Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-03

t.th ~ sha ta kAS EASS ouafxeF 04 S1Sst tary have Sarrlea briefly tA tAe AT. Seaa saeansssne, es tAe nsetahle ta, dlaa aprssSAsS h whiSA Ae ngageSs.
 and es tAe esct thas at one tlaae oF another sesrsS all tae old etslcets os the gexalsr army, some os them then eelN in assstioas og humble rank, served with hiA in Agtsoaa. Aei0ax those he served Wita wao were thea eg have sjsee become well kAewN so fsnass were GsAReralA Stsseenssn. kAats, Crv>eS, MlllSaN. Mites. Grieesoa, Me Cook, Crawford and CAsftee, the nges,
 eat head os the army, ns vas a eag>
 ticolsr friend ~ General Crsea. and snong his most eFtzed posxsssloas was
 picture of the geaeral presentaa
 with aa setosrspA inscription,
 AlhesT Selhec was born rV.apNalA as, i>4s, ih the sraRa ducAN nt Baden
 at Nagc)ssletm. AaAf way between MOnheim and CAslsrhue, Germany Hts father was named loha selher | aud diSd the next year. Hts mother
 whose maiden name was MaenaFSt ! Fischer died ia Minneapalls Nlpo
 lh lSSS, Resides Albert there we're
 thres boys and four giFls a the family
 ot whom lehn aud Rudolph anu nna
 sister, Thoresa, who mafrted l,anry l oswald, are now sanpospa ta ha Hyins
 ln hafneysvtlle, Minn and one oihnF
 sister lives in Minneanolis. sa tar as riea, "e''
 In the later ferties John seiher an. of the elder children became mtsea
 up In a revolutionary aftair In ger
 many aud teceme a refusee lie fled 70 Havre from whence he wrote to
 hts mother to ioin him with her other
 ehildren and they would all come
 to this country, She did so and they
 arrived In New York while Al was yet
 8 small boy. They were met there hy
 a brother-in-law who took the~, to his
 nome in Lancaster. Pa. where they
 remained until 1856. In that year the
 mother and at least some of the ehii.
 dren, including Al. went to Atinnxs
 apolis Al worked there on the farms
 and in the saw mills until March ].
 1862. when with the consent of his
 mother he enlisted in Company D. of
 the First Minnesota volunteer in.
 fantry. his company joining the resi.
 ment at Yorktown. Pa. He served
 through the Peninsular campaign of
 the army of the Potomac. July 2. 1868
 on the field of Gettysburg he fell with
 a terrible wound in the head. caused
 by a fragment of shell. As h.. lay
 on the ground n moment later. a bullet
 entered his right ankle and following up the limb made its exit at he knee
 He remained fin the h8spital until De
 cembeT Of the same year. whpn he
 was transferred to Company K. of the , First regiment of veteran reserves as corporal under Captain Morrison
 and the reEimeut was accredited to . the state of Massachusetts. For his services with it the state later paid
 him $500 bounty He did provost duty until the fall of 1864 when he was sent to Albany for couple of months 5 and then to Elnira. where he served as guard over rebel prisoners untI his discharge in July. 1865.
 He then returned 10 Minneapclis and in 1866 left overland for the Pa ) cific coast. A few months were spen ? in San Francisco and few more 1T ? getting out ties for the Central Pa ] cific railroad. In 1867 occurred tho - White Pine mining excitement in Ne s vada and he followed the rush Fail g ing to make a fortune in 1868 ht 9 came to Arizona. stopping first a
 Fort Mohave. In 1863 he conJInae, ? HIS 1OuTH6y 10 TTeScUIJ anu NOThet D there a year for the late C. C. Eaan
 later delegate to congress.
 Subsequently, he was employed p Hualapai. Forth Verde and Fort wnIr pie as a driver and scout until 1872 Thereafter he was employed as scout for the succeeding twenty years ; In 1872 at Fort Hualapai where h. 7 went to draw rations for his scoutin: < party of eighty-fiye he was severely injured being ruptured by a buckns 5 horse. The next incident of specIa l interest occurted on September 1 s 1875, when duhng an engagement with the hostiles on the head of Cav, Creek. he, was shot through the righ 5 arm with an arrow. From that tint - on until his wounding at San Carlos
 June l. 1887, he led a life of almos a continual danger. one that can scarce o ly be appreciated by those who peo {; ple this land of peace and order today t But good fortune seemed to accom- pany him and he suffered no othe serious wounds. He gained the com D plete confidence of most of tn
 Apaches. and after peace was finall' t established they looked upon thei
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