People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-22

~ AAO"S' n SOpy VI WHICH
cannot be set out herein for the
reason that the same is in the posses
sion of the said accused.
STATE OF KANSAS, EXECUTIVE
OFFICE, February Is, 1898.
Special Order No.
To Colonel j. W. f. Hughes, Com
manding the Forces in and About
the State House and Grounds.
You are hereby ordered and COM
manded to proceed at once without
delay with sufficient force to Repre-.
sentative hall and clear the same of
all persons not members of the legls-
lature or lawful officers of the house.
L. D. LEwELLING,
Governor and Commander-in- Chief.
The said Colonel J. w. f. Hughes
did nevertheless deliberately neglect
and refuse to obey said order.
This at Topeka on February Is,
1898.
Specification I'm that Colonel ].
W. F. Hughes, Third regiment Kansas
National Guard, having been ordered
into active service and having rece-
ived from his superior and command
ing officer, L. D. Lewelling, COM
mander-in-chief National Guard,
command and order to proceed with
the armed forces at his command to
Representative hall of the capitol
bnilding 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.
This on the 18th day of February,
1898.
Charge speaking words, inducing
others in the military service
Of the state to misbehave before
the enemy.
Specification lin that Colonel ].
W. F, Hughes, Third regiment, Kan
sas National Guard, having been call
ed into active service and having re-
ceived from the commander-in-chief
the orders mentioned in the specifi-
cations to the foregoing charge; first,
did on the evening of February Is, in
the presence Of L. D. Lewelling, COM
mander-in chief; H. H. Artz, adjutant
general, and other officers of the Kan
sas National Guard, make the follow
ing statement in substance: THAT
Governor Lewelling was wrong, and
that he would not feel bound to exc
cute the order to clear Representative
hall" and used other like language,
and made other like statements of a
nature disparaging TO such governor
and commander-in-chief.
This at Topeka on or about Feb.
ruary Is, 1893.
Specification Pin that said Colonel
j. W. F. Hughes, having been ordered
into active service and received said
orders, did, in the presence of his su-
perior officer and other gentlemen
mentioned in the foregoing first speci-
fication within the second charge. say:
That he would not guard the state
house and grounds unless the COVER
nor would abandon the idea of clear
ing the mob from Representative hall.
This at Topeka on or about Febru.
airy Is, 1898.
Charge 3-Giving intelligence to the
enemy.
Specifcation-In that Colonel ]. W.
F. Hughes, Third regiment Kansas
National Guard, having been ordered
into active service, did go in person
on the evening or night of February
Is, 1898, and personally appeared
among and in the presence of an
armed and riotous body of men col
lected in Representative hall, and
which he had Heretofore been Or
dered to eject therefrom, and then
and there informed them that he was
their friend, ami had command of
the forces in and about the state
house, and that he would not obey or
execute any order to remove or inter
fere with them.
This at Topeka on or about Febru-
airy Is, 1898.
Charge 4-Conduct to the prejudice
OF good Order aud military dlsipline,
and demeanor unbccoming gentle
man and soldier.
speci6cation-In that Colonel ]. W,
f. Hughes, Third Regiment, Kansas
National Guard, having been ordered
TITO active service, did on the night of
the 18th of February, or at very
early hour of the 10th of February.
1893, enter Representative hall and
take part in a meeting composed Of