Show Iaymuster Nelson Is Guilty New York 18 Paymaster Nelson who confessed guilt yesterday and threw himself on the mercy of the courtmar Oat showed i hii defense that be bad disbursed 74Jgll without loss to the governn cm n > iu > ugh his duties more particularly 01 ihe Pacific Coast were at times ojtremelf hazardouj and attended I at-tended with great personal peril The basis of hu present trouble was his having hav-ing a large fmily to support and becom irs deeply involved in debt To save hmnelf of the burden he went into specu lation in wheat lie was at fint succes ful hut finally was overwhelmed with dis tof disasters so overvhe to quote his own language tha hebccirre on account of them practically nsnre The Jlcrald ssys AlU gethnr this bs been a very singular court martial in the conduct of the trial In thIS first place thee charges nnd specifications have been sedulously withhold from tho public In the second place the only tettimony has been for the defense and that wholly on the subject of character It u stated that the am < unt of the alleged embezzlement embezzle-ment is about 3000 end tint all the sccucd hopes or looks fur is con lone went of his ofienso on the ground of his pre bus good character and the accep lance of h1S resignation |