Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-21
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TWO NAVAL OFFICERS.
Both Gained Notoriety From Their DIM
culsies-Ex-Senstor Jones' Walt.


TWO NAVAL OFFICERS.
Both Gained Notoriety From Their DIM
cuisies-Ex-senstor Jones' vfsit.
My mention of Emmit Hooe in an article in
The STAR some weeks ago attracted the atten-
ton Of Mr.. Arthur Hooe Of Hooe Brothers, Q
relative, and from him obtained some very
interesting incidents in the life Of Lieut.. Hooe.
There were two brothers in the navy, both OF
them Decentralization Hooe and Emmit
Hoos. They both obtained good deal 81 at
tention from troubles they got into. Mason
Hooe Was second in command Of the ysndaiia,
| and Capt Levy. who was in command, OBJ
tanned leave Of absence and left on board two
eolored servants, and for some breach Of dis
cipline Lieut.. Hooe ordered the boatswsin 10
give them . dose of the 'scat." The legal
number Of hshes were given and they became
abusive, and Lieut.. Hooe ordered them 10 be
tied up again, and that order was illegal
Capt. Levy, on his return. had him tried by
eourt-rnartial and reprimanded. Emmit Hooe
had more serious difficulty with the surgeon
| Of the ship and challenged him. The doctor
made no reply TO Lieut. Hooe's note, snd In the
| meanwhile yellow fever broke out on board the
ship, which was ordered home from the West
India station and made Jeckyi Island. on the
coast Of Georgia, Then the residence Of the owner
Mr. Jeckyl On fhe island he had private hos
rital, for he was the owner Of a large number Of
slaves, and he extended an invitation 10 the
| ohieers 10 bring their sick to the hospital and
remain as his guests while the ship was being
fumigated.
He SHOT TIE pocToR.
While there Emmit Hooe met the doctor
and struck him with = whip. and the doctor
Knocked him down and with heavy pair Of
| .tongs" wss beating him severely, when Hooe
drew his pistol and shot him. killing him in
SANITY. He was tried by court-martial and
acquitted and left on leave for his home ia
Virginia. After he had left the governor of
Georgia offered reward for his apprehension,
| and, learning OF il. be left his fathers place,
| "freedland," on the Rappahannock, with two
| friends TO 60 to Georgia and surrender himself
| Tor trial In those DAYS there were no rail-
roads; and, taking carriage and arming them
selves and the driver. for they determined TO
| resist an arrest. they made their way 90 Georgia
and submitted 10 trial. Hooe was acquitted,
though letter from him. returning the pistols
| he had borrowed, WAS in the hands Of the prose-
cutting attorney saving .'they had accomplished
| what he designed" From that day, however.
| he was a changed man, morose and gloomy and
unhappy, and, when under the influence OF
| liquor, dangerous.
Lieut.. Hooe died in 1s45 on aboard ship jus,
before landing in New York and was buried there
| In one OF its cemeteries. He was one Of the
most courteous gentlemen, mild and gentle a
| woman, with q voice of singular sweetness, but
| when under the influence of drnk. and unfor-
tunately that was not infreauent, his whole
| nature underwent change. He hada difficulty
| with Capt. Levy. On the Fourth Of July. while
| the Vandala was off Pensacola, a French ship
| arrived and the French officers were entertained
| on board the American ship. and in return the
| French officers invited the Americans to par
take Of their hospitality. While on board
| Emmit Hooe went below to the ward room and
found the captain of the French ship and Capt
| Levy seated at the table drinking wine, and as
he entered he heard Capt. Levy tell the captain
| of the ship, in French not to invite Hooe u
| drink. He stepped up 20 the table and taking
| Levy's glass of wine dashed it in his face and
| tweaked his nose. The French captain rose and
seized Hooe and ordered him off the ship and
was handling him pretty roughly when Hooe
knocked him down, and with all the officers left
the ship.
VISIT OF Ex-senator JONES.
The visit of Gen. George W. Jones of Iowa
to Washington brings back 10 us one who knew
this city in that early day when the greatness I,
has obtained was almost undreamed of and
when the grandeur and beauty Of it's original
| design slept under the dust of years in the
Office Of the commissioner Of public building
The extent Of those designs, the conception Of
| the father OF his country, wrought out by Mai
| l. Enfant, was too much for the infant city C
grspple with, and only after many years OF OBJ
| livion almost the man arose in Gov. Alexander
/ II. Shepherd and in the fuiiness OF time TO ex.
hume them TO carry out the ideas which had
| emanated from Washington more than half a
century before. Gen. Jones returns TO find in.
stead of the slightly enlarged village it was
when he first entered the halls of Congress
| more than sixty years ago. the most lovely CITY
in the world and its population increased
| tenfold- Gen. Jones entrance into the
| House OF Representatives was as the territorial
| delegate from Michigan, and he was the last
delegate from that territory ere ii entered into
| the sisterhood of states He then moved to
1 Iowa. then q territory. and became it's first
delegate, and on its entrance into the Union he
was for years its representative in the Senate of
the United States. After a heightened service
| in the Senate he retired, and when Mr..
Buchanan was elected he was sent ~ minister
| to Bogota. But one of those who served with
| ex-senator Jones in the House of Representa-
| tives or in the Senate survives, and that sur
| vivor Is Mr.. Bradbury Of Maine. who revisited
! the scene Of his senatorial career last winter
| and though bearing the weight of eighty-nine
years they weighed 50 lightly on him that be
retains nearly his activity of years ago.
| AN EvENrruL CAREER
| Ex-senator Jones' life has been one of great
interest. His public career was full of eventful
| incidents. He has seen state after state emerge
| from its territorial existence when the govern
ment removed the Indian occupants Of the soil
| 70 give TO the emigrant home. and again and
| again removed them as westward the star of
empire took its course, until today, when the
| far west. as he knew il, is brought into imme-
| diate contact with the original states of the
Union. He has seen the Atlantic and the Pa
cifc brought within few days of each other
/ by advanced modes OF travel, which had no ex-
| istence when he first came to Washington. Gen
Jones was one Of the social lions of that and
| the rapidly succeeding years, while he was .
| resident here. A general favorite in society,
l no party or ball was complete unless graced by
the generals genial presence. He participated,
I think, in the Indian wars Of the frontier, then
| waged against a powerful foe, and saw
| service in the Mexican war. As early a.
| 1884 he was the second of Mr.. Graves
| in the duel where Cilly was killed.
After this heightened and distinguished career
he returns to the scene of his early life at the
advanced age of lightweight years, but
fun Of life and vigor and activity, on matter
Of business, and where the few friends Of the
long past who remain to greet him will be cor
daily welcomed. How gently time has dealt
with the ex-senator il best told BY his appear
| ahce and activity. Save the SHOWS of those
| many winters which have left their hue upon
him there is little change in the Delegate the
Representative and the Senator OF the long ago.
JOHN r. CoYLE.