Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-16
DupcAE COURT MARTIAL.
impori,ntf Testimony Given Yester-
day. I'm the Virginia Grave
RobbInE Case.

-1r,fiUROCGHFARE GAP, VA. Aug. 10
Especially Some important evidence was
brought out to-day in the court-martial Of
Surgeon Duncan, of the Twenty-second
Kansas regiment, charged with despoiling
the grave Of a Confederate officer. There
is the greatest interest among Virginians
IN the outcome of this case.
One of the sergeants of Company H,
Third New York, testified that he had
seen :. number OF men digging in mound
of earth and identified Captain Duncan as
one OF them Soldiers were present from
NeS York Missouri and Kansas regi-
ments.
Sergeant J. NJ. southerd of the Twenty
second Kansas, told of hearing that "a
crowd OF Kansas men were digging up
graves. He said:
II went out and saw crowd of men
digging in graves. 1 protested against the
digging. and told them they would surely
get into trouble; but they paid no at
missioned officers standing there and con-
cluded that, II they countenanced il, it
was none of my business, l then left
them and went to the camp
State anything else that you saw at
the graves"
Il saw the lower jaw of the occupant
| the inner part OF epaulettes."
Who handled these bones"
Il couldn't say. Men were there from
| every organization In the camp
| The grave to which Southerd referred
was that of Humphrey He could not say
that Duncan was Present Prince a. Wise,
| of the Twenty-second Kansas. had given
| him Il button supposed to have been taken
| from the grave He saw Wise standing
| in the grave.
Captain George E. Ross, Company I.
tial account of the grave incident. He said:
About 10 o'clock on the night of Au-
tent with what took to be an eight
penny nail. with a piece of decayed wood
ciinging to it. which he said came from
closed. He said there were graves near
there and they were being dug into. 1
Strengthened up my tent and started down
side my, tent that a sergeant in charge of
squad of One Hundred and Fifty-ninth
Indiana men had been sent down there to
with a man OF my company named AdoIph
Dougal. expecting to find a squad of men
In charge of a sergeant detailed to dig a
a man held up skull and showed it to
me told him ! did not want to see 1t; to
put I II down and cover it up. said. is
said. Yes. a doctor said. I want to see
MIN, and DIR. Duncan stepped out and said
something about conducting a medical re-
Ihese men died with. But just before that
l said What are You men doing?' They
fsta fssx didg, dRdiggins ,o up rebels told them if
Kick Immediately. I went back to one of
the officers, and he told me to go to the
ofncer or the day. went TO him about il.
but he was anxious about digging and was
SO slow and took so little interest that I
went to General Shiafes headquarters. I
was very much in earnest. and when I
found that the digging would be stopped
L started back.
While was there the first time. the sec
ond grave was about two feet deep When
l. went back the second time / carried a
ramrod with me and 1t was as deep as the
ramrod. 1t was fully opened; 1 saw the
bones"
rs there any way you can locate or
identity these two graves?"
Yes; they are located among several
hundred graves among patch of timber
| lieve." "
The witness further described them
The second one he identified as the
humphrey grave. He knew nothing of the
Duke grave
An attempt was made by the defense to
Stew that bad feeling existed between DUN
can and Captain Ross At the conclusion
OF OF, Ross testimony the court adjourned
aIl CLOCK Tomorrow morning. when the
case Tor the prosecution will be resumed
New evidence was discovered to-day, and
nom nhom the mass OF testimony to be read and
isumoer or witnesses to be examined. II
conSery Improbable that the trial will be
ciuded before the end of the week.