Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-03
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thruo weeks later ufltilHlIlN NulNNrl
the case of nroyet captain Ncvina. and
that dobonair person, who had appeared
before ID on the nut day avhvc. laugh
ing aud almost luHuIvutly defiant mad
wllicd Niflnly uH day after dag tha
judge advocate uuf0.dg1 the mass of
evidence against Inn
All that Ncyins Thought 10 De- tried
for was "a charge Of miHnppf1priauuu vi
public funds ANA property ana 10 was
his purpose 90 plead iu bar uf trail that
he had offered o. make complete rrail-
tuition. 90 replace every missing item
and doubIy replace 10 need Dol every doll
lar This Indeed hc had loot no time in
doing che moment hc was handed over
70 the poet commander two days after
the exciting episode nt EHnrhu'a. but ho
coupled with the unrr 10 condition that
on proceedings against him should be-
dropped, nul The veteran major com.
manding. while expressing entire viii.
inEncaa t1 receipt COR any FUNDS the nc.
cusad mirht uneg would promise moth.
inE whatever in return.
That NtYlnH should De- charged with
dcsrfiinn and breach of arrest tho nee
cuHrd oflcer regarded ns of small Inn
p1ftnnoc. he was merely going tu Tue
eOn na fast nH ho could tu get from
business uHH1cntUl. NE hu termed them.
the money deposited with them and
owed 90 him, ana thIH must also excuse
hla having borrowed the majors best
horse
Ills friends IN Congress would SQUARE
III that fnr him, even ~ the court
should prove ubduraio. That grave
charges should have followed him from
a former sphere of operations. that hlH
record. while retained ln the volunteer
service until the spring M 1896 and na-
signed 10 some mysterious bureau func-
Ha. b..
ventilated and made part ana parcel uf
the charges. that % should b. shown
that h. 90 q newly commissioned nfnrrr
~ the army hud made tho Journey from
Now orleans 10 the irthmuH and thnurH
10 Fan funclHc1 with men whom ho
knew % b. dcaerirrH from commands
stationed in The Crescent city that b.
should have rnmhiod with them and
associated with them and brought ono
- thrm al tho way with him 60 Yuma
and concealed from the military hu-
thnriioH hla knowledge ~ their crimol
that n should be- proved that No. was
professional card sharp" expert man.
ipnlaior nnd hluckloR h. never had cone
icmplnird na even possible. ana yet.
with calm and relentless deliberntinn.
that cold hluudcd, mrrrllrHH martinez
~ West Pointer" nH he referred ~
The Judge advocate M mn early stage IN
tho prncccdinrr. had laid proof after
proof before tho court and I'm the caHa
n The defense AZ the last without O. lex
60 stand ON.
Ana then Novlnu dropped tho iehonair
and donncd the nhlect. Tor the one
friend or adviser ioft 60 him IN the
crowded camp. an oiilcor who said he
always took the side ~ the under dog
IN a fHht. had told him that IN ita pres
ont temper that court. with nid Turn.
bun M ono u IT, leaders, would sure
~ sentence him 20 term % years AZ
Alcatrlti ne woll ~ 10 dismissal from
the military service ~ tho United
States. Dismissal h. expected. but
cared little Tor that iie had money
and valuahlea more than enough 10 be-
KIN Inc on anywhere and tho picklnyfH
~ hiH accustomed trade were an Too
scant IN Arizona. Ito needed q broader
Mold and crowdinF population Tor the
proper exercise ~ his talents. ana tho
uniform N ne officer, after an. had not
proved 20 Do rn potent In lullinF tho
eusplclOnH NJ prospective Victims AZ he
had expected it might be-.
Hut Alrltrnr. n rock bound prison. "a
cunvlctH Farl. hard labor nn soft diet
that was Indeed appalling.
That man inrlnF has made you out
an innnto BLACKBOARD. Ncylna You've
rgt 90 plead Tor mvrry" said hla Hhrewd
adviser, and NcVlnH aw tho point aud
pleaded lie lad before the court TED.
tiers from officers nf rank npunklnr
gratefully Of bic ala during tho proya.
lgnce uf yellow fever in the Oulf States.
He hrrEed the court % walt until be-
could show thrm tho HuldhVltH OF many
Statesmen ana soldiers. whom u would
take months 10 hear from hy mail. and
ihef0 was then un telegraph IN Arizona.
iio hogged fpr limo. Tor nifty. ana mo
court w1H moved ana wflte 10 Drum
barracks for Instructions and adjourn.
81 until tho answer came which IL ana
hy nWlfi STAGES ana HpoClM courier
within n week "Advcua from Washing.
ton say that tho congressional hackers
~ the accused have declared thrm-
solves Won fld uf him aud suggest tho
extreme penalty of the law" And this
helnr the advice nj Washington. u was
simply human nature that tho court
should experience rrVulalnn ~ feel.
inF ana consider itself bound a. sex
that mo poor fellow was not made 20
Huffor mlrtyrdnm
Most Of the members were mon from
the volunteers or from tho ranks West
Pointers were tho execution. moi mo
rule M the line NJ the army f0r years
after tho war Most NJ tho court had
been the recipient NJ NrNnH' exuhor.
ant Hospitality nt one timo or other. 10
hnd objected tn rho Tow who had Loot
heavily tn him nt cards ana tho ohioc-
Won hnd hr.n sustained nnd when tho
last day M iho long session arrived ana
The Hai eyed. paie faced. Fcrupuiouaiy
rruomgd ana dressed accused arose De-.
tnfe The liguiuDl array ana tho little
llnu NJ curious spectators 10 mako hia
last plea silence mot unmixrd with n
certain sympathy frll upon nli hearers.
a. ln low voice and flitarlur accents tho
tieni'esH follow began hlH story Part.
~ from manuscript which BE- seemed
~ ma hard reading but mainly na hn
rFinmpnrnr0uH Dnnrt hiH remarks
were substantially Hs follows,
i've come iu make a clean breast N
a. gentlemen. I'm NOT M 20 wear your
uniform I never was I never wanted
by men who ought t0 have known bet
ter Who dii know better hut who ana
not care No long ns thoy rpt mo out N
the why Ny fnthrr HH much ns owned
mnrr lh1u ono congressman iu York
state. The Hon. Mr. Cpdrrr M tho
WlIltnrN committee couldn't have hern
renuulnniHl m n hadn't boon flr him.
ana Do didn't want mo round homo
any moro no rlt mo kant ou bureau
work long ufinr hut Tow volunteers
were mustered out ma showed mo
down iu N.H orleans whore rd often
lfeu niWWh17ilnr before tho war
~ had ihs frydr truro whom was
only 20 Perhaps hs thought 7 could
rct p nE1ln and thHf would hr the oni
M mo N ihnns'H WurHa place flr n
young officer 40 HtHrt M linn int in-
formal town WuH iust uftHr tho war. %
amt nn me man NJ those limited atutnH
has tho luck nnd the opportunities Of
the devil for nlHh ON 40 year got
more MONEY! ana learned more ways m
settling n than ! know how 10 use, and