SPANISH AMERICAN WAR WEST POINT CRIMINAL LT 1st US ARTILLERY DOCUMENT SIGNED ' 99
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SAMUEL CHRISMAN HAZZARD(1869 - 1946)SPANISH AMERICAN WAR WEST POINT 1st LIEUTENANT INTHE 1st US ARTILLERY WHO DESERTED FROM THE U.S. ARMY ON MAY 31, 1900FOR STEALING FUNDS and BIGAMY&WEST POINT INSTRUCTOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES and ADJUTANT OFTHE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY 1895-1898!Hazzardhailed from Pennsylvania and graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at WestPoint in 1893 (14th in his class). He ruined a promising militarycareer by misappropriating Army funds. A drunk, lecher, and ...swindler, he hadmarried twice before, and hadn’t bothered to divorce at least one of the wiveswhen he married Linda Burfield Hazzard (1867-1938). There was a highlypublicized trial for bigamy which ended in a two-year prison sentence for Lt.Hazzard. His 3rd wife LindaB. Hazzard was an American quack doctor noted for her promotion offasting as a treatment; she also wound up imprisoned for manslaughter by theState of Washington for a number of deaths resulting from this method oftreatment at a sanitarium she operated there in the early 20th century. She wasborn in 1867 in Carver County, Minnesota, and died during a fast cure onherself in 1938!HERE’S A SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR DATE DOCUMENT SIGNED BY SAMUELC. HAZZARD ON “HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATESMILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT, NEW YORK” LETTERHEAD DATED JULY 28, 1899, - SPECIALORDERS No. 150, GRANTING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO CADET JOHN G. FRENCH.The documentmeasures 8” x 10, and is in very fine condition.A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MILITARY HISTORYAUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!<<>> MILITARYBIOGRAPHY OF LT. HAZZARD FROM CULLUM’S REGISTER 3525 (Born Pa.) Samuel C. Hazzard (Ap'd Pa.) 14 Military History. — Cadet at the U. S. M. A., from June 15, 1889, to June 12, 1893, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to (Add. Second Lieut. of Artillery, 1st Artillery, June 12, 1893) (Second Lieut. of Artillery, 5th Artillery, Sept. 10, 1893) (Transferred to 1st Artillery, Oct. 27, 1893) He joined the 1st Artillery, Sept. 30, and served at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. (at Fort Columbus, N. Y., July 10 to Oct. 22, 1894), to Aug. 20, 1895; on duty at the U. S. M. A., West Point, N. Y., as Instructor of Modern Languages, Aug. 20, 1895 to Oct. 19, 1898; as (Adjutant of the U. S. Military Academy) June 18, 1898 (First Lieut. of Artillery, 1st Artillery, March 2, 1899) to Aug. 14, 1899; with battery at Fort Terry, N. Y., to Dec. 4, 1899; en route to Key West Barracks, Fla., to Feb., 1900; absent without leave, Feb. 28 to May 31, 1900, when he was Dropped from the rolls of the Army, May 31, 1900,
in accordance with § 1229, R. S. <<>> “ACOUPLE OF HAZZARDS”LindaBurfield Hazzard was the first doctor in the United States to earn amedical degree as a "fasting specialist." Fasting had heretofore beenconsidered a quack medical cure, popular with "health faddists" ofthe time. In 1908 she published a book, Fasting For The Cure Of Disease, promoting fasting as a cure for virtually every ailment, including cancer.There was more bad publicity after she met and married theman of her dreams, Samuel Christman Hazzard, a West Point Graduate who hadruined a promising military career by misappropriating Army funds. A drunk, lecher, and swindler, he had married twice before, and hadn’t bothered todivorce at least one of the wives when he married Linda. There was a highlypublicized trial for bigamy which ended in a two-year prison sentence for Hazzard.After Hazzard finished his sentence in 1906, the couple setout for Washington state to start over. Linda Hazzard began practicing inSeattle, commuting by ferry from a 40-acre spread in the Kitsap County town ofOlalla she named Wilderness Heights. She planned to build a big sanitariumthere some day.She created a "sanitarium", Wilderness Heights, in Olalla, Washington, where in-patients fasted for days, weeks or months, witha diet of small amounts of tomato and asparagus soup and little else. Whilesome patients survived and publicly sang her praises, more than 40 patientsdied under her care, most from starvation. Local residents knew the place as"Starvation Heights."In 1912 she was convicted of manslaughter for the death ofClaire Williamson, a wealthy British woman of 33 years, who weighed less than50 pounds at the time of her death. At the trial it was proved that Hazzard hadforged Williamson's will and stole most of her valuables. Claire's sister, Dora, also took the treatment, and onlysurvived because a family friend showed up in time to remove her from thecompound. She was too weak to leave on her own, weighing less than 60 pounds.She later testified against Claire Hazzard at trial.After only 2 years in prison, she reopened her sanitariumin 1920. Though it burned to the ground shortly thereafter and was neverrebuilt, its legend is still powerful in Olalla, and visitors to the grounds asrecently as a decade ago have still found remnants of her presence in trash anddebris in the underbrush. Her book continues to influence a small fastingmovement to this day, with proponents claiming it as a true cure-all.<<>> BIOGRAPHYOF COL. JAMES M. HOBSON, JR.James Marcellus Hobson, Jr., the son of Judge James MarcellusHobson, Sr and Sally Croom Pearson Hobson, was born on Dec 17, 1876 at thefamily's plantation home, "Magnolia Grove", in Alabama.
