El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-13
COLONEL 6 WIFE
WEEPS FOR DEAD.
Mrs. Slocum Unable to Con
troll Feelings w hen Caval-
rymen Brought Here.

Mrs. H J. Slocum, wife of Col Slo-
cum, commanding the 18th cavalry, was
at the union station when the bodies
. Of five soldiers and five civilians ar
rived at 1925 from Columbus, N. NJ.
She stood for quite a while at the iron
fence which shuts the public out from
entering the platform, and after look
ing at the long row of trucks with
the gray boxes OF dead, placed her
hands to her face and wept ITO
think" she said, that these are our
: boys" She could not say more and
with her head bent, walked into the
shade of the north wall where she stood
alone.
Las Cruces Man.
The bodies to be brought in were
the following civilians; John. J. Moore,
G. o. Miller. whose remains viii be
shipped to Winchester Va; DR.. H. M.
Hart. whose people reside in Columbus,
O.: w A. Davidson. who was a mem
Der of company K, Texas national
guard, FL PasO: and G, Dewitt Miller
of Las Cruces, n. NJ
The soldiers were: Harry p. Weisel,
corporal troop G; Frank T kendVall,
horeshOer. troop K; Paul Simon. cor
poral; John Neivergelt, band sergeant;
Fred A Griffin, private troop X.
John Craig of Toledo, O., who was
on the train that stopped at Columbus,
said that the sight Of placing the
bodies upon the train was one of the
most Impressive he ever saw. The
band played Nearer My God to Thee
before the train started and the off
GERS lined upon one side and the troop
ers upon the other gave the final sa-
Lutte" he said.
More Refugees.
The Columbus train brought in 20
more refugees from the border town.
The women came to remain until the
border excitement at that. point dies
down, and the men after placing their |
families expect to return.
Sergt. G.. Jones of the 18th cavalry, |
who had his left leg hurt while on
guard duty at Hachita, N. NJ. was
brought in and taken to Fort Bliss 1
hospital for treatment.
Military HOnOrs-
The bodies of John Nievergelt and |
Paul Simon. were inferred Saturday |
afternoon with military honors in the |
cemetery at Fort Bliss
The remains of Corp. Harry e. Wis |
nell, of Troop C. were shipped Satur- |
day night to Brooklyn. \. Y; the body !
of Private Fred A. Griffin has been 1
sent to Cottondale. Ala; the body Of I
Frank T. Kendvall. horseshOer, has 1
been sent to Jamestown n. Y; the re- /
mains Of Thomas Butler. OF troop F, |
was sent Saturday night TO Syracuse,
Dies at Fort.
The body of Jesse Z. Taylor, who /
died at the Fort Bliss hospital from /
his wounds, after being brought from
Columbus, will be shipped Monday !
morning to Calhoun City. Miss.
The remains of W. A. Davidson, Of |
company X, Texas national guard. are
being held at the Peak Undertaking
company parlors. pending funeral ar
rangements.
Bodies shipped.
The body of John James Moore. was
Saturday to Bpcyrus, Ohio;
the remains Of c. c. Miller. druggist,
have been shipped to Winchester. Va;
the remains of Charles Dewitt Miller, !
were shipped Saturday night to Las
Cruces. N NJ. for interment accom-
panied by relatives.
The first victim Of the Columbus
massacre to be inferred in Fl Paso !
county soil was that of w c. Richie,
the hotel proprietor, who was buried
afternoon at 4 o'clock in |
Evergreen cemetery. under the auspices |
OF the Woodmen of the World.
DIR. Harris Funeral.
Funeral services were held over the !
body Of DR.. Harry N. Hart. the gov
eminent cattle inspector. at the Peak
company parlors, Sunday |
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The service
was under the auspices Of the Elks,
and later the remains were shipped over
the T. & P. to Columbus o., for inter-
ment
A strange coincidence occurred in
the Identification Of the charred re-
mains of DR.. Hart. A number of Elks
came over from Douglas. and were
engaged in making the search for the
remains lin the hotel ruins. BELOW the
olackened bones of the trunk OF the
Hart body was a small bit Of check !
sloth, not as big as the palm OF the
hard. II had been preserved from the
flames by the moisture from the
body.
One of the EIks spoke up:
Now ! know that this is Harris |
body, for he and I ordered suits from
his same cloth 1t was the last OF
he bolt and we said at the time No |
me else can have suits like ours.
Hart Identified.
Then another spoke up and said: |
IF it's Harris body for a sure thing !
here ought to be a ring about He |
lad a beauty of a diamOn1.". The Elks
,egan scratching w the ground. One
aid: "Oh. what's the use. Those ban
Its took II Of course" But they kept |
working the ground. and suddenly the
ing was found. The gold had been |
,lackened, but the diamond was bright !
md clear as n dew drop. Upon each |
ide of the diamond were small blood
ed rubies
The ring was secured by Or. Hart
rom a refugee from Mexico who had |
borrowed 500 on It. 1t was very hand !
oraa Hart was OartiCularlW DrOmd I