| Show COuRT MaRTiAL oaeaoa or ebo TUmoaJ la IJent Meele Case CHICAGO March tTh Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Strelo court martial was resumed this morning Stele a milted striking Trooper Wild but declared that Wild was insolent and Insubordinate Captain Pbclps testified that V r lid was Insolent Insubordinate and gave more trouble than any other man In the troop Witness had never known In twenty years ex perience a better officer of his age than Lieutenant Steele Captain Weeks rtr tttle t the good character and reputation of Lieutenant Steele Colonel Townsend commander at Fort Yale said report of the case was made t him by both Steele and Wild Steele admitted having struck Wild in a moment of passion and regretted it Townsend rebuked him for it and told him no officer who cannot control his own temper can expect t control other men PBTVATK WILD then came In and asked if Steele had a right t call him a miserable deserter and strike him Townsend replied he had not and further told Wild that the tn he I had refused t obey was a perfectly proper one and that be was guilty of crave breach discipline Steele asked the clone if Wild I was not t b tried by the garrison court As t the punishment he hd received I was less than he might have got from a general courtmar hot Colonel Townsend considered Lieutenant Steele one of the very best oRg officer of the army This ended the testimony mid after arguments by Steeles counsel and Judge Advocate Hurray the case was closed Tho flndlnjof tho court will not b made known for some Ume wi On account of General Crooks death it will b pawed upon by General Scboficld p |
