Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-30
(1NMlsSARY
FRAUDS IN MANILA
,a,I q Captain James v Reed
Commenced
D,uAeISe EVIDENCE GIVEN
.,w That lie solicited
''1 shO,. rom various Firms ana
Individual"

..u % The trial OF capt
Manila AbPssd former depot COM
LINES " hvVaSnua and who was ar
nlssaniSo bout a fortnight ago III ssary
Ie.'Sgu anticipation in the ao vo" and bids
essl was Tos begun here toaay, aI III ooSa
suss' develop into CONSULT a so'ici,, Inc
fair to , Ge,S'I Is charged with solel.,ns
capt h WING brides and win otne'
ofical, wv beginning OF the trlai counsel ,,ss
At INC yelndant objected to the Jurls-
Tor ine usi .he court, alleging That UNI
ictloh VI nromulgated In l9Ol oiiicels
der an aes IIJar establishment are not
o. lIJ as members OF u eou
ens,gl 10 try an oihcer Oh So'. nj
marusl, sSse further denied that
The de lrar existed In Manila touay'
slale ~ that the provost iilarsne',
and a lssrve N. Davis, Is authorizes
Gen. u,o, ,e genenal eourt-maitlal
70 e0h,e""Nng that as Gen. Mac
n and hv.0,s,natly preferred the charges
4 Arthur c.nt Reed the orders direct,
s 1so M trial by coutt-nlar , re-, dofenee
Wy I" irom Washington me oeie enY
g t H.,S4, objected to me lact . ','". Of in.
&c llIsp aa,mbers OF the court were Oh Ia,
IS tIa 1.l A' INK 10 Capt. Reed All these
q feIlW ,,s ,s,A we're oyerruled, and the
g ooJ.Sus" ~ testimony was begun,
Il h5asi mann soblndler manager OF the Al
MI W., s' nigar factory testified that IN
n Ilaober CAPT. Reed had told nun
Nu,'"iW Mai George b. Davis, VINO was
,Ss depot commissary peiole rr Gap,
Reed but who was sent 10 .he On aar,a
s 49, an sick leave and whose na n
sonsars on the books of Evans q Sor'
lrrernment contractors at Manila,
so' ,ba rec,nIent Of $1,000 was N,oOO
az wy Ne accounts. Continuing, MT
saI testified that those having
sne,abls contracts with the govern
mon, we're asked to assist in making
nooa MAI Dayiss dehciensy SCHNEIDER
sOV ra Gar Cant Reed S05O, which was
''' / commission on the cigars
sold 10 the commlssaly uePaI'''iuns
5ayng the time that MAJ. Davis was
denot ocmmissary at Manila.
An officer named Franklin, VINO was
ossis,ant commissary, testified to the
ogoct mai ON March 18th and follow
,rg me direction Of a superior officer
he attained $1,000 from Maj, Davis ana
nod mis- money over to SCHNEIDER.
Insnector General Darlington TESTIFIED
that during the preliminary mves-
ugatlon Of the commissary scandals
cant Reed admitted having received
money from schidler and others ana
4 gave as an excuse that the money so
4 recovered was intended 10 cover Maj.
n Dayls's shortage. -
y Lieut.. Richard X. TOwnley OF the
X navy, at present superintendent or the
n Manila nautical school. testified that
ms result OF a conference with Capt.
b Reed he went to see Castle Brothers,
Sd contractors who supply the commits
8 sary department with vegetables ETC.,
NJ and wanted them TO give Capt. Reed
"a 1900 and 10 per cent commission on all
n sales Castle Brothers demurred TO
II this proposition. Lieut. Townley again
4 went 10 Castle Brothers and this time
y asked them for only $1,000 Castle
z Brothers were reluctant TO hand over
4 the sum. and Lieut. Townley explained
i that Capt Reed was IN position to
advance the interests Of the firm and
that It would be advantageous to
\ Castle Brothers TO obge him.
Lieut.. Tovnley testified that he
further explained to Castle Brothers
that Capt Reed might allow them the
use Of government lighters, and pos
sibly be less rigid Up the inuspection
4 Of goods purchased. Lieut.. Townley
z said that he thought Capt. Reed was
n doing noble thing in attempting to
h protect the character Of a brother
officer He also said that such trans
& actions were not customary In the
4 navy. When cross-e examined Lieut..
"A Townley said, rather sheeplshly, that
II he was not sure he was doing right
n IN taking the witness chair.
81 Col. Charles A, Woodruff. chief Of
81 the subsistence department in Manila,
~ explained the circumstances of Capt.
M Reeds appointment, and described the
"A duties Of the depot commissary, not
81 knowing whether the accounts of Maj.
81 Davis were correct or not Col. Wood
N run explained that on December Goth
s. castle Brothers aroused his suspicion
Il pt intlmailng that money was being
\ collected by an officer of the commits
sary department.. Later Col. Woodruff
4 tenl FOR Capt. Reed, who admitted re-
caVlng rebates for the purpose Of
s covering the delinquencies OF Mai,
DAVIS. The testimony Of Col. Wood
u run Is unfinished. and other witnesses
n are awaiting examination.
Lieut. John W Hausermann OF the
\ Th'fty.fourth infantry is Judge advo-
4 Gaze oil the court and Maj. Thomas l..
harIlgan OF the Thirtieth infantry and
LspI Charles II, Maple OF the Fortleth
infantry are counsel for the defend