Show TRIAL BEGUN court convenes at fort for L shei sheridan idan FOUR WITNESSES TESTIFY plicate hammond whom the captain caused to be dragged over the ground guarded by four ois S compelled to stand in the colbun cold until his face turned blue until U nth an officer took pity on him and ordered him back to the guardhouse chicago nov 22 capt leonard A Lo Nering of the fourth infantry MU honed at fort sheridan herldan i appeared be role foie a cobit martial at that poa po it A today to stand trial on oil the charge of conduct prejudicial to good order and tat y discipline the cille charge t 14 i ca caullis private hammond to be dragged over the ground by the heels hech ficon the guardhouse to the office of f the th regimental adjutant after ilam mond refused to walk the court was an hour late in eon con of delay in the or ar lial of briggen brig gen avade ad the pres ill ins ing officer A cold wind ind from the northwest blew across the parade grounds find and chate TI hammond ammond who x he stood overcoat on the per porch i of the ofil cers club inhere the court was mas held under guard of 0 three soldiers ii lit in heavy army waters while his feet chattered chatt erod an and his face turned blue from the cold the four men stood lit in the fating snow for almost an hour tile the guard with their leveled level led toward the prisoner until williams w alto lio had been noti notified fled of the delay took pity lilly on art hammond and ordered him back to tile the guardhouse hammond Hamm onil wa NAs thin and pale and his appearance indies indicated it d that its ills imprisonment impi hall had told on his let health iha army overcoat coat vaa tras at plattsburg Platts burg X N Y where here lie he loft left it w alien lien lie io absented himself w shout irmo atilt and there was none done for him a at t for foit t sheridan the first nas as john J bernard the ite officer 0 of the guard on the day ll Ilam ammond mand was aggedy tit lie he testified tc that he ordered hammond to id appear before the summary couii cobit an and that the latter refused to so go he exhausted haust til all moans means to pet get the private to go before the cobit and these beins being una alling he referred refe ried the lite matter to capt levering loveiene Lovei lne who was wa officer of tile the day clay did you vou hear boar capt use oaths in his language to the prisoner judge Ad advocate oate hunter asked in questioning aleut bernard lio inard 1 I heard him harn bay damn you co come euton out TABS as the answer the Li lieutenant was unable to state fositt positively vely to the fourt court whether li ether layering kicked or stabbed the Pi pinkner pil Noner corporal now new w ho was wag corporal of the do day on october 19 but who ho has haa since been reduced to the ian i ank of private wa the next witness ca called to and stated that lovering as officer of tile th day soot sent three men to haiti hain friends mil with ith orders to prod hini him with fill the bayonets if he did not we walk it ile he said lie he bould die U he did walk s bald id now new and I 1 saw capt lovering kick him twice aiice and prod him aniah alth his 1 I how I 1 ow much force lid did the officer ugee use as asked the t judge advocate acate ocate he kicked him pretty hard so I 1 hard ad a al L least that diammond fell in ind and rubbed hla his ehle was the anwer answer how hard bard did lovering load the prisoner w lah ill ills its sord was iwas the next QUI tho the ard urd must have flapped papered through clothing sald paid private new for lie hf cried di dirina rint do that 1 jiin hell tile the piti pi isona onor had bad been bc n dragged down clown the guardhouse steps I 1 saw prod him again that time lime it MRS atas lit ht the lite land and I 1 saw load blood trickle train from tile ahe wound I 1 serrat Diali Ri alnard tard vas mas called and pave gave a minute description of how hammond was dragged feet feel first over tle the pill of big ce cell then their doun donn the guardhouse stone steps a hundred yards along tile the walk down over tile th ceib 1 up again to the walk down again ur and across the road over the opp opposite 0 site curb up the a tops steps to D com conedy conj pys dy quarters then down over oer the curbs all and finally up the steps to the adjutants hanla onue w how did hammond took look then han ho he arrived at tho the court asked C col ill li hunter ile he u as crying when the rope wai wag taken from hla his feet ansu answered ered the corporal coi bilm I 1 la pants pan la ere ci e torn through it to the skin and when allen I 1 returned with fill him to tile the guard guardhouse linuse he snowed showed me the cuts cuta made by capt cap sword kitcy altey were all bleeding and were dp deep corporal yard ward was iva i the last aln eis and ain evidence corroW corro bo rated that of Vr nr new an all adjournment was then taken until 10 19 morning |