The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

The vigilance with which the Leon
hauser court Of inquiry has been guarded
during the past two days was. in meas
ure, relaxed yesterday. Col. Hunter S
room. which adjoins the court room, was
again thrown open to witnesses and re-
porters, a fact which can only be ac-
counted for upon the theory that Col
Pennington Is gradually working up to
the point when he will throw open the
doors and invite the reporters to be pres
ent all during the sessions
The court convened at the usual hour
yesterday morning and the usual amount
OF time was consumed in reading the
previous days proceedings. Capt Bond
then took the stand, was cross examined
by Col. Du Val and excused
MAJ. Hand was then called and ex-
anlined by Col. Hunter He told the
story of the mutiny as he saw It, He, to-
gether with Capt. Bond, had returned
from the city where they had been in at
tendance upon the coroner's inquest, ar
irving in camp between IL and l o'clock
on the night of FEB. 4, at which time the
camp was in the most perfect order and
continued in that condition until the next
morning and until after Col. Leonhauser
had left camp to go to division headquar-
tiers, where he had been requested to pre-
sent himself by Gen. Sumner Lieut. Col
Gotzian being absent at the same time
the command of the regiment had de-
volved upon him.
When the mutineers gathered at the
comm1ssary he had used every means at
his command to disSuade them from their
purpose and practically had them In sub
lection until the Michigan and Ohio men
began to taunt them with being towards
The appeals to their passions were
stronger than the commands of the Of
f1cers, who were brushed aside and the
commissiary burst OPEN
Aiming and equipping themselves they
started for town with the avowed pur-
pose Of binding and doing vengeance upon
the slayer Of O'Connell.
S In tho meantime Col Leonhauser had
been telephoned to, but Lieut. Col Gotz-
ian arrived first and ordered Maj. Hand
to take two companies, H and L and in
tercept the men. When the rioters had
gotten about two hundred yards from
camp, Col. Leonhauser arrived His first
act was to send Lieut.. Tenney after the
Second cavalry. He then used every
other effort to quell the disturbance and
with the exception of a few men all
obeyed his command to return to camp.
Maj Hand was evidently an unexpected
witness. for. to the surprise of the
court, Col. Du Val passed him with the
res&rvation that he might recall him at
any time for cross-examintaion
Lieut.. Tenney was the next witness.
and testified that he was third assistant
battalion adjutant at the time of the
atrcHble at Augusta On the night of Feb.
a he had been absent from camp, but re-
turned on horseback at 1 o'clock He
also noted the quiet condition that pre-;
Vailed and ifa@there was any occasion
foras greater precaution than had been
taken to prevent an outbreak he did not
know 1t. He, too, testified that Col
Ieonhauser was absent from camp, on
duty, during the greater part of the
trouble. The witness told how, when the
men started for the commissary, they
found him there before them He stood
with his back to the commissary door
but he was pulled down by strong hands
and hurled to the ground, where he was
In Great danger of bodily harm, but was
rescued by Capt Crossfield. Shortly
afterwards Col. Lecnhauser arrived and
ordered him to go for the Second cav.
kalry.
The cross-examinatfon of Lieut. Tenney
will be taken up Monday morning, to
which time the court adjourned.
There are still twenty-five witnesses
to be examined and it Is expected fully
two weeks will be consumed in taking
their testimony and making the argu-
ments.