The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
CIVIL War HERO
PUT TO DEATH FOR
AYEEGING WOMAN
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explain more. or to try TO. and perhaps
this is better than trying to sleep.
1t is midnight now.
We'll. the next thing / must tell you is
that the man in my regiment whom 1
killed was-as they said al the court-mar-
tal to-day-an enemy Of mine
His name was Williams. ami he was
until recently employed in our firm IN a
comparatively subordinate position. He
was troublesome, self-Opinionated man.
of no great value 10 the business, and
not long ago he was gotten rid of. large
~ at ms instigauon, and thoroughly as
ne deserved.
However, he belonged to some militia
or other, and when the war broke our "a
was given q commission IN this regi-
ment.
l volunteered for se-vice. and l. zoo.
was pat in this resim snt. ds private;
and thus il came ab'u- that be 50 sOOr
found limself IN q posit'"l TO take His
revenge upon me-and well did he do il.
the biackguard. That IS imme rial row,
but IL is necessary ti.at y0I should uE-
derstand that the wnoie regiment know
these facts. and knew, toe, that although
/ Lad supported ais bullying for lorg
time without a murmur y was not unlike
~ that / should try to get level with him
if / had an opportunity.
And now / can come straight 10 tie
fatal time. Our regiment was almost IN
the center OF the drst line, the day he
fore yesterday, at ,iie st0rn,iug Of tie
big redoubt. and We had haG Tie bIunt
Of the fighting all day. The enemy had
thrown up some very strong earthworks in
front af the main defenses, and our artil-
lery, aided by the infantry hal had lot
OF work to do in demolishing them and
driving the enemy from them.
Third Of Their Officers Fall.
We had stormed tie earthworks twice
already. and had lost at least a third Of
our officers and men. had TWO minor
wounds only.
The captain Of my company Franklin,
was killed IN the second assault. and
/ Williams took his place i'm command.
Then the big assault was ordered IN
weak point in their main defenses
where our heavy artillery had made a
breach, and We were hurled &. il resi-
ment up9n regiment.
What actually happened I do not exact
ly know, my recOllecuons are only Of
my own personal surroundings; the rest
does not matter TO me now.
There was surge and a roar OF 6ght-
| ing; one was conscious of nothing but
/ explosions. and shouts. and screams.
blood everywhere, and men struggling
/ and men fallen.
At last / was on the slope at the foot
OF the breach. stumbling over bodies and
I lighting my way blndly, half choked by
smoke and dust
And then. suddenly. / saw your father.
cannot explain Whit happened within
me at that momslt I was half mad and
/ daZed from d wound in the head. and
1 perhaps half a child again. / cannot eX-
| plain; but / saw him as though he were
/ the only man before me. Despite al the
years since had last seen him, and the
/ state he was in, with blood and CRIME
on his face and in his sriZZed hair, I
saw him as though We we're together at
/ home in the old days-ss though he were
standing on the veranda TO greet me on
| the return from the plantations with the
sun on his smiling face.
4 Chastity Holocaust.
1t was as though vision flashed on
me and made me unconscious Of tho
| CHASTITY holocaust around US. Perhaps
/ your mother was near
But il was only 10 be an instant He
saw me also ana MlELLcF the same AEEi-
/ ings were in aim I do not know. but he
( stood as If turned 10 stone with his gaze
( full on me. and his sword arm raised
as though he had been about 10 parry a
/ blow.
! The next instant some one IN front OF
me. and 10 my right. ] could not see who
I il was dashed forward and buried a
sword half ITS length in his chest.
| l can see Georges face now his jaw
! dropped. but his eyes remained fixed on
NE till he fell
Then I was quite mad, ] think; I felt
/ choked, and things swan before me. I
/ killed that man; I DO not actually re-
member how. but men behind me saw it.
/ He was Williams, Of course, the man
who killed your father, and for whom l
am to be shot in an hour or Two.
II is now
! suppose it will ne about g.
l am tired. and I will stop. 7 have
/ said everything. / think
| This writing has tired me. and ] think
I shall be able 10 sleep. / wonder II wax
ing up will be unpleasant when they
come for me-
But I am not sorry now. believe alb
solutely in the hereafter, and think
that / shall md Helen and George in
very little time now.
GoOd-by. ms boy, and God bless you.