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BRAUWER TELLS OF
DEATH OF CAPTAIN
JEREWsWRPHY
Col. T. J. Murphy Learns
From Eye Witness Story
of Son's Heroic Death.
Captain H. S. Brauwer of the 59th
Infantry, who was the companion of
Captain Jeremiah Murphy at the
time he was killed in the Bois de
Fay, in the Argonne Forest, visited
Col. T. J. Murphy today and brought
the direct eye-witness story of the
death.
"Captain Murphy was, killed at 1 0
o'clock at night on October 6 as he
and I and an orderly were going to
division headquarters. He was struck
by shrapnel from one of the guns
that the Germans had been shooting
at us for about two weeks, and he
died in about three minutes," said
Captain Brauwer.
"We had been held here since
Sept. 25, and we were at a standstill
for two weeks before we got through.
This Bois de Fay was one of the
worst spots of the war. It was a
hell hole. The Germans put over
everything they had, gas, shrapnel
and big and little guns.
"A few nights before we had ad
vanced a short distance and we went
looking for a dugout to sleep in for
the night we found a small one and
went in. On account of the Ger
man planes we were not allowed to
light any matches in the open, so
when we got Inside and closed the
opening we struck a match to light
a cigarette when we discovered two
dead Bochea in a corner right near
us. We slept outside for the night."
PAIR OF GLASSES
CLUE TO IDENTITY
Woman Defies Police to
Learn Who She Is, After
Swallowing Poison.
