment or dismay, the young gentleman bowed gravely, reassuringly, as though he would have the witness lspow his testimony was exactly what it should be and that no blame or reproach attached to him for the telling of what he had seen.
 Then Dr. Frank was called, and he gave his brief testimony calmly and clearly. He recognized it as one he had seen and examined the previous afternoon at Col Brent's quarters on the San Luis. It was lying on little table in the front veranda. He had closely examined it-could not be mistaken about it, and when he left it was still lying on that table. Who were present when he left? "Other than the immediate family, only Lieut.. Stuyvesant." Had he again vis- ited the colonel's that evening? He had. He returned an hour or so later to dine. The ladies had then left their seats in the veranda, and he noticed that the pistol was no longer on the table; presumed Miss Ray had taken it with her to her room and thought no more about it. As indi- cated by the inscription, the pistol was her property.
 Then Lieut.. Ray was called, but there was no response. In low tone the assistant provost marshal ex- plained that the orderly sent to Paco with rnaocoora for r .a,,+ Dow ,.a+,,-1a5