Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1904 — SCANDAL NOW THREATENS ARMY [ARTICLE]

SCANDAL NOW THREATENS ARMY

Officer Who Rose from Ranks Makes Charges of Persecution - Appeals to Courts. St. Louis, Doc. 1. —Second Lieutenant Albert J. Mohn of the Fourth United States cavalry will prefer charges in the federal court within a few days wrioh threaten to precipitate a scandal in the United States army as great as that which stirred the French army in the ease of Captain Dreyfus. - Lieutenant Mohn declares lie was convicted of insubordination after charges brought by brother officers of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman had fallen flat, and that the verdict was rendered to protect his accusers. lie nsciil>es his persecution to the fact that lie is not a West Point graduate, blit rose from the ranks.