Show INDORSED BY COL HALL leverings Love rings brutality toward hammond commended I 1 STABBING ALSO ALS 0 APPROVED new information given by sergt wooten who stated that before the certain ordered the private soldier dragged lie ho had shown his authority by dragging Dragg lne the prisoner b by y the heels capt lovering es th the 0 stand he was nervous find made hade blunders chicago cheeng 0 O nov J A decision in tho the court martial ot of capt leonard A ve ring of the fourth infantry will be reached tor tomorrow worrow the court mar bial today clowd closed the he alling ot of tell tea covering covern ff tile the incidents incident s of oc pil vale nic Hamm hammonds Ham monda involuntary griper nee before the sommai y court at bort Shei blan on october ath will be or a protracted etin tomorrow as all tile the evidence taken durl durans n 1 tile the last two days sessi suasions sua ono must be read for tile the second time ti me to t 13 the chui coui court t in order to follow 0 out the tell led tape of 0 court martial proc the entire morning bcantoni eles sinn wit I 1 barlly be taken tip dp by these last duties of oc judge advocate hunter Ij unter an and d then jhc thc n tile the twelve officers of oc tho 1110 coult settle down to a discussion of 0 their opinions of oc carting I 1 lovering and ills hla method ot cat enforcing trall uary alac the general Is that the iho verdict jf if it la Is not nol for acquittal quit tal taT will he be for a light penalty penally tho the chief vune of the day wal wai capt leveling who admitted that the stories ot of previous witnesses wele aub alb correct lie he claimed kit however that he did not uie excessive essice I 1 force orce with mammond only y stirred aildred him up with my foot and sword sord wag waa I 1 the he way may he put it col hall of the Foit leth infantry took the th stand ami dec tired that lie ho approved of everything capt LOVell fig had build done don the arguments for all anil against lovering were very brief and rt at their condu conclusion slon court adjourned for tile the day hearing today bw agan gam with ith tile the tes ta lemony of tile the last atness sa for or th iho prow ution robt surgeon n ry lippencott lippen p pen acott cott the surgeon sold noid tha that t he had aten called upon professionally to attend hammond Hammon 3 1 I found no DO bruises to speak of said he there was ft slight abrasion on the shoulder and it a few scratches on the thighs thigh 9 but they were insignificant and after sponging them mith lodo form I 1 reported the man as nt fit tor foi light work the surgeon stated that the joanda appeared to have been made with will an instrument of sharp point and could have been caused by the use of 11 a sword judge adobato hunter requested that the court visit the guard guardhouse hou se and go over the route traveled by tit the I 1 e members of the guard enard when thy ley dragged prisoner hammond ammond ll I 1 to 0 tile summary court after which the prose c ution rested attorney blair for capt lovering Loverl ng presented four lettera from various officers cern under whom the defendant had served these letters all referred to lovering locc as an efficient eln clent and a rood good soldier boedler Bold ler they were placed on file col hall was trien called STANDS BY TIIU CAPTAIN who what t leport did capt loveling make to tc you in regard to this affair asked attorney blair ot of the commanding officer he told me of hammonds refusal to appear before the bour court t in ill direct disobedience of rny my older an anil li said that he had dragged hint him from tile the guardhouse with a rope what wha t corgan comment nent lid you male make 11 1 I commended him highly for his action but drat ill rat cautioned him to remove the rope aloin the prisoners pria caners feet before he be app appeared eared in court has there been any trouble with prisoners during the yen year r you have Erl beert eon there therea the attorney asked there has been almost constant trouble said col hall hal prisoners have refused to work and there have been almost dally daily infractions of the rules I 1 commended comm capt leverings Love rings lie action tion especially because I 1 was informed that tha prisoner had defied gilve pi pilson ison officers in succession col hall told the court that there was no conveyance at the lort fort that could be used to convey prisoners from the guardhouse fuai ahouse it they refused to walk D THE STABBING attorney blair closed ills his questioning by asking it if a depolt had been made to him that capt lovering Loverl Lover liag ng had bad kicked the prisoner welt well now thit you recall it said the witness tallness capt loverin Lover lne did dial tell me that lie ho had stirred hammond up a little and I 1 also approved that col hunter interposed here with a question ideation col hall he said it re roi t had been made to you that hammond hall had refused to walk to the summary court would you have ordered him dragged diage cd well weil not 81 said tile the colonel but I 1 would have used force col hall was then excused capt john IV bub of 0 the fourth r ent testified to the good character of accused officer then sergt wooten woolen one ot or the tha prison crag gave some new low information by making tile the statement that before capt levering ordered hammond dammond dragged draK god lio lie himself had dragged tile iho prisoner around the guardhouse by the heels carr CAPT coverings LOVEr i tINGS STORY then capt lovering Loverl ns took tho the stand aland irk in ills his own behalf lie was very nervous and blunde blundered led several times while kolni going the formalities priced ina lo 10 ills his examination Js Is tho the thui far given before this court correct asked his at it gorncy it tat la substantially correct vald said Loveil nis only the amount 0 of foice I 1 used has been exaggerated I 1 stirred with my sword and foots foot but I 1 put only a reaction fraction of strength into it it dill did riot not hurt him I 1 kit ked heal him to mako him open ills eyes then tile the details of oc tho entire affair were repeated to tho the evident azralon ae of the members of the coutt who plainly showed that they were tired of the story col hunter asked capt wily why ho he imd had not report rf ported NI to tits his com rau anding tile pa refusal to KO go to the court postponing action until lio lie received orders ordera from col 1 I should have been ashA ined salil haiti capt lovering Loverl ns to have reunited to any person pemon that I 1 allowed a lili to jare pet t tho the better of me ft could you not havo have secured a wason wagon continued tile the judge A aavo d va cate 1 I would not have done so under any circumstances answered cant calt lovering it would havo have been a had bail example for the men 11 after A after fter capt lovering had told of ills twenty five live years service in tho the united states army without It hout ever having been court before lie he was excused and tho the taking of testimony was over attorney blair then maile me d 0 big closing iLd address Iress |