Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-09-14
FOUND GUILTY.
Verdict OF the Hughes Court sIartial-The
Defendant Sentenced to Dishonorable
Dismissal for Disobedience of Orders.

Verdict of the Hughes Court sIartial-The
Defendant Sentenced to Dishonorable
Dismissal for Disobedience of Orders.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE Hughes
court martial verdict has been received
and indorsed by the governor: 1t viii
be seen that he was found guilty in all
the counts but two, and that he was
recommended to be dishonorab bly, dis
missed from the service. The findings
read as follows:
Charge 1-Disobedience of orders Of supe-
rior officer
Specification In that Col J. W. +. Hughes
Third regiment Kansas national guard, having
been ordered with his command into active
service. and having received from his superior
and commanding oficer L D. Lewelling. COM
mander-in-chief Kansas national guard a law
full command and order in writing expressed in
substance as follows: copy OF which cannot
be set out herein for the reason that the same
is in the possession of the said accused
STATE OF KANSAS, EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
February L, 1873
Especial Order No. i
To Col J. W. 3. 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
la 1ful officers OF the house.
L D. LEwELLING.
Governor and Commander in Chizk
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.
Specification 2-In that Col j W. F. Hughes,
Third regiment Kansas national guard, having
been ordered into active service and having re-
ceiyed from his superior and commanding Off
GER, L. D. Lewelling, commander-in-chiefn na-
tonal guard, command and order to proceed
with armed forces at his command to Represent
~ all of aTlit nj h1li1d of he to
of Kansas and eject therefrom armed and
riotous and insurrectionary body of men there
assembled, did never theless neglect and refuse
to obey said order.
This on the 18th day of February, 1929
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- chief the orders mentioned in the
specifications to the foregoing charge: first did
on the evening of February l5 in the presence
of l. D. Lewelling, commander-in-chief; H H
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 Ian
guage, and made other like statements of J.
ture disparaging to such governor and COM
mander-in chief
This at Topeka on or about February l5, 1923
Specification 2-In that said Col. ]. W. f
Hughes, having been ordered into active serv-
ice and received said ORDERS did, in the pres
ence of his superior officer and other gentlemen
mentioned in the foregoing first specification
within the second charge, say: That he would
not guard the state house and grounds unless
the governor would abandon the idea OF clear
ing the mob from Representative hall
This at Topeka about February 15 1885,
Charge 8 Giving in teIligence to the enemy
Specifcation-In that Col J. W. 7. Hughes,
Third regiment, Kansas national guard, hay
ing been ordered into active service did go in
person on the evening OF night of February -,
1898, and perSonally appeared among and in The
presence of an armed and riotoUs body OF men
collected in Represent t2tive 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 aay Crier to remove
or interfere with them.
This at Topeka or about February IS 1898
Charge 4-Conduct 10 the prejudice of good
order and military discipline, ana deTneanor IN
becoming gentleman and soldier
Specihcation-In that Col. J. ". f. Hughes,
Third regiment Kansas national guard, having
been ordered into active service, did. the
night of the 18th day OF February, or at a very
early hour of the 18th Of February, 1879, enter
RepreSen atiye hall and take part in q meeting
composed of several hundred armed men and
others who had assembled together 10 resist
the orders of the commander in chief, and
whom he had been ordered to eject from such
hall, and then and there did address the said
meeting in about the following language to-
wit: THAT they had nothing 10 fear tonight;
/ that he had command of the state house
grounds AM arsenal and that he would not al
low ans one to enter or leave the state house, -
and further addressed them "to rest easy: that
he was in command and was their friend
The findings of the court mar tial are as fol-
lows:
Charge / Guilty
Specification of charge 1-Ciulty.
Specification OF charge Guilty.
Charge 2-Not guilty.
Specification Of charge 2-GuiltT.
Specification Of charge PC ui;ty, but not
| with crimnality.
Charge 3-Guilty.
Charge 4-Not guilty.
The recommendation OF the court martial is
| that Col j. w. f. Hughes be dishoaorabiy dis
missed from the service