The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-03
COURT MARTIAL PUT OFF.
MAJOR THRoCxMoRToN's zRKAL DIM
NOT JAKE PLACE .YEsTkRDAE

Sharkcs Denied by The Persons the hos
jor IL Said to Have Cheated.
The court martial OF Major Charles u
Throckmorton. which was to have taken place
yesterday at tho United States army building.
has been Indefinitely postponed. pending In
vestigation into additional facts in regard to
alleged Irregularities Of the Major. These
facts have been forwarded to Washington by
Gen. Howard. Gen. Howard yesterday made
. statement about tho court martial. in regard
to which there has been some misunderstand-
ing. Owing to delay It has been limited that
the court martial would never take place.
Two sets Of charges" the General said.
were forwarded by mo to Washington. The
Judge Advocate General acted upon them.
On the first charge. that OF duplicating the pay
accounts, trial was recommended. On tho
second charge. that OF issuing fraudulent
checks. the Judge Advocate GENERAL consid.
cred that there was no criminallty on Major
Throckmorton's part and declined to rccom.
mend . trial. Through Gen. Schoiield was de
rectcd to convene the court martial. but
could not do 80 legally. as had preferred
the charges. I notified the War Department
OF this fact. and the President ordered the
court martial to convene to-day Additional
factsin regard to the specification about tho
fraudulent checks were sent to Washington.
and. as the President is too busy at presentto
attend to them. the order converting the court
was suspended"
Gen. Howard said he had heard nothing in
regard to q report that certain merchants. to
whom Major Throckmorton was indebted. had.
after writing to Washington to see how they
could get their money. changed their minds
and wanted Throckmorton let down easily. He
also denied that the members OF the court
martial had been told that they would not be
needed to try Throckmorton.
A6uN reporter on Tuesday called on Capt
]. h. Calei. the present commanding officer at
Fort Schuyler in place OF Major Throckmor-
ton. The reporter told Capt Calef that It was
rumored in Westchester that he and several
other officers at the fort had gone among the
merchants OF Westchester and inquired about
Major Throckmorton's business relations with
them. He admitted that he had done so.
II sent letter on Oct. IA to Gen. Howard"
said Can't. Caleb asking that an inspector be
sent down to investigate certain storiea He
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and reported that tie iaets set doWn IN my
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The reporter called at Major Throckmor-
toms house and questioned him about Calefs
At the proper time" said he. shall make
The reporter Il made sSs inquiries at wssthester
Seposited i at his Bank. His bantsrs wrote
bank. and when he next went to the city he
found that the money had been collected.
Throckmorton having reinforced his bank ac-
connt.
, Herman Geritsen va. too II to be seen. but
say the other day after some officers had been
in the store inguirlng about Throckmorton's
affairs. that II the Major wanted any money OF
him he could have 1t. My father loaned the
Major money once and he got 1t back"
Henry Zetner. a brother Of the man who
supplied tho Post with beer. said that Throck-
morton had borrowed money from his father.
and had paid II back; that no never had bor-
rowed a cent of his brother nor had there been
any question of money ra Used when his brother
was procured to supply the Post with beer.
ways paid him with checks ..;. but he never had
came back to him protested Il spoke to the
Major about it," he said. land he gave me
cash, He tod me that he had overdrawn his
Many people in Westchester told the re-
porter that Major Throckmorton' reputation
was good among all the tradesmen.
Major ThrOckmorton has now been under
arrest hfty-three days. According to article
II Of the articles OF war in the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States an
officer must be tried within fOrty-eight days
after his arrest or the arrest must cease, al
though he may DO tried ut any time within
year. Major Throckmorton, it is said. has
ground for n complaint against some one for
N raaa n n ~ him