The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12

name Of Spencer Hightower. He served
throughout the var and was honoFahly
discharged A. Spencer HiEhtower h
asttls-t ia Richmond where he married
where | was horn and named after him
and there he died and was buried not thres
months ago. all under the name n Spencer
Hightowsr
Why asked the chairman amid a
chorus ~ inquiries from the commission.
because be was a spy throughout the
war. answered the young man dOggedly
-hecauss his hfe WOuldn' have heen worth
moment's purchase had % becOms
known.
That is whv he never made demand for
this fund Thai is why his death aione
permits me IN do 80.
Here arr the papers ~ his enlistment
and diachargr with letter from Cen
Prohasco attssting 10 his services Here
~ his marriage certificate and IN" record
u my birth and BAPTISM Ar they not
proof enough
Ample prV0f- interposed Mr. Byng
satirirallv. that Won are spencer High'
tower s0n II that Sp@nCsr Hght1wer WHO
served In the second United States Cav
airy. but not a acintilla u proof that you
are the Gordon Malthan You Just swure
yourself 70 h. son and heir II that Gordon
Walthan who lef' Yale COLLEGE IN 1871
and has never been heard ~ since
u was CURIOUS 20 note the way the wit.
nsss turned 20 Our chairman and the way
our chairman blandly interposed
That il all very true Mr. Bvng' said
the senator: but II would h. more pert
nent IL the witness had completed his ties.
timonv
lie asked whether that was not proof
enough
Referring of course 20 the exhibits h.
had inst offered a. 20 hts fathers military
service and his own parcntAge, think u
hut fair that We should permit this YONG
man. who seems TO me frank and inEenu'
ous 10 tell bis story IN his own way without
interruption
I always believs in keeping the best
for the last cried the witness con- idently
Here IL a stack ~ letters from his
father and sister written 70 Gordon Walt
ham when he was a student ~ Yale,
and II YOU will turn over zen. Pro
I haEoo's letter YOU will find postscript
| IN the Generals own handwriting 10 the
effect that he knows IT his own nowledgs
that the within named Spen Ger High
tower IL IN reality Gordon Waltham
son % the late Sims Waltham 81 the
Tarches Camden county North Caro-
lima
The various papers which the younG
man offered were passed around the
oval table. and it was evident from the
mods and whispered comments that they
we're favOrablv received Mean while n
a motion from the chairman Attorney
( Cienrrai Cough came forward.
tcould not hear all that passed between
| senator Giles and him hut ! did catch
| sufiic lent references 10 the Grand Army
| ~ the Republic and the importance ol
! the soldier vote IN the approaching eiec'
/ ton 10 prepare mo for what was about
20 happen. and before y happened
! saw a scOrnful Apprehension ~ i in Rep
repnutative BvnE's face
Mr. Cough. returning 90 his place
addressed the Chair. He would b. falls
- the highest traditions ~ the Gov
ernmsnt he said. should he Oppose 4
| claim founded On patriotic devotion
! and sacrifice On the contrary, on hehal
| ~ the Government he beREee = ECON
mend ~ the commission that full titl'
and possession of the Waltham cotton
| fund hs granted 10 this young man
Gordon Waltham. son u Gordon Walt
ham and sometime known az Spenoel
HightoweT. son ~ Spencer Hightower.