, 1922-01-05

while engaged in transporting German
prisoners By truck in the vicinity OF
that place.
War department records previously
submitted to the committee showed
that two soldiers were hanged at Is
sur-Tnis after conviction by general
court martial and gave the total exc
teutons in tho A e. F.. as II all after
formal trial before military courts.
cadenhead did not know whether
any III the men he saw hanged mad
been sent TO their death without trial
He described in detail the executions
which he claimed 10 have witnessed.
one OF them being OF a lieutenant,
who, cadenhesd SAID, had been charg-
ed with assault upon n seven-yearoid
girl.
Cadenhead produced several small
photographs OF The purpcrted hang
ing scenes.
"Your main criticism about the exc.
cution. as set forth in your letter 10
Senator Watson. was that the French
people should not have been permitted
to see them7" Chairman Brandcgec
asked.
les, sir.
"see any b~arbarity."
No. The only thing I saw that
some OF the men hanged werc doped."
Senator Overman, Democrat, North
Carolina. wanted to know who was
with Cadenhead. when he looked on at
this executions.
How many wese present at the
fir1t hangings That you saw?' asked
Col. Bethel.
about 200 or 500 French people
and 500 soldiers"
You saw the other five or seven
executions from a truck while hauling
German prisoners."
Yes. wher we saw a hanging from
the road we stopped to look"
Cudenhead declared he had nc feel
ing against officers and that he vol
| unfairly offered to come forward after
seeing the statemsnt NfTfntSf7s1fhai
there were only two h~ansings at Is
Sur!Tiiie.
II had seen more than that" ne
said, "and it seemed to me that some
officers were guilty"
Senator Rrandegee asked II Caden-
head could produce witnesses to sup
port his statement. He mentioned
ANDREW Saloon" but explained h a
| the spelling was "Chelume'' and h
he lived at Elmhurst, L. l., Cheime
| will be summoned.
Two witnesses called to testify as to
charges hat Maj. Heroine i. opie.
OF Staunton, Va. had shot two sol
diers in France, were excused after 1t
was developed they had not personal
knowledge Of the matter.
A moment late. however, Lemuel o.
Smith, of Dublin, Va, who has been
in IN institution fo- the insane since
the war, declared he saw Maj. opie
shoot a soldier.
while in a dugout with three com
rades and four German prisoners
said. Smith, 81 saw Major Opie take a
gun and deliberately shoot a man. The
man Ople shot was William Woolwine.
|Opie was ten steps from Wooiwine,'
what did Major opie say?" he was
asked.
He said. 7 shot him. take him
out "
what was said before the shoot
ing?"
mot a word was passed, Major opie
gave no reason"
How many shots were fired?'
"one. 1t hit woolwine in the chest.
He was dead when he picked him up"
Smith, in a letter to Senator Wat
son., said he had been decorated by.
the French and American govern
ments, but in testimony he said that
he had received no such decorations.
why did you say it then" he was
asked.
"A friend OF mine, a patient in the
hospital at Marion with me, wrote the
letter and I signed it without read
ing itf
Chairman Brandesee, calling at
tention TO discrepancies in statements
in Smiths letter and testimony, as to
! Continued on Page 81