St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-17
HAZEN HOT.
He and His Counsel Make Disgraceful
Charges Against Lincoln.

nc COunSel Make
Charges Against Lincoln.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-GeD. Hazen
testified in his own behalf before the court
martial to-day. He admitted to writing the
article in controversy, but said he intended
no disrespect or discourtesy to the secretary
Of war. He gave as his reason for maxim g
the statements that he had been held to a
most serious responsibility for not efecting
the rescue of the Greely party; that it had
been published all over the world that he was
in fault, and that in
HIS OWN DEFENSE
he simply wished to state fact that Greely
could have been rescued and that he
(HaZen) did all in his power to have
him rescued. The secretary of war in his
annual report had largely confirmed the
opinion eXpressedin in the press that be (Hazen)
was responsible for the death of these men.
The report made him either wilfully culpable
or neglectful and inefficient in his work.
Neither was true. He wrote letters simply to
relieve himself of that
BLEMIsH UPON HIS RECORD
which the secretarY's report had wrongly
placed there. In the argument upon an
objection, Judge Mackey, counsel for Gen.
Hazen, said: "We know that the prosecu-
tion does not want to touch Cape Sabn. The
accuser does not want TO face those
horrors. We propose to show the
aims of the accuser, that he was imbued with
malice so deep and deadly against the chief
signal officer of the army that he became
blind upon any question touching arctic
matters suggesting his deep, tireless hate,
that indeed his very body
EXHALED MALICE
whenever the chief signal officer was
named"
Judge Macl1ey then called the attention of
the witness to the fact that his letter to the
secretary, dated Feb II last. was indorsed
by the secretary as having been received at
the war department Feb. 20, and also to the
fact that the statement concerning the con-
tents of this letter was published in the
Chicago Tribune Feb. %, and when asked
where the letter was kept prior to Feb. 26
Gen. HaZen replied that it was kept in his
desk. Judge Mackey asked whether within a
recent period official letters have not been
purloined from desks in the signal Office and
taken to the secretary of war The Judge
advocate objected 10 this. Judge Mackey
said the purpose of the defense is to negative
the presumption that the accused circulated
the contents Of his letter. He said he pro-
posed to show that letters had been
PURLoINED FROM DESKS
in the signal Office and taken to the secre-
tary of war by the person purloinipg them,
and that this person received a special en-
ployment after purloining the letters. He
said they wanted to show the general course
of the administration with reference
to the chief signal office, and
that nothing was safe or sacred
in the Office of the chief signal officer from
the hand of the secretary of war by Gay or
night. The judge advocate said he did not
feel called upon to reply to the insinuations
of the counsel with respect to the secretary
of war That official, he said. needed no
/ defense at his hands and the attacks upon
him were in very bad taste 10 say the least.
Without concluding the examination of Gen.
| Hazen, the court adjourned.