National Republican., 1885-03-13
THE uAzEN couRr-MAnr1A1.
A General Admission by the Accused
The Newspaper Interview.

The Newspaper Interview.
The judge advocate of the Hazen court
martial read tho admission of facts by the
accused when tho court assembled yestor-
day, in which Gon. Hazen admitted using
the language charged in the first speciGca-
tion in his annual report Of Oct. 10. 1884,
and to writing the letter containing the
language charged in tho first specification.
Counsel for the accused said that thero
would bo no further admission, as orig
mally intended, upon comparison Of tho
tho third specification with the documents
to which it refers. The Judge advocate
said that this change Of purpose mado It
necessary for him TO bring another wit
ness into court, aud thus delay the court
somewhat.
The president of the court, interrupt
ing the Judge advocate. said: ~ don't SEQ
how you can require more than has been
done. If they say they won't admit any
thing furthor you can't make thom, and
there's no use talking about IL further"
The annual report of Gen. Hazen Of
Oct 10, 1884, and the letter Of Gen.
Hazen to tho secretary OF war Of Fob.
~, 1850, upon language In both Of which
tho charge against Gen. Hazen Is in part
based, were introduced as evidence, and
the first witness for the prosecution, Mr..
Rudolph kaufman, a reporter of this
city, was then called. Ho testified to
having had conversation with Gen.
Hnzon on the evening Of March OF this
| year, aud to having written report Of
that conversation, which was published
in tho Star of March 9. The newspaper
in which tho report was published was
then produced in court aud the article
in question identified by the witness as
having been written by him. Ut is the
article in which Con. Hazen is reported
I as having admitted writing the letter of
| Feb. II, 1885, to the secretary of war.
throwing tho blame for the tragic termi-
nation of tho Greedy polar expedition
| upon tho secretary of war. The witness
testified that the article was written from
memory of the conversation in the Ebbitt
House, he having taken no notes, that IL
represented tho substance of what was
said, and that thoro was no injunction on
the part of Gen. Hazen against the pub
lication Of tho conversation.
Con. Hazon had known witness as ro-
porter, and witness had often obtained
information from him.
Following the examination OF this wit
ness the proceedings were brought to an
abrupt termination by the resignation OF
tho official stenoRraphor of the court
He is the stenographer who reported the
proceedings before the Swain court oi
inquiry aud tho Swain and Morrow
courts.martial, and he accepted the posi-
tion In this court on tho understanding
that he was TO be paid tho same rates as
we're paid for the reports in those cases
although the adjutant general in author.
izing the appointment of n stenographer
to this court had fixed the rate to be paid
at SUN per diem which is about one.
third the sum paid In the other cases
The stenOgrapher went on Wednesday
and yesterday upon the assurance Of the
court that the matter would be settled
satisfactorily. but finding that nothing
was being done in that direction con.
cluded to resign. His resignation caused
the adjournment of the court until to-
day.