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ford was engaged to her, and had acknowledged
it, She then went SO far as to say that he had
tried several times to get her to elope with him.
had asked Capt. Romeyn for his daughters
hand, and also almost Immediately had gone to
Miss Romeyn and had asked her to declare that
they were not engaged to be married.
On the second day OF the trial Lieut.. o'Brien,
reiterated that he had full confidence in his
wife and in Lieut.. Bamford, and said he would
trust his own life to Bamford at any time. Capt.
h Ro an gynd SSs nea Wb eo i Iies sem S!Brien i sa,d ir sSi,,
and he added aloud:
y do not care to cross examine the witness on
Lieut.; 0'Brien at once jumped up and said
AZ the protection of the court, and call for
.IapoiSsizs;' ss'd v GagPt: Iko'm,ey;n, somewhat
fe'" + Captain Sai ", should spoiosise.# said the
President OF the Court.
~ a~pologize to the Court" responded the
Zone is due me personally said Lieut..
The Captain should apologize to the Witness"
II apologize to the witness" said Capt. Ro-
II accept said Lieut.. O'Brien.
Public interest In the courts proceedings had
sons ,sG sSarme d over over the the parade @es erSu S:IV AND Rf It
became necessary to dispense with dress parade
The next days session was devoted to an at
tempt by Capt. Romeyn to prove that what he
said about Mrs, o'Brien was true, and that he
WI III IL hioShIhk " pliC hto"u
o'Brien had violated an article of war in accus-
ing him publicly: O,Brien, later in the trial.
rules when he accused Romeyn. DIR. Kellogg. son
Of 9ah Col h H. kiS nlf aI.d the fss cGmman tSSi he Of az the Dd post.
tend Idr o'Brien,' dinner because e bis father
and mother objected to Mrs. o'Brien. Charles
A. sisgon. an Atlanta bank clerk, testified that
he had seen Mrs. OBrien and Bamford on a tan.
dem bicycle several times, and had heard general
gossip about them; Other witnesses told Of the
Albany, Ind, cousin OF Capt. Romeyn and his
guest during the winter testified that she had
hop by request. She, said she was much
shocked at the way they were carrying on"
She characterized their conduct as livery i'm
that on Feb. - he had told Lieut.; oBrien Of the
daughter had declined to attend the o'Brien
dinner nanprPo party a At his his sSE Btish' bot not Stca Ssssq hs d hS
not want his daughter to be mixed up in the
trouble. Miss Taylor aftcrwnrd made a party
sSfla; 6 PEi tIaf'i0c c0 5se'issa Z TS Ss%% ap e ea%s M Is aG
Carter Of the post to testify: When asked II he
said ic6 6luantiiy i ana %1eh em NPo,"
The next day was ladies day" at the hear.
ips; glsut te Mdftsa G that saG his Ro @iite = had latsS Ceased Sc it TO
speak to Mrs: 0'Brien because Of Mrs. o'Brien's
o oSeri heaird any criticism OF Mrs. o'Brien, sai d
- have heard nothing but unfavorable COM
msnt on kerE eo ni iSs no., to.,,e.d that N. CON-
duct Of Lieut.. Bamford and Mrs. o'Brion WAS
the talk of the post. and that he had not hest
ing" Mrs. Kaik supplemented this BY testify
ing that the conduct q Mrs, 0'Brlen was
iore eseassd to ens sa dip's on Ms. o SBe sne h she t Iissd
next door to the o,Briens and both families
S usssea the he .s ss%s to pSMfs ss. o III had Il t Gas tessif nSs
that Mrs. Wall. Mrs, Taylor. Mrs; Carter. Mrs.
ESst'lkIe s;li % y sMh 4.! Hsm, aps.: k kEsr Mia H4s::
Wales, and Mrs. Brown, all OF the post or visit
ors there. had commented adversely on Mrs;
tho matter simply as a filtration between an un-
married man and a married woman. Mrs Por;
in the conduct OF the persons most concerned,
but she had ceased calling ion on M Mrs So onHrie n FOR SG
Tho next day OF tho heaTing was to be occupied
with tho testimony OF Miss Romeyn;, She was
post then tostiaed that there Was nothing that
tween Bamford and Mrs. o'Brlcn, and added:
Iheari Mrs. Kellogg, the wife OF tho late comnan-
Ssp pIS OF 1ss rI RGisa; s With &c MY my o'br, sas' sn sh sf had Sf sSeom aS
fired Of being made a convenience for the latter to
meet Lieut.. Bainford in the woods.
Others testified to the gossip of the post re-
o 1t was April 90 when Miss Romeyn testified.
She hss dS ell fIsS Sa'R sam.ard:y a mat ss shS h the e enga sa.
ment had boon broken, on because Of BainfoEd's
'..scandalous relations with Mrs: OBrien, She
O'Brien's moral character with bitterness. She
testified. in speaking OF Bamford:
have frequently soen him leave the o'Dnsn house
late In tile evening. when all the lights in the resi-
dence were out. / demonstrated with him for both
his neglect OF me and the enlargement into which he
was leading himself and Nrs. oBrien.
knew that Mrs. oBhen wAs an unnt person for
preceding summer she had told me that she consid'
cred a young man had a perfect right TO fall in love
with a married woman. and she with a man not her
husband, II the latter had disappointed her. Lieut..
Bamford made several desperate attempts 10 marry
me secretly, but l refused, He was deeply in debt.
and feared that he could not avoid . court martial for
any length OF time.
Up TO that time tho testimony showed that
| Mrs. O'Brien might have been simply indlscreet.
Miss Romeyp left no doubt as TO the inference
she meant to convey. vi.
Capt. Romeyn then testified that he was justi-
ded n his attack on a Woman's character under
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