Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-05

He smoked cigarettes necessarily. He
was visibly nervous and his hands were
shaking as he smoked.
"Opie and Woolwine stood facing each
other when be went into the dugout,"
Smith said. mo words were exchanged
and I don't know what the man had
done"
Smith. who has been taking hospital
treatment for nervousness since the war,
said the statement in his letter to the
committee that he had been decorated
by the French and American governments
was erroneous. He said a friend wrote
the letter and he signed it without
knowing its full contents.
A stormy scene was narrowly averted
when Senator Tom Watson. Gorgia, pro-
tested what he called bull Raging Of tbs
witness"
This man is a nervous wreck" Wat
son cried. He was gassed and shell
shocked and now he is being bull ragged !
before this committee. font stand
for it"
The officer Watson referred to. was CYL
John A. Cutchins, counsel for Ms(or
0pie, who had been crosse ling
Smith.
Smith said that diary at ho7 Would
back up his charges.
Smiths testimony did not as with
letter which he had previouslY sent the
committee In his letter Smith said he
was not inside the dugout when the al
legged shooting occurred.
THAT letter is wrong" Smith swore.
I was in the dugout and saw opie
shoot"
Collins, Ellison and Askew, named
as witnesses Of the killing by Smith,
took the stand and denied they saw the
alleged shooting.
L knew Smith, but was never with
him IN France" Ellison said. II never
saw Opie shoot a man"
'Woolwine was killed in action, &C.
cording to the company records" said
Askew. That's all I know about II.
was not with Smith when he claims
he saw Opie shoot the man"
PAYS OWN WAY
TO WASHINGTON.
Edmund Duner, San Francisco, whe
came TO Washington at his own expense
to testify in the investigs ton, swore he
saw a soldier shot dead by a drunken
sergeant because he asked for a piece OF
Dread. The shooting occurred, DuneR
SAID, at Basnes prison, near Bordeaux. Z
i picked the man up" testified Duner.
His name was John Fitzgerald and ha +
came from Pennsylvania.
THE man who shot him was a sergeant
named Cooper. About one hundred and
fifty negroes and one hundred white men
saw the shooting"
I'VE are going to mob the sergeant,
but we couldn't do it-there were too
many around with gats in their hands. 4
Yet, sir, we'd have killed him right
there" commented Duner.
Why did you come here at your own
expense?" asked Senator Overman.
Il came up here because 1 wanted the
country TO End out the truth and for thaE
sake of my buddies lying in the hos
pitaL"
You're patriotic citizen" commented
Overman.
there's only few Of me left" shot back
Duner.
APPLAUSE LASTS
SEVERAL MINUTES.
This created a burst Of applause ardN
cheering that lasted several minutes.
I'm Edmund Duner, alias Hobo eKlIy,
the famous tramp" Duner told persons<
who crowded around him after the hear
ing.
Il vas put in Basnes prison for goingE
across the street and getting two eggz
sandwiches Duner told the committee.
'The afternoon Fitzgerald was shot Al
ski, drove up in a big limousine touring
ear ard asked us who saw the shootingF
Those Of US who gave our names weres
put on bread and water. Nothing was.
ever done to Sergeant Cooper.
He also told of alleged abuses at the
disciplinary barracks at Coblenz-
"A poor innocent fellow who couldn'se
get il in his nut how to port arms was 8
told to double time across a yard" saiG&
Duner. Il.
Finally he fell exhausted and a ser s
geant banged him over the head with ak
fOrty-fie and then gave him anofherkj
crack on the side of the face. He cut.
his face all TO pieces"
~At this prison a Lieutenant Page
was in Charge snow bird, all lit urzs
most Of the time. He used to go away
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