The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-18
EDWARDS HOT SHOT.
THE MINNEAPOLIS LIEUTENANT
BEFORE THE LEONHAUSER
COURT OF INQUIRY
ADMITS CERTAIN INTERVIEW
In which He Said Some Caustic
Things About Gen. Young and
HIS Personal Habits at Augusta
Seven Witnesses in All Exam
fned by the Court Ycsterday-
All Tell the Same Story.

All Tell the Same Story.
The Leonhauser court of inquiry put In
the longest days work yesterday it has
done since its opening, holding two ses-
s1ons, the first from 10 a m. to 1890 and
the second from 1:S0 to $50. AS a result
seven witnesses were disposed of, the
most important of whom was Lieutenant
Philip j. Healey, who was officer of the
guard on the night preceding the mutt
ny. He was in a position to know the
condition of the camp on that night, and
testified that 1t was as quiet as 1t ever
was. The next morning the trouble came
suddenly, but he, as well as other Off
GERS, did all in their power to suppress
it. The guard had been ordered out and
he was in command Of it. The guard
| was halted by Capt. Barrows and then
ordered On again, and later halted by
Col. Gotzian. who said it was useless to
oppose guard of thirteen men to mob
of four hundred, so the
GUARD WAS DISBANDED.
Lieut.. Healey followed the men from
camp. urging them to dispense and re-
turn to camp, and they were on the point
|
troll when the Third Cavalry arrived.
Lieut.. Hawkins, one Of the officers Of
the cavalry, had said to him he was d.
| sorry he didn't have chance to shoot.
Healy also testified that he was entirely
unarmed and would not have used a
weapon if he had had one
Lieut.. Edwards was the next witness.
! Col. Du Vail handed him a newspaner
inc 10 no
with him, on his return from Augusta.
which appeared in the Minneapolis Jour
! nal April II, and was asked if it was
authentic.
| The question was objected to by Mr..
Catlin, attorney for Col Leonhauser and
after the court had gone into an inner
executive session the objection was over
ruled and the witness admitted he
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
| The interview is as follows:
NOW that | am no longer soldier"
SAID Lieut.. Edwards, late of the FIT
teenth Minnesota, this morning. IT think
| shall turn temperance lecturer, using as
my DOGGY that boiled dinner named
young, who happened to have the rank
OF prlgadier general of volunteers" Mr.
| Edwards arrived in Minneapolis from
! Augusta. Ga, this morning and cele-
brated his return by telling some of his
friends what he thought of the man who
has lHSullSu TIE f1C6onCQ ana Its OIL
! GERS. As Col. Leonhauser has asked
| Lieut.. Edwards to testify in his be-
| half before the court of inquiry, it is
fair to assume that the military court
| Will hear some of the things Mr. Ed
| wards tells his friends.
| AS Lieut. Edwards was officer of
the guard on the day of the mutiny, and
knew that he had done his full duty he
prepared elaborate proofs that such was
the case. and called upon Gen. Young
to ask him to make a public statement
that he. at least. was an exception to the
general reflections east upon all the off,
GERS by the general This the general re-
fused to do A long and more or less
angry conversation followed in which
Edwards blrntly told Gen. Young that
he had made most untustifable attack
upon good regulations In his unbridled
remarks. In the course of this CONVERSE
ton Young made the positive assertion
Leonhauser most to blame for the mu-
tiny. He said they should have sup
pressed the mutfny the night before 1t
broke out To this Edwards replied with
of the Fifteenth was the night before.
Young also asserted that the court of
INQUIRY would. give, all he officers a
Is known absolutely not to be the fact.
WANTED SOMEBODY SHOT.
Gen. Young fell back upon his old
position that the officers of the Fifteenth
Minnesota should have shot a few of the
mutineers. II didn't enlist to shoot vol
| unteers," replied Edwards. 81 would
rather have your condemnation for not
doing so than the certain condemnation
Of my people at home for shooting their
sons"
Lieut. Edwards says that in his
opinion Gen. Young's attack upon the
officers of the Fifteenth grew out of a
blending of the regulars seorn for. the
volunteer and three, weeks 'celebra-
ton at the headquarters of the corps.
1t Is claimed in Augusta that Col.
Duval., Gen, Young's judge advocate
for two weeks that they would FIX
the Fifteenth Minnesota people. This Du-
val by the way, is believed to be the
real instigator and the actual author and
writer of the Objectionable order. He. is
now looking after Gen. Young's in
terests before the court Of inquiry: Lieut..
| Edwards says that insanity of drunken
ness is about the only excuse Gen. Young
| has. The lieutenant says the general
| frankly confessed to committee of Au-
| gusta citizens that he had not attended
| to commission for them because he was
| Sin liquor
MORE BRAGGADOCIO.
A point that has not heretofore been