The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-15
Ed. HUGH MARTIN
AGAIN IN TOLLS
sx-Army Officer Charged With
Committing Burglary in
49, New York. .
CAREER AN UNUSUAL ONE
ATTRIBUTES HIS DOWNFALL TO
MORPHINE AN DRINk-SERvEp
TIME ONCE FOR FORGERY
LIFE SAVING RECORD
Publishers Press1

New York, July 14.-EdwsSd Hugh
Martin, who started from West Point
n 1898 with bright prospects ahead
Of him, and who married Gussie Nc
Kee, or Dodd, the "Poolroom Queen,
and was dismissed from the United
States Army In 1900, was arrested to-
day and locked up in the East Fifty
first street Police Station, charged
with burglary at little drug store
ut STA Third avenue.
Martin blamed women and morph-
inc for his downfall in 1900, when he
was courtmartialed. He has evidently
added drink since then, and has gone
further down the line. He defended
himself by saying that he was drunk
and did not know what he had done.
Saved Lives at San Juan.
The prisoner said In court that he
had served in the United States Army
and had received medals for saving
the lives of two comrades at San Juan
Hill. He had also received a medal
from congress for saving a life off the
Battery. Upon investigation this was
found to be the truth.
tractor, Edward Hugh Martin went to
West Point. and was favorite with
his classmates. Coming out in 1898,
he went with the Twenty-first Infant
ry to Porto Rico as Second Lieu
tenant. Later he served with the
Fifth Artillery, with which he was
connected when dismissed from the
service. He was dined and feted
when he returned from the Spanish
war. While the guest Of Francis C.
Travers at Oyster Bay, l.. l., he was
taken Ill and received every attention
from the family. His engagement to
Miss Katherine Travers was reported
a short while after. He was best man
at the wedding of Vincent Travers
and Miss Augusta Lenherr at St.
Francis Xavier's Church in 1899.
The report got out that he was
doing some trading in Wall Street
and 1t was said that he had borrowed
money from Miss Trayers's brother.
The engagement with Miss TraTers
was broken off shortly after he began
to buy stocks.
He was tried at Fort Hamilton and
EOnNlCtcu Ill lJUU VI HAVING mduS
false, fictitious, and fraudulent state.
ments of claims and receipts in the
account of the post exchange at Fort
Hancock, N. Y" He was dismissed
from the army by direction of Presi-
dent Mckinley. He said in his de-
tense that he had been taking NOR.
phine, which had made him thought
less"
Engagement Broken.
A short while after his engagement
to Miss Travers was broken off Martin
married Gussie M. Mckee, or Dodd,
known by women patrons of her
places as the "Poolroom Queen" Her
marriage to him was made public
when she visited him at the time he
was court-martialed. Martin left his
wife, but came into notice in May, 1901
when he was arrested on the charge of
forging a check on the Gorham Man.
ufacturing Company. He was sent up
for one year, and while serving his
sentence his wife brought suit for
divorce. The divorce proceedings
were stopped in July, 1903, by the
death of the "Poolroom Queen"
Martin then disappeared. He told
,he police yesterday that he had been
out in Idaho and Montana doing civil
engineering work. He gave his adj
dress as 500 Eagle Avenue, in the
Bronx.