The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-13


YOung's Agent Disturbed.
When the Leonhauser court of inquiry
met yesterday morning a merry howl
was made over the fact that the morning
papers had obtained a full account Of
the previous days proceedings. 1t sound
ed something like Gen. Young reading
the riot act at the Bon Air hotel, Au-
gusta. Ga. The officers of the court were
tncensed.
AS soon the court convened Col
Hunter called attention to the publica-
ton Of their secret session proceedings,
and Col. Pennington added that the ac-
count was exceedingly correct and could
not have appeared except it had been
disclosed by some member of the court.
attorneys witnesses. and probably en-
anated from some member who was not
under oath, of whom there had been four
present. Col. Duval, Adjt. Catlin, Capt.
Crossfeld and Col. Leonhauser.
Capt. Crossfield suggested that mas
| much as the transom was open and the
| talk had been somewhat loud at times
1t was possible that the reporters had
caught the information In: that way.
| Col. Duval volunteered the information
] that he had a conversation with Capt.
| Crossfield in the hall which might have
given a clue to any one engaged in the
| reprehensble act of listening. The
UPSHOT OF THE NATTER
was that Col. Pennington exhorted all
those present who were not on oath not
| tc give up any further information. say
| ing he could not very well administer the
| oath.
Col. Duval then proceeded with the
croSS-eXamination of Capt. CrOSSfield,
which lasted all through the session and
| will be continued again this morning.
| The crosS-eXaminatiOn was confined to
the direct testimony given by the wit
ness the day before and was particularly
! rigid as to the condition Of the camp on
| the night before the riot, Col. Duval try
| Ing to make 1t appear that a condition OF
mutiny existed on the night of Feb. 4,
and that Col. Leonhauser had been re-
| miss In his duties in not Supressing it In
its incipiency. But the only effect of
! Col. Duvals questioning was to empha-
size the fact that the camp was perfectly
| quiet all night, and that Capt. Crossfield.
| as brigade officer of the day. and Capt.
| Gibson, as regimental officer Of the day.
had gone out of their way to patrol the
streets all night, and yet did not find
| that conditions of affairs existed up to
the time Capt. Crossfteld and Capt Glib
| son had been relieved from duty at $3.50
| in the morning. and after Col. Leon
hauser had left camp to go to division
headquarters where he had been
REQ UESTED TO PRESENT HIMSELF
! by Gen. Sumner in reference to the selec-
| ton Of two companies of the Fifteenth
for provost duty and such a request was
| tn oy-d o,,d ~
| Leonhauser had not returned until the
! trouble was almost over.
| a long-winded argument took place
| over what constituted proper crosse
| animation
Col. Du Val asked Capt Crossfield what
| constituted a mutiny.
1t was supposed that Col. Du Val him
/ self knew by this +i,-r,s j, ;15..,,,, re-
marked IL. The question was objected to
/ ny Adjt. Catlin for the reason that 1t was
| not proper and it was not material what
! Capt. Crossfeld knew about a mutiny as
| an abstract proposition.
| When Du Val and Coffin had exhausted
themselves in arguing the point pro and
con. they together with the witness and
| Col. Leonhauser were excluded from the
room. while the august court of inquiry
| dellberated with learned profundity over
| the momentous proposition and after half
an hours mature discussing during which
| the Invisible brain throbs We'd with the
vibrations Of the Robert street bridge in
| disturbing the august and secretiye court
| agree with Mr.. Coffin that the question
| was incompetent, irrelevant and imma-
| teria.
| A conclusion of Capt. Crossfield's testi-
mony will probably be reached this morn
| Ing and Capt. Bond will be called upon to
| tell what he knows.
| DU VAL DISTURBED.
| Col. Du Val is somewhat disturbed over
| the criticism he has heard since his ar
| rival in st. Paul over his and Gen
| Young's acts in the part they played In
| the censuring Of the officers Of the FIT
| teenth. He stated yesterday that about
the Sth of March, Gen. Young had tele-
| graphed the war department that court
| of inquiry was being demanded by the
| regimental officers and he displayed the
| answering telegram from the department
| which says there was no necessity Of
| such court as the Fifteenth was about
! to be mustered out, but in the findings
| of the trial had, the officers might be CEN
| sured. Col. Du Val seeks to interpose
that telegram in extenuation of the Of
| Tense of having administered the nasty
telegram should be Cen Young's iustifi-
cation, but from the tenor of the re-
| marks of different officers it is doubtful
If they can bluff themselves into seeing
it in that light.
MRS. JOHN ROGERS, DEATH