The times., 1897-06-20
Much Testimony in Rehuttal In
troduced by His Attorneys.
STORY OF THE DEFENDANT
Alleges That the Charges Were the
Result of Personal Differences
With Lieut.. Bull and Paymaster
Jewett-The Testimony OF Ander-
son, Beilinger, Brent, and Others.

| the defense scored marked victory over
! the prosecution In the matter of the adniis-
| sibility of certain testimony, and by the
| introduction of testimony in rebuttal OF
certain Specifications did appear to show
| at least a reasonable doubt as To the guiit
| of the accused.
| Much of the afternoon session of the
| court was consumed in the reading by At
| torney Hayden, for the defense, from the
record OF the court Of inquiry held at the
Pensacola navy yard, and among the testi-
nony reproduced before the courtmartial
was the record of the direct eXaIIiina ton of
Commander Mullan.
The accused testified that his last com
nland was the Pensacola navy yard, and
that he assumed comand OF that yard on
July 81, 1896. He arrived at the railroad
station at O'Clock on the morning of
the 31st walked to the Escanibia Hotel
with the porter OF that house, got bath
and breakfast, was met by Frank Ander
son, coxswain of the navy yard steam
launch, the Jlndne: drove i'll a carriage
to Halifax wharf boarded the launch and
arrived at the navy yard at about noon.
way to the hotel, at the hotel or on
the launch He denied that lie was in
toxicated.
Then followed testimony which tended
TO show aninlus on the part of two Of
ficers at the yard on whose allegations
some of the specifications rest These Of
ficers are Lieut. Bull and Paymaster
Jewett In addition TO the regular daily
special trip to Pensacola each Wednesday
afternoon 10 bring the friends OF the Of
ficers' families at the yard As there was
a little railroad between Pensacola and
the navy yard, Commander Mu!ian deemed
this extra trip of the Undine unneces-
sary, and ordered il stopped.
This caused some friction at the yard.
Commander Mulah received note from
Mrs Jewett, wife of the paynaSter, re-
questing the loan OF his carriage to take
d friend over To Fort Barancas and To pay
some calls Commander Mullan sent her
a polite note stating that he regretted
that he must use the carriage himself
Pnor 10 that incident the relations be-
tween himself aud the Jewetts were social.
but directly after the relations between
himself and the paymasteT Were OF the
severest official nature, He met Jewett
once at the Escambla Hotel.
Mrs. Bull, wife of Lieut.. Bull, requested
him to permit the use of Government
builiing for dance. He declined on the
ground that as there was lumber stored
in the building and the powder magazine
was not far away he would have to keep
the fire brigade on duty al night He
had allowed the use OF the building for
entertainments on two prior occasions,
but these entertainments were for worthy
cha rity and after his refusal 10 Mrs. Bull
he denied the use OF the building for en-
tertaiEments altogether. Then his rela-
tons with Lieut.. Bull became ofa severely
official character. The reading OF the
ltestiInoay given before the court of in
quiry by Commander Mullan under cross
examination VIII be read Monday.
The testimony OF Frank i nderscn, cox
swain of the Undine, contradicted the al
legation of Govern ment witness Calf
Cnipley. Anderson recalled tie day that
Mullan and Cbipley Travelled on the launch
Mullan was strictly sober. Witness did
help the commander aboard the La unch, but
it was his habit to extend his hand and TO
help everybody who came aboard. He
rebutted Chipleyo on points
The fourth specification of the first
charge rests on Chipley's averment. C:oss-
failed 10 shake tie coXswain.
James Simmons, a United States sea-
man, who was a laboIer III the yard and
worked about the Undne, also recalled
the trip in question His testimony also
that given by Chipley.
William Doyle, a watchman at the navy
yard, testified that ne saw the commander
seyeraltines daily, but never saw him under
the influence of liquor James Carrow, a
clerk for the company which removed the
iron sectional docks from the navy yard,
gave similar testimony; so did Louis d.
Hastings; so did Frank Collins, teamster
in the navy yard; SO did Christopher NJ
Riley; so, too, did Frank Swarrow.
The testimony of Max Baird was also
strongly in favor OF the defense, and
could not be shaken by cross-examination
Sidney Hale, the porter at the Escambia. |
who walked from the railroad station to
the hotel with Commander Mullan, cor
roborated the testimony given by Null
Ian on several points, nd conflicted with |
it on none. he had often seen the com
mander at the hotel, but never seen him |
under the influence of liquor
Henry Bellinger, chief deputy of the |
district of Florida, testified that he boarded |
at the Escambla. He knew the Commander |
and saw him often a. the hotel He never |
saw him intoxicated. AS the time during |
which Bellinger boarded at the Escambia |
covered the same period as did one of the |
specifications, counsel for the defense Of |
fered his testimony in rebuttal to that !
specification, on the ground that 1t was |
as exact as to time as was the specfica- |
ton. Judge Advocate LaucheiEier OBJ |
jected, on the ground that it dill not
refer directly to the specification, and the |
court sustained his objection. Then At
torney Hayden offered it as evidence uf
the good conduct OF Commander Mullan
The point made by the judge advocate
was that, although Bellinger mag have
seen accused several times daily, the
testimony did not show that he had seen
him at the same time that Jewett al
Ieges he saw him, though Jewett could
not state at what time he did see him
The allegation of Paymaster Jewett re-
ceived a black eye from the testimony of |
Daniel G. Brent, collector of customs for |
the district of Pensacola. He stated that |
he and MuIlan We're together when Jewett |
met them, and he stated positively that |
Mulan was sober.