Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-27

ness will be tried by court-martial on the
charge or desertion, 1t is said to be un-
likely that his case will be ready for con-
sideration by the court for several weeks
yet.
1t is said at the Navy Department that
there are at least one hundred applica-
tons for clemency for enlisted men in
trouble ahead of the one just received
that there is no reason for precipitant
action In that case. especially as the
band
The receipt of her letter will be for
mally acknowledged by Acting Secretary
Newberry with the statement that the
case will receive due consideration
All Is Well, Says Wife.
Am doing all possibly can for you.
All Is well. ADA"
This cheering message was received late
yesterday afternoon by Magness from his
wife. who was then at Washington, try
ing to secure his freedom.
Immediately after the last telegram he
received from her Magness wrote a long
letter to his wife, and as he handed 1t
to an orderly he seemed to be buoyed
up by the hope that her communications
had evidently afforded him.
He received another telegram last
night in which she intimated that she
would probably arrive at the League Is
land navy yard. where her husband Is
prisoner on board the receiving ship
Lancaster some time today.
1t was her hope that she could have
quarters fitted UP for her on board the
vessel, that she might be near her hus-
band, but Capt. Berry, its commander
declared that this would be extremely ir-
regular and that Magness would receive
the treatment that every deserter re-
~ nd nth {vn
Magness will reside somewhere in the
southern section of the city, that she may
be near her husband and visit him fire.
quently until he Is tried by court-mar-
tia.
Wants to Beat Reporter.
Magness has shown an aversion to dis
cussing the matter. Although he con-
sented to talk briefly to them at first yes
terday, later. however, he refused to see
any more newspaper men.
"Magness is getting to dislike report
ers. said one Of the marines who was on
guard at the Lancaster's brig, where
Magness is confined. He says that pub
licity is annoying to his wife. Indeed.
he offered me so il I would allow him
to thrash the next one who tried to see
him"
He did not seem to have been dsap-
pointed at the non-arrival yesterday at
the League Island navy yard of Mrs.
Magness. He received letter from her
In the morning mall. and. opening the
scented white envelope. he sought
secluded corner Of the brig and there
studied the contents Of several closely
written pages while his comrades in mis-,
fortune. marines and seamen charged
with desertion like himself, eyed him
curiously.
Later in the day he received several
kilograms from Mrs. Magness, the last
one from Washington, where she is at
tempting to intercede for him. and he be-
came more cheerful
He sure is in love-" was the comment
has read that bloomin' letter about forty
times since he got it,
Magness did not display any disposition
at first to mingle with the other desert
-ers. he sat in a remote corner and main
tanned perfect silence. Provided with
the usual rations served on shipboard in
the navy, he ate heartily at breakfast
yesterday morning and then turned out
on deck space of twenty-five feet. FL
nally at IL O'Clock he secured permission
to be shaved by ships barber and was
escorted by guard to the tonsorial
shop on the gun deck of the receiving
ship. There he was able to indulge in not
only shave but shampoo.
"Quite a Difference"
THANK you, feel much better now"
he remarked to the barber as he stepped
from a chair. Needed a good barber
after sleeping in such stuffy quarters last
night
quite difference. 1 guess, from what
you have been accustomed to lately?' in
quired the barber.
well, should say So was Magness'
rejoinder as he returned to the brig under
guard
Il feel certain amount of humiliation.
OF course, as result OF my arrest and
Imprisonment here" he said later. Il did
not pass very pleasant night. You see
the fellows l bunked with discovered my
plight and took much pleasure in chatting
me about being the husband of an heiress
and all that. l paid no attention to them,
however. for / didn't wish to start row,
but II l had been outside with them, one
of them would have received a good hid
ing from me. and l guess l would have
been able to take care of the others"
when do you expect Mrs. Magness to
visit you?" he was asked.
Really / do not know. When l was
separated from her at Louisville she told
me that she was going to Washington to
appeal to the President, if necessary, to
do what he could for me-
Clad in Navy Blue Now.
When Mrs. Magnets arrives in this city
to see her youthful husband she will find
him clad in the blue sailor uniform in
which she first saw him and fell in love
with him.
Magness expensive brown suit, his
fancy stockings and silk underwear were
taken from him yesterday, and the coarse,
but comfortable. navy garments were SUBJ
stituted. These he will wear until the
cout-martial decides whether or not he
is guilty of desertion.
If freed, the honeymoon garments will
be returned to him. If convicted, he will
be taken to some naval prison. probably
to Portsmouth, N. II.
Magness has been dubbed "Milionaire
Music" by his fellow-prisoners the name
originating from the fact that he was
musician in the navy. and that he mar
ried an heiress. One of the prisoners is
something of a musician, and with him
This prisoner suggested yesterday that
during their confinement they compose
music. This seemed to take Magness'
mind off his plight for a time.
Call it Wife and Husband Parted"
said one of the prisoners when a title
was suggested. Pet of an Heiress'' was
another I'm Afraid of Prison Walls"
was a third. These gibes ruined Magness'
temporary interest in music. and the rest
of the day he remained silent.
Magness has no money to buy deli
have all been wired collect. He takes his
fare without complaint. as he served long
enough to know that a kick would serve
no purpose.
Whats the use of kicking?" he asked
Il only hope III get out of 1t soon, and If