Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-18
sAL TlLTs CONTINUE
Proceedings Of the Hullan Court Martial at
the Navy Yard.
The Accused ON the Stand to Identity
His Observation-Disclosures
of the Testimony.

The Mullan court-martial convened again
at 10 o'clock this morning. As at former
sessions the proceedings Of the court were
characterized by parties and thrusts be-
| tween Judge Advocate Laucheimer and Mr..
Hayden. Probably no prosecuting attor-
ney In criminal court attempting to con-
Wet q prisoner of q capital offense ever
showed more intense anxiety to keep
everything out Of the case that would
| thwart his purpose than Lieut.. Lauchei-
mer has shown in his conduct of Com
mander Mullan's prosecution. Everything
| that seems to indicate any possibility of
| being regarded in Commander Mullans
| favor has been strenuously objected to.
Attorney Hayden, after the record of
yesterday had been read, called Lewis
X. Brown Of the Treasury Department to
the stand, and handed him some pay rolls
OF the Pensacola navy yard. Brown iden-
titled them and Mr.. Hayden then offered
the documents as evidence in rebuttal of
specifications in charge. The offer was
to show that Commander Mullan's sigma
ture, which was affixed in many places on
the pay-rolls as q witness TO the sigma
lures Of the payees, was regular and writ
ten in a firm hand.
The rolls were for December, 1895, when
it is charged Commander Mullan was
drunk. Judge Advocate Laucheimer OBJ
jected to the papers being admitted on
the ground that the signatures had not
been proven to be those of Commander
Mulian, Whereupon Mr.. Hayden called the
latter to the stand, who testified that the
signatures in question had been written on
the rolls by him on December 81, 1896, be-
tween l and o'clock p.m in the presence
of the payees. Specification No. Of charge
two OF the charges before the present court
martial assert that he was drunk OH that
day. The Judge advocate evidently wanted
to show that the signatures had beer writ
ten at a time subsequent to the payments
to the men and had not been affixed di-
rectly after the men had signed ard re-
ceived their money. In this, however he
was unsuccessful. Attorney Hayden next
read the testimony Of L. P. Williams be-
Henry Diffin Diffin, 1t appears, was en-
gagged to Miss Carroll, one of the Witness
es, and an attempt was made to introduce
testimony showing that Commander Null
Ian had made social visits with these par
ties, who, according to naval ethics. are
supposed to be his interiors There was
another clash between counsel over this,
and Mr.. Hayden's objection to the intro
duction Of the matter was sustained. At
1918 a recess was taken for an hour, after
which Mr.. Hayden proceeded TO read the
record Of other testimony given in behalf
Of Commander Mullan tefo-e the Pensacola
court of inquiry.
Commander Mullan's Defense.
The afternoon session yesterday was de-
voted, as announced in The Star, to the
ASAAh6 "a NhC tCStiAAohy tuhCu USloic tiiS
court of inquiry at Pensacola in behalf of
Commander Mullan. Judge Advocate
Lauchheimer objected to the admission Of
the testimony In the records of the inquiry
which related to Commander Mullan's hab-
its of sobriety. There was very lively
argument over this subject between Messrs.
Hayden and McCamman on the one side
and the judge advocate on the other. The
court was cleared at last, and when 1t re-
opened the president announced that the
testimony showing the good character of
the accused would be admitted only.
Mr.. Hayden proceeded to read the rec
don, watchman; J. ]. Keefe, clerk in the
department of yards and docks at Pensa-
COLA c. A. Higgins, S. Cohn, Mrs. Rhoda
Armstrong, Miss Winifred Simpson, Hor-
ace Reese and c. Ainsworth had, estifed
to the sobriety Of Commander Mullan on
the occasions when he was alleged to have
been drunk.
T. M. Scarritt Of the department of steam
engineering testified to Commander Null
ian's sobriety when the latter turned over
the Pensacola navy yard to Lieutenant
Bell, his successor. Lebin Woolford con-
ductor of the train running from Pensacola
to the navy yard, on which 1t was alleged
Commander Mulan had ridden in a state
OF drunkenness, testified that Commander
Mullan had never been on the train intoxi-
Gated.
TIE legal tits between the counsel of the
accused and Judge advocate were very ami
mated and little testimony was read that
was not objected to in whole or in part
by Lieutenant I.anchheimer