The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-18

being at the time in the proper dis
charge of his duty. This at Camr
Lounsbury, Mantle, Conn.,, on or about
the 23d day of August 1899.
Charge I.-Conduct unbecoming ar
officer and gentleman in violation OF
the Sixtw- first Article of War
Specification-In this that said Cap
tain Oscar L.. Bradley at divers times
did acknowledge to members of his
command and to said command as a
whole that he had wrongfully appropri-
ated monies in his possession, the prop
erty of said Company l., and that he
was short in his accounts with said
company to the extent OF fifty dollars,
and said that If said Company l would
accept said sum, he, the said Oscar l..
Bradley, would resign and apply to be
retired and leave the company and
begged the officers and enlisted men Of
said company to permit him so to do,
and threw himself upon the mercy of
said officers and men and requested
them to make easy terms with him In
order that he, himself, and his family
might not be disgraced and said that
officers and men need not address him
as Captain Bradley, but simply as Os-
car Bradley, or might call him almost
anything, and that said Captain Oscar
L, Bradley agreed to pay and did actu-
ally pay to said Company l the sum of
fifty dollars in settlement of said wrong
full appropriation.
This at Meriden, Conn, at divers
times between the 1st day of September,
1899, and the first day of December,
1899. (Signed)
TIMOTHY F. CALLAHAN,
Colonel Commanding,
Second Regiment, c. N. G.
AT the conclusion of this formal read
ing of the charges the judge advocate
asked:
Captain Bradley, to these charges
are you ready to plead?"
II am" replied the accused.
ITO the first charge, what is your
plea?"
Attorney Danaher Immediately arose
and entered demurrer claiming tech
nical irregularities. A short discussion
followed, after which Captain Bradley
pleaded mot guilty" to the charges.
He refused to plead to the specifica-
lions by advice of his counsel, who in
sisted such plans could not be demanded
until the demurrers were passed upon.
At this stage of the proceedings 1t was
evident that Attorney Danaher proposed
to lose not the smallest opportunity to
score a point In favor of the accused.
The young lawyer became much ex-
ercised in his argument and with great
.vigor demanded that the court sustain
!, ie,E ay ~ Ia
the charge Of drunkenness. He adj
vanced as the reasons for this claim
that the charges had not been brought
under the proper article of war, and
that as result the court, as constituted,
could not try the accused on the charge
of drunkenness.
In the same manner Attorney Dana
her claimed irregularities In the charges
and specifications alleging misappropri-
ating money; that the charges have not
been brought in accordance with the
articles of war; and that, therefore, he
could not be tried by this court on this
charge. e
AT the conclusion of his argument AT
torney Danaher asked the court to dis
regard specification of charge l. and
The arguments on the demurrers took
up nearly two hours of the courts time
and at ten minutes of one the court took
a recess until 2 p. m.
The court did not reconvene until 2:40,
when the president announced that no
decision had been reached on the de-
murrers. They withdrew TO return in
ess than minute, and announced that
the demurrers were overruled.
By virtue of the rules of war the
court cannot sit after 8 p. m. each day
and there were thus left less than
twenty minutes of the court day The
court, however, ordered the trial to pro-
coed and Captain Bradley was again |
put to plea on all the charges He |
pleaded not guilty to all charges and |
All witnesses were or
Tered from the room by the president
A sensation was caused when Attor-
ney Danaher insisted upon the with
travail Of Colonel Callahan This was |
ordered and Colonel Callahan started |
20 withdraw when Attorney Danaher
demanded that before the colonel with |
lrew he return certain exhibits which |
lie alleged the colonel took from Cap |
ain Bradley on December 26. The ex-
1ibits in question had been left by the |
colonel at his hotel and he asked that |
l messenger be furnished. An argu-
nent followed.
The first witness of the afternoon |
vas Henry c. Hobbs formerly sergeant |
# Company I, Meriden His testimony |
lad hardly begun when the court adj |
n,lrnad for tha 6av Thay will raoc |
emble tomorrow at a. m.