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.er was there. He asked some ques-
tiOnS

.er was there He asked some ques-
tons.
After the hanging, Taylor said he
saw the mans heart and brain were
removed Ito see if he was crazy
who did that:' "A major i, the
American medical corps"
Know his name:" No"
WAS the Detroit sergeant allowed
to tell his side of it to the French
court?' Senator Watson asked. No.
sir: he wasn't asked to testify, but
he did say he wasn't responsible for
the death of the girl concerned in the
charge
"On April 25. 1919, saw three men
hanged in one day" testified Taylor,
who said he had offered Senator Wat
son Il photograph of the hangings. Il
go1 it from a French sergeant, he
added.
Taylor told of taking the Detroit Ser
geunl, whose name, he thought, was
Blodgett, to a court-martial room at
Is-sur-T1de ON orders of Major Ross,
of California, on the Wednesday pre-
ceding the hanging.
There were some words spoken in
French by French officers and he was
ordered taken back to a cell. The
next day a Frenchman came and spoke
to me in French.
"'What does he mean,'" BlOdgett
asked me.
"'He says you're going to be hung
tomorrow 1 told him.
why, 1 haven't been tried yet.
haven't had a chance for my life he
replied Then the chaplain came.
After that Blodgett told me to write
to his mother, saying he had died of
pneumonia.
Il saw the hanging and then wrote
to his mother, saying he had died of
pneumonia. 1 got reply from his
mother and have the letter yet"
A colonel acting as a division sur
geon of the sixth division in France,
while drunk, ordered a pneumonia pa
tient to get out Of bed and stand at
attention with the result the patient
died in three hours, according to
charges presented by Senator Watson.
SeLdlOC w Will IAlA u otS1Sn
of letters making new charges. These
were inserted in the record with a
view to calling witnesses later.
]. NJ. Devers, Maxwell, Ala, made
the charge against the army colonel.
He charged the same colonel, while
drunk on another occasion, ran down
and killed a private with his automo-
bile
Senator Watson, in addition to new
charges soldiers were killed, Inserted
into the records a number of charges
of brutality.
Il was a witness to the hanging by
the wrists from limb of tree OF
Rudyard Bankut; his feet barely
touched the ground" declared Edward
LOrillard, 80 Chester Pike, Colling.
dale, Pa. in a letter offered by Sen
atur Watson.
This happened at EanneS, France.
on orders Of Colonel Z. st. John Gre
ble commanding the 10Sth field artil-
lery," Lorillard added.
Henry L. Scott, of Kenmore, Ohio,
testified he saw Major Opley, third
11OlA a
geant fifteen miles north of Verdun,a
IN October 9, 1918. There was no
cOurt-martial, he added.
why did the major do it?' Repre-
sentative Brandegee asked.
He just lost his head" Scott re-
piled
A few days later, lie declared, Ma
jor Opley stopped Il private carrying
II message.
"Opley told him to let him see the
message" said Scott, land the soldier
refused, saying the message was not
for him. Then Major Opley drew his
- and shot the man i'll the back,
killing him. Nothing was done, the
men were afraid to protest, and there
WAS lu trial"
Questioning Scott as to his identiti-
cation OF Major Opley, Colonel Bethel
said there was no "Opley' on the army
lists.
II could not swear how the name
was spelled. but that was the way he
wnS called Scott said.