Show STABBED SIX TIMES alies private hammond tells of brutal treatment HIS STORY TO THE COURT gives reasons why he refused to obey the order of capt Lovei leveling ing to walk to the court abile ho he lay prostrate upon the floor he was prodded twice it sword details how he was over the curbs sidewalk and coad ex scars to the court I 1 chicago nov SS 23 chat charles leg u aai as mhd lh principal T witness in tile the lovering Loverl ng coult comi marteal today and proved himself ent enllie liely ly capable of holding ills his 0 on it AN mleh tilt the lilt attorneys who are acting for capt levering Loverl ng he gave dain aging evidence against lover ing anil and could not be made to contradict himself on the stand nor was lie ho at art lilly any time confused cont used by the short sharp cross cron examination to velch he was subjected questions relating to ili personal history lefore lie he entered the army he quietly refused to answer because as ho he said they have no bearing on this case hammond in his evidence nearly doubled the number of 0 sword thrusts mentioned by preceding Lt nesses and then proved his evidence by showing the scars judge judee advocate hunters ilist filst question to hammond was have the articles clr of war ever been read in yu your presence yes yen I 1 have heard them replied hammond what whal orders did you receive on the morning of october olli load relate shat followed was waa I 1 the he next question 1 I was wai told that I 1 was barate wanted d at tile the surn summary mary courtroom but I 1 said that I 1 would not g co and after that message had bad been to capt I avei in he crime came to my cell and toll told me to got eel out and valk kalk lie he pave gave the orlier order yank that hat ninn mail out hen I 1 again refuse letu aed and nhen I 1 aas part way out or lit the celt cell floor door lie he prodded me twice bith ills its sword and then stepped past me into the dell cell raid and kicked mo me ill III the should shoulders ca ile he stepped over me file ask as I 1 lay on oil the flood and pavo gave me two more prods in tile the loft left side hide ile he also rave pave me another order to malk alk but I 1 did not answer then the rope roc was waa tied upon my any feet and I 1 was dragged over the curbs sidewalks ind anti loal and if uy an all own on steps until I 1 reached the courtroom in the adjutants office WHY HE 1113 TO WALK wien sou to wall to the court did anyone ask you for your I 1 lea ea sens sells u vaa as the next query of oc ill the court members of the guard asked me ro PI led hammand und I 1 told them I 1 thought I 1 ought to be tried tor for the first offense before I 1 was tried for the second the first offense was waa that of leav ing nr my barracks at N Y NIt bout leave it has been said that while you were being dragged an order for double time lime wan waa riven given Is that true asbed col hunter yes sir 0 o sald said hammond Hanu nond capt lovering told the men to double alm elmr but they were nere unable to comply 1 v ith the order the w witness liness was then given to attorney blair tor for cross ex lamination examination you had been v dorking from t the lie time you reported at this post on september up to october sib sald bald tile the attorney now why vaa as it that you ellan ged your mind about work about the utter latter 1 I had been waiting for a trill trial anil and I 1 thought it was about time I 1 had it will hammond the attorney then endeavored to bring biln out tile the alleged fact act that hammond joined the army to escape arrest fr shooting a man in but the witness refused to answer his que eions the attorney also ende endeavors endeavor avord rt to ascertain a the different points visited by hammond after he left the barracks at plattsburg platts bure burg N Y the witness a IP fused to answer anser the questions say int ills 1 I came here and gave myself up before the end of 0 tm tell days daya that la is enough STABBED SIX you say you were stabbed six BIK times mas like attorn attorney eVat next were those stabs more mere pin or are you scarred ed lor for lit el 1 I mill ill bear the marks to my fily grave rent replied ed tile the attorney expressed a desire to see sec the scars bears and hammond bared his limbs and exhibited tour four marks two OM oil each thigh to the court one of the was aas on its hie tight hand anti and an other on oil the shoulder Irl private vate snyder was caled find and told or of to drar drag the prisoner after the procession pio cession had rone gone yards lie he said they had commanded to march in double time and that the pr launer was covered w m ill dust nod and ills ilia clothes loin loan when the summary court was reached do you think there was any other way in which could have been taken to the coult was asked by the judge advocate lancg yes said the