The times., 1897-06-07
STONE NAY GET OFF EASY
Friends Of the Ensign Working in
His Behalf.
One of Miss Conde's Friends Says
the Young Lady Does Not
Love Him Now.

| New York, June 6.-The chief topic If
| conversation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
continues To be the case of Conde vs..
Stone, In which the love OF IL dashng
| young naval ensign for tne fair daughter
Of a millionaire has been the cause of
what may properly be designated /.
tempest in a teapet.9 The red tape
which surrounded the case came To end.
50 far as the court Of inquiry on the
battlessip Maine is concerned, on Friday
night wnen the court ended it's delibeia.
tons, leaving nothing TO be done but
to forward It's indlngs to the department.
In Washington.
An officer OF one OF the ships, whose iden-
tity cannot be revealed for obvious reasons,
said. Il Doubt very much IL there is an
officer In the yard who believes that
any punishment will he visited upon young
Stone. The probable course OF the De-
partment will he to-, let the whole thing
drop.
There has been too much said about the
affair, anyhow, and altogether too great
Importance attached to 1t II Stone had
not been an officer in the Navy the mat
ter would never have been noticed, and
nothing would have been heard of it by
the public Stone may have been indis-
Greet, but that is about all that can be
said There never was a truer saying
than that the course OF true love never
runs smooth, and this case is only another
instance in support oft.
"Mr. Conde failed to substantiate his
charge before the court. He offered no
competent corroborative testimony, and
what he testified to did not prove that
Stone had committed grave offense. He
has brought about great deal OF unpleas
ant notoriety for himself and his family.
and time will prove that he has gained
nothing so far as bringing punishment by
the department upon Stone is concerned
Stone made good defense, and what he
said, together with the testimony OF Ensign
Osborne. Will be given all the considera-
tion at Washington to which ii is entitled. =
Now that the court OF inquiry has ended
it's lahors, Ensign Stone is as free to come
and go on board his ship as he was before
the hoard was appointed 81 has at no time
been under arrest, except in SO far that he
was restricted to his ship. Lieut.. Barnett,
or the Vermont, vi no was the recorder of the
court, was engaged yesterday in writing
out his report of the proceedin gs.
The report VIII be submitted to Capt.
Sigsbee, OF the Maine, who was the presi-
dent OF the court, and when approved by
him and by the other members OF the court
Will, in accordance with the customary real
tape Of the department. be sent to Com
modore Bunce, who will In turn send it
TO the judge advocate general. By hin, 1t
will be transmitted to The Secretary, who
in due time, VIII make public the findings
A friend Of the Conde family said yes
terday: Between you and me and the lamp
post Stone has conducted himself like a
kid In this entire affair. He has acted
most indiscreetly and those who know him
are surprised that he has shown so little
tact / know that Miss Conde really dId
care a great deal for him. / might say
that she was in love with him; but the
notoriety and newspaper talk which he has
brought upon the family, herself included,
has caused change of heart on her part,
and what affection she had for him has
disappeared"