The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-15
FOUND GUILTY.
Verdict Of the Hughes Court Mar
tial.
FINDINGS ON The SPECIFICATIONS.
On Two Minor Counts the Colonel Is Ac-
quilted, but Sentenced to Be Dis
honorably Dismissed on
the Others.


court martial verdict has been received
and indorsed by the governor 1t will
be seen that he was found guilty in all
the counts but two. and that he was
recommended to be dishonorably dis
missed from the service. The findings
read as follows:
Charge 1-Disobedience of orders Of supe'
rior officer.
Specification lin that Col ]. w. F. Hughes
Third regiment Kansas national guard, having
been ordered with his command into active
service, and having received from his superior
and commanding ofncer, L D.Lswelltng. com
mander-in-chief Kansas national guard 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 IL, 1893
Especial Order No. j
To Col ]. w. F. Hughes, Commanding the
Forces in and About the State House and
Grounds: .t H. f... o,
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
Id LEwELLING,
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, 1898.
Specification 2-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 ohi-
GER, L ID. Lewelling, commander-in-chief ma
tional guard, q command and order to proceed
with armed forces at his command to Represent
ative 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 nevertheless neglect and refuse
to obey said order. Ea ca
This on the 18th day of February, 1904
Charge 2-Speaking words, inducing others in
the military service Of the state to misbehave
before the enemy.
Specification lin that Col ]. 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 charges first did
on the evening Of February Is, in the presence
of l. ID. Lewelling, commander-in-chief;H H H.
Artz, adiutant general, and other officers OF the
Kansas national guard, make the following
statement In substance: That Gov Lew
elling 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 a ma
ture disparaginy to such gd0ernor and com
mander-inchief
This at Topeka on or about February l5, 1s9a
Specification 2-In that said Col j. W. +
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 on or about February Is, 1891
Charge 3-Giying intelligence to the enemy.
Specifcation-In that Col j. w. F. Hughes,
Third regiment Kansas national guard. hav-
ing been ordered into active service did go in
person on the evening or night OF February ID,
1893, and personally appeared among and in the
presence of an armed and riotous body OF men
collected in Representative hail. 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 be
would not obey or execute any order to remove
or interfere with them g q Il. O. ~ e
This at Topeka on or about February Is. 1893
Charge 4-Conduct to the prejudice Of good
order and military discipline and demeanor un-
becoming gentleman and soldier.
Specihcation-Iu that Col. J. w. F. Hughes,
Third regiment Kansas ma tional guard, having
been ordered into active service, did. on the
night OF the 18th day of February, or at q very
early hour of the 18th of February 1888, enter
Representative hall and take part in a meeting
composed of several hundred armed men and
others who had assembled together to resist
the orders of the commander-in.chief,a 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 to fear tonight;
that he had command Of the state house
grounds and arsenal and that he would not al
low anyone to enter or leave the state house."
and further addressed them Ito 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 l OF charge Guilty.
Specification of charge l. GUILTY.
Specification Of charge 1-Guilty.
Charge 2-Not guilty. BE- -
Specification / Of charge GUILTY.
Specification 2 Of charge Guilty, but not
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. ..r ...-