The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-06
THE CHAPLAIH'S INFIRMIT|ES.
M'INTYRE WAS UPSET BY WITS
KY AND QUININE.
Indications That He Was Drunk
When He Addressed the Denver
Audience-Expert Testifies.

Denver, Oct. 5.-When the courtmar-
tiaI which is hearing testimony in the
case of Chaplain Mcintyre of the Ore
gon was called to order this morning
the cross examination of the defendant
which was begun yesterday, was re-
sumed.
An interview with the witness pub
| lished in a Denver evening paper on
the day following the lecture, was
placed in the hands of the witness, who
was asked to verify or deny it. He de-
MED several statements attributed to
him with positiveness. He remembered
distinctly what he tried to convey to
the reporter. He subsequently stated
he was slightly under the influence of
the drugs and the excitement of the
night before while talking to the re-
porter.
III answer to question of the judge
advocate regarding what he intended
to say in his lecture, about the division
of prize money, the chaplain explained
that Commodore Winfield S. Schley was
the first commander he ever sailed
with. He felt very friendly with Com
modore Schley and believed that he
should have received the major part of
the honor and emolument of the battle.
He intended TO say to the audience that
the division of the prize money would
be in the proportion of $4,000 to the
admiral, $500 to Captain Clark and SIS
to the officers of his own rank. He had
no idea of giving these as the amounts
each would receive.
Witness said his intention was to
say that when the battle began the
Oregon took her assigned position on
the inner line. and as she did so passed
the Iowa going the other way to as
sumo the position assigned to her. He
intended to say that when the Colon
surrendered, he saw several of the
American vessels half hull down to the
eastward, and that while the boarding
party from the Oregon and Brooklyn
were going to the Colon the other yes
sells came UP. He declared that he
made no assertion to the effect that
Admiral Sampson reported himself
within four miles III order to get prize
money. He was aware that the admit
raj was entitled to his share of the prize
money, regardless Of his distance from
the fight.
In the afternoon Chaplain Mcintyre,
on redirect examination, stated that he
had the brandy of which he drank on
the night of the lecture in a four-ounce
bottle. Indicating on a similar bottle
the amount he drank, it was shown
that he took about one-third of the
contents.
Alonzo A. Arson, an engineer, testi-
fed that he was quite intimate with
Chaplain Mcintyre in 1894 and that on
the night of the lecture the chaplain
did not recognize him even after he had
told his name Witness thought the
chaplain had the manner of a man I'M
der the influence Of liquor. During the
lecture the chaplain's manner was not
natural.
DR.. H. T Pershing, physician in
charge of insane and nervous patients
at the Arapahoe county hospital, was
called as an expert. He expressed the
opinion that a man in the physical and
nervous condition of Chaplain McIn-
tyre who took Is grains of quinine and
over an ounce of brandy, would be-
come intoxicated. Persons afflicted
with nervous diseases, the witness
are more susceptible to the in
fluence of intoxicants than those in
perfect health. In most cases what an
man says has some rela-
ton with what he thinks when sober.
Dr. William Z. Wilson, who was sur
geon of the Tenth Illinois cavalry dur
ing the civil war, was called. He has
been treating Chaplain Mcintyre since
Sept. 20. He testified that Chaplain
Mcintyre was on the date mentioned
suffering from nervous prostration and
had been so suffering for some time.
He had not yet recovered fully. One
Of the symptoms of the chaplain's all
&ment, witness said, was forgetfulness,
confusion of ideas and vertigo.
Dr. Wilson was still on the stand
when court adjourned for the day