Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-10-27
COL. i. P. MRR0W. The Deiene2nl's TeimOny in His
 Own Behlc suffering From Rheumasm. Mental Au2i- eiy and Weak Conitutson-Did
 Not Drink-HIlsecord.
MONDAY ArTEEooN.

e MONDAY ATTEEooN.
 The following is the tstlmony of tn, D first day Of tue court mttlal, which the
 reporter was then uuabA io obtain. bu. IS now given to make tie report com.
 plete:
 [ Ine cour. met Monday at 10 a. n.
 The Judge Advocate rd the special . gIders couyeEmg the .ourt martial.
 The attendant stated t-lt he had no ooJectlon to any officer resent in the - court martial. The defcHaut was then arfaigued on charge Of violating No. ooOt the Articles of Wal The charges accused the defendant being found drunk drunk on July 30. Augut 2, ., and =. Ioo9. To each count h pleaded not guilty. The charges areigned by Gen. eral Crook.
 Major Caleb H. Cirlton, of Fort Lowell, was The first wIuess sworn-I s1now the accused; vas at Fort Huachu- ca attending a court marial: went there Juiy Z3rd and remained til August 26tL. colonel Morrow was Ol duty at Fort huachuca ID August. he vas command ing; he relieved Major Nolan. The first tune saw him in Jefords. the Dost trader, heard somebody say he was pretty damn drunk; saw him slightly stagger; saw enough to know he had been drunk One Sunday afternoon at ! the suffers store l saw Colonel Morrow Tn a room He asked me If l would take drink, l said, no. Afterwards I ! qld take a glass beer with Captain Jeiioret-. addressed some remarks 1 Co Colonel Morrow. He did not | seem to comprehend my remarks | Afterwards [ saw Captain Jeffurds | and Colonel Morrsw going along to- | gether. ] considered him drunk. This was somewhere about the middle Of l August On another date, someone called my attention Co Colonel Morrow. He mad the Colonel by the arm. con- sldered him drunk. This was on a Sun day. l gave the condition of the ac- cuseu especial attention. It was just before dark. l was within twenty steps or hlm. ] cannot give tbe exact date Of tils. lie was not no-5y, quarrelseue. louds b0isterOus or abusive. He was intoxicated at the time he was m the sutIers store. l made a remark tO him, and he did not seem to comprehend ir. At the time he was with Col. Bartlett he was irregular ID his gait
 
 Major James Riddle, sworn. Am Major Sixth Cavalry, commanding Fort Me DoweL. From July 2Jsh to August lst was on court martial at Fort Hua- chuca. The defendant was at Fort irachuca Ls commander. On August 29, at a. m., he Was drunk l did not observe him closely, but enough to know. He was not boisterous, loud or noisy. lie did not converse IuteihCeutIy. lie used expressions he would not have used before ladies. His voice indicated drunkenness; his hair also. He stag gered some. His breath was very offen- sive.
 Captain D. r. Calliuan. sworn: Am commanding Company D, First h. fantry. Was at Fort Huachuca during the month Of August, 1883 I saw Colo nel Morrow on August 5tE, and consid- cred Lim drunk. It was on the evening of Sunday. It was raining very heavily. l saw Colonel Morrow out In the rain. l asked him to come in out of the ram. He did so. l saw he was drunk.
 TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
 The court martial lre-assembleda at go p. ID. yesterday.
 Captain William \. Tisdall Com man5in- Co. c, First Infantry, sworn This IS the c1naoiidated morning report ot Fort HuachUca, brought by me from the adjltsnt's office.
 By Judge Advocate ChafIee-Is it the oiiicIal rec1rds
 T. is.
 l iJ officially signed by persons i1 of l ticial station; if SO by whom:
 It l7 signed by Major NIcholgs Nolan, Third Cavalry. who commanded the post up 70 the first of last August, and the entries have all since then been made out by Colonel Morrow I have not thoroughly examined 1t.
 Look now az the back part of the book
 It Is signed by Captain Madden, of the Sixth Cavalry.
 What is the first entry ID the book, and what IS tine date of the last entry:
 The date of the first entry is February & 1883, and the date Of the last entry ig August ., 1883. The last date Was signed "A. P. Morrow, Lieutenant Col onel, Sixth Cavalry, ry,commanding
 Please turn to the page on which Is the report of July B, 1883, and read any re- mark you may find having reference to Colonel A. ?. Morrow, oi the Sixth Cav airy.
 There is a remark here that Colonel 4 ?. Morrow, of the Sixth Cavalry, ar- rived at the post at 9 -l5 D. m. on the 27th instant. That date is signed by Nicholas Nolan, of the Third Cavalry.
 Is this mark ID red or black luk2
 Red Ink.
 See how many field officers are re- ported for duty for the Sixth Cavalry?
 The witness then read from the book the following dates with the respective number of reported field officers follow ing: July 27, .; JulY 2o, $; July v, 5; July 20, 8; July 3l, 8; August ], 5.
 Witness-The report Of this last date is the first one signed by Col. Morrow.
 oss-ExAsIINED.
 Do you regard an officer who is at his post before he does properly belong, as under court martial, correctly reported by his morning report as ready for
 He was present for duty for which he was ordered there-I should think he was.
 Turn to the page on which the entry is made for August lst. Will you please read any remark you may find concern ing Colonel Morrow. Nou may find the page for August lst-
 Yes. a remark ia red ink that "Lieu- tenant Col Morrow assumes command Of the post" but on and after July 3l. 1883, Major Noland of the Iird Cavalry, com manded before that time. How do you know that! By his having signed the consolidated rep0rt as the commander of the post. The record, then, of the post IS your ! only source of information2 ! was present at the date l supposed 1 Colonel Morrow was commanding.
 By the Court-Please look at the morning report for July 5i, a' ! Camp Huachuca and see how the ! whole signature reads as to its oihclal 1 service officially commanding that post : July 3l, 1883, the report is signed Nicholas Nolan, Major Third Cavalry l commanding post.
 The Judre Advocate then introduced ! as evidence the official order of General ! Crook assigning Lieutenant Colonel l Morrow as commanding officer ot Fort Huachuca.
 The Court adjourned til 10 a. m. to- day.
 To-DAY's SESSION. l Court convened at 10 a. m. to-day. l The minutes and testimony of yester- days session were read.
 The defense called Captain W. \. 1 Tisdall to identify the morning report ] book Of Fort Huachuca, introduced in evidence yesterday.
 Colonel Albert P. Morrow, the ce-
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