Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-21

came on the ruin and he heard. OF the
tan officer fleeing up towards the
Bagumbayan, the direction in which
the pistol lay, he sent Mr.. Wharton
Lieut.. Wharton-with patrol in
pursuit.
| The inscription on the pistol re-
vealed its ownership and caused Ger
tain suspicious that warranted his
action, he believed, in ordering the
instant arrest of the officer If found.
Maj. MacNeil went on to say he
chad 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 Manufactured lit
tie Irishman stepped forward. He
was one Of the patrol. Corporal
Stamford, first relief, was 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
he couldn't tell what, but the officer
spoke excited like, and all of q sud
den jumped away and started as
though to run, and No. "hollered"
after him, though Reilly didn't clear
ly understand what was said. "At
all events he made him come back,
and There Reilly seemed greatly
embarrassed and glanced about the
room from face to face in search of
help or sympathy-"it seemed to kind
OF rile 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?"
Eyes, the electric light was burnin'
at the corner, and he'd seen him sew
eral times driving by the 'bar'ks'"
Was the officer present-now?
"Yes," and Reilly's face Redeemed
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 t1ismay.
the young gentleman bowed g'ravely,
reassuringly, as though he would
have the witness know 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 DE-. 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. Rrentrs quarters on
tho San Luis. It was lying on a 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 left2 "Other
than the immediate family, only
Lieut.. Stuyvesant." Had he again Wis
tied the coloneps 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 1t with her to her room and
thought no more about it. AS indi-
Gated 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-
planned that the orderly sent to Pace
with message for Lieut.. Ray returned
with the reply that Mr.. Ray had two
days leave and was somewhere up
town. He as yet had not been found.
A young officer of artillery volun-
teered the information that late the
previous evening, somewhere about
ten, Mr.. Ray had called at the Guar
tel de Meysic, far over on the north
side. He was most anxious to find a
soldier named Connolly, who, he said,
was at the Preside at the time the
heutenant's quarters were entered
and robbed, and Lieut.. Abercrombie
had taken Mr.. Ray off in search of
tho soldier.
Ray not appearing, the examine
ton OF Assistant Surgeon Brick be-
gan. Brick was the first medical Of
6cer to reach the scene of the ,nrr-