Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-02-04 | Page 1 | Qualtrough Blames Abnormal Condition

TROUGH BLAMES ABNORMAL CONDITION GIBRALTAR Feb Feh 4 Tho Tho court court- martial which is trying Captain through h of the battleship Geor Georgia ia on charges that ho he was WA intoxicated at a reception J given cn at Tangier by 13 the American Amer mean ican minister reached a decision this afternoon The outcome w will not be mado public until the findings have ben been seen approved ell 11 bv lv Admiral Sperry which hi h probably will bo be before the tho 11 fleet et sails Major ajor Williams who has acted an as jud judge e advocate ad allowed ell th the thA case caso to rest cat without the presentation of his hisCo Co conclusions nd n S. S Lieutenant Commander John K Rob fob ison sou summing I UP up for tho thu defense argued argued ar nr- ar- ar gued that Captain h was ill hilt but not intoxicated He lie laid particular lar ar stress upon th the abnormal physical condition of ot the thc captain which rendered ren rca dered him hint peculiarly susceptible to al alcoholic iii- iii coholic and nicotine poi poisoning and con eon ended that ho could not bo be held ible silie for the thc unexpected effect of one cite third hird of the thc of or wino wine wino drunk by those around him him at nt the tho reception In an any event h was guilty and anti that his exceptional exceptionally exception exception- I al ally fine fino record as an officer entitled his hiM to clemency Captain h has received l many cable messages of sympathy 5 from America