New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-04
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
AN ARMY OFFICER on TRIAL.
,u.,.e,.,, or pIc,NY AND FORGERY-THE COURT


.cC,,srD OF BIGAMY AND FORGERY-1lE CoVhi-
v,pr1,1. on GOVERNORS ISLAND.
A court-martial, ordered by President Hayes
M Tho trial of Captan Llomas Blair Of the 10Th Un'eo
tates Infantry assembled on Governors lsahu SeS'c
aav There we're present LieutenantCoohel ~ d.
Ayres Of the al Artillery; Lieutenant-C0ohel A. ~
nelson of The 18th Infantry; Licucuanttolohe' D. !"
Brannan. OF the lst Artillery Major g. n lie uHSl VI
he I'd Artillery Major c. L. Best. OF the lSt IniahuS
Major Richard Arnold of the 5th AricIy Major dohn
Mendenhall. OF the 1st Artillery; Captain 'ohh :
Wharton. Of the 10Th Infantry and Captain william SIN
clair of tie 81 Artillery These officers VIII FORM 'o
ourt-martial to he presided over by Mayor DSN" "
Swain who has been appointed JOdSe-AHNo'"'"
message was received from the secre'n! VI
~, ~rostcr,,v informing the couItmGrtial that
Noior Swan had been taken SICK III N"s"'"A
ron and ordering adjournment unui va
The court therefore adjourned until II'oV ''o'N
morning after appointing Ciptain sinclair I'V''"'''
General NJ r Mcmahon, counsel for captain nt"s
Gicd i,"' WIN 80 a. r,.,.,. ,rono,,t 70 face
ainiiitary tribunal Is stated as cohuurt uilV 80 I1,nv
"+rcr and gentleman" but hc is accused OF hgdin.
NM o,J i a handsome iutcil'geut-'ooi'ng man II
j. assorted taat when nc came I" AiGr'c VNca ,,,
living I'm scotland without having been cSiy dlNosC"
from his fret wife lac Inr,cd the Woo" Hl y r T,n
during INC rebellion The accusation oi ioIGtrN y 49,
an the following cIcums'2GcC' oT.' 70 he his wife
document which purporcd To he Ms DISCHARGE iL2ia I"
I-urrJ states Ariny IL signed by name unHn,N
o m, war Department. Army officers say tnal VIM
mo ACT of signing q fgtitIou. name cou iot I' wi
Tie basis Of charge OF forgery m cll court oa ,
uspd against the officer IN military tHDuh' otSH"5
me li>c ol any such means Of deception may p V.ts
gs " conduct uuhccomnC an officer an gent t'u'i,,
When fbc Accusations against CAPTAIN bla WEI I'"''
he r3s .f4uou,d IN Tex aud ne aphlcd Tor P'Nt Va
rbsc1cc iat;n that he wished q disuToyc the cAa%
,coii,. i'm Tie was granted thry DAYS ~"Ne; ana ne
.-.rtrl for Washington intending 10 AK IoI itNe 60
,,s Gcotlq,l. lie travelled by way or NcV-lol ~
vas DELAYED by suow,torm. on his arrival III ui.s
.lv he was arrested and place" uu1tr Gnard ~ t'tI.
u0I', Island T!c military dUthoHttS btAcNtu 'i'. V
itcn ic ~ 30 to scotland without leave ana cour
martial was Ordered. -. ,-,.--.., .,,, ro
was never nar'icd TO Mrs Nichols Of GhS.oN, pU ne
la- admitted that Do lived ou intimate tclS WIN Hi,
nnd mat uc T,- the father ~ hor Two CAA.hfIu, -.
claims That Inc supported tie children "s "tI - He
rould afford. aud that tie woman Was untrue ~ Iiu
he explain, his visit TO Tins city los tc l2tl ld" nc
pass@s over the Ne-N orb Central Railroad liiS VIC
was related 20 the Nuudrlbs NV hcr marriaGe 10 zen
trl Grau-,r. ANA nj. NaDdt Tu!lt, j. Is sdU ms tE
ltr yl. Kindness I'm pUv!t'Ug f.r h-r son ny hfI MS
marriage Mr. Blair clWgs 10 Ecr husband ana Nl''s
lin daily Her relatives, WHO ar" wealthy residents "4
Georgia are .LAO5. 10 have The ChaT- against ~
tain Blair either prove dsproytd aud was sun AZ
one time that they mcdl,aei procuring ltqds'i0H 10
have AIm tried Do Ge'1ei3in criminal co|l"