Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-12
THE HAzEN COrRT.NARTIAL.
a. 70 the ''StaF" Interview
The Letter % Secretary LiMc0ln.

THE HAzEy COrRT.NARTIAL.
Testimony a. 70 the s'star' Interview
The Letter 60 Secretary Lincoln.
When the Hazen court-martiai met to-day at
the Ebbitt house, the red parlor was 90 crowded
that those whose business obliged them to At
tend the court could hardly make their way
into the room. The judge advocate read to the
court the admission Of facts furnished by the
accused yesterday. The accused admits that In
his annual report Of October ID, 1884, he ussd
the language set out in the first specification,
VIZ that after the return Of the relief party sent
north in 1853, in the fall OF that year there was
party. He also admits that without aE.
thorization by the Secretary Of War, and
fusss to the the he
OF war communication containing the Ian
guage set out in the third specification, namely:
lin Bay expedition was finally due to tho fall
ufe TO despatch q steam sealer TO the relief Of
the party after the 18th Of September, 1858.
counsel for the accused stated that 1t was the
purpose of the defense yesterday TO extend tho
admissions far beyond what has been admitted,
cation with the documents to which it refers,
they decided not to make the admissions they
had intended to make.
The judge advocate said that this charge by
the defense made IL necessary for him TO bring
court somewhat.
SSA' AAduCoCh Sdiu ne QIu not SEQ now the
Judge advocate could require more than had
been done.
The judge advocate then introduced in ev,.
October 18th, 1884.
GEN HAzEN's LETTER 10 THE SECRETARY OF
WAR.
Upon the request Of the Judge advocate, Mr..
Mackey. counsel for the accused, produced the
letter Of Gen. Hazen, dated February 18th,
1888, addressed to the Secretary of Wsr, reply
ing TO what the writer considered rs structures
upon him in the Secretary's annual report for
Va ysaT Witch letter the
could not be overlooked may be avoided by tue
within his se,sa Tss e. ente:
iefter, which Is very long, was read.
pit IL contained extracts Of the evidence OF Capt.
f1ke, of the Polaris. aud members Of his crew,
letters of Lieut.. Greedy and Others and rsfer.
ences to the opinions Of Engineer Melville and
maintained justified him ain the Conelasion
that the tragic termination OF the international
polar expedition was finally due TO the dect-
rescue on the 18th Of September, 1883, which
did all in my power to have DONE"
THE TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Rudolph Kaufman, reporter OF THE
EVENING STAR, was called IS a witness He
said he, as a reporter, had known Gen. uaxsn
years, and had seen him occasionally when
looking for news. About the let inst. lie had 4
conversation with Gen. Hazen In the office Of
A STAR of the I'd inst was produced, and the
witness Identified an interview with Gen. Haxen
therein printed as having been written by him.
sell after the conversation I'm the Ebbitt house,
In this interview Gen. Hazen was represented
az stating In reply to an inquiry by the reporter
War throwing the blame OF the disaster to the
Greedy expedition upon the Secretary. Mr.,
Kaufman said the publication represented
the tenor of the language used by Gen. Hazsn;
the interview was written from memory after
the conversation. He wrote the article
about nine O'Clock next morning; he
eight in the evening before. Gen. Hasen laid
no injunction upon him not to publish what he
Hp s r,esss saa tS: BY .s
Gen Hazen about a paragraph published by
the Chicago Tribune describing q letter sent by
stating that Gen. Hazen had sent this letter
just before Secretary Lincoln went out Of office;
and also intended to be away about the time he
Secretary received 1t. Gen. Hazen said there
was no truth In this statement, and that there
was no connection between the letter and his
intended official trip south.
The witness was intefrogated at considerable
length as to the statements made TO him by
Gen hazen; He said his meeting With Cen
not seek it, nor did he tell Gen. Hazen that he
intended to publish the conversation.
MI Mackey asked the witness whether he
might not, or did not. as a reporter, magnify
items of this kind beyond the language used by
the person interviewed.
The judge advocate objected to this, stating
that the witness had already said he had re
ported the tenor OF the interview correctly, and
1t made no difference what his practice may
have been in other cases.
Mr. Mackey said that this was proper, as q
mental or moral test of the witness.
The members of the court voted on the cues
ton without closing the doors. Gen Hancock
said the vote was tie and the objection was
not sustained.
In reply to Mr.. Mackey's question the witness
said that he never Intentionally magnified the
language used in reporting an interview. He
meant by giving the tenor Of Gen. HaSsn's re-
what. The witness said he had retired on the
night of the conversation in Queation about 10
or half-past 10 o'clock.
Ibid you take any thing?'' asked Mr. Maakey.
If he did not understand his meaning.
aezhR n as MI Of
~ took glass Of ginger ale. II you cali that
stimulant," said the witness.
II do, sir, that or Lemonade" said the wit
ness.
not sought the interview aud had nothing to
do with its publication. He had published in.
terviews with Gen. Hazen before that, but had
Outstanding between them That the interviews
were for publication. Mr.. Mackey examined
the witness little as to the ethics Of interview
ing.
Upon redirect examination the witness said
that Gen. Hazen knew him a. q reporter Of
The STAR, ana upon previous Occ isions he had
published Gen. Hazen's statements in q similar
way when they were of interest.
SUDDEN ADJOURNMENT.
Following the examination Of this witness the
proceedings were brought to an abrupt termi-
nation by the resignation Of the official stenog-
rapher of the court, because the pay fixed for
him by the judge advocate was unsatisfactory.
His resignation caused the adjournment OF the
court until tomorrow.
ponNiv,Q MarG In n EHvaR,auA
HIS FIRST WIFE WATCHING FOR HIM TO SECURE
A SETTLEMENT OF HER ALIMoNY.
A telegram to the New York Sun from Ceve-
land, March 6, says-Mr. Randolph Murray
was billed to appear here as leading man with
the Pauline Markham combination playing an
engagement this week at the Peoples theater.
He did not come, and another takes his place.
1t is suspected that he stayed away to avoid
Mrs. Randolph Murray 70. 1, who was married
to him in 1879. She is q Cleveland lady, and
an actress, and was member Of the States At
torney Combination. Their domestic troubles
husband had married Pauline Markham Soon
afterward his wife sued for divorce, and got
service on Murray when he came here as a
member of the Romany Rye combination. A
decree was ordered against Murray requiring
him to pay alimony. He came here under an
assumed name as member Of the George S.
knight combination, but his wife, who had
been watching every troupe, recognized Logan
Paul as her Randolph Murray, and made him
to them, and her lawyer is anxious to meet him
and secure a settlement of the alimony claim.
Murray was with the company last week in To-
ledo, and it is said that he will join It again