New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-15
CAPTAIN HENRY GLASS.


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CAPTAIN HENRY GLASS.
wha, he corii remember OK the Endorsements Of
Captain Exams and Rear-Admiral Meade. md said
that on tho morning OF the publication OF the ar'i-
g.. In The Tribune be- had destroyed what had
been sent him by br. Kcrshner. s1uabble pc
tween Lieutenant f.auchcimer and Mr.. 'hoate over
the point as 20 how far the Witness memory might
be- taxed resulted IN Two bells clearing o. the
courtroom and later the sustaining OF Mr. Choatc
I'm his contention.
IN answer - further questions the witness d"-
posel that the Alniral's Endorsement; after paying
a general tribute 10 the zeal OF the medical de-
partfnen,. was practically c"rsure Of Dr. hrr'h-
n,- He said 'ha; the doctor nai an excellent
record. covering long. hard and trying service" ana
after another tit between Mr.. Choate and ne
fudge advocate in which Admiral Walker took
a hand Or Booiso,i. IN answer to question
rcintlve 10 rho letter received by him from br'
K,rshnor said: The letter WAS written hun
rlclly. ami contained extracts. marked ~ me
charge made hy Captain Evans. lie was par
,,rilarly outraged by the charge made by Admiral
Meade and regarded II as The grossest Kind OF
an Insult. personal and professional n" wanted
my advice whether H. should demand "A court OF
lnquirv and DO wished that The court might be-
called In Now York where witnesses. civilians ana
others mIght be- NOR" readily summoned
yafe although 4, was no; marked confidential. and
that Or Kershner wrote 20 him afterward saving
that he would follow his advice and say nothing
about the matter and ended his testimony with the
remark: Il would Ike - adj that have no
knowledge OF how these matters became public.
surgeon General James r. TryOn. chief OF the
bureau - Medicine and Surgery. who was the next
witness after tcstlfylng that he had received in
iofsem.nts on the case. caused sensation by
referring to private letter h. had received from
Dr ker~hncr AMI had rot DESTROYED. The wit
no.. VA not willing that the letter should be
made public. although h. had no objection to the
court seeing #, Mr. choate objected to any
private .vilenc~. AMI the ,et,er VAS read. 1t ran
as follows:
United STATE. ship New-yoGk:.
Kingston jamaica. April l@5
y'sr,} :, no" 'hsi a'ae% o, n, Me1ie on r ms
-; o. ih" r'p'fs h'i 20 say ,n1' ,, IN, y''
/ lofI think II wNi as YOU have been In consnita-
,n YIN The ere eo, 9%' S y2I in H 6n R'0I rsh
nnI proper Won should nave. told them sent it
S vbo ra~~ f. To- The papers cannot tell how
appreciate your Effective friendship II J.. ABOUT
Going .yerbosri to have such vile. blselcss. crazy
words from man who Is no matter no" unh',el
fear Of secing him / woull as soon see tn devil
hate him as meyer yer na,'i man, IRON n,"'
times think mf'i soon De- a. crazy as ne Is,
hope The nip soe- TO N's am m on ii rr'l
let. hat is he says so They did not ask me II
I sent cope, 10 ans Diner person. "a would hav.
had T., mention j. 49, but he dld not get a fuil
| ropv only sent him part 81 H. hope - j. all
| oy,- now AMI thank YOU most profoundly for
your krlness. more than cin wriir raiihiulN
Sour-. T. hhhSiiNhH'
Tn, letter with rs outspoksn statements against
| tn. Admiral caused a buzz of comment. ana
H.. AZ !sc-aavocntc declined t. give It to the re-
| porirrs anI Admiral Walker did not care to nave
| # published. Mr. Choaie however. had no ohjec-
ton The - B" referred to was Dr. Bloodgooi
Medical Inspector William X. Van Rcyp'n. OF
the Board ~ Inspection and Survey then testified
| regarding the inlors aments on documents passing
! h.,vcon the captlln Of the New York and the Ad-
| mraI of the ncct which hal been shown 10 him
| by Dr BloodgooI and after three-corner'i
argument between counsel for the defence AMI the
| mIgc-a Ivocaie on the question ~ the witnesses
memory. the latter sustained by the Court, and
an adiournmen, was taken for luncheon.
| When the trial WAS resumed. at o'clock In the
afternoon Captain Henry Glass. OF the Cincinnati.
was president OF the court OF Inquiry on board
the New York and wda the next witness. was not
| present Messengers were sent out. and in about
fifteen minutes he before the Court. and testi-
| ncl I'm support Of the statements made by lleu''h-
ant Iuse Monday.
| Mr. choatc In cross examlnation. asked; nave
| YOU had any talks with the Judge Advocate regard
ing this trial.? Before the little but active hcutcn-
| ant OF marines could get In his objection captain
! Class had answered YES" The Judge Advocate
! pressed The objection. and Mr.. choaic. with bored
| expression. remarked. "Oh. we'll I'll ask some
more questions and can object to them all Ia !.
bunch"
| Then came n string OF queries IN the same Inc NJ
| those asked on Monday Of Lieutenant lIuse They
were all objected TO. and the familiar two bells
| sounded with the result that the objections were
| sustained.
TO the question: did you understand that hr.
| kcrshncr 10 tine Surgeon General TWO ndotse
| ments which covered substantially the whoe mat
| teri the JudgcA Advocates objection VAS not sHS-
| tanned. and a negative answer was entered.
Questions as to whether Dr. Kershncr fully under
| s,nod what was meant when the question was asked
whether had sent out copies ci Tue iiluo s'"cn
called more objections. and the wltnes . saiI
that he had not seen the word verbatim uSeui
| win reference to the extracts ana To the best Oh
his re, objection II had not been USED .
Mr.. Iinsdac here outlined to IN, 'ouI, snn ,''ol
OF The defence. which was that Dt. Nrrsn'et was
misicd by the use OF the word VrrbntIm unuer
standing that when the court OF INQUIRY asked ~
regard To copies, the query meant N''''''" 'o'''H
and he answered accordingly.
Medical Inspector kershner was thch eilien 10
tho chair In his defence. lie gave ms record
which was n recital OF long and brilliant service,
for the Government and disposed OF Au NUN
Meades statement that he was nor an now s ~,
had been for some time Il professor OF nysmne Oh
the stan OF the New-Yo~t Post GRADUATE Medca
school and Hospital. and was a me'per Oh inc
New-York Quarantine Commission. -, u,. :,
After describing his duties ns ileei- surgeon, ne
detailed the rcquiston he had made on the burea'
OF Medicine and Surgery for ar-tes h npparaus
which was not honored owing to the poor duan,.
OF the apparatus In the possession OF me nr,tau
warshIps by their medical officers "ho mad beer
In attendance on cases OF CONTAGIOUS uIsease eise
stenographer ''weakenng." the court adjournet
until 1890 AL, m ito ,9day .am,ra, Meade and Cap
| tain Robley d. Evans. OF the cruiser New, lork
may be called witnesses before the hearing y
| ended Rear-Admiral Meade Is az present IN WASH
| inrton and Captain Evans 10 with MS snip ~ th'