The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-02
COL. STREATOR'S TRIAL.
The Defense Opens Its Case in the
Celebrated Contest.
TIE ACCUSED OFFICERS TESTIFY.


Hawkins and Streator Both Claim
That Jams' Punishment Was Not
xrn,a,tv savarc nnd was N.r.
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PITTsBURG, Nov. 2.-The court room
was not very well filled when .Judpe
por,ar tool, tLa lonoh T., t,,o love 80
=, oi'oa 'ooA .lo "e'''n III 'no iai'ia oase
Inc hrst Witness was FrlVate w. M
Hummel, of Company X, whose testi-
monv corrohoratod that olreadv mil.
,s,"d
sleu.
Ex-senator Robbins, quartermaster OF
the Tenth regiment, then addressed the
iprv He said the defanse vould proye
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.ns' iaifs iuaue iiiii'Seii sioh mhiie 'i"hs-
ing by the thumbs by swallowing to-
bacco Notwithstanding Colonel Streator
nod ,,o;,taa o,,+ ill, eatho,l,, sol;o;+,,ao
tbe enor,nity of the c,.;ma Jams was de-.
AIT ond ,s,,s datiant stii No ;ninrv
xyas inti;ctad by tLa nrnioi,mont Which
was a common ono in tha army IF an
office, can I've convicted Far a n,,nishment
that Il raasonobia and U,;thaut malice
,ti,e Not;oaaI G,,ard ,,,;ll he d;sorgonized
ihefora annthar s;tt;ng ~ tbe couTf
fb;af Ds,,t,, Shar;fT Grav was the
.e,.st tt;tne5s styorn fnr the defense He
drscr;hed tbe state Of the town before fine
rot md tha disorder nrevions To the ar
r;voi | ~ tha troons
co,as, s,.ia,,u rou,,,
So'o"o' ''oao 'ios'
Alter recess opiohel osreaIor was
sworn ana Went TO the stand; me teie
graphic order from cenerai Wyne or
dering him to proceed with his regiment
20 Homestead was exhiblted' lie de-
talied the movements OF ms regiment
9nul II encainped; An ade de camp
informed MIN that Flick had been shot
ana was dead. ne wen. INTO T, ms tent 70
dress and then he heard; Three cheers
Ior the man that killed frlck.
lie Went out ana asked VINO made the
remark, but no one answered. lie eX-
clsed the men 70 their quarters. SOL
uleIs informed MN that tne remark was
made by "the man VINO had carried the
ioS yesterday. he tnen dlreeted the
companies 10 FORM up. ne sald 10 each
company that ne ulu not thlhk the man
Know what MS words expressed. he
would rather have the man acknowledge
that he dld II, even though ne Knew MN:
AZ company Il lams SAID; Coione!, L
Gld IT. lie did not step IRON the ranks;
Ihe colonel then SAID: oung man, |
can = peheve you wan. 70 voice ,he aeea
Of an assasaln. ASKED why ne dld ~
ne SAID Because ne did not hke Flick.
ne was arrested ana sent TO the guaru
house.
Solohel Streator then tesIlhed 10 la1ns
previous misconduct; now lams mad de-
ssttea ms posi- when lolhB guard outy;
, no tiaa itl oiop % si ms Us, ".iu "el '5l
h1d been nnniahad Inv carr,ino, a baovv
loo "A fter Iams adnitted making tbs
resnarl, which Iad to his nnn;shmant
r;dad on tha fo,,n ~ nunishment in.
6irted ala not want fn do anvtbing
nnt;l tho canta;n Of Comnanv K could
ba ssen ToIonel Havlrins said Won
Know y,nr, d,,tv 90 a soIdiari > tbon Al
rected' tbat Io,ns he buno nm NV tho
tSun,i,s 'n'i' +oid tI,a s,,r1,ai3o ~ ~ o 20 ~
shat no ,,bvs;cal ininrv ba ;nfIicted
One of the doctors GAME 10 me and asked
%a ho,y in,,sr Ta,1s sho,,I6 no kant horoN
snS / ranlied aDoctor that ,,eats viii
-, rrtp dao+a, tha,, na;d Io,,,s Wi
Sal,ap cha,s of tal,acca and Il had nada
Mn vcr,, eici5 t tLan toId HIM Ia nse
his own Judgment, The doctor left mo
and n,a,} diyactiy IN the gnard tant and
e. ,s,ns o,,t doty,,,, ''''N
Witness next read the official renort
,,b;oh he bod ,nada al tbe t;,na r. III
mel gawkins The reDort was returned
sr;tb +ba nanasaorv oftfciaI indorsernent
and ar, o.daT ero,n Noio,. Ganarol Srn,yD
5sn that Jams he discbsreed In disgraca Il,
%hat bis bead he shaved and tbaf ba be
5rnmmad ,1 ilo" ont of cann This order %
came fro,n Co,onal HawLina II x,aa
obevod T ' '>''' "'''
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other soidiers hetracted.
Colonel Streator concluded his testl-
Fnony by stating That on the day OF the
hanging OF Private lams by the thumbs,
twas reported to him that two other
Boldlers had also made mutlnous re-
marks. lie talked to them privately