Evening star., 1909-07-18
LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON
Receives His Discharge at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard.
TAKES DEPARTURE SECRETLY
Four Months Dropped From His
Sentence for Good Behavior.
Popular With Associates.
Special DispatcA TO The STIR.

PORTSMOUTH. N. H.. July IT,
Charles j. Magness. alais c. ]. Hartlove,
son-in-law Of the late Senator German
Of Maryland. who has been Imprisoned
here since November q for desertion
from the United States Navy while con-
nected with the band Of the PRESIDENT s
dispatch boat Dolphin, was released to-
day from the United States prison ship
Southery. The day and hour of his re-
lease was kept strictly secret.
Magness was favored by the officers OF
the yard and prison ship in getting
away from the yard without being seen,
for while the usual procedure is to dis
charge the men at l o'clock and send
them to this city in charge OF master
alarms. Magness was allowed to leave
the ship in civilian clothes before i
o'clock this morning. and leave the yard
by the main gate at Kittery. where an
automobile was waiting for him
At Kittery he went into a telegraph
Office and communicated with his WIFE,
who is in Boston. At noon Magness
returned to Portsmouth, and then took
the next train for Boston for the pur-
pose of meeting his wife. Both will re-
turn to Washington tonight to enjoy
their beautiful new home on Riggs street
northwest, which Mrs. Magness recently
purchased to surprise her husband.
Deprived Of Citizenship.
1t was stated officially at the navy
yard that conviction for United States
offense, following q dishonorable dis
charge from the navy, deprives one OF
the rights OF citizenship. 1t Is said,
however, that Mrs. Magness will inter
cede with the President for pardon for
her husband, and to have his citizen
ship papers restored to him.
Ex-President Roosevelt and ex-Secre-
tary Newberry refused to consider the
pardon asked by the wife of the prisoner
for his release on his conviction. In
her endeavor Mrs. Magness appealed to
other sources. Her persistency, how
the extent of the naval authorities be-
| ing officially notified to administer the
same treatment to MagnesS as accorded
| the other prisoners.
Magness. when he frst came TO I'M
prison ship Southery in November, wal
given the hardest kind of work and nj
favors were shown him at all. but rath
| er the reverse Later. when 1t was seer
that he could take his medicine, he wa.
| allowed to do much lighter work. ant
Four Months RENTED.
No information was given out about his
release until this afternoon, and then only
the fact that he had been discharged after
serving eight months of his years sen.
tence the four months being taken of
| for good behavior.
Mrs. Magness did not meet him here
as was expected, and has not been here
| since he has been in the prison ship
although she has kept up weekly cor.
respondence.
| Magness was immensely popular among
| his fellow-priSonerS. A good talker anC
| musician. actor and singer, Magness
| through his versatility, was the factor II
all pleasures aboard ship. Ever since his
confinement he has been the recipient OF
hundreds OF letters and gifts Of fruit anG
| flowers and delicacies daily from hi.
! mother-in-law and his wife.
At the residence of Mrs. A. P. German
| at Vermont avenue and L street, It wa:
stated last night that Mrs. Magness wa:
| in Washington and had not gone to New
! England to meet her husband. No in
| formation would be given out as to where
| she could be seen. whether her husband
was coming to this city or where they
| intended to take up their residence.