The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-11
Company As Mascot Thrown Overheard and
Drowned BY His Orders.
HAD WHIPPED MAJORS DOG IN FIGHT.
Some Of the Officers and Crsw OF Transport Shsrl-
dan Say Ksn Thsa ensd 10 Fix Logan When
ns Col on The Firing uns


sun from San Francisco, says:
According TO statements by various
Dfficers and members OF the crew OF the
United states transport Sheridan, there
is ground for suspicion that the death
OF Mai. John A. Logan in the Philip
pines was caused by a member of his
own regiment, and not by the Filipinos,
as was reported. There is no doubt that
he was unpopular. The men II his COM
mand were very decided in their eX-
pre- ssions of dislike toward him. Sew
tral officers seen yesterday, sald
they had heard men OF the 33d lnfan-
try threaten to settle wtlh Logan as
soon as ne arrived in the PHILIPPINES. 3.
While Logan had never betn ia
vCrite with the men OF his regiment, the
feeling OF anger against him was not
aroused TO the danger point until after
the vessel left Honolulu for Manila. 1t
arose over the alleged drowning OF a
dog which was the mascot OF Co. n of
the regiment. According TO the state
nents of several OF the ships officers
and crew, Logan had big brindle bull
dog, and one day IL attacked the mas
cot OF GOA. This deg was highly priced,
as he had been all through the Span
ish- American war with the regiment,
sam" The mascot's good luck stuck
10 him, for he succeeded in whipping
Logan's dog. The fight was said TO have
occurred on a forward part OF the up
per deck in the presence Uf a large
crowd Of soldiers and sailors.
MASCOT DROWNED.
So incensed did Mai Logan become
that he ordered "A sentry TO throw sam
overheard and the order was eXecuted.
From that time the animosity which
had been felt toward Maj.Logan, whose
manner was thought by some TO have
been oVerbearing, grew into the bitter
est resentment. Friends OF Logan as
sert positively that no such incident oc-
CURED. 1t was made cut Of whole cloth,
they assert. ana was nothing but an
idle yarn OF a crowd OF men This con-
tention is not c-rTcborated by the
statements OF the ships plumber. the
first assistant engineer or the quarter
masters
Il saw that occurrence myself de-
clared Quartermaster ComeTick. "Lo-
gans dog jumped on the other dog ana
got licked. This made Logan 50 mad
that he turned 10 a sentry and ordered
him TO throw the cOmplny's dog over
board. TIE sentry did IL and the men
i'm the regiment became angry over the
affair. one of the captains told Logan
other officers called him coward Both
OF thsse officers were arrested bv Lo-
gan The soldiers were SOra as could
b. ac,cT that and they eclared that
they would FIX him as soon as they got
him cut Dn the firing line So bitter
was the feeling gainst Logan that the
men did not make much attempt "a
conceal their sentiments and talked
openly about getting even. Nobo ~
liked him, and the men used to sit on
the deck a ter that and talk about him
and what nc had done"
HAD IT IN FOR LOGAN.
Ships plumber Pearshall Is another
who says he wNncsse1 ,Ae attack upOr
the doc. "The truth OF the matte is
he said that Lcgan's dog tackled tn
other one and Cor- licked and il mad
Lean mad. After his dos got licklt
he termed % the sentry and said
Throw that black dos overheard,
meaning the mascot Of Co. A. Their,
was a big crowd OF men stGndini
around and IN sentry diD not want Il
do II at FIRST. Logan ordered him agaii
to throw the dog ov Tboard ana ask
the sentry If he knew what was tn,
penalty for disObeying orders Whei
a. said this the sentry pitChea the dol
overheard and he was drowned. LoRal
walked away from that part II IN
UEek, DQl Nlle men bI'hIEu dS il@ ti
so. After that they had Il in for him
good and strong. and ! heard numbc
of them say that they would hN hin
wfh hsn thcy got him to the PHILIPPINES
Some of them said they would shoe
Inn, and | guess he Was shot by som
OF his men all right
First Assistant Engineer John Di
bears lt the story fully. Several mem
te-s Cf the crew either witnessed @
heafo Of the Incident of The dog, an
ali say that the members cf the regi
mont were greatly incensCd agains
1oAan. rand threats OF injury 10 hr
Wtic made "a all sides. In fact IN
soldiers would sing topical songs abou
Logon ,Gnd otherwise manifest thei
dislike
"rhat story is all false" declare
rrst CfNcer Frazier Mai Logan "
q iina man and Y was thrown vetv ftt
udsrtlv ith him on he triD No sur
VI .t5nt ae that about the dog e.
rlac,. " was nothing but some sort
sa' 80 ysfn. Furth hcrmore KIN
mat iLi. talk about his being unpopt
lpr With his men is untrue He was q
Dtxccllcnt officer and wei liked by h
soid.ns.