In 1898 he was accepted into the West Point Military Academy, graduating in1900. After his acceptance, he gave an interview to the New York Journal abouthis brother Richmond Pearson Hobson. Here are two excerpts from the articletitled "HOBSON'S BROTHER
HE TALKS OF THE HERO'S BOYHOOD CAREER" :
"Into the Military academy at West Point went this week a young man of 21years, courteous, quiet, steady-eyed and a chin modeled like the prow of abattleship, His name is Hobson—James Marcellus Hobson —and he is the brother ofthat Hobson who needs neither adjectives nor further description. Take from theface of the elder Hobson his beard and something of the gravity which has comewith years and responsibility, and you have the younger brother. The likenessis startling. Those who know go further, and say that the resemblance extendsto methods of thought, speech and action. The younger Hobson has the aplomb anddignity which belong to more years than are his. He has a quiet way ofconsidering his opinions before he gives them. He answers all questions but hedoes not make conversation. The "Speak when you are spoken to"training of his earlly boyhood seems to persist. He is the sort of a boy anyone would trust, on sight, and he looks unspollable. There is nothing self-importantabout him. All the adulation that has been lavished upon his brother and allthe fame into which the Hobson family has found itself suddenly drawn havepassed yards over his head." ...
"James Marcellus Hobson hasn't any one but himself to thank for his appointmentto West Point. He won it in fair fight, by competitive examination, from ascore of candidates. Llke his brother, he wanted to go to Annapolis, but acongressman—Turpln of Alabama—stood in the way. For four years the unswervingTurpln blocked every move. He would not appoint young Hobson, either directlyor as alternate, not because he did not think he would make an excellent cadet, but because Judge Hobson differed from him in politics.—New YorkJournal"(Los Angeles Herald, Volume 25, Number 304, 31 July 1898, page 17)
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James would have a long and distinguished military career, retiring in 1930, but the highlight of his life was always his family. In 1913, James marriedMary Grace Williamson (1884-1961) and together they had a daughter, Mary MargaretHobson (1914-1988) and son, James Marcellus Hobson III (1917-2010).
James passed away on Christmas Eve, 1940 at the age of 64I am a proud member of theUniversal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and the American Political Items Collectors (APIC)(member name: John Lissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations' code of ethicsand authenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service and historicalmemorabilia online for over twenty years.~
WE ONLY SELL GENUINE ITEMS, i.e., NO REPRODUCTIONS, FAKES OR COPIES!
