Show Sen Watson Threatens Army Officer 4 Says SaY y Jawed Bull Bull J Bull Brute insulted W WASHINGTON A Dec 9 By the As- As 4 ted Press The Press The meeting meeting- of oC the tho ho senate committee Investigating charges by Senator W Watson t on Democrat Georgia that soldiers had been Ills ill gaIlY gally hanged in France almost broke up In a row today after Senator Watson Watson Watson Wat Wat- son had threatened to slap the tho face of oC an army officer sitting in the audIence au- au t Chairman Brandegee took hold ot or the situation and nd first directed Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Watson Vatson to sit sU down calling tho sergeant-at-arms sergeant to enforce his orders or or- ders lers and then at tho the request of ot the senator excluded all army officers from the room Senator Watson declared that Major MajO D D. Cocheu had Insulted Insult d him by the manner in which he looked booked at the I senator Ill not be bulldozed by that bull- bull Jawed brute Senator Watson Vatson de do f J lared and walking up to Cocheu said S For two pennies Id I'd slap your face Then the chairman called caned the sergeant at and Cocheu und and other officers left the room When the excitement had subsided ded Senator Watson am announced that he lie desired the committee committe e to call pall sixty- sixty three witnesses whose whoso names liames iames he presented presented presented pre pre- along with a great volume of letters Hearings then were adjourned until 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and the the- committee held an executive ses ses- sion Senator Watson at the resumption of ot the inquiry today protested against the decision of ot the committee to confIne confine confine con con- fine the Inquiry sole solely y to the qu question question ques ques- stIon s- s tion of hangings I 1 want to protest against the ac action action ac- ac tion of this committee in narrowing the investigation to hanging of sol aol diers without trial hial by Senator Watson declared My ly charges were broader I protest protest protest pro pro- test against these charges being narrowed nar nar- rowed I want it understood that I Iam Iam Iam am going into the shooting of oC men by their officers The committee suggested t at it it might be bo necessary to go before the senate and ask that the resolution directing the inquiry be enlarged Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr corroborates corroborates cor cor- my statement that a II soldier was shot by an officer Senator Watson Watson Watson Wat Wat- son declared It was testified at the trial that the officer shot the soldier whatsoever without provocation Do lYe you want Colonel Roosevelt called as a witness the senator was asked b I Nor NO I would not embarrass him Mr Watson went on to say he proposed proposed pro pro- pro pro-I posed to try try- the case on tho the floor of the tho sen senate senata t 5 55 5 |