Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-04
STRUNG UP A JUDGE.
REFUSED TO GIVE MS NAME AND
WAS HUNG sv TIE THUMBS.



II was only 10 years of age and held
licutenants commission in the Fifth
infantry when an event occurred which
gave me great deal Of unsought noto-
ricty, " said n department Official the
other night. mot only was the notori-
ETY. unsought but IL was exceedingly
undesirable. +" he aided. "for 10 almost
made an old man IL me IN single day.
II was an experience calculated 30 try
the discipline and discrimination of any
young officer"
What kind az an experience did you
havop'
II had merely routine duty TO per-
form, but 10 was exciting Theregiment
was stationed at santa Pc. and the de-
partment was under martial law. The
war had Just commenced, and people
were avcrse to obeying military orders,
but they learned obedience very soon.
II was ordered that no person should
enter the city 81 santa Re nor depart
from IL without registering his name
with the provost marshal The order
WIS positive and was rigidly enforced.
Ono afternoon. when was officer Of
tho day and. having attended TO my
duties. was lying down in my tent
reading book, an orderly reported that
there was man in the custody Of the
provost marshal who refused to give his
name Putting aside my book, donned
my uniform and sash aud proceeded &c
the guardhouse
There. in the midst ~ rs tough a
looking gang as one ever saw. stood a
well dressed. distinguished looking gen.
tleman When I asked him why he was
In custody, he informed me that he was
under arrest because he had refused 70
give his name or to register with the
provost marshal When politely re-
Quested him tn 90 with me and regis-
Ter. he responded, You know me well
enough and do not need ask my name
When I assured him that had never
secn him before and requested him &c
comply with the order under which ]
was acting. he refused indignantly "a
do So
81 then ordered the guards TO take
him % tho parade ground and tie him
10 the flagstaff. Upon arriving there
again begged him 30 be reasonable and
give his name. but he ohstinately re,
fused TO do 50. Then ordered the mer
20 tie him mp BY the thumbs. After
leaving him in that position for thre,
minutes he was let down. but again re
manned obstinately silent lie wa
drawn mp again. and after leaving hin
In that painful position nearly ten min
utes he was let down. but scornfully
declined b. answer my most polite re
quest 90 give me his name. l bcgget
him IN relieve me IL the Necessity d
resortiug 30 more force and % reliev,
himself of further humiliation and phys
ical pain. but he scorned me There
was on the parade ground with tina
GENTLEMAN. who was manifcstly q NOR
than ordinary ability and Consequence
an The world. and in the presence Of tn
rcgimcn:al staff. I. q young officer. |
mere stripping. and YET the officer q
the day. was trying 90 compel him q
give his name in accordance with tn
order % the commanding officer % tn
department
He remained s,olidly silent. an,
then 7 ordered the guards 90 buck ans
gag him. II was painful srcne. whicl
I shall never forgot The soldiers di'
their duty. bound him in an uncomfort
able position and gagxed him 81 Tight,
that the blood ran from his mouth. Tia
was more than I had intended 90 b
done the first time. and 10 was NOR
than I could bear Go see. 80 ordere'
his release
"As he stood mp, trembling witt
pain. passion and humiliation. he said
\ am Joseph q. Knapp, chief justice O
the supreme court u the territory o
New Mexico I Immediately orders
his relcase from custcdy. and he N
turned 30 the Hotel Fonda. where b
had registered upon his arrival Iii
presence In santa Re was no secret. an
nearly everybody knew him. Therefor
he nav have reasoned that knew hir