Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-26
as they were not provided with hats, afford
ing protection from the sun, as they
should be.
IAMS' SIDE OF THE CASE.


proved sf the Attack Upon Mr. Frick'
Life-He Made the Remark Thought
lessly-was Not Court-Martialsd-
rBY ASSOCIATED PRIss.l
HOMESTEAD, July 25-Iams was foune
this evening in Homestead, and in conver
sation with a representative of the Asso
ciated Press said:
"a lot of US were lying in the sheds, neal
the Colonel's tent, on Saturday afternoon,
when somebody came along from the sigma
station and said Frick has been shot
answered, never thinking that there could
be serious Interpretation put upon my
words, 'Hurrah for the man who shot him.
Colonel Streator heard US, however, and, as
the whole regiment can testify, he has been
all along steady enemy of mine. He paraded
the regiment some time afterward, and de-
manded that the man who had used these
words should step forward and acknowledge
them. stepped forward and said it was /.
He made . long speech, in which he de-
clared nv language was treason to the
State. Anarchy, and all that sort Of thing,
and demanded that retract. and apologize
in the presence of the regiment. The matter
was put in so offensive and deliberately in
refused to apologize or retract. I was or
dered to be tied by the thumbs"
"Had there been any court martial?"
"No, the order was given, when refused
to retract, OF apologize. 1 was taken into q
tent, and / myself had to explain to them
how the punishment should be applied. In
deed, told them that they would not be
carrying out their orders unless they dug a
little into the ground, so that my heels
should be able to touch the board. Well, I
was tied up, and of course the suffering was
something had made up my mind to stand,
so L said nothing. Every five minutes
Colonel Streator, either came or sent and
asked if would apologize, and I replied
not true that 1 used any profane
language under punishment. I would
have been afraid that they
thought was weakening if had, though 1
wanted to. After % minutes, though had
fought the feeling all knew how, tainted
and was cut down. had only two minutes
more to stand, but it felt as though it were
two years, and 1 Just couldn't hold out, al
though would have died sooner than have
apologized. 1 was tnen put into the guard
house, where lay all that night.
"Manv of my comrades sent me in
lunches and beer, and the like, but heard
nOtnlnS ana kRcW nOlnlDS Oh any court
martial 1 am prepared to swear, and
bring the whole of the Tenth Regi-
ment to swear, that no form
OF trial whatever was held at any time that
night. Certainly 1 would have been brought
before any that could have been held if an
American citizen has any right to meet his
accuser before an impartial court before he
is punished. / was not In the morning,
having in the meantime had no opportunity
to meet anybody or advise with anybody,
was brought out of the guardhouse and half
my head shaved. Then 1 was stripped and
drummed out of camp. Thus, at the will of
a man who is known to be hostile to me, 1
can be subjected to the most degrading in
dignities, and disfranchised as citizen of
Pennsylvania for joking remark made in
pure idleness to passing man. have
been handled in fashion that is somewhat
worse than murder. I stood it. had to
stand it. understand that some of Streat-
or's toadies are talking about the callous
manner in which took my punishment. I
wonder how callous Streator would be
under punishment"