Year: 1879

The DanTille Advocate called ten


Fry,s attention to the article in the


Lexington Press which asserted that
Fry did not kill ZollicoFer, and the
Advocate says:


It is proper to say that Gen. Frs
makes no boas, of this AFFAIR, and j.
rather reluetan, to talk about il; but


the truth Of history should be estab-
lished, aud therefor We deem H.


proper to give this statement from


Gen Fry's own lips, which can be


relied upon as accurate 10 every i'm


portant particular:


After tho firing had ceased. immedi-
Gtely in front OF Col Fry 5
regiment, ls was standing near
! the fence on the north Of Logan's field


and finding that the enemy had retired


from his front, he turned and rode
toward the road which ran parallel


with aud few yards from the fence
As be uesred the read he saw an oih-
Ger on horseback riding down the
road toward the right of his (Coi
I Fry's regiment. This officer aud Col
Fry met in the road and sat side by
side their knees touching. The


officer addressed Col Fry in the fol


lowing lanGusge: I'VE must not
shoot our own mem "Ot course |


would not 90 such = thing intention
ally replied Col Fry. The officer
then aid pointing 10 his iefD ! Those
are our men Col Ffy then rode cF
TO tho right Of his regiment some
twenty or twenty-five paces-leavlng
the officer standing iu the road just
where be had met bin When reach
lag the right Of his regiment Col
Fry turned 10 ascertain what was going
on behind him, aud The FIRST thing that
attracted his attention vas the appear
auce Of another officer, who rode out
from behind a large tree very -neEr the
officer whom Col Fry bad first met
This last officer had his pistOl drawn,
and fred at Col Fry, missing him.
but striking his horse just above the


efs hip bone, Col Fry, finding ne
was not streck Immediately drew his
pisto! Intending o Ere upon his assai-
liant.


Ia this be gas prevented, however,
by the officer taking shelter behind the
same tree from which ne had emerged.
This occurrence at once led Col. Fry
TO baijeve that the officer nc had nci
was confederate (Jus, here it is
proper to say that up to that moment
Col Fry laborcd under the impress
sion that the oiiceT be had met was
Federal, az about that time seyeral
Federal regiments had arrived upon
the feld-ihe officers Of which were
entire strangers to bin Another
hing, too, Which prevented Col Fry
from recognizag the officer as 4 Cent
iedcrate was the fact that his Uniform
was entirely concealed by white
gun over-cOat. Believing as he had
that au attempt had been made to
either capture or kill him, and that
this officer had originated the scheme,
Col. Fry at once detcrmiacd to aim
his shot at him. He did 20, fired, aud
he tell. The surgeon who examined
the wounds upon Gen Zollicoffer's
body after it was removed to The rear,
informed Col. Fry that there was a
wound in the left breast made by a
m nnie ball shot from . pistol, penelra-
ting the top Of the heart, which was
the immediate cause of his death. We
are authorized in saying that 10 the
conversation between Gen. Zolicoffer
aud Col. Fry, Col S,autou's name
was not oOce mentioned; nor did Col.
fry ever use the expression. e es,
they are our own men, and so are yon.


We are also assured that Cot. Fry
did not fire bis pistol until after be
had been fired upon by th Gcer who
rode out from behind the Aose to
the side OF Ger. Zoliicoh Eho f /
Iust where he was when Coz Fry met
him. aud looked anything bul pialu
countrymau. He was well dressed
calm, courteous and dignlhed; nor was
there any sixteen or eighteen men
slmilary dressed, advancing rapidly
to the right" After Col Fry had ridden
off to the right of his regiment, some
forty or fifty, or perhaps many more,
Confederate soldiers were discovered
in the woods some distance TO the left
OF Gen. Zollicofer. They seemed
to have gotten there by mistake, and
as soon as they were discovered Col.
Fry's regiment was ordered to charge
ana cap nre them, bat they Immediate
iy fed aud made their escape. 1t is
proper to state that Col, Fry was
dressed iu full uniform, without over
coat or any thing that could conceal il.