The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19

have received nAiidsr punishmsnts for engaging In e brawi unbecoming ofn- cers and gentiemen. and he concurs Tn the recon rsSomlasnastion ,nas ,. no t,,rn .urons onir because of their youth and inexperi- ence at that time. and because of their being in sense the victims of a sys- tenn for which they themselves were not responsible.
 In approving the findings and recom- mendatfons of the court and the judge advocate general. Acting Secretary Winthrop says:
 "By It's concurrence in the opinion of the court and of that expressed in the minority report, the department indi- cates it's thorough disapproval of the lax state of discipline shown by the evidence to have existed at the ma rine school of application prior to and at the time of the death of Lieutenant Sutton"
 Report Tells of Quarrel.
 In the beginning of Its report the court said that after carefully weigh ing all the evidence the court finds certain facts standing out beyond dis pute as follows:
 That a quarrel took place in which filthy language. unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. was used by Second Lieutenant Sutton towards Second Lieutenant Adams in the presence of their senior. Lieutenant Utley, about a. m. October 13, 1901; that Lieuten- ants Utiey and Osterman intervened and prevented a fight; that because of this interference, 6 fight took place immediately afterwards between Lieu tenants Ostermsn and Sutton, in which lieutenant Sutton was the aggressor, calling Osterman a vilc name and striking Osterman a blow from behind; that Lieutenant Sutton was then or- dered under arrest by his senior officer. but that Lieutenant sutton failed to obey such order, and ran away to his, Sutton's tent. threatening to shoot all present, and armed himself with two 38 calibre revolvers: that Lieutenant Sutton having poQessed himself of two revolvers. ran anfuck, threatening all who came in sight after first defying his senior oficer, Lieutenant Utley, and the officer of the guard. Lieutenant Bevan. who had also ordered him un- der arrest; that Lieutenants Utley and Rocker and Sergeant de Hart followed Lieutenant Sutton from the camp, af- ter his breach of arrest and came on him in the road leading from the bar racks to the Naval Academy grounds, near the scene of the previous night, and Lieutenant Utley and Sergeant de Hart tried to persuade him, Sutton, to disarm; that Lieutenant Sutton broke away on hearing persons approaching from the direction of the barracks and ran in that direction and while being chased by Lieutenants Utiey and Roel- ker, met Lieutenant Adams and opened fire on him: in the scrimmage that folF lowed, Sutton shot Rocker in the breast, and Adams in tine hand and when finally overpowered and thrown to the ground by Adams. was killed by a revolver shot from service revolv- CT, held in his own right hand. and fired by himself without the interven- tion of any other hand.
 Mrs. Sutton silent.
 Mrs Sutton refused to see all news paper representatives who called at her apartment this afternoon after the an nouncement of the findings. She did this upon advice of counsel. MT. Davis.
 When shown the report of the court of Inquiry MT. Davis, attorney for Mrs. Sutton, said:
 "The Judge Advocates handling of the case Is fltly supplemented by the courts action which makes the inquiry a mere curtain raiser to the perform ance."
 Mir. Davis asked to be excused from making any statement as to the furth- CT course that may be followed in this case.
 It is almost certain that Mrs. Sutton and Mrs Parker will bend every effort to have Congress make an investigation of the case.