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

NGOnLlnueu rom rage OHCsl
every two weeks to get his dope and
then he'd come back and line the prison
ers up and say;
Well, boys, I left you for a while,
but I'm awful glad to come back and
see you and make you stand u o'clock
inspection at night.
Duner charged that in the transfer
of men from Coblenz to Antwerp the
men were put fifty in box car with
full pack and that they had to stand up
all the way with nothing ca.
"a Captain Moore was in charge. He
was changhaied back to the States be-
cause he was inefficient, I guess" said
Duner.
We came back from ST. Mihiel in
one Of them ninety-day boats they put
up here in the States"
ARMY OFFICER AND
WITNESS CLASH.
An open clash occurred between Col.
". A. Bethel Of Army staff and Herbert
L. Cadenhead, Greenville, Miss, former
private, when the latter told the Senate
committee that he witnessed the hanging
of ten or twelve" American soldiers at
Is-Sur-TiIle, France,
MS N4LneSSs HuOuLEQ Dtlutl, Is
swearing to executions Of which the War
Department has no record"
Bethel sprang to his feet and glared
at the witness.
only eleven hangings took place IN
France, altogether and only two of them
were at Is-Sur- Tile" Bethel cried.
Cadenhead snapped back at Bethel with
the statement that he saw at least ten
men hanged at that place
All the executions, he said. were after
the armistice, the first coming in Febru-
airy, 1919. Four Of the men hanged were
white and the rest negroes. he testified.
Soldiers in the camp who had a hant
in the hangings, Cadenhead declared.
told him the men were "dOped' before
they were taken to the gallows $50 they
wouldn't know what was coming off"
SOLDIERS AND FRENCH
WITNESSED HANGINGS.
Il saw the full executions Of six"
Cadenhead declared. THE rest--hye or
ski saw from my truck where I was
guarding general prisoners. They had
sacks over their heads"
Cadenhead offered photographs taken
by comrade Of the hangings.
Most Of the hangings 1 completely
Witnessed he said, were Of men &C
cused of crimes against girls or women.
One of them was a white lieutenant, I
was told.
Soldiers were ordered out to see the
hangings and French peopIe-men and
women-w1tnessed them also"
Cadenhead gave the names of Captain
Robert OF Chicago and Lieut.. R. D..
Parks, Clarksdale, Miss, as his superior
officers.
What does the War Department mean
BIZ saying only eleven men weee banged
in France?" asked Senator Brandegee,
chairman Of the committee Of Colonel
Bethel.
at means the whole period Of the war
including the period after the arm
istice," replied Bethel. This w1tne IS
swears to something Of which the War
Department has no record"
GADENHEAD TOLD
TO STAY IN CITY.
Cadenhead was warned to remain IN
the city subject to later call He placed
the time Of the executions as the period
beginning from mid February, 1913.
half dozen witnesses who had made
statements in connection with charges
that Major Opie had shot his men in
France, were present and ready to
testify. Some Of these had been quoted
as denying they had seen Opie Kill his
men. Opie was present, represented by
his counsel, Col. John A. Cutching },
Richmond, Va.
OPIE SAYS HE CAN
DISPROVE CHARGES.
Il can produce fifty witnesses and one
hundred fifty letters and kilograms to re-
flute the accusations that I shot down two
American soldiers in France" Opie said
He held a sheaf Of papers in his hands
There are letters and kilograms from
men who served under me IN France"
he said. "They will help me In proving
that the preposterous charges made
against me are utterly unfounded"
Indications were Opie would be called
to the witness stand In his own de-
tense late today. In the meanwhile he
viii sit and listen while former dough-
boys who fought Under his command in
the Argonne forest present sworn testi-
mony against him.
William ST. John Of Lynchturg, Va,
yesterday testified he stood ten PAGES
from Opie on Oct 8, 1918, and watched
him shoot through the back headquar-
tiers courier who failed to halt at the
Majors command.
Four other soldiers named by st. John
as having witnessed this shooting will
be called to testify, Chairman Brandegee
said.