in accordance with § 1229, R. S. <<>> “ACOUPLE OF HAZZARDS”LindaBurfield Hazzard was the first doctor in the United States to earn amedical degree as a "fasting specialist." Fasting had heretofore beenconsidered a quack medical cure, popular with "health faddists" ofthe time. In 1908 she published a book, Fasting For The Cure Of Disease, promoting fasting as a cure for virtually every ailment, including cancer.There was more bad publicity after she met and married theman of her dreams, Samuel Christman Hazzard, a West Point Graduate who hadruined a promising military career by misappropriating Army funds. A drunk, lecher, and swindler, he had married twice before, and hadn’t bothered todivorce at least one of the wives when he married Linda. There was a highlypublicized trial for bigamy which ended in a two-year prison sentence for Hazzard.After Hazzard finished his sentence in 1906, the couple setout for Washington state to start over. Linda Hazzard began practicing inSeattle, commuting by ferry from a 40-acre spread in the Kitsap County town ofOlalla she named Wilderness Heights. She planned to build a big sanitariumthere some day.She created a "sanitarium", Wilderness Heights, in Olalla, Washington, where in-patients fasted for days, weeks or months, witha diet of small amounts of tomato and asparagus soup and little else. Whilesome patients survived and publicly sang her praises, more than 40 patientsdied under her care, most from starvation. Local residents knew the place as"Starvation Heights."In 1912 she was convicted of manslaughter for the death ofClaire Williamson, a wealthy British woman of 33 years, who weighed less than50 pounds at the time of her death. At the trial it was proved that Hazzard hadforged Williamson's will and stole most of her valuables. Claire's sister, Dora, also took the treatment, and onlysurvived because a family friend showed up in time to remove her from thecompound. She was too weak to leave on her own, weighing less than 60 pounds.She later testified against Claire Hazzard at trial.After only 2 years in prison, she reopened her sanitariumin 1920. Though it burned to the ground shortly thereafter and was neverrebuilt, its legend is still powerful in Olalla, and visitors to the grounds asrecently as a decade ago have still found remnants of her presence in trash anddebris in the underbrush. Her book continues to influence a small fastingmovement to this day, with proponents claiming it as a true cure-all.<<>> BIOGRAPHYOF COL. JAMES M. HOBSON, JR.James Marcellus Hobson, Jr., the son of Judge James MarcellusHobson, Sr and Sally Croom Pearson Hobson, was born on Dec 17, 1876 at thefamily's plantation home, "Magnolia Grove", in Alabama.
In 1898 he was accepted into the West Point Military Academy, graduating in1900. After his acceptance, he gave an interview to the New York Journal abouthis brother Richmond Pearson Hobson. Here are two excerpts from the articletitled "HOBSON'S BROTHER
HE TALKS OF THE HERO'S BOYHOOD CAREER" :
"Into the Military academy at West Point went this week a young man of 21years, courteous, quiet, steady-eyed and a chin modeled like the prow of abattleship, His name is Hobson—James Marcellus Hobson —and he is the brother ofthat Hobson who needs neither adjectives nor further description. Take from theface of the elder Hobson his beard and something of the gravity which has comewith years and responsibility, and you have the younger brother. The likenessis startling. Those who know go further, and say that the resemblance extendsto methods of thought, speech and action. The younger Hobson has the aplomb anddignity which belong to more years than are his. He has a quiet way ofconsidering his opinions before he gives them. He answers all questions but hedoes not make conversation. The "Speak when you are spoken to"training of his earlly boyhood seems to persist. He is the sort of a boy anyone would trust, on sight, and he looks unspollable. There is nothing self-importantabout him. All the adulation that has been lavished upon his brother and allthe fame into which the Hobson family has found itself suddenly drawn havepassed yards over his head." ...
"James Marcellus Hobson hasn't any one but himself to thank for his appointmentto West Point. He won it in fair fight, by competitive examination, from ascore of candidates. Llke his brother, he wanted to go to Annapolis, but acongressman—Turpln of Alabama—stood in the way. For four years the unswervingTurpln blocked every move. He would not appoint young Hobson, either directlyor as alternate, not because he did not think he would make an excellent cadet, but because Judge Hobson differed from him in politics.—New YorkJournal"(Los Angeles Herald, Volume 25, Number 304, 31 July 1898, page 17)
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James would have a long and distinguished military career, retiring in 1930, but the highlight of his life was always his family. In 1913, James marriedMary Grace Williamson (1884-1961) and together they had a daughter, Mary MargaretHobson (1914-1988) and son, James Marcellus Hobson III (1917-2010).
James passed away on Christmas Eve, 1940 at the age of 64I am a proud member of theUniversal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and the American Political Items Collectors (APIC)(member name: John Lissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations' code of ethicsand authenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service and historicalmemorabilia online for over twenty years.~
WE ONLY SELL GENUINE ITEMS, i.e., NO REPRODUCTIONS, FAKES OR COPIES!
