The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-30
OTHERS. TO BE. TRIED
CHARGES AGAINST MEMBERS OF
 GRADUATING GLASS.
Decatur Not the Only One Who Will Go Before CourtmartiaI For
 Haxing at Anuapo-

Annapolis, Md, Dec. '2e.--The second
 days session of the eourtmartial of
 Midshipman Trennor Coffin, Jr.. for the
 alleged hazing of Midshipman Jordone
 Kimbrough' began today. There is
 great interest in the case. as 1t Is gem erally regarded as the forerunner of
 d series of cases; the facts In which have been discovered by the board of investigation. now in session at the academy. .s. --'
 The little court room In the tenn porary building at the academy was
 full of spectators during the day. An
 hour was consumed at the opening of
 the session in reviewing the testimony given yesterday. %
 The first witness on the stand to-
 day was Midshipman Overdown Whit
 ney. the roommate of Kimbrough,
 He was introduc d. by the prosecution to rebutt the 'tessimosy refiecting on
 Kimbrough's chtfacter for trutbful- ness. He said that he, had never hoard Kimbrough;s- reputation for yeracity
 questioned. and that tn his. personal
 relations he- had always. found Kim
 brouRh entirelv truthful, Midshipn1an
 Frank Abraistod. classmate. gave similar testimony.
 On cross exeamination the witness
 said that some of the members of the class thought that Kimbrough had not told the truth In regard to the matter
 before the court but the ideas on the
 subject were very much mixed. There were no further witnesses and argu- ments of counsel began.
 F. $. Theall opened the argument
 for the accused He called attention to the presumption that the accused was innocent and also presumption of guilt arose from Coffin not taking the stand.
 Mir. Theall then addressed the court nf hn of
 Midshipnian Hewlett The court. he ! said, had ruled that Hewlett, who was with Coffin in the room when Kim
 Drough was standing on his head. did not incriminate himself in telling the
 fact he evidence, he claimed, did
 not show that Coffin had done any
 thing more than Hewlett, that the court stood committed to the conten- ton that nothing justifying the charge of hazing had been found Lieutenant Commander McVeye's testimony as to the cUnfession" he said, was not to be considered be-
 .ause it had been plainly shown that the alleged confession was not volun-
 .ary, but that it had been brought by inducements offered by that officer" Lieutenant Commander Harrison. the Judge advocate, quoted from Win throp in military form in regard to the rules governing the introduction
 
 no further remarks and tho case was given to the court. The record in the Coffin case will go ! 1t once to Admiral Sands for his action though Mir Theall. counseI tor Coff1n. mas filed d request that 1t be forward ed to the Secretary Of the Navy Tor re- view In the same communication, he urges that q verdict of guilty, if rem ! dered. be set aside, that the navy reRu- .ationS were violated by allowing nimbrough to testify when he. could not identify The accused. and also because
 nc was not allowed to pursue q line or questioning designed to impcach Kim
 jroughs testimony by showing that his reputation for verdcity was not good. The fact developed today that in ad- dition to Midsh. pnan stephen Decatur. Jr. charged with four instances of haZinP, another member ot the Sradu- ItinE cIas,; Is under the same charge md others will he brought to trial l under like allegations Aidshirman Decatur WIS after recess hrouPht be tore the same court which had tried Aidshipman Coffin. but his couns"l, L. S TheaIl of Washington. a.h"d that
 2. recess he taken until : o'clock ton,or- row afternoon and the request was granted.
 The otEer Eidshipmcn or thu grldu- itMg classes, aGo!nst whom charges
 of hazing have bcrp flied is Worth wrigM Foster of New Al0a9v. Ind, The
 specifications have not been made pub
 lie. II is also understood Una, Carroll
 r. Graves of Spokanc, Wash. Is under arrest, and that eh lrgos VIII he filled gainst ninl. Nor f> th.s ease the end, for il is known th.t sev,lI. members ] cl the first class hlyr rec,-vef intina It.on that they must au-W@- to th"
 saIu- charge ia ta- V4ry ll- urc,
 That the nrst-class mon .r. "-1Eed la h.z'nR, practice a;thcrto '.f. ;' IL"
 taird elass. + expl1i1r4 or f. 2. E.'UHd | thlt A1mfll sands In h.. .r'"'='tton
 Lo .zins. has prrdyyJ t'. Lppcl ias-
 men against him in B desperate q tempt to have the system at the acad- emy