he witness vIt ness there was a cart carr and I 1 thinly this could easily have been dratted drafted into sea service vice brig oen gerk wade then asked it if the witness had ever seen A prisoner lioner taken to court in A cart no snyder answer they aro are not usually quite so DO kind as that PRIVATE STORY private waddell was as the th iret witness in the Lovei loveling Lov erins ing court martial at fort sheridan today lie ho told of his bong being in tile the guardroom guard chord room october esth and of hearing the sound bound of a in the cell roona room ho gold ho looked through 6 the door and saw hammond being dragged by tile tho anna from his hl wt cell to tho the door so ho he walked into tho the cell room after you bad gone into tho the cc cell room did you receive orders ordera to stab hammond HamiTi ond with your bayonet the judge advocatt Ad vocata asked 1 I received orders from tho officer ot of the day capt caf lover ing to fix my liny bay onil and to prod the prisoner before this hammond had been act n dragged back to ills his cell und I 1 went to him I 1 told him blin my any orders and lie ho replied that I 1 could run my any bayonet him lie ha propose to move tills was waa repot recoiled rep oiled led to capt lovering Lover lne aho nhoi vho told I 1 no ino to u alt a moment and then he sent Serfie ant Bral for a 0 rope stint uh then did you do allied tho the judge advocate 1 I put my any bayonet to ride and st alood guard ver over alim while Brall ikerd went for A rope judo judge advocate hunter was curious curlo us to know what tl tio d 11 ammonds fact together and how the proceeding was conducted so lie bo inquired it if tile tho avit faces remembered remember od ir thing of 0 tho the clr A non of flier fiver ahone w haae namo name I 1 do not remember tied the rope rom while I 1 sat eat on Hajn Hanin mond nond to keep him on the ground round er said bald waddell HELPED dicag Wi wore flaro you present at tad the he kl agia yes yen waddell answer answered 1 I helped drag hammond tot tor t twenty enty yards yarda the alie first interruption occurred at this point when olien 0 A member of the court lna ln slated that counsel should be sustained in hlo his objection to the ut of whether capt CAPE I used a an n oath in his command to hammond 1 I 1 merely n anted canted to ascertain tho the state of 0 capt Lov e erines n 9 temp temper at ill the lleti alm of 0 this affair nj 1 sa bald ad col hunt a terr BO 00 Al attorney torrie blair announced that lie ile would withdraw Ith draw the object objection tim col cal hunter v was as preparing to lo ask I 1 another question when ullen he was mas inter erupted by capt hunter hunte 1 I ill his no namesake moo it of tl th third rel I 1 ment ato ati 1 I shall renew that objection bj ra mild the die Capt captain alra as aa he straightened in hla hl c t hair 1 I fall to see gee that it make inanen an any y si material difference to tills this court or to tilt tile accused he be used profane language or not the judge Adi was apparently burai laed for he looked up suddenly aud denly and blared tor for an ail instant at capt hunter then lie stalled land remarked that if in that event he would not press ill hie question waddell wadda 11 kaie then eked about capt 1 coverings Lov erlna stabbing hammond bilth ills hl i own sword abile on the way nay from the guardhouse to the summary court the n atness stated that I 1 ll lammond ammond had been prodded both before and after he left tho the guardhouse CUT ON 04 THE HAND the pie presiding siding of lIcer general wade liere here interrupted and asked baked in what part of the body hammond had been bee n stabbed while hile on hla his way vay waddell sald bald that the prisoner hail had been stabbed in tho the hand where aas a his hand said gen wade trade hla HIS hands wore were crog crowed sted behind his licad head to keep it II from dragging dragg lne on the ground haild waddell 11 are you certain that the thrust throat aas made for or the liand hand or was lt it tor for the hould r asked gen wade 1 I 1 think capt meant to stab hammond on the hand the witness thu gave the lie mern bembera bers 0 f the court the impression that lover erluff I 1 ng had to make the prisoner uncross his hands so go that his head would drag draff on the ground private waddell no was As thin a hc A elc used lie he was then exposed and aleut an druy drug tho the hilbon officer licer of was called ills e evidence V was mas not Im important t the prosecution has but one more witness to call post surgeon lippincott lippincotl and thon than the attorneys for the clef uise will ivill be riven precedence C capt pt lovering Is 14 expected to take the atness stand and two five witnesses A vill ting and sipple both 0 of f whom kullorn are gera geranial convicts in confinement at tho the post poal prison |