The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-26

Company.
 Hartford, April 25.-The second in. stallment of the court-martial of Cap tain Oscar L. Bradley of Meriden was
 delivered to-day, when the sixth days session began at o'clock
 The reading of the record of Saturday occupied just an hour, and at 10 o'clock
 the first witness, Private Hourigan of
 Company I, who was examined last
 week, was called. His examination
 was brief and unimportant, having to
 do merely with the time of his hearing
 of reports concerning the accuseds all
 legged financial difficulties.
 The second witness, ex-Corporal
 Walter A. Busch, proved to be more ad-
 vantageous to the defense than any oth-
 erNwitness thus far examined He gave
 version of the Bradley-Kobs alterca-
 tion, differing somewhat from those ot-
 fered previously. He rehearsed the pro-
 fanity with which the captain is cred-
 ited, emitting some of the more vehe-
 ment explosives employed by other wit
 nesses; modified the violence of the all legged assault by the captain on Sergeant Kobs and refused to swear that Captain
 Bradley was drunk on that occasion,
 adding that he was only under the in- f1uence of liquor slightly"
 The witness described the trouble in
 detail and stated that, while the cap-
 tain did grab" Kobs, he did not throt-
 tie him with both hands He seized
 him with one hand by the shoulder; the
 other by the neck" said the witness
 Replying to questions by Attorney Dan-
 aher, the witness announced himself as
 positive that the captain did not have
 both hands on Kobs neck and that h
 was slightly under the influence of liz
 quor"
 John Kramer, former lieutenant of
 Company I, was next called. He said
 that Captain Bradley was drunk and
 that he (the witness) had seen him pre-
 vious to the trouble and that he was
 drunk then. When asked why he con-
 sidered the captain drunk the witness replied, Because he assaulted one of Captain Sypher's mem
 Attorney Danaher objected strenuous | ly, but he was overruled whereupon he filed an exception to the ruling. | Witness Kramer continued to testify that Captain Bradley used vile name | to Captain Sypher and later admitted 1 to him that he would not have done so 1 if he was not drunk, saying that if he had not indulged so freely he would have been all right. From September IS, 1S99 the captain told witness of his offairS al mo that ha told others, as testified by previous wit nesses. He denied to Attorney Danaher that he was one of the "clioue," and while admitting that he had advised Captain Bradley to resign, denied that he wanted him to do SO.
 You were the officer next in com- mand, were you not?" asked the attor- ney, and he replied in the affirmative. Attorney Danaher introduced a commu- nication demanding that Captain Brad- ley meet him (witness) at 12.30 o'clock on a certain day, and witness admitted the authorship. When Captain Bradley met him he and Lieutenant Enc told him he had better resign.
 Attorney Danaher asked witness about the conference between himself and Colonel Callahan and upon objec- tion by the judge-advocate the attorney explained that he desired to prove that the colonel of the regiment entered into negotiations with Lieutenant Kramer and seven discharged men to secure Cap- tain Bradley's dismissal from the ser vice. The court retired to consider the question and upon it's return sustained it's objection.
 o1, tn1 how with Captain Bradley regarding money matters, each having claimed to have paid certain bills of the company
 Attorney Danaher introduced two re- ceipts, the older one of which witriess remembered to have seen; the second | one, of more recent date, he did not | Objection to its introduction was made by the judge-advocate.
 Having seen that receipt asked the attorney, do you still fhean to say you paid that bill?"
 Yes" answered the witness"
 He was then questioned relative to bill of $16 over which he had trouble with Captain Bradley, the trend of the question being an effort to show that the captain gave the witness money to pay the bill and witness had then taken credit on his own cash book as having expended it from his funds. Witness admitted that some of the money might have come from Captain Brad ey. Attention was also called to the ,act that the cash book of the witness signs of having been altered, md that witness refused to submit the book to examination by a citizens committee and to the First company's committee, and that he submitted the books to the second committee of the company.
 It was also brought out that witness lad arranged a hearing by Colonel Cal ahan's direction, although Captain Bradley was still in command of the { company. You were recognized as a leader of he opposition to Captain Bradley, were -ou not?" asked Attorney Danaher. T was not opposed to him as know [ if" was the reply, l Further questioning along this line l vas briefly indulged in until shortly af- CT 12 o'clock, when court adjourned for he noon recess ! After the recess Lieutenant Kramer ] vas again called. His examination | rought out nothing new, but it took up, ' with the reading of the testimony by he stenographer, nearly all of the time l ntil D. m., when the court adjourned l