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Ottumwa Semi Weekly Courier
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa
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A U.S. court of inquiry finds officers of the Cruiser Chicago, imprisoned in Venice in April, were not intoxicated despite urging to plead so. Rear Admiral Crowinshield censures Captain Dayton for mishandling the defense amid indignities suffered by the officers.
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WERE URGED TO SO PLEAD
Declined to Do So Even at the Urgent Request of Consul Johnson -Sequel to the Much Talked of Affair at Venice.
London, June 18.-The text of the findings of the court of inquiry in the case of the United States naval officers imprisoned at Venice in April throws a new and important light on the affair. It now appears that United States Consul Johnson at Venice, and a lawyer provided by him for the defense, urged the officers to plead that they were violently drunk. This they utterly declined to do. Rear Admiral Crowinshield, in reviewing the findings of the court, severely censures Captain Dayton, the commander of the Chicago, for not personally attending to the defense of the officers and comments on the "revolting indignities" suffered by the officers while confined at Venice. Under the circumstances Crowninshield holds the "court martial would be a farce." Dayton's court of inquiry minutely traces the movements of the officers of the Chicago on the day of their arrest and says Lieut. Doddridge and Surgeon Ledbetter were "affected by liquor to a noticeable extent but were not intoxicated in the ordinary meaning of the term, and there is no evidence that the other parties were affected by drinking."
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Venice
Event Date
June 18
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officers affected by liquor but not intoxicated; captain dayton censured for not attending to defense; court martial deemed a farce under circumstances.
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Court of inquiry findings reveal U.S. Consul Johnson and provided lawyer urged imprisoned Chicago officers to plead violent drunkenness, which they declined. Admiral Crowinshield criticizes Captain Dayton and notes indignities suffered in Venice confinement. Inquiry traces officers' movements on arrest day.