Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-02

"ei' DOM welsh and Schonberg
toid me l was bound to be convicted
Everything pointed to my being Corn
brents siugger, though swear To Cod
never left the barracks that NIGHT
They said if didn't get away before tba
court tried me | might get several wears
IA state prison at hard labor. and worse
SUN IL he didn't recover. Welsh and
Schonberg both said that there was NO
show for me, the evidence was So cleo,
even TO the red pepper in the rockets
some scoundrel put it there, and wore
my things, too. Welsh got put into the
guard room, purposely, opposite nv cell
anu threw stone with string throupb
me grating, and | hauled on it and GOT
letter from him and Schonberg TELLING
me how to escape. There were saws
ana tallow IN the package drew in. and
ochohDefg was down in the bottom with
buggy after | got out, and he drove
me nearly all night around by way Of
barclay to the other road. and sent mo
ny ran to Omaha, where he promised
mat plenty of money would come to me.
p"1 no money came ut all, and / was
recognized and arrested by the police"
HAD you any idea that there were
olher reasons for getting you TO desert
than the one given?'
LaWler bounced up and objected to
both question and answer; but both wera
ordered recorded.
Il hadn't-then," was the sullen re-
ply; I'm not SO sure now. That lew
got me to go because | accused him of
oelng receiver of stolen property. 1t
was to him Welsh gave the papers he
took from the lieutenart's desk in Can't
Blauvelt'N quarters | went there with
him one night after taps when the lien.
tenant was officer of the guard. and
SchonberG gave Welsh ten dollars and
me hve to keep mum. After that Welsh
began TO run with Schonberg entirely
and turn against me, and it was through
INN that was always getting into trou-
BILE"
In VAN Lawler propoundcd questions
tending to show his witness, thus as
sailed, IN better light; but the more he
examined the more damaging was CToss's
testimony. At last the witness slouched
out under escort of a sentinel.
But greater sensation still was await
ing the patient listeners in the court
room. The next man to enter. leaning
heavily on the arm of the hospital stew
ard. and accompanied by DR.. InsersoI.
was Corp. Brent, looking white and
feeble, but very calm and self possessed.
Give your full name. rank and reci-
ment,' said the judge advocate, without
looking up.
The name under which l enlisted is
Malcolm Brent, corporal Company c,
til Infantry"
The court will note, trust. the sin
SulaT character of the witnesses intro
ducei by the accused" said Lawler
promptly. The last, by his own ad-
mission, is thief and deserter whom
Welsh very properly essayed to cut loose
from on discovering his real character.
and now we have n second who plainly
intimates tina; the name he gives is not
his Cwn."
1T is the one by which he is known to
military law all the same, Col LAWYER.
Please proceed, said Col. Grace testify.
You know the accused, l presume, or
he would not have called upon your" was
LAWYERS swapping query of the witness.
''Only as a soldier knows an officer
whom he has every reason to respect. l
have never exchanged a word with the
gentleman, but recognize him as Lieut..
Hearn, of the Eleventh cavalry"
Again there was a ripple of applause
in the crowded court, which brought
Lawler, angry and protesting, to his feet.
Silence restored, he presently read aloud
the next question from a slip handed
him by Mr.. Hearn, which he slowly
pasted on the sheet before him:
What do you know with regard TO
the amounts charged against the accused
on the books presented before this court
and alleged to be unpaid
Il know that they were paid long ago.
l heard the story of the whole transac-
ton from the lips of Capt. Rawlins him
self
"Hearsay evidence" promptly inter
rupted the judge advocate. rapping on
the table.
but Schonbergs written acknowl-
eagfhent and this letter of Capt. Raw
Inns will not be so considered" answered
the witness respectfully, and bending
forward he placed on the Judge advo-
Gates table a little package of papers.
The court room was hushed. Even the
pencils of the correspondents We're ar
rested. Every eye in all the throng was
on the pale face of the young corporal
Members of the court had whirled around
in their chairs so as to look full upon
the new witness. Old Kenyon, with
lifted spcctacles, trimming over with
eagerness and excitement. was fidgeting
on his chair. Pretty Mrs. Lane, all
smiles, was keeping her fan in lively yet
noiseless play. Georgia Marshall's heav-
lily fringed lids We're dropping over her
downcast eyes: but the soft. summer
fabric of her dress rose and fell upon
her bosom like the pillows of an unquie:
sea. She was seated where every word
of the witness could reach her ears, but
no longer so near the little table where
sat the calm young soldier whose trial
had nearly reached an end. There was