The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-09-15
FOUND GUILTY.

defendant Sentenced to Dishonofable
Dismissal for Disobedience of Orders.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE Hughes
court martial verdict has been received
and Endorsed by the governor. 1t Will
be Seen that he was found guilty in all
the counts but two, and that lie was
recommended to be dishonorably dis
missed from the service. The findings
read as follows:
Charge 1-Disobedieuce Of orders OF supe.
rior officer.
Specification LIN that Col J. W. r. Hughes,
Third regiment Kansas national guard having
been ordered with his command Into active
service, amt having received from his superior
ana commanding ofhcer, l. d. Lewelling. conn
mander-in chief Kansas national guard, a law
full command and order in writing expressed in
substance as follows: A copy of which cannot
be set GU, herein for the reason that the same
is in the possession Of the said accused
February +. 1888 !
Especial Order No. j
To Col j. W. F. Hughes, Commanding the
Forces in and About the State House and
Grounds:
You are hereby ordered and COMMANDED to
proceed at once without delay with sufficient
force to Representative hall and clear the same
OF all persons not members OF the legislature or
lawful officers OF the house.
L D. LEwELLINo,
Governor and Commander in Chief.
The said Col j. W. F. Hughes did neverthe.
less deliberately neglect and refuse to obey
said order
This at Topeka on February Is, 1923
Specificatio a-In that Col. J. W. F. Hughes,
Third regiment Kansas national guard, having
been ordered into active service and having re-
ceived from his superior and commanding OFF,
Ger, L. ID. Lewelling, commanderin-chief ma
tional guari, command and order to proceed
with armed forces at his command to Represent
alive hall of the capitol building of the state
OF Kansas and eject therefrom an armed and
riotous and insurrectionary body Of men there
assembled, did evertheless neglect and refuse
to obey said order.
This on the 18th day of February, 1873
Charge 2-Speaking words, inducing others in
the military service Of the state to misbehave
before the enemy.
Specification I'm that Col J. w. F.
Hughes Third regiment, Kansas national
guard having been called into active SER
vice and having received from the COM
mander-in-e chief the orders mentioned in the
specificat ions TO the foregoing CHARGE first, did
on the evening of February 10. in the presence
of L. ID. Lewelling, cOmmander-in- chief; II. Il
Artz, adjutant general. and other officers of the
Kansas national guard, make the following
statement in substance: THAT Gov. Lew
cling was wrong, and that he would not
feel bound to execute the order to clear Rep
resentative hail." and used other like lam
ture disparaging to such governor and com
mander-in chief.
This at Topeka on or about February Is, 1893
Specification Fin that said Col j. w. =
Hughes, having been ordered into active serv-
ice and received said orders, did, ia the pres
ence of his superior officer and other gentlemen
mentioned in the foregoing first speciicat lion
within the second charge, say: That he would
not guard the state house and grounds unless
the governor would abandon the idea OF clear
inv 1,nv p, frnr ,f-fi hn1
This at Topeka on or about February 10, 1873
Charge Solving intelligence to the enemy.
Specitcation-In that Col j. w. F. Hughes,
Third regiment Kansas national guard, hav-
ing been ordered into active service did 90 in
person on the evening or night Of February Is,
1S93 and personally appeared among and liz the
presence of an armed and riotous body Of men
collected in Representative hall, and which he
had heretofore been ordered to eject there
from, and then and there informed them that he
was their friend, and had command of the
forces in and about the state house. and that he
would not obey or execute any order to remove
or interfere with them.
This at Topeka about February Is, 1898.
Charge 4-Conduct to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline, and demeanor I'M
becoming gentleman and soldier
Specif cation-In that Col. j. w. +. Hughes,
Third regiment Kansas national guard, having
been ordered into active service, did, on the
night of the 18th day of February, or at very
early hour of the 10th Of February, 1898, enter
Representative hall and take part in meeting
composed of several hundred armed men and
others who had assembled together to resist
the orders of the commander in chief, and
whom he had been ordered to eject from such
hail. and then and there did address the said
meeting in about the following language, to-
wit: "That they had nothing to fear tonight;
that he had command of the state house
grounds ami arsenal and that he would not al
low anyone to enter or leave the state house, II
and further addressed them "to rest easy: that
he was in co mmand and was their friend"
The findings Of the court mar tial are as fol-
lows:
Charge l. Guilty.
Specification of charge Guilty.
Specification Of charge Guilty.
Charge 2-Not guilty.
Specification Of charge Equity.
Specification of charge &c utility, but moi
with criminality.
Charge 3-Guilty.
Charge Mot guilty.
The recommendation of the court martial is
that Col j. w. F. Hughes be dishonorably dis.
missed from the service.
OFF FOR THE WORLDS FAIR.