The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-30
OTHERS OF CLASS
BROUGHT TO TRIAL
Several Other Members Of First
Class Have Received Intima-
tions That They Must t
Answer the Same
Charges sinSNear
Future

..------ .-------.-.-- ---'----J
7(By Associated Press )

lfoy5s
ANNAPOLIS, MD; December 2s.Thei
court martial Of A1idshipman Trcnmor
| Conin, fJr.. for the alleged l,azing of Mid
shipman Jcrdonc Z. Klinbrough was con-
[scluded to-day, and the court reached q
finding. Only. two witnesses were heard.
one OF them Aidshipnan Overdown Whit
smyer, Simbrough's clussmate. Both tes-
titled to Kimbrougllss truthfulness. No
evidence was submitted for the defense.
e. s. .fheall, counsel for Coffin. in his
lsargumcnt, sought to avail Ills client Of
! the courts own action In compelling the
4 isstrongcst witness for tho prosecution,
| 3Midsh;2lnan II Hewlett. 10 testify, although
| he had sought immunity on the ground,
! that he would incriminates himself. Mr.,
/ iTheall argued that no witness had testi-i
!, fled ttats Coffin had told Iiimbrough to
| stand on his head and that his presence
ISin the room was the only thing proved.
This, he said, had been admitted by
Hewlett as TO himself, and. therefore,
the court stood commltted to the conten-.
l5tion that the facts did not make out o.
case Of llazing Otherwise he argued;
HewIett's Testimony should be- expunged
az being OF a SELF eliminating nature.
Lieutenant Command derss 4 Harrison, he
Judg dge-advocate. quoted from an authority
I'm regard to the rules governing the In
PRODUCTION OF erid elics5 MS Y to q confes-i
sion Hc made no further remarks and
the case was given to- the court 3s ssi
The record In the Confin case vii go
at once to Admiral Sands for his action,
though, Mr.. Theall; 4; coupgcl for Coffin,
has filed a request. hat it be forwarded
to the Secretary Of The Navy fer raview:!
IN Che. same leonimnnieat ten he urges hat
iiayerdtct Of gun sasfs sasct
aside on the ground ST hat navy res;la
tons werc violated s by allowing 4 Inn
brougf to testify when lie could not iden-l
tlfy the accused. an also because he
was not allowed to fpu, sue a line Of squGs-i
tfoning designed to impeaEh Kimbrougll's.
testimony Il by showing that his rcputn-i
ton for veracity$ was not Is Eood.
The fact developed o-day} that IN ad q
,dition to Midshipman Stephen Decatur,
Jr.. charged with four instances of haz-5
Ing. another member OF the graduating
class is under the same charge, and
Others will be brought to trial under like
allegations. !.
Midshipman Decatur was after recess
brought before the same court which
had tried Mfdshiplnan Coffin but his
counsel, Z. s. Theall, !, asked that a re-
cess be taken until 2Sto'clock tomorrow
afternoon, and the request was granted.
The other rnidshipmen of the graduating
class. against whom charges OF iiazing
have been filed is Worthweight Foeer
Of New Albany, Ind The specii
have not been made public. It Is also
understood that Carroll S. Graves Of
Spokane Washington, is under arrest.
and that charges will be filed against
him. Nor Is this case he end, forait is
known that several other members Of
the first class have received intimations
that they must answer to the same
charge in the very near future 81