Show I ER Judge Advocate Challenges Rear Admiral McCormick Mem Meni Member Member ber of the Court BUT IT WAS NOT SUSTAINED u V S Ally 1 Out rt t lug liiK Furt Him Ho I Mini 1111 I I Sit p leut 1 iii thug lit Mil MI It No cov O of ur tho the moat mo t incIdents Incident in lii th the 1101 tory tor of naval In country marked t tI of oC the tue court which ti It lt ln r Midshipman Min Minor or Ji Jr In with th the lIght l helWI himself and III 1 man ilia 11 Jum n li Ih Hear Alexander JI II I next nut In point lit nf rank of if the of nt the ourt to Admiral Its to It president was Wit II challenged liy by b Judee Mache after the lie whole for tOl ci the pros PIS prosecution unit beet bee i submitted l ul n a lug hug which the thc Judge saul said sl l had ha novel never been leen b el tak n by II him In III nil all hiM hilts of lit and of at lih ho hud ii never II II heard hitI hea ru rufh The rhe fh for the challenge up AI r i fter th the h of ot the trial veir 1111 liTt that bitt Admiral had broth consulted lon with whit a It high I tilt lion I y Medical 1 edlea I Director I Wal Walton ul ah tout ton U V y i I X N retired In relation to the tho lice that I ha t lie he hind had by b hl ti re reo repeated heated anti and continued Into of or the witnesses taken tullen the plc of at the lie coun COUll sel el I fur for the and anti third that he hail had the th possession 1 bf f t a Il i theory In itt the tho case which was no so o rooted tooted that it would be b Impossible elble to move It II by bythe h the thio evidence 01 I hivo hito had A with Mcd I kal Inspector f C Walton lIlton said laid Admiral McCormick I did this In or order order der them that I 1 might auk ask such uch of the brought before the court its III would or the i of oC death 1 o Q cUrt Cu rued d In tho manner chulI chiLI I am nm a iii fully hat In lit the end I must mint teach my mr conclusion con lu upon the testimony tt tl mony taCit mall of o the witnesses heroIc this court III In that manner mariner only The court wal vau then cleared unit and upon its itA being belne reopened d that the challenge against Admiral had bad nut not teen been sits ana Only July On In point of Gt Interest t to tG the thc challenge entered agaInst Admiral A McCormick AMIS the lie courts determination thou tion to request rc the tho tar of oC the navy to order that Hut tho body 1101 of nf the hate luto Midshipman be lie exhumed mill mi nil autopsy hel heli 1 It IH is not certain how hO much can an be hI revealed Ie by un ita autopsy 1111 Upon ut up in n the thc remains of ot Midshipman Jl who Iho has hall been dead tar for about three thice weeks but It II i l I is l ill ed that ul ui irot t information can cuno be hl ob obtained clued us ns to tho the of ot any an ou olt Otis diseased I S II condition of ot tho the heart Ini In or other othel organs such ux tutu would have made death possible po at nt the time flam iota any other cause tItan the tie blows received In III the fight t The rite prosecution deceit cloned 11 ltd its ease case IhN thui I I I morning ii rum lag I E M i 1 D 1 McCormick te teti tl fled I I X saw sat sa between u lu 10 and U 11 cl Monday He lie was un lila liln left leet Fide elsIe wn wall paralyzed I his hla hi arm arnu Hid leg wro ero contInually and he lie watt was mush bruised the thu taco face head and attn forearms forearm I 1 think that the condition as brought about by h the repeated Wow blows he lie haul had lIC I Jont dont think his life could have heel been by h any all treatment nor liar do dl I J think that the ito hot baths or other treatment he lie received his friends accelerated his hiM death Surgeon McCormick was waa examined very ver er riGIdly by h Admiral A II H of oC the tho court the object being in to If bring out whether or not any nn calico caure of ot death could hate hae existed exl prior liner to the tho fight The witness that It was to 10 say tny UI this also lutei In the absence of oC nn an autopsy hut that there theme was no reasonable doubt that hunt the blows had caused cau ed death Under this examination Surgeon Me Mc McCormick Ic Cormick said that excitement and over oer overexertion exertion might have hare contributed to the condition of oC Branch Dranch but only In a see sec secondary ee way a Admiral McCormick evidently was vas S Snot not at nil all satisfied that the hot applications upon held h ad by b his bli hi com cont 00 on the night of ot the fight tight hal had hadnot not contributed to the death lenth He JOe brought out oat from the witness that hot applications might contract veins elne If ap applied applied plied to them thern closely closel and continuously AR As A each ench medical officer concludes hU lis testimony the conviction grows that a I I I I I and perhaps fatal Catal prior lIas aut made mn an nt tar far as fur for nun 1111 daughter elan em I Ice ff In III I ii a I I I rig to tl hold an nil an nil topsy There h Ie is h u Li doubt In the of ot fome members of oC oCth the tho th court ruts ilK to IC C whether thorp may DIM I unite have possibly 10 i some solute unusual con Coil condition iii ii au In I Ii the era of Bitt ado which v led to his death Dr 13 l I V I 1 Stoat Ia ins timid tee tea I tilled as its to a it of Branch about eight t prior to tnt lIu It death deathA A i nt sluicIng hi his hIli ClOs by h Mr li II counsel l HP lie was Il asked uk 1 borne l with tle of uC Midshipman Buttle which at itt the tM th academy lust year The rIte cause of or tha ho was not certainly re resealed sealed d h by the H thc hue e witness said suld but nn curt oil cM to the tho bruin WOH as lie dill covered and It II Mis its rumored Hint this had hiatt been occasioned by II an nut Injury which Hattie hail had received In humi O III l oc Ill when a lien hen hi lie entered the th academy my mr Ho lIe had no personal of or this hots he lie ald At t the thu dust dose of or the he morning ne He i lon the court a request r of Qt tho the el for the th accused that thu bod loth ho ly of ut if the thc late latu whose death occurred tI after utter lute his hl fight hl with MCI te lurther be exhumed and aunt an un autopsy t lucId held The rhe caw IJ lifts lotte leached the tho stage when points on which the exports admit could not hot be he J fac torU determined without un tutu The defense defence l offered t two o during the forenoon loii They rh were tl Herbert B U a it and roommate of or and auth alI I Norman Smith n a Urn lust class man latin Labhart van uIs III tailed Called to show ho that had bud done things to calculated to II good gooth his nS that he would make u life lite not worth liv living hi 11 ing fut fu him tub hut hilt lila testimony was wall not lint t particularly the of oC Midshipman lId Smiths testimony Slates Hint Dint DI t Atty Ut tl Hose lIose of ot who Is neso 1 In iii tins ha th in with Ith Judge took toul n a 1 keen keell t In lu the evidence that renting fighting had since shIre hazing wan knocked c 1 out cult nt lIt the hue academy He lie brought out ery err dearly clearly by his questions that tit th mw ii were still compelled to do cia arous Hilly toni and obey o e orders thu Impelling force being thu th thI fact that If It they the do ito not prove tractable hit hitI tile the th must fight whereas they the vere for tor form m ily compelled to lo do the lie th same thing by h the Imposition of oC physical cruelty In III Inthe Inthe the shape or hazing |