Hickory daily record., 1922-01-05
By the Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Called be
fore a senate committee to testify a
to charges that H. l.. Opie of Staun
ton, Va. had shot two soldiers i,
France, Horace Cook of Covington
Va, declared today that he knew moth
ing of the shooting Of his persona
knowledge.
Claude Breedon Of Covin@ton. :
loimer service man, also was eXcusat
when he SAID he knew nothing Of the
shooting.
The names Of Breedon and Cook
who served in Opie's command. wer,
mentioned to Senator Watson in a
letter as likely to know something
Of the matter
Lemuel O. Smith of Dublin. Va
who had been in an institution for
the insane since the war. declared
he saw Major Opie shoot a soldier
While in a dug out with three
comrades and four German prison
about soldier. The man Opia shot
was William Woolwine He was shot
n the dug out III the middle of the
back"
What did Major Opic say?" he
asked.
He said: I shot him; take him
out
What was said ba'ore the shoot
ing?"
mot word was passed Major
Opic gave no reason
How many shots were fired?"
"One. 1t Int Woowine in the
chest. He was dead when we picked
ham up"
Did yea make a complaint sbout
tae shooting at the time?"
In a letter to Senator Watson
Smith said he had been decorated BY
both the French and American gov
ernments, but he admitted that this
was not true.
''AAS "AN' Sou say II, lL.cI
A friend CT mine, = patient in the
hospital at Marion with mo wrote the
letter and | signed it without read
ing it,"
"Who wrote the letter."
"Benj njannn Huger.''
Smith said he had been physically
unable to work since leaving the
army.
Taking the witness Senator Wat
son t''d Smith to compose himself
and not to be afraid Of Major Opie or
anybody in tie loom.
'Havc yea any personal grievance
against Major Opie?" he was ask
ed
None whatever. | told no one to
write you that | had been decorated.
was = volunteer"
The men named by Smith as hav-
ing been witnesses of the shooting OF
denied they were there at
the time. All were excused wher
they testified Trey had not been pres
ent and knew nohing about it.
Edwain Dunar of San Francisco, .
volunteer witness, stepped forward
and declared he wanted to tell OF
prison conditions in France.
81 was at Bassens prisons near
Bordeaux, where | was sent up for
three months for going across the
of my area-to get two
sandwiches" he SAID
While at the prison Dunar said he
saw sergeant while drunk kill &
prisoner for asking for slice OF
bread. The sergeant, he added, shot
the man down. He gave his name as
John Fitzgerald of Philadelphia. The
sergeant, he said, was named Cooper.
Dunar also gave the names of sew
eral witnesses when asked if any
body else saw it.
Eyes, $50 negroes and $50 white
men. We were going to mob the
sergeant, hut there were too many
automatics. Later the colonel, big
Pollock, came up and asked if any
body had sen the shooting. Several
stepped out and were placed in soli-
4
tary confinement
Dunar, tall fair man, gave the
committee touch of refreshing COM
edy when he described prison life at
Coblenz.
"They had a lieutenant, a regular
snow bird, all lit up he declared
He used to come back from Italy,
where he got his tonics and say:
Boys, | am glad to see YOU