Show vet iet loses hope of bindi vindi vindication cation T flying feat of captain Cap in t world war Is branded as a s lie Washington on The last hope for the official al vindication of edmund 0 chamberlain of san sah antonio motion orthly discharged captain of the united ed states marine corps was waa blotted out oot a short time dine ago when the supreme courts refusal to review the validity ot his court martial wrote tile the to a 0 tc fight for reinstatement which has embroiled the civil and military authorities of the united states and great britain britann and stirred the sympathy of the world 3 1 will malse make no further right be cause there Is no place to which I 1 can carry the case declared chamberlain but I 1 still stick to nay my story of the events which led to my court martial and believe the evidence in the dose case proves prove that I 1 was not guilty of the charges 11 champions of the former marine coo cap tain hold that he Is one of tile the most distinguished heroes of the world war wara a brave man who has been cru coiled by the pettiness and obtuseness obtuse nesa of military officials ills his wife the daughter qt of gen francis winter married him when his troubles were darkest over parental objections and has ought fought loyally at ills his side for eight years his friends and arroy army assod ates convinced of his integrity have aided him champion prevaricator the ten tea tribunals to which chain bellain has appealed have up upheld I 1 beld the validity of the de elsion decision of ills his dirst court martial in london in which represents the former marine as the cham champion prevaricator of the A B E F a s man iv whose ilose scandalous conduct tended to the destruction of good morals mimi la in july 1918 captain chamberlain was re commanded for the victoria cross and the congressional medal ot ol honor because of his heroic conduct at the british front according to the astory that gushed flashed in headlines ull all ever over tho the world he was invited to make a flight d during a visit with british affa friends at the bouquin touquin air field while on furlough ile he encountered twelve german planes and brought down tour four of them ills plane riddled by bullets was forced down dom between lines while malting making his way back bach to jouquin touquin he rescued a wounded french soldier and brought lo in a captured capture german dOerman chamberlain did not report the story of his exploits to the authorities tie he described the events to a few friends and seemed to wish the matter to go no fir farther ther in the meantime reports report of his bis flight supposed to have been written by four officers at Tou jouquin touquin quin were forwarded to chamberlains sn sa officer who sent them to head hend quarter the marine was the hero ot the hour he Ue modestly deprecated his prowess deplored the wide publicity band and stressed the nature of the flight ne lie refused to give the name of the commander of the 06 unit because bc ause tb tbt officer have been liable to court mart martial tal for en flight v charges preferred in u harcq march waran 1010 alft nl ika litter later Js largest yere ere prof erred against cham chaap sa 03 4 TA before a which opened at the he american navy head quarters in london the british au ties declared that his he heroism was was a myth that he had forged the reports of ills his exploits and had never been at nt all gen john al Sali nond flold corn coin mander of the british BrItIs ii air force said lie could not get any information re garding tile tho british avla aviators with whom chamberlain Chamber lnla sold sald he had flown officers who had been stationed at Tour iula said they had not seen chum chain bertaln bereath there the forgery charges barges fell down experts on handwriting agreed that chamberlain could not have have written the reports of his heroism because of misspelled words and signatures tures that could not no be identified the documents were held to have been forged uy by somebody alme BrId bridoux aux a near the jouquin touquin avint aviation lon field remembered that chamberlain had been there she told how tho the officers had discussed his flight with great excite ment when lie he did not return they were worried for hla his safety the next day she heard them atheni say that he had find returned she testified major bell admitted that part of a dai ringed british plane had been found near where chamberlain said he landed georgette Bo Bon lEet daughter of the mayor of ste jemme said she had seen a riddled plane flown down hy by an american her testimony tallied with chamberlains decision appealed the court martial declared that chamberlain tied had knowingly failed to advise his commanding officers that the reports were false the forgery charges were dropped it was nd ad milled that chamberlain was a skilled flyer and capable of performing such exploits he was found guilty nev erth eless of scandalous conduct tend ing ng to the destruction of good morals morale and the promotion of falsehood the decision was appealed but jhb united states naval authorities up ap held it secretary of tile the navy wll wil bur upheld it so did president wll wit son next the case was put before the senate and n special investigating committee was appointed after fout years a report unfavorable to chom bellain wits mis turned in finally tie he sought bought to challenge the proceedings edings in the court of claims his N case was dismissed on the ground that it hod had not been brought within the time allowed by taw low then the n whet when t alie lie supreme court refused to review his case his last legal avenue f foi or vindication was waa closed after the world war spent two years in washington in nn art attempt to gain rd reversion version of the court martial de decision elsion from there he wini to baltimore to on an Itri insurance urance corn coin pany and continued to push later he become became manager ni of the first firm trust joint stock land company in dallas he he Is now vice president ol 01 0 a larie largo investment firm there |