New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06

the street. and informed him that there was Oou-
federate soldier in Washington
How do you know? he asked.
That renlied- is of your business
Il was arrested and taken TO the provost mar
shall who on hearing my story, let me go. TIE
next morning I was arrested again 1 was VIZ
einian you understand and was open 10 susp!-
cion on general principles. went 70 Secretary
Wells of the Navy who thought it was advisable
for me to see Mr.. Lincoln. I related all the cir
curnstances to the President, canddly confesslng
10 the leisurely way in which had eaten my oys-
ters the night before. Mr.. Lincoln treated me with
al the sympathy and kindness of a father was
not molested after that
And now several great and tragic pictures VIII
he quickly together
THRICE WOUNDED IN CHARGE.
Evans. eighteen years old an officer Of Admiral
Porters feet is charging Fort Fisher with sixty
two men over twelve hundred feet Of sand on the
open beach Of the Atlantic. A Confederate sharp
shooter is firing at him accurately and steadily
Evans falls his face. with bullet in his LEFT
Ieg below the knee. He rapidly bandages the wound
with silk handkerchefs taken from his pocket and
goes forward on run. With seven others he gains
rhe stockade The same sharpshooter not more
than thirty yards away, puts heavy bal through
mis- right knee. The sharpshcoter fires again and
takes away part OF Evans's foot Some one hands
Evans a rausket. He deliberately aims at the
sharpshooter's breast But my bullet. Admiral
Evans says. went d little high II hit the poor
fellow in the throat and passed out al the back OF
his neck. He pitched over the Parapet. rolled down
near me where he lay dead"
There were hours Of horrible suffering on the
sand with muskets and caHnons firing over his
head. He almost died Of Thirst Then the tide
came in and he narrowly escaped death by drown
ing Far into the night he was taken away Sur
geons examined his wounds Tn the morning he
hears the chief say 10 mis- assistant, take on
both his legs
Morning came and Evans. only boy. remem-
- So the
revolver under his head. The assistant appeared
Evans knew him. Pulling the sun from under
nv pillow" admiral said, = told the surgeon
there we're six loads in it, that If he or any one
else entered my door with anything that looked
like case sof instruments meant TO begin shoot
ing and that I would kilF six doctors before they
succeeded in cutting my legs on.
There are many other personal and historic IN
stances which show that the name Fighting Doe
was worthily and sensibly bestowed.
After you recovered from your woUndA did
you ever meet the surgeon whom you threatened
to kill?" I asked
Very often: he a friend OF mine While
was on crutches he told me ne had made
mistake in not amputating my right leg 'H will
give you trouble long as you live. he SAID
and YOU viii always have rheumatism HIS
prophecy has been more than fulfilled. Every mo-
nent since then have felt pain whenever my right
foot touched the ground. After the wound healed
nv leg was drawn up so that could not use it at
all 7 went to Philadelphia and had it broken over
by one OF the best surgeons IL uio Sotti'iS-
operation heightened the leg considerably. oot-
have always been lame
while : was doing everything IN the. world 70
get ready for 1 put on the retired hst
OF the navy because Of my disabilities l took my
case directly to Congress and was reinstated- on
my first cruise, after being restored to duty
wore a heavy steel frame. which ripped the skin
from my hip and ankle every night when took Il
of I sank it in the Pacific Ocean. serving after
ward for more than forty years In. all kinds OF
ships without any such barbarous appliance
You spoke Of your call on Ir Lincoln Since
then I suppose. YOU have been acquainted with all
the Presidents
Yes. every one of them. NJ relations with Mr.
Cleveland were intimate from mis- first term to the
day of his death. He the greatest man
have ever known. I sure ms would have pre-
ferrsd 10 lose an arm rather than do act that
was injurious and wrong. was on lighthouse duty
during his first administration and efrsz vsnt al