Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-27
SCANDAL
is THREATENED
Mrs. George L. Barnette
May Tell All.

Philadelphia, Feb. 27.-Mrs. George
L. Barnette, wife of the lieutenant
colonel Of the marine corps at the
Philadelphia navy yard, has threat
ened to tell all she knows and which
she has not been pledged to keep 81
lent about In the case OF Captain Guy
II. B. Smith of the Fourth infantry
unless the captains friends In CleYe-
land stop talking of foul play. Cap
tain Smith was dismissed from the
army after a secret court martial at
which every person who appeared in
the o1se had given ppsRntye TO keep
facts secret.
Captain Smith received fair play"
| said Mrs. Barnette. HE received
more than fair play. Other charges
could have been made against him
and he might have faced something
more serious than losing his commits
sion in the army,
1.-THE secrecy of the proceedings was
solely for the purpose of shielding the
name of q woman, and 1t Is a terrible
thing that my name should be forced
into such unmerited prominence.
i ST have given a pledge to remain
silent as to what was told at the court
martial, but there are facts which were
not told at the hearing which would
= give the case against Captain Smith
nm even more serious aspect. If these
! facts were told his best friends-eveI
his brother-they would shun him.
I'm his heart Captain Smith know:
/ that he was shown mercy In the Sc
crecy given to the proceedings at tn
g court martial, although this secrec,
was mainly for the purpose of pro
tecting q woman from the humilia
ton of being named In connection wit
such q case. This effort to shield al
. innocent from unmerited nc
J. toriety vas due to the ~gallantry o
the army officers.
1.-THE most distressing feature of TIL
revival of the case has been the us
n Of my name. While I believe ths
T. nothing less could have been dor
=, than dismiss Captain Smith from til
army, l was from the beginning III
willing to tell the facts that wel
Or brought to my attention"
20 Colonel Barnette would not adm
10 that he had stated that Mrs. Barnett
was not Captain Smiths accuser al
~ that the dismissed captain had bee
charged with scandalous conduct wit
another woman on board an arm
transport from Manila to San Fra
IT cisco.
le "Mrs. Barnette was the chief witneI
+ against Captain Smith," he said. e
refused to discuss the report that or
is of the Ave witnesses called to testii
y before the secret court martial was
se~ven-year-old child.
40 The trouble which resulted In Ca
n tain Smiths dismissal from the arm
occurred while a number of army of
a. GERS and army officers wives we
~ ~voyaging from the Philippines back
u America. Three days out from So
y Francisco Captain Smith was place
~ under arrest and on landing he pr
ceeded to Fort Crook, New. Aceordir
is to Information credited 20 Senator Bu
tn ton of Ohio, Mrs. Barnette the erenir
at before Captain Smiths arrest Gale
the officers aboard the transport I
gether and informed them that had b
~ husband or any officer been present
% y the time Captain Smith would hal
been shot. Mrs. Barnette, who w
= the widow OF Basil Gordon, a wealth
4 Baltimore merchant. married LiesIte
ant Colonel Barnette Ave years ag
He was for a time attached to Il
an American legation at Pekin. China.
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