The San Francisco call., 1897-04-15

TO this attractive young woman, and that
1t was an edifying spectacle to see her at
the wheel and in full command of the
vessel. 1t was also alleged that she was
the recipient of bouquets cut from the
navy-yard gardens, and that she visited
the residence of the commander at all
hours unattended.
The attorneys for Commander Mullan,
who appeared for him at the recent in
quiry, believe that this publication was
made with the hope that the Navy De-
partment would take some notice of the
matter. The conspirators against Com
mander Mullan then laid the case before
Secretary Herbert through the instru-
mentality of w. G. Chipley of Pensacola,
politician of some note, who is ambitious
to be United States Senator. Acting
upon the representations of Mr.. Chipley,
Secretary Herbert detailed Captain Crom-
we'll TO visit Pensacola and make report
A court of inquiry was later ordered and
the facts here recited were brought out
In addition it was alleged by witness.
that one day when he visited Commander
Mullan at his residence he found him
intoxicated and in the company of two
Pensacola married women. One of them
was the wife OF the engineer in charge of
the water works Improvements at Fort
Barancas.
at the inquiry Captain Mullan produced
several witnesses to prove that these ladies
had called on a mission of charity, and
that he was not under the influence of
liquor.
The evidence in the Mullan case COM
prises 700 type-written pages. It is now
being briefed by the judge advocate-gen-
eral of the Navy Department for presenta-
tion to the Secretary of the Navy. Messrs.
McCammon and Hayden. attorneys for
Mu.lan, stated to THE CALL CORES sponden
tonight that they had been granted the
privilege of seeing the evidence, and to
make notations. in order that they might
prepare brief presenting their side of the
case, but that they had not been allowed
to see the report of the board of inquiry.
his attorneys cite the case OF COM
mander Graham, who was stationed at
Richmond, and who, upon hearing of the
death of Admiral Porter, INDUCED in
profanity and expressed the hope that he
had gone to hotter place than earth.
Commander Graham was also accused of
falsifying the record III his own case, but
upon conviction on both charges, he was
sentenced only TO suspension for a period
of seven years, during which time he was
TO remain at the bottom of the list with
odt chance OF promotion.
McCammon & Hayden do not admit
that their client will be convicted, but say
that if he should be, the penalty in his
case will not be any more severe than that
in the case of Commander Graham.
Commander MuIlan is veteran of the
late war, having been graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1863 His first service
was In the We Gulf blockading squad.
ron. during which he was engaged in sew
eraI attacks on Confederate batteries on
the Texas coast. He was with Farragut
at the battle OF Mobile Bay, and was pres
ent at the surrender of Fort Morgan. He
commanded the Monocacy on the Asiatic
station from 1868 to 1871, and participated
in the naval attack on the batteries on
the river in Corea IN June OF the latter
year. He was In command of the Nipsic
at Samoa during the troublesome times
with the Germans, in 1888, and gave pro-
lection to Elm, the American" when
that correspondent was threatened with
arrest by the commander of the German
sloop-of-war Adler. In the great hurri-
Cane OF March 16, 1889, the Nipsic was the
only vessel of The American squadron at
Samoa that was saved. Since then he
had served as Lighthouse Inspector pre-
vious 10 being assigned to the command
OF the navy-yard at Pensacola.