Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-20
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DAKOTA
Friday Evening, June 20, 1879.
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The Verdict Of III. Court Martial oa,ci.
.st6t4@ a. fGlsaNY Announced. IS nj .g 4a1

h Verdict OF the Court Martial Omci-
Inter-0oesu Special.
Wilmington, June N.-Ths verdict il
the Hazen:Stanlsy trial, which, wls an
aounced ohadslly to-day, b exacly what,
was snhoeAoed infthsss dispitches Iaameoth.
ago, and just what was expected BY all the
best Informed, of tho evidence on the court.
martial. The finding, a. approved BY Gen.
Sherman issquiyslent to prdposncinet Glen.
Hazen guilty. Of all the charges that Gen.
Stanley made against him in the letter
Stanley wrote to Hazsn calling him
IN ippoetor, coward, and other pet names.
STANLEY, BY the verdict Of The court, 10 TO bef
"~admonished" BY General Sherman for
writing a1fnpeftinant letter, but the court
did not find him guilty Of writing sfalse-
hood. 1t will be . very severe blow to Gen.
Hazen to haye!dchrAAn q Generals Ham
cock, Pope, Mxfct md others of equal rank
s:a ssPFtetiss a%9nouncss iessp1sns copEt,
shsab0.A hsdebn5e, thhtsG Saaa deasju0t
lie whe calls Gen. Hazen an imposter and
coward. Army officers here say that it
will entirely destroy Hszen's standing in
etn.y, sd ini q aai!!4.sEy seqettt.a much
worse Iee him than 4i6eshad7bb been tried up
on st2aiey' scixresls iand CONVICTED -Hazen
has sued Stanley in = New York court for
libel, but the case will never DO tried. No
civil court will eyer give him , verdict
when . military rourt sY9uldtnns xnd'army
officers here say that Tie suit kor libel was
begun merely to break the force of the
verdict Of the ceurt-martial. In General
Sherman's letter, approving the sentence,
government have decided that the
United States court cannot arraiRu
for trial any officer. for. -oaeuse.
comfnittedi more ! than two YEAR, be.
fore the order for the assembling Of the
court. Fer this reason the charges against
General Haven caanot be inquired into iby ,
general court mxrtfhf,..sh that this trial asnd
Judgment must stand As the final decision, o
al .the matters raised in the controversy
Both parties wall Be careful that the service
be not injured BY . revival Of this subiect.'
General Sherman in the hast sentence, I'D
rnonishes Hazen that this libel suit had bet
ter be discontinued, and orders HaZen a
once to his'tegiment which IL ct Fort Blu
ford, Dakota, so that Hazen cannot, remail
in New York TO try the suit; and Stanley
who is In Buffalo, is ordered to Texas. Gen
Hazen has : particular reason for not van,
ing to return to Fort sBuford, and for tb,
last two years he has succeeded in keepil,
away, but now General Sherman's order
are peremptory and he will be compelled
go back or resign his commission. In tn
letter Oh which General Stanley was triei
he alludes to Hazen "having left Fort Blu
ford in disgrace" In the trial no allusiol
wa made to this charge, General Hazen no
caring to have it inquired into, and Genera
Stanley very honorably avoiding all allusio1
to it, for the reason that If General Hazel
had made it necessary for him 10 prove tn
charge Stanley would have been compelle,
to put the wife Of Captain Sanders, of tn
Sixth infantry, on the stand to testify I
facts that would have been very disagreeabl
to any lady. For MrsIl Sanders sake Stsnle,
generously avoided all allusion to 1 yer,
disgusting story With which General Hazel
is connected, and in which is to be found tn
reason why he does not want to return t
Fort Buford. Hazen has been ambitious t
become. quartermaater general of the arm,
when Meiggs %retires, and fol several year
has been intriguing to get the appsintmen,
hut this trial puts the honor out Of his reach