New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-16
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ARMY OFFICERS ARRAIGNED.
INoUIRING INTO TIKI CONDUCT OF GENERAL WAR
rem AND MAJOR NELSON.


rem AND MAJOR NELSON.
Several witnesses were examined before the War
rem Court of Inquiry yesterday. lie cros%exam,
nation Of General Henry Capehart was continued,
and he described the position his command occupied
on the day of the battle, This position rs Indicated
at the west of the Gillian field. The charge at
this position OF the lire was not made over the enc
mys parks. but around them. Sometime after max,
ing the charge, the witness said, he saw General
Crawford's command.
Captain g. NJ. Kinne. ade-de-camp to General
Dovcns on the day of the battle OF Five Forks was
the next witness. His testimony was as follows:
As We moved up toward the enemy's line on the
morning of April l. we did not meet with much resist,
cleared the way We reached position In front Of the
enemys intrenchments sometime during the forenoon
was instructed by General Devcns to kesp AT the rignt
Of the cavalry line aud to report 10 him when tue n-
fantry ready TO make the attack. sawa portion
OF he infantry come up and swing around 10 the irt
There deabe firing and some confusion III the
ranks OF the Infantry.
Mr.. snckney-l think lisa waste Of time TO question
the witness that poIn We willing 60 admit that
there was soue confusion during the fist tack
ter with the conduct Of General Sheridan.
Mr. stickneyI assume that no act of General sheri-
dan IL to criticised That ne acted according TO the
information re rad is not d'spuicd Il is general War
rem wro Is before the Conrt aud not General sheridan
The witness continued: Ia order to ascertain when
the infantry gong advance looked for General
reported 10 General Owens the advance made and
the works. Our frat order after getting
into works wastO tho enemy TO the left Our
had been left in the woods alone the nam road to
Five Forks We lost two officers and fifteen or sixteen
The next witness was Captain Charles II. Miller.
of PennIngtOns command. He said:
We mad orders to connect with Fitzhugh who was on
our Iight We had broken our connection IN gon ,
Filzhughs left WIS acrwsrd made at the scott road
sIyIson Orders were recelved from PENNINGTON 10
10 The lett This movement dld noti M
the Gillian field. When the charge was made over
the works might have passed across the north end or
the Gillian fled.
The last witness was Cantain William Marks, who
was lieutenant IN Fizbugh's brigade. He said
that he received an order from one of Sherldan's
staff officers to bring up ammunition. At that time
about Oclock-be was about quarter oil mile
from Five Forks. He went distance OF half
mile to the wagon tram. which in the edge of
the woods al the side OF the main road leading to
Five Forks Here, the witness saId, he saw part or
the infantry which pointed out to HIM as the
Fifth CORPS. In view of tie lighting IN the front he
thought they were making an easy march.
The Court adjourned until Monday al IL a. m.
The Nelson Court Martial was continued ycster-
day. General George w. Wallace, Vi ijor Sprague,
Dr. Lipplncot and Colonies Larned and Menden-
hail gave testimony rs to the good character OF the
prisoner The records show, 1t ~ SAID, that over
81 600 GOO ras passed through Major Nelson's hands
while serving as paymaster. His accounts previous
to ms removal to Nrw-fork have always been found
correct. No testimony bearing on the facts OF the
ale ed defalcaton was taken yesterday The Court
will meet again to-day. it is understood that the
prisoner makes no denial of the charges brought
against him. and that the will be referred 1t
now stands. to the War Department III Washington.
MURDER 1RlALS IN NEW -JEiCoEI.
Dr. Joshua Reed OF Newark, testified yesterday
at the ira of William Dalze, IN Paterson, that
when Dalzell was taken To the police station IN
Newark his head was covered with cuts which had
Violently been inflicted with stones. DaZeil, the
prisoner, testified as follows:
| r .mted the farm Garret Mountain eleven years
ter tne nroperJy from row lies" AS had crops OF
potatoes seven and some heiicrs on the place
fence | asked him who had broken 1t down
when man with his hat pulled down over ms
eyes up TO and asked him what he had to DO
with 1t. Tue man cllnehaf WIN my SOD Dut tney were
separated by Constable Riley. Ny son and started
for the house, the pursuing and calling Us all
kinds of nalnes ana throwing stones at Us was AFRAID
going 10 hc killed. and thought of turning around
me the head and was knocked down. did not hear
repOrt or the and did not know II had been us
charged until saw that one OF the hammers was down
In the afternoon the jury visited the scene Of the
shooting.
At the opening of the Meierhoefer murder
trial yesterday the counsel for LamincEs introduced
two new Witnesses of whom testified To the un-
happy relations existing between Melerhoefer and
his wife. Mrs. JOLIET. who keeps liquor shop III
fled that Lammens called at her house shortly,
after a. Ill. October o. and bought 10 cents
worth of whiskey; he was not there at any other
was was recalled by Judge Depue aud testl-
fed to the position of the body IN the cellar |
On his Ioss-examipation an important point was
called at the house shortly after the murder had |
testified that when Lamnens came M from the Gel |
lar with the nix they had asked for he trembed so
that he spilled milk. The theory of the State
has been that Lammens had the body OF his |
victim ID the cellar and that his trembling was due |
To that fact Dr. Hewitt testified thIt he saw Lam
mems at the police station Orange after the muir
der and that he was suffering from paralysis, and
was trembling violently. Mrs. Christina Newmann, |
OF West y lange, testified that MI. MelefnOelef was
badly treated by his wife.
Patrick Dufy. who is charged with killing Morris |
Walsh testified yesterday III Jersey City that Walsh
had betrayed Mrs. Duly, AMI he had no remem- |
bTance of striking him WIN the riyet hammer.