New-York tribune., 1891-12-30
THE THRocKM0RTON COURT-MARTIAL.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSECUTION
MANY OBJECTIONS.

The court martial trial OF Major Charles Is. Throck-
norton Cd Artillery was resumed yesterday morning
In the Army Building, Whtehall-st The ruling OF the
court was necessary 10 decide number OF ODlecuons
raised by the counsel for the defence, and the testimony
and evidence by far the most important Droughi
forward by the prosecution at any time during the trial
Major Powell Colonel Best and several other officers IN
the Army were present in the courtroom aS spectators
Lieutenant schumm called again by MI Lewis
and vos Subjected to crossexamnation that made II
plain his memory poor. that he was lhaccufat'
about dates, and that he had been jealous in col
lectlng evidence against Major Throckmort0n at Fort
Schuyler.
Clark Durham. cashier for Latham Alexander d CO.,
Nos iG and Is Walst., said Major Throckmorton had
kept an account with the firm for which he was cashier
and that on July 81 1891, there balance to MS
credit OF 20 II. A check shown him. but he vas
unable To tell who had marked II ~. O. on Septem
Der there balance Of S12 10 the credit OF MAJOR
Throckmorton. on crosScXaminaton he said That ne
had had banking experience OF twenty five wears that
customers frequently Overdrew their accounts, nine
times ont Of ten as the result of carelessnes 70 the
question: "Is overdrawing an account dishOnorable
per se7n he said No. il IS capable Of explanation
william H. Zeltner brewer OF One-hundred-and- sew
entieth-st and Thrave., who furnished beer TO the
canteen post at Fort SCHUYLER recognized check given
him by Lieutenant Schumm from bis firms stamp
thereon and admitted that IT had been paid promptly
ness.
Sereeant Conrad Gang. Battery NJ cd Artillery, said
he canteen steward at Fort Schuyler and lent $50
TO the Major July 4, and asked 70 stop that
night and receive check in payment but he did not
do so TIL July or g. A check was shown him, but
he could not tell whether 1t had been drawn on Latham
Alexander d; Co. or the Lincoln National Bank To a
question OF Mr. Lewis to whether he bad heard the
testimony Of Leutenants Davis and Schumm on Fri
day. he said, Yes" Accordingly his testimony will
be thrown out by the reviewing authority.
Colonel Rodney Smith, Assistant Paymaster-General
of the Army for the Department Of the East, was the
next witness. lie said that Major ThrockmortOn's pay
voucher for August 1891 had been paid by him 10 the
order Of L. svcrman and that duplicates for the
months pay had been presented by Mr. Westervelt for
Lord Taylor and third September l8 by W. f.
Britain. Mr.. Lewis objected, the ground that the
istence of these duplicates their loss destruction
had not been proved TO the court, and cited Colonel Win
the State of NewYor would decide the question. and
not military law. The objection was not sustained
When the Judge advocate called Major Throckmorton
in open court TO produce the duplicates Of pay vouch
ers he declined TO do The iudge-advocate then
offered in evidence copies Of the duplicate pay vouchers
presented to Colonel Smith by the agent OF Lord d
Taylor and by w. +. Britain. Objections were made
to this bnt not sustained by the court.
The Judge advocate, Lieutenant-Coonel Barr,
then sworn, aud said that when Major Throckmorton
was first arralgned he came forward with hs counsel
some duplicate pay vouchers. This objected to
being too general, but the court did sustain the Oh
lection. The trial will be continued this morning at
10 40 O'Clock with the direct examination of Colonel