The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-29
FOUND IT CHILLY HERE
COL. DU VAIL HURT BECAUSE ST.
PAUL PAID NO ATTENTION
TO HIM
so DIFFERENT FROM AUGUSTA
Managed to Get Through His Ad-
dress-Capt. Crossfield Closed the
Arguments for Col. Le0nhauser-
Read From the Laws What Con-
stitutes Mutiny.

The Leonhauser court of inquiry nm
ished it's labors yesterday. 1t has spent
nearly three weeks taking testimony, two
full days have been devoted to arguments
and over 5000 pages Of manuscript have
been accumulated. That is the end of 1t
for the present
When the arguments were finished the
court informed the counsel that they were
no longer needed, and then proceeded to
deliberate, the result of which will con-
sist of finding, as their opinion, whether
or not the structures Of Gen. Young were
justified Those findings will not be made
public but will, together with the evidence
be forwarded to the war department, by
which they will be reviewed. The war de-
partment, after due consideration, will
render It's decision. If 1t finds the famous
order of Gen. Young was justified, then
a court-martial for the trial of Col
Leonhauser will be ordered. At any rate
nothing further will be known by the
public at present, as the G o e has 40
pipeline connections with the war de-
partment.
When the court convened yesterday
Col. Du Vail resumed his argument. Sew
eral times he pleaded sickness as an ex-
cuse for not making a better argument
until the court stopped him and informed
him that if he was really sick they would
adjourn to such time as he would again
be ready, but they didn't wish 1t to ap-
pear in the records that he was required
to proceed when he was not in a fit con-
dition. But Col. Du Vail said he was
anxious to get away, and, with the per-
mission of the court, he would remain
seated during the rest of his talk.
Among other things Col. Du Vail said
he had been treated since his arrival here
as icily as a st. Paul winter. He didn't
stand for that kind of treatment, so he
spent nearly an hour roasting Col. Leon
hauser, his attorneys, his witnesses and
especially Gen. Sumner, who, having
acted as he did in Augusta, had dared
to come here and give the officers of
the Fifteenth a clean record, a clean
bill of lading, as 1t were. He concluded
by claiming that the testimony as 1t stood
warranted the court In finding that the
structures contained in Order No. % were
fully justified, and that Col. LeonhaEser
ought to be court-martialed.
Capt Crossf1eld made the closing ad-
dress and 1t was a splendid defense Of
Col. Leonhauser and the volunteer off,
GERS and men. He quoted from United
States reports to show what constitutes
mutfny. Mutiny, he said. consisted OF
an intention on the part Of the men act
ing together to subvert authority and de-
prive an officer of his command, and
must be accompanied by an overt act
No such condition existed on the night
of February 4, as the men had obeyed
the order to return to their company
streets and, as a mater of fact, there was
no technical mutiny on the morning of
the fifth, as Col. Lecnhausers authority
had not been subverted, nor had he been
derived of his commando as for his being
away from camp. he had no alternative
but to obey Gen. Summers order and Gen
Sumner had so testified.
Capt. Crossfleld dwelt strongly on the
| point that at no time did there exist any
excuse, warrant or justification for the
shooting down Of any of the soldiers Col
Du Wallis remarks that the men and Off
| GERS of the Fifteenth were timid. coward
| ly, Intellectual brought the captain out
| to say in clarion tones that he knew the
slandered men personally, they were the
peers of any man in the army and in a
| test Of courage would be found leading
! those officers who animadverted upon
| their character.
| The captain concluded in a splendid per-
Grafton in which he said that if not arm
| ing and shooting down the men in cold
| blood was cowardice then he wanted it
proclaimed that he was a coward; If the
| use of physical force in preference to kill
| ing was timidity then he wanted to be
considered timid