Arizona republican., 1916-04-05
THE CONDUCT
 IF NEWSPAPER
Methods of Fourth Estate Almost Revealed In Gull ley Hearing; Astonishing Procedure, Mixture of Civil and Military

before the National Guard cOurtmartial yesterday by J. w. Spear, editor of The Republican. This was but one of many interesting points, raised in the course of very trying day. Next ! to Captain c. V. Gulley, the accused, the clerk, Miss Minnie Seaman felt the most tried of all, whose presence Twas necessary in the little room where the hearings are being held. Facts on tne inside workings Of news papers. expected to be brought out. were delicately avoided at yesterdays hearing.
 The trial is a strange mixture of civil and military procedure. The court shows a tendency to adhere to the military code and to permit the introduction of evidence that obviously could not be brought out in a civil inquiry. In this class of testimony Twas that rendered by R. P. Holiday, reported of The Republican staff.
 Identified as the man who wrote the article on which part of the charges against Capt. Gulley are based, by his superior officer" the editor, Holiday was placed on the stand by Lieutenant HolZworth. judge advocate Admitting that he knew Capt. Gulley. the scribe then said he knew the article referred to, being its author
 Asked if Gulley originated the state ments, attributed to him in the ar ticle, Holiday said it was necessary to quote someone in the article.
 II was given to understand that any 1 of the officers who had been placed on the unassigned list would be willing to stand for those statements" said the reporter.
 A further line of questioning, in an l attempt on the part of the judge -ad- vocate to bring out the source of the statements, was not allowed; the witt ness holding that he had secured the information without permission of his source, to make the latter's names Irublic.
 Returning to the previous line of questioning, Lieut. Hoizworth asked the direct question:
 Did Captain Gulley make the statements you use in your article?'
 uc dHSNct WdS, ANO,
 Sgt. Pickrelrs Testimony
 Involving the charges outlined in the first section of the complaint. the testimony of Sergeant Keith Pickreil of Company B detailed conversation indulged in by Capt Gulley at what a witness called the mob meeting" in l front of the armory the evening of March 24.
 Pickrell told how he had listened to Gulleys statements, which he claimed were addressed to the crowd" La ter, asked to name members of that crowd who might have overheard the remarks, the witness was unable to do so. saying, he could not be sure tanybodv was close enough to have heard them.
 Pickrell said he then entered the armory and wrote out the substance of Capt Gulley's remarks. copy ir long hand being taken at that time by Lieutenant Frank Smith of Com. pany F. commanding at the armory Asked his reason for so recording tht conversation, Piekrell said it had ap- | pealed to him as funny. These seemed funny things for an officer tC 1 say ne explained.
 Smith on Stand Smith. questioned by Lieut.. Holz. worth. corroborated the substance 0 Pickrelfs testimony, but his copy o ith. Pickrell writing was not admitted in evidence, on objection by Capt Alexander. Smith became very wrotl lwith counsel for the defense ant could not control the vehemence o his replies.
 On cross examination, Capt. Alex lander brought out the fact Smith i employed by the N G. A. and tha Ithis is his only employment. Aske. l if he took his orders from Col Harris Smith rapidly named over half <, dozen officers under whose orders h lworks. but finally admitted that Col Harris was one of his direct super iors.
 The disposition of the court ap ipeared to be to get as quickly as pos sible at the heart of the matter, an lin many instances. the objection ioffered by civilian counsel for tn defense, were ruthlessly overruled. Tn fact predicts carrying the case to tn Supreme court. in the event the defen dant is not cleared. Major H. + Donkersley. president. endeared him self to everybody by ordering a recesl | following his ruling against smoking With other officers, he repaired to tn hall tc indulge in cigarette and little rest The work of keeping | Transcript falls entirely on Miss Sea ] lman. who is compelled to take dow lon her typewriter the entire testl mony. This is one cause of the con
 tinuaf irritating delays.
 shorthand man is employed b the defense. but. not being sworn
 by the court, his record is not officia
 Many astonishing departures wei
 taken from civil practice. so that
 man, used to following the more { less clean cut civil practice, is frt Iquently at a loss to keep in touc
 with the motions of the courtmarti,
 Although Lieutenant Holzworth judge advocate. the fact there are al
 torneys for the defense placed him
 the position of prosecutor, and 1T
 creased the difficulty of his. positio
 In spite of the fact the copy of Gu Iley's statements. made by Pickrell al
 peared to be the states evidence
 was Capt. Alexander's offer on whit Ito introduce 1t in evidence. The coI Twas handed back to Pickrell Wh<