Show Dar barbarous barous of a militiaman under general ua approval july 2 for proposing three cheers for the fellow who shot H C frick private W L lams jams of company regiment of Way waynesburg Waynea burg was as subjected to the most humiliating humi lating nt when the news reached camp on saturday that frick had been private lams jams gave vent to his feelings in his peculiar way and was heard by lieutenant colonel streator colonel the regiment to draw up in line and then he be directed that the man mail who proposed the cheers for berkman jiin to advance to the front after little delay lams jams stepped forward when asked why lie he had bad been guilty of such a thine thin he assumed an air of bravado and refused to answer he was asked to apologize but refused to do BO 80 he was then sent to the guardhouse guard house and his case was reported to major general snowden who ordered a court martial the regimental officers held a hearing and lams jams admitted his guilt and refused to apologize the court mardail ordered that half the hair of his head and moustache be shaved off that he ha be strung up by the thumbs for thirty minutes be stripped of his uniform dishonorably dis discharged charted and drummed out of c cat after having his head and moustache shaven as directed laim was hanged banged up by the thumbs for twenty minutes lie he endured this torture and then lost consciousness the surgeons ordered that he be cut down at once or he be would soon be dead he was cut down and after the doctors revived him lie he was stripped of his uniform and given an old pair of overalls to wear with only these and a shirt and an all old hat lie he was led dout out of the camp to swissvale Swiss vale Stati station Ool to the tune of the rogues starch march the entire provisional brigade witnessed the humiliating spectacle He is 24 years old and is a farmer he is a enow member ber of one of the oldest families of greene county and is related to many prominent people in this county opinion is divided as to the punishment and many of the officers of the guard think it is too severe some of them say gay that hanging up by the thumbs is not permitted by the regulations nor is the shaving of tile the head As genei geneil 1 snowden approved the finding of the court martial they refuse to give their views publicly |