, 1922-06-24

Shoshoni. had thu material cut up
and made into n dining tent In this
capacity It was use during the --Sis-
tration period
Under its painted scenes City At.
torney Moody of Shoshoni. son Of SEN
ator Moody of South Dakota, ate his
supper that pitch-dark night, less than
an hour before he was fouIfy shot
down within n dozer yards of his own
door. by some of the crooked gambling
~scoundrels. whom no was engaged In
s-uppressing.
Tho writer who was then at Sho-
shoni. n correspondent for a number
OF eastern papers. was camped within
a hundred yards of the scene of the
tragedy. and heard the shot. but ow.
ing to a temporary attack Of illness,
was nab,e to cover the murder. How
ever. by n happy coincidence I had.
only a few hours before, made the
acquaintance OF that brilliant and Yer.
satile wyorning Newspaper man,
Frank II. Barrow. now. for many
years q. resident OF Washington, d. c.,
where, in addition to fining the role
of correspondent for a string Of pa
pers and periodicals, he Is confidential
secretary to Congressman Mondell. and
quite a power in the political life Of
the nations capital. Mr.. Barrow had
just arrived In Shoshoni that after
noon, to cover the opening Of the res
ervatton for a number Of eastern pa
pers and some magazines He volun-
teered to do my work for me, which
act was q great kindness. especially
considering the fact that he was work
ing under double pressure. getting the
story of the crime out for his W
papers
With the closing Of the Repatriation
period at Shoshoni. the Gettysburg"
dining tent fell into disuse. The can
vas was again cut mp and reduced in
size, the major portion being used in
the making of the still-existing wall
tent Smaller pieces, however, could
be seen for several years at various
other places IN town. serving as COW
ering for wood sheds, chicken houses,
and other nondescrtpt buildings.
Tho writer saw the great painting
twice, once in Philadelphia and again
In Richmond 1t covered the Interior
of the walls of a frame structure called
the "Cyciorama" building over 40
feet high. and several hundred in cir
conference, forming a complete cir
Gle.
1t wasltruly an a~weinspiring spec
tacle. The visitor assembled a stair
a Leaving tho busy city. with its
gas and arc lights Illuminating the
night in a few seconds he found him
self, as IL suddenly transported by
magic. standing or a platform, appar-
entity in broad daylight. in the midst
of the awful magniffcence of a bat
tlefield.
Extending. seemingly for miles IN
directions toward the horizon, be
meath a Pennsylvania summer sky,
the grand. but terrible scene was one
not to e SOON forgotten. The natural
Of everything was little short of
marvellous. Concealed above a.canopy,
covering the platform was a number
of powerful electric lights which
simulated sunlight. The
famous stone fence. and a. minute por-
ton of the landscape. were, at one
place at the bottom of the canvas, en-
by natural rock and trees, but
tho average visitor could hardly dis
the natural from the artistic.
1t was said that Philipiteau, who
was a Frenchman. and who also paint
ed the great panoramic picture, the
Monitor End Merrtmac," spent sever
al months on the battlefield, studying
the Topography, woods. old breast
works. etc. almost to the uiinutest de-
tail. He cad all the most reliable 40
Of the battle talked with many
men who took part in It, cleaning as
accurate data as possible regard
ing the disposition OF the troops. the
Of the batteries and the posi-
tons of the higher officers.
1t was even claimed that he went to
the extent of making calculations as
to theg growth or decay Of trees, some
If which at the time Of the battle, must
been nero saplings, or had not
yet made their appearance, while
others. which in the meantime had
been stricken by the hand of time,
then in the height OF their bloom.
But myriads of others. still, we're o
just as they must have ap-
,eared on that eventful day, their torn
coughs and shattered trunks bearing
testimony to the storm of shot
shell that. for three days., had
wrought death and devastation on such
! frightful scale