Show the late F clogging I 1 toy by an army officer A few days since we w e copied from a texas raper paper a statement respecting a person who bo had been sev severely evely flog flogged ld by order of barton of thalus army the alexandria gazette liow now polishes pu puL lishes a statement ahl which ch if true places vai tile the 61 transaction n bation in in a far dif lerent light the following follow ing i arc the lars about two tavo months previous to the flo flogging the man ii hovas flogged heid hjad by byname name not head a german hy birth and a private in in the bind band of the infantry far itry in in which barton was adjutant was nas tried by court martial for disobedience of orders convicted and punished on receiving recer vms his discharge he edgag engaged red his seat in in the mail am ambulance bu for san antonio but just before st starting artim he armed himself with a six six shooter arid and a bowie knife and stole in into tho the quarters of the band where the corporal Corpo ial who lad had reported him was avas writing writing heid reminded the corporal of his trial and without provocation seized him by his hair of the head pulled him back baal on the bed thence hence t to the floor beat him avith his fist and stamped on him the corporal was a feeble old man while hile heid is is a young athletic folio fellow for this heid who had fled was captured tied and whipped receiving thirty lashes which did not draw one drop 0 of f blod blood 0 and instead of being confined to his bed for three w weeks eels lie he ci overtook the mall ambulance that same day at a distance of eighteen miles barton was tried before a jury composed principally of germans heids heads countrymen convicted and fined as before sta stated i which fino fine was remitted by the governor ernora on the facts of the case being made known to him but only to be anul mulct ct in in much higher dam damages aeres by a civil court unless the verdict is is set aside bya by a higher court the gazette justifies bartons conduct on the ground of the lawlessness 11 ess of tho the population and tho the notoriety 0 of f the fact that thai soldiers have been beaten and treated in in the most shameful mannor manner anderen and even killed for which not one conviction co has been had and asks what noncommissioned commissioned non officer would perform his duty if discharged soldiers in this lawless froli frontier tid r country should b be permitted to assault and beat them with inep impunity |