Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-17
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COURT MARITAL
IS AT AN END.
rAs Trial Of Major EgaO Closed
This Afternoon
ACCUSED MAN TESTlFlEs.
makes plausible story Of ISIS ~
parent Seaisc, Judge Advocate
WIN Review ihe Case

TIE rial OF Major Esan at Fort
no,pIas for alleged lnattenton 70 slcN
soldiers, was completed today win 'no
testimony Of the accused man himself
The only witnesses heard were Dr. :"
9 Belle Of his city and the accuseu
man The only value Of the formers
Testimony lies In the fact that j gen
sralIy msiaIas Major Egan IN MS
method Of treating and diagnosing the
necullar diseases that have come under
bls care as post surgeon The MAJOR
b an experienced Witness and bore GEAR
direct testlmony. lie eYlnced tnorVuBn
knowledeq OF the various diseases anu
their ppculartles thai the soldiers eie
afflicted with and made a plauslp'e
story out Of his apparent neglect
Judge.Advocate Skerret az Ihe prose-
cutor was keen ard comprehensive
and Il Is safe to say that he has per.
mItted nothing to be passed over tna1
was bis duty az an officer OF the gov
eminent to investigate
The afternoon was taken up IN tlle ai'
guments of the counsel for the defense
AND the reviewing Of the case by ING
fudge advocate. The session was held
behind closed doors
d.. A. c. Behlo was the first witness
ind IN defense testified that he was
familiar with such diseases as afflicted
The sick soldiers at the post A sup,
Tosed case was presented to him, based
upon the condition OF Private Holland,
the soldier who was operated upon, and
be could see no reason Cor pain In such
case. He further testified that ne
Lad performed d similar operation up
On patient who was afflicted with
the same disease but performed a sub
keQuent operation on the same patient,
Another case was presented 70 the
witness, Of supposed Gaze based up
on the condition OF Private Glover,
wherein the patient complained Of va
rlous diseases at different times Wit
ress thought such patient would be
suffering from hypochondra or hys-
terfa.
DR. Behe bore testimony tending to
endorse the method Of Major Egan In
diagnosing certain cases, and IVES then
crosa.examned by the judge advocate.
Witness stated that in a case such as
Private Hollands he knew Of no fea-
BON why further operation should not |
have been made, but there may have
been conditions requiring different |
course He stated further that an In
spection, such as Major Eean gave,
was sufficient TO determine the pres |
ence Of Inflammation, but added that |
the ordinary layman could not deter
mine the presence Of Inflammation In |
such a case as Private Hollands.
The judge advocate then asked o
series Of very inoislye questions as TO
why d layman could not determine the |
presence OF Inflammation Witness con- |
tended that the average man OF aver
age intelligence could distinguish the
extreme and not the fniIder form Of the |
emotions unless he had made special |
study Of the matter,
MAJOR EGAN TEsTIFIEs.
The last witness before the court was
the accused man himself and his ex-
animation was close ana sharp. But
he stood up we'll under the pointed
questions Of the keen Judge advocate
and presented his case as Wen as posi-
bic. He stated that he graduated
from the medical department OF the
sesn "a u,iiscrs'ty u NeW lofh N
Icy ~ Ven wen, mo the Cnarlty |
tosp1Iai "a WV iolh' "hefe ne hau
S.V"u eApe,,vnce ~ shih ana O'ner |
a a. witness NAG Always PAID
. ~ nipv" at w. 70 shll discusses az
b oss,v,'. ~ mas ~ tne HOSPITAL ~
~ s,vs'on anu "orheu ~ inc laboratory OF
~, .ne eu'soo'' seherais once at WASH
~ ~ ooso =, pa,... ,,,
,,i ~ s s,' vase ~ rllva.e Lemesurlof |
-, ,' n,a, swors .nat lhe lvrmer was not
~ ~ s,sa aSpure "a lhe uate charged On
a sss Ao,nins VI nov witness vas un.
~ ~. 1,us,s o ~ ~ ~ osueh. re nad
Z A Aa,,l ol unen that morning and had
sou meveii minutes 10 calcn MS car
, aaoa "s ~ .nlousll he was NOT SAL
tsnsu Win me examinations he had
kaVen ny men ana Two days later call
thoroughly Since the arrival of the
pat,allon 81 the 18th infantry there
s NJ ~ nen az tne post while before
. 10y Spanish war wren there were only
~ wv. ,hsn az tne post there was one SUR
so Vu,. anu TWO asslstents
Y .eness destined that when he ex.
hi,gneo isMesurlor ne dsd not find the
-. CLONES adherins to his sores.
y ~ eIuPtiohs were In a crusted state
ana 'ne witness marked that the pa
~, ,'en' wa,asu away from the hospital
Mi.houl ouncully. lie testified that he
only saw one open sore on LeMesuroN
maJor EHan explained the symptoms
" unopic ltcn, saying that when In the
.Ius'eu stage there was no innamma-
,ion or soreness aud the cases OF the
'.on 'hat ne refused 10 take In the hos
plIai were all In the crusted stage.
Witness gave the history Of the ease
u .sergt Swlnford, who, II was testl.
LED was In the last and unpalnless
tage OF dhobic itch. He later deyel-
pea bolls and was placed IN the hos.
ltaL Witness stated that he Kent
winford In the hospital day or two
rter the latter wanted 10 20 hack IN
uty.
In regard to the case OF privote
Hover witness stated that The coot ra
orted about Nov. LIST and romnlelnea
T a sore throat About the XIX wi,
ess sald, Giover's company command.
T told him he was suffering from
pui disease and dismissed him from