The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-10-02
Saw a German Shoot Wounded American Soldier
Who Asked Him for Water-He Feared the
Same Fate.
BY HERBERT COREY

with American shock Troops. Aug.
1G.-for three days ana two nights
! lay in 40 Mans Land and played
dead, said John D. FitzsiWWous OF
- West i2ith street, New York City.
Then ] crawlcd OUT
why didn't you crawl out before 700
! asked.
Il had q hell az e chancc. said
Fitzsimmuus.
over jan the next bed lay Lieutenant
Henry * Cassidy of Wichita. Kan.
By a chance he commanded 81 platoon
ia which -FItzstmmuns fought Z dld
not ask how "a Western man ruf fp
lar east. The two !tllsrd from bed 90
BED Tor a mumcut.
which platoon asa YOU 10 over
with, Fitzsimmone OPT" asked Cassidy.
9TH second. says Ftzsintmous.
"and in the se'ond wave. But We got
all mixed az together As fast as the
men IN the first wave dropped We ran
forward ana TOOK their places.
Cassidy told OF the charge 10 was
straight up mia right ln the teeth ot
machine guns. right across the open
to certain death. Many 70 time tho
Americans 1aYe done iIupo~sihIiues
and taken guns that hy every Uuio
we're u%ntakablp. This time the wave
stopped half way some OF them duE
IN aud some Of ;hom ran back To- "a
NaNNNf = AHNNN LH -'N 81 NNNL
might happen. They charged thus'
guns five times hat afternoon. Finally
they got them.
WHY were they not smashed by
our artillery 900 asked.
cassidy didn't know. The man in
the line rafelT has the answer 20
puzzling questions like that. lie
heartily damned the German riots
who had swept M and down has line
az men that day. machine cunning
them ~ they lay waiting Tor the order
To go On.
why OF" ! began to ask. Then !
stopped. what was the use Cassidy
did not know tao answer. and lr he
had known n I could not print H.
lie had missed many Of the happen
ings OF the DAY. because a little bit
of hell had scratched him up "a bit.
and his colonel had p%rofanciy vac
uated him Cassidy said he'd b" back
In two weeks. lie has n score TO- set
tie. His best friend the best man
that ever Sas- wns Killed hy his
side.
Every hoy from Sow YORK took
a vow the day they heard tiHt Iiui
peaceful when we brought him ia
Just that little. kindly snile on his
lips. oh. my Cod
over in the next he'd Fitxyimmons
was singing. He was sim %crooninE
that Come All yc' that had attracted
my attention when l entered the
ward. lie Is a tall. thin. blond irish
a with a fine. thin nose and =
lively blue eye.
why for wouldn't I sing 90 asked
he. Tn that glad 20 he alive. Three
days and two nights ] laid In No
Mans Land and played dead
N IN contrary to nature FOR a
wounded man to sing and ! told MIN
so.
Hoo" says Fiizsimmons. 81 got
II high up through the chest ~
never touched me lungs on nothing.
III be back pretty oon I'm lone
some here
1 wanted to know why ne played
dead.
Because they'd shot me head or
N ! hadn't" said he. They were go-
Ing about. shooting wouaded men that
lust asked them for water"
did YOU see that or did some one
tell you2"
Il saw one German do H." said
Fitzsimmons. his merry face dcckcd
out In thwny rags uf new beard. turn
ing instantly grave. "TheT. was ID
wounded American near me who had
boon crying out for water for hours.
For Gods sake he says. Water.
for Gods sake over and over. like
that. Then this Dutchman came up