TZW r i- 1&M,tikWfr. It ft I '?- 1 m 1 I f W i l ft Mi !. I , rs 12 EARNING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, HUBSDAV, JAHTJAHY 19, 1922 SAW FIRING SQUAD I IE SOLDIER Witness Tells Senators Bedy Wa3 Left Unburietl Near Chateau Thierry WHITE BOY, 20 YEARS OLD Tly the Associated PreM Washington, .Tnn. 10 The itinetinR rf a wldler by n ring sqund In Frnnn mi described te the Senate cemmitter iRYMtiffatlng alleged illegal execution today by Geerge TV. Ynrbreugh. of lion lien lion neke, Ala., who said he win nn e.ie witness. - "During heavy nheil fire near Clialenii Thierry," wild Yarbrough, "I wn beImj up the read with ether men when wp saw n soldier, his hands tied behind him, being marched toward the weeds. The Night wns se unusual it distracted our attention from the midline. There was an officer. I Judge te be a mnjer, in charge of the squad, and when they started te sheet the soldier, a white boy about twenty ears old, he asked that he be net blindfolded. " 1 The witness said he was twenty itcps awa when the command was given te lire. He was posltlve the exe cution was in July. 101S, Ynrbreugh sold he did net knew whether tliere Imd been a trial, and that he Kuctv e no ether execution. He heard the sol dier was shot ler neglect of duty. He understood the officer in charge of the sciund was with nn Infantry regiment e the Third MlvWen. "I wan eloe ie the snnnil. nil mem- beis of which fired ut the command," added the witness. "The soldier fell mid the officer walked ever, felt his pulse for n moment nnd turned away. Then he ordered the qund te move en." "Wns there any thing about the ex ecution te make you believe it was an abuse of power?" Chairman ISrnndcgcc asked. "Nothing whatever, but I felt that If they had detailed n squad te kill a man they could have detailed a squad te bury him." . T. A. Sinclair, of AVcstvllle, Okla., testified that he saw three public ex ecutions nt Is-sur-Tille, or one mere than shevrn there by the War Depart ment records. Sinclair knew of no il legal execution. .Tames M. Klllett. of Newark, X. J., who described himself as a lawyer, told of seeing two men shoved tinder n faucet, fullv clothed, and forced te stay there twenty minutes. One died n few days later, but be did net knew the cause. "Hard Itallrd" Smith again crept Inte the inquiry. Chnrles M. T. Iytsslle, of Rochester. X. Y., n lieutenant nt the Mine camp with Smith, testifying that he never heard of soldiers being killed there with clubs. T.PKltft tnaflftn.l tllnf nn mpil TCrPf ijnched at Smith's camps, us previous witnesses had testified. A telegram was presented from Charles II, nngWiy, of Watcrtewn, S. D., n. colonel everscan, declaring a photograph submitted te the committee and put porting te be an order Issued by Majer (ienrrnl Dyckman for the public whipping of soldiers convicted of pilfer ing T.'as n forgery. Appearing at his own request AV. Ilissell Themas, rt lawyer, of Washing ton, who served overseas, said the treat ment of alt soldiers wns "beastly bru tal." He then started te say something about the committee's attitude. Hanging the table, Senater Shields sneuted : "We don't want any lecture or ad vice from you. Confine yourself te facts." ENDS 36 YEARS' SERVICE Commissioner Smith Quits U. 8, Fisheries Bureau Washington, Jan. 10. (Hy A. I) Dr. Hugh M. Smith, who has been United Stales Commissioner of Fish eries since 101IJ. has resigned after thirty-six years of service with the Btt rcau of Fisheries. Entering the fisheries service in 1880. Dr. Smith w'aB assistant in charge of the division of inquiry respecting feed fish nnd fishing grounds. He then be came Deputy Commissioner of Fish eries, from which nosltien he was nrn. metcd te the head of the bureau. Dur ing his pnned ei service he repre sented the United States en a number of International fllshery commissions. LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK1 By Lee Pape n.K ..& tiAmn fAln, M.ttt.i It I. L UJI IU1I1C HUIllvi "l,, l.lll U3 l p dident feel very rerdlal, and he nte his suppir as ii no mm tun me same way, and after suppir he went up in the set ting room and ntarted te hmenk nml think by himself nnd me nnd ma stayed down in the dining room eating our IUZ..VH, uL-iiiK mi; illuming Willi some raisins but net enuff, and ma sed, I feel like going te the movies tenlte, somehow. G ma, se de I, 1 cd. Wlch I did, nn Mniniltit tt In ft n11tfna ftAllnr flint1 I way, nnd ma sed, Your father duswent seem te icei very seciniiia tonue or clLs Id ask him if he wunted te" take us crreund, but maybe he feels better new. Well slppere I go up and see hew he feels, ma, and then I can tell you and then you can ask him, I sed. All rite, you've had worse Idcers than that, sed ma. Wlch I have, nnd I went up In the retting room, saying, Helle pep. Pep net saying anything, preberly net seeing cnythlng te say hallo about, en accuiini. in j'vii. nuvjiig eaw me ni sup plr, nnd I sed, Wats you doing, pep, .smeaklng? De I leek as If I was fishing? sed pep, Meailng ccitcny he was smeai lug, and he kepp en doing it, and pritty boeh I sed. Have you saw etiy movies lately, pep? Ne thank heaven, sed pep. SeundlDg werse instead of better, and after n wile I sed, De you wunt me te de cnythlng for you, pep? Yes, take a wawk, set! pep. Mccnlng Icove him nlone. Wlch T did, going dewnslnirs nnd saying te mn, 1 dent think he mints te go, ma. T... .uiaWlvA Im f.nnt. T wnJ MNt"'ilnir at the bottom of the steps, sed ma. iii'ing the mam rensen we en srayeu home. 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