The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-16
AcoURr.nARrIAL FOR iIAzgN.
BeIfxhoover Says He VIII Have One o,
leretI-I IIhEen's RepIy.

WASHINGTON, February l5.-Representa,
tive Belzhoove. has prepared resolution,
requesting the Secretary Of War 10 cause
General Hazan to be tried by Court.mar.
tial. He will try to be recognized to.
morrow. The resolution will recite the
grounds on which Court is asked. General
Hazen has furnished the following reply
to Congressman Beltzhoovers statement,
printed recently in these dispatches:
MIR. Rellzhoover's interview shows, by the
perversion OF all things there stated az
Iic,s. that he is the victim of Sergeant
VanHeusen. In that statement he does
not rely upon other sources Of information
than those furnished by VanHenscn. The
record OF the latter is that OF man who,
while in the service, WAS notorious as u
writer and publisher OF anonymous letter.,
containing just enough missu!tements re-
gaiding things that happened to give them
the appearance OF truths. He could never
be caught until he wrote letter 10 Repre-
sentative J. Hyatt Smith, OF New York,
which being referred 10 by Mr.. Bellzhoover,
feel at liberty, for the first time, to discuss.
"This letter embodied many OF these
Measurements, aud l sOughta an opportunity
TO bring Van Hrusrn TO trial for these
b, fore a general Cuurt'martial, and for Il
time had Mr. Smiths consent to the use OF
the letter and bill. When Van IItusen
found the letter was in my possession, he
begged Mr. Smith to secure It's retDrn, and
10 withdraw his consent 10 the trial, on the
ground that il was not intended to be seen
ut my Office. The ConmonPst conrtesios
required full compliance with Mr.. Smiths
request, and though chargea were being
lrited, they were destroyed.
"rhe letter to Mr.. Smith solicited his as.
sistanCe IN connection with official malters,
and Is vi such character that il could moi
be regarded ~ other than that OF an oiIi
cial letter. Mr.. Bel,2hoovcr's assumption
that there WAS any parallel between such
II letter, and the scrutiny and theft OF prl'
vate letters from the desk Of IN officer who
long and earnestly befriendtd Van Hen.
sen, ouly shows that Mr.. Belzhoover has
been as grossly imposed upon rs was the
officer 10 whom refer. Mr B-lizhoOver's
frank avowal that he draws ali his iniorma'
,ion from Mr.. Van lleuscn, seems, there.
fore, to show that he intended no wrong
but makes il possible that he is the victim
OF misplaced confidence.
General lIaz"n, however, admits that he
imprisoned Van Heusen for twenty five
days, because he thought Van lleusen had
written some criticisms Of the Bureau,
which had been published, and that he al
terward wrote letter TO Van IIeusen, de.
clarngthat he had Improperly imprisoned
him, and that he regarded him rs entirely
innocent Of the charge upon hich he kaCi
been confined in the guard house for nearly
a month. lie admitted that Van Heustn
steadias,ly denied that lie had written the
published statements which caused his
imprisonment, and that he wrote the letter
in which he absolvcd vanlleuSen after the
Sergeant's father had appeared in his
office. General lIaznn's letter TO Van
IieusCn's father has been printed. lu il
General lluzen said:
II have reason to believe that my i'm
pressions as TO the part your son had in the
letters for which he was arrested, were
erroneous, and ] now believe that he was
innocent OF any part therein"