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AUGUSTA LOCAUSoAGQUil IFD FRIDAYoAT COURT MARTIALOf Wantonly and Maliciously One jHasman Silman, May 22; While Doing Guard Ityy at the Smith- Street Railroad Bridge pi Biddeford o —S im a r d Honorably. Discharged frotn Custody at the.Close of-Coart Martial'* 1 «That Private Will am .Simard of Co. 0 of Litrennure 'Fa la was not guilty of the charge of wantonly and-- maliciously killing ohc Hassen Selmani - ( w - dnAlbanian coal thoveter, on May. 22 tf the current year. While’ didnfv ut tkri 1»mg gu^rd outv at the) Smith street.. rkftivaad bridge, ,ir. Biddeloid, was thiv c'nnclu* sum rcatQifcfa)by: the 2d JUgim*nt court! marticl which cjo^lt;h;cted an investigation *ol the cdsC Friday-'morning .at CJt\j\ hull. seihian was fatally wound-vil |y Private SinwuU dying a few hours afterward ac the Webber ,ho*-jyu! as lii-Qejord, and the contention '•d the de.f*:nt;e that Siniard. was acting in accord:; nc.«.: with orderswhich luiWitP Ins: allowing any.me to. P'rss th*k hrtdeei. wfihou:; a pas*£. i^oni rr.iktaiy :*ui hoi or the Poston Muiiip P.nilroavl aut'f} •ritic,'4..Major William K Southard nf FTan-gor \v-l i:.*(f»rlt;-:;iillr.^ i-rli* er and.tlapi.I toy K. MurMcn oi Co. 10the judge a/1 vacate. Thehers vl the court worePrakt* of Farmington* C Ashworth of the Miulhint Bangor. First Lieut. Haren, Secimrf Lie:;;. IVillsa:and Second Licet. Fred A the Machine Gun lt;’*.. Pa: Lieut, tialph O. ‘White o lt;V; Second Lieut, fiarok Go. K or Sknwhegan. Xh ttyo, defenae was L'apV, S;«Cn.'H. Hiiihfard.The principal witnesses Major John A. |Ha-31et. charge of the Guard comr ■d in patrol duty in this v Percy M. Gleason, the- con^knwheiciin.oth*-r :nem-m: Frank K. apt. Arthur Gun Co.. kl M. Bow-ri I). IrolillUl I tenner of u'or; Second the Supply l\ Chase of ; counsel for nicy F. Bis-calrfd wereCno was inantes engfig-icinity. Capt.Bin ruling officer of Co.' fey Wilfred ITil eau. a tcufi)-5ter and Fj|vatc Simard who t.-stilled !r. his own behalf.* T presented by both the pro the defense showed, thathad been issued in reean nmie to pass the bridge vten permission and thatwere irenerally known in I-Sacfc.) „Thur- was further ^esti^nv to•• i es^Tnony w eutuirl and sii'iOt orders to a Lowingbout writes* orders Ideford and;Uhtilterf col that Siniard hail reom sp’dAT; scveial timesthat Pa. * latter kept appd) irhfhg brtdsrv. that he had hia)nrd cif h**p it'- if reaching for somepo.k-t and that if j-imanp^ad not tiredThe Albanian would have j 'th' next station. ,The :ds)il! of ihe verdict ac‘|uit I*riv:s»c Simard of broiirhr asrain.-d him in enhr th*- shutting ar.-1 :lt; hoAchkrp-j -him from ctmtody,halt'h*ar.d tho hishire iii hisissiei! pn |tova.s to fufly all charsr^s ection with rahly dis-
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Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine, US
Sat, Jun 16, 1917
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