Evening star., 1925-11-02

! craft tests, page IL copy changed,
! words in 1t crossed out and as at
| substituted: organization crossed out
| and organized substituted. cost enor-
nous, only one carrier, Navy asks
| most money, test really laughable. u
word crossed out and excess written
| over it. an interesting example,
/ bombs hit target, page IA, the word
! captain is surrounded; cut down pay,
asks nothing. and other marks of
| printers"
The context" continued Mr. Reid
lis not in the same words as handed
! out"
Objection Overruled.
COL. Winship asked Col Morela nd If
he was offering only the typewriter
part as evidence, and on receiving an
Affirmative answer overruled the OBJ
lection of defense counsel that the
document should not be received in
evidence, but added that all subheads
and marks should be disregarded
absolutely by the court as not being
part of it." The court upheld the
opinion Of its law member.
Turning to the witness in the chair
Mr.. leager. Col Moreland began Ques-
uoninS on the September statement
and produced IL copy of the San An
tonic Light. which carried the story.
witness to identify il, Mr.. Reid OBJ
jected on the ground that il was not
the original statement, adding. you
don't mean that Col. Mitchell handed
that newspaper to that mani"
The question of the whereabouts of
the original statement developed the
fact that after Mr.. Yeager turned it
into his city editor. il presumably was
| destroyed.
The witness added that he made no
effort TO find it and he did not know
whether or not ii was in existence.
Witness Is Excused
When the prosecution finished it's
examination, the defense announced
that there would be no crossexamina-
uon and 1eager was excused. After
, he lett the room an orderly was sent
after him, and on being returned to
the chair. the president of the court
| asked for questions from the court
Hearing none. the witness again was
excused.
Luis Felipe Recimos of La Prensa,
Spanish publication of San Antonio,
| was the second witness called by
| the prosecution. He identified Col
Mitchell and said he was sent to his
| office at Fort Sam Houston shortly
before noon OF September 5 ito get
| statement" Col. Mitchell said moth
ing to him, he told Col. Moreland in
| reply to questioning. At the request
of the prosecution he produced the
! statement which he said Col. Mitchell
| gave him. 1t was examined by the
defense and the court and admitted
| as evidence on no objection. Did you
| see Col. Mitchell after that date?'
| Il saw him on the 9th of Septem-
| ber at Fort Sam Houston.
Did you say anything to him?"
Il asked him for news and he gave
me another statement" the witness
replied. This statement also was
! produced and Mr.. Reid asked only
one question. as follows: What Ian
| guage is your paper printed in?"
My papers is published in Span
| ish," replied the witness. The court
| then took a 10-minute recess.
| Lieut.. Col. George l.. Hicks of Fort
| Sam Houston. Tex. was the next
witness He identified himself as the
| officer who made the preliminary in
vestigation of the Mitchell case fol-
| lowing publication Of the statement.
| After the report was put in the rec
| ord the witness was turned over to
| the defense for croSS-eXamination
when Counsel Reid asked him.
Would you say that the issuing
| of that statement caused any lack
Of discipline in your area?"
~ Col. Moreland, trial Judge advocate,
| Immediately jumped to his feet and
interposed objection. following which
! there was discussion as to its rel
| evancy. Col. Moreland contended
/ that it was far afield of the case
| and that nothing was produced on
| direct examination on which such a
| question could be based.
The report itself formed the basis.
| and the court asked also II 1t did not
relate to matter in the report.
! After some hesitation Col. Moreland
again rose to his feet to address the
| court, and replied that it would be all
right to answer the question. Pressed
by the court as TO whether he with
drew his objection, he did after a mo-
ments thinking withdraw, and the
witness answered:
No
Col Hicks then identified a copy of
the clipping containing the Mitchell
statement which was in the official
files, and also the letters of indOrse-
ment as it passed through military
channels to Col Mitchell and back.
At this juncture the court took a
recess until 2 O'Clock this afternoon.