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Show SALMON FOUND SANE BY COURT Ex-Ft. Douglas Prisoner Was Forcibly Fed During 85-Day 85-Day Fast WASHINGTON, Oct 8 Benjamin I Salmon, n conscientious objector, j who hns been on a hunger 3trlko at St Elizabeth military hospital for the Insane here since July 15, w;is held to b- of sound mind today by Justice Bailey, of the District of Columbia supreme su-preme court. The ruling on Salmon's sanity d is-1 poses of the first count of tho habeas corpus proceedings by which Salmon's attorneys and tho Civil Llbsrtlefl league of New York seek to obtuln bis re- j lease. The second count of tho proceedings directed against the war depart mi nt alleges that Salmon wus Illegally convicted con-victed because he had not been Inducted Induct-ed Into service at the time of his coui t-m.irtl.il t-m.irtl.il and lit in c was not within the jurisdiction of the military authorities. Uulng on this count wns deferred by the court for a wet-k pending submission submis-sion of tho court-martial records. iNilnion. whose home Is In Denver, in the meantime will remain at St. Kllzabeth's. but would make no statement state-ment as t" Whether be would continue the hunger strike- which for S5 days has not been broken except for occasional occa-sional forcible feeding. He. was at first Interned In Fort Douglas; L"tah. |