| Show INQUIRY th RV A CLOSE he 5 Testimony Covers Sixteen Hundred Printed Pages Court It ij Has Listened To It for I Days DaysI Washington NOV Schley che cheun m urt un of ot Inquiry InQ began beann Its proceedings gs gay ny with the that with withe e exception Of ot t some me witnesses who II l I bo be recalled d to correct corr ct their heir test ny fly on Monday next nest tho the last ny fly n would bo hO taken ln en before nt There were werl only ony two witnesses the tho list for tort or today da and n d the tho ho under ding when tho court opened was wu wa wat it t after attel r they thy the should s bo ho heard the tho rt it would adjourn over until Monday h ho t 0 witnesses called for tor today were h summoned by IW tho th department t I John Hood hood who v o commanded the h patch boat bont Hawk during durin the tho ti Cuban lIban n was wall summoned for Cor the pur L c of at relating his hili version ot of o his Inter with nith Admiral Shley off art Sylvester ScOvil was called to o 0 an ui r questions concerning con the tho message tJ idi Ich Capi Capt of ot the Bt St t Paul I Ito It 13 I Ito to t have ha to the press I It t Somera N Smith on May liny ny 28 harEs Har testified that at lit litt att t t time Capt stated that the I fleet neel was not liol In n tho the harbor o ot of Mr Ir Ira and gave tho name of ot vII us liS a one of ot f the correspondents c on oil rd tho the press boat with himself nl nt att t time a Schley achley was In ta tho the courtroom i it t f an fin hour lt ur before proceedings began he he would not no I be abl abI tho the correction of ot his test ny fly y before next week here There were tIe five whole days of ot It said sald and to go over It Ii anti and make i necessary corrections Is h no light i Is IIII probable that he be will have has o ig g II moro more to say sa a concerning his Inter on May IS with Admiral Samp relative to which Copt COlt Chadwick k 0 yesterday f WITNESSES Is IH not now Intended to call any uny sell SCH in n and It Is ex cx exit it d that tho the nt nt ll g nf r Adm nl S hrey concludes of ot his testimony now How tha tM th court J may take to consider con evidence Is IY problematical members m of t the tribunal arf eyl evl evL i UY tb ly preparing to devoid considerable I Ie e to the tho consideration of o the tha testy test tetI fly y for to they have hae taken takei rooms looms oom In ln the for this purpose The Tho testimony ers er rs 1 0 printed pages pageL and Ud the I rt eat aL days daa da In listening to toi I i With the additions yet to bo Ike o made the he tit if argument and documents record probably will run over oer 1700 cs Ce COUNSEL AGREE ON PLANS fhe he court was six ix minutes late Inte In en ening enIng ing trig the hall hail today this being the thet t time that absolute promptness lias t been b n observed II ly announced that counsel had reed ced on the order of the speeches In PIng lug the case CaRe subject to the sanction the court curt Mr Hanna Hamia Is I to open Olen the department tIei He no will be bo followed Capt Parker and nd Mr for tor 1 rat and mh ly will close clo e for Jor or the department dl Dewey announced that this ar nr gement was satisfactory to the rt OF Ol ARGUMENT I apt Lemly then brought up the tho sUon of at the character of ot tho the arcu ariu it nt t to be made mate saying 1 I would thild w uld e for Cor my own Information to ask the f ructions of tho tha court as to whether hether i inot Inot not we are arc expected In the closing to ourselves ur eh s to tho the dence and anU to the scope erf J 0 the pro pre prot pret t t as R defined de by b the tM court I mean nean the um made both by counsel for tor applicant and by my associate and Ind eIf r We have to confine our ur ures es to the evidence but I do not want rant be entirely restricted We Wo cannot ide do to 0 any fuels fact that are arc not In the enc ence ce but we win In making our ou al nl alon cia on n a do It very cry er respectfully and with th roper rorer bounds bound pt l Lemly I think that should be general generI scope of ot tho the argument The Thet rt ut t has hai defined the scope o of ot tho the pre k but of ot c course urs wo we could not under I and the court wont ont undertake estrict ourselves entirely I assume tating just JURt exactly the tho words and anner manner m That atwould would be bo a h at the time they thoy would have to whether It was proper or not COUNSEL couro In making nn nu ui ent we wont pretend to refer reter to king In not In tho th record We are by b that but hut I do dl not want vant to tony any ny more restrictions placed upon Bument than I would In any other I want the constitutional right rightIe Ie o this ease rase within proper bounds Ith gat to everybody ned bu but to make criticisms an aR r raper to o me or to make ent nt If It I should find for tor J 1 l a witness has not told toil tal talF 1 F truth I should not n t hesitate to toso so ISO pt is I right wont wot be bo any nn hlo blo about lint When Shen we congo conlo to t I bridge we o will eros cross It CALLED Sylvester was wa I JJ then called as ase A Ae II e first witness II of ot the day He lie II e said uld hat at while willie on the press prell boat bont Som ra N Ith as 88 aR a nen al cr er correspondent n a May ia 2 i or JS U S It came caine up with the thet t Paul of or which Capt Sigsbee SI was M In off Santiago There was cas a 1 conversation C with Cant through h the till megaphone and nd he him I pelf sel had the megaphone In con Can dueling d th tM Interview f 1 Tho said the tho Isomers N Ni i Smith wa was 48 shout 76 i or ora a hundred feet teet from the St Paul during the coner a atI tI on live Ic us ui aa se nearly na lIS you OU can the k of ot thit conversation salt Capt Lemly te m 1 We hd hM b n sent Pent to find Commo dote dore S lilet y and iid the first Iret question of ot cour course wu was Where W r Is III I 17 and the I from Capt C 91 wu vu lou Tou will dad him him In the tho Yucatan passage pa and nUit then Inasmuch Inn much as liS our boat bout was vis I very slow Blow 1 I aked him to advise me rae I whether he ho thought wo we could catch Commodore Schley If It we wo followed him hint and h he stated Yes Ice The second question n wt WLL Where is s Cerveri Cervera and In answer to that Capt did cUd lid nut Ht for tor or a u moment I Ho consulted consult d with With somebody on the of If the tho ship shill and then ther answered It 1 am ala not lot aura ure but Jul we caught an Eni In collier trying to shenk Into the harbor this thIN morning That was all the tho conversation 1 I remember to hate haVo had with willi Capt CallI personally Other men on the boat had tome Ome conversa conversation tion lion with hint him hum 1 Did during any time of pt the tho conversation Inform you that tho the Spanish squadron was Willi not hot In Santi Santiago ago He lie I did not tell us that the Spaniards were not In there thereOn thereOn On Sir Mr r Scovil said that thul he had been Jen at the megaphone a apart apart part of tho the time Ho lie could not say sa whether others on board hoard the press boat bott had luau toUted talKed with Capt Then Mr 1011 Haynor are lIro you yau ed to tl nay lIay ty on your oath that no PO noone POon hoone one on In lii your boat bont asked Capt whether Willi vau not hot In 11 the tho liar bar barbor liarI bor nt lit Santiago Sant I U It I Is possible was vas wn the tho reply that thata a Li conversation might have havo taken place pineo un the part of ot some smile on mint elno elo el e but bu as 1111 tho th Smith was as a JI small bunch bout bOllt aril and nn as us con conversation must necessarily be bC In n II loua bun tone of voice volca 1 think I would have heard It If It lucre thero had hind been any Arc re you then prepared to say Bay that lint the tho testimony of Mr Hare In which he said that Capt had bad said that the Spaniards were ere ero not at Santiago Is false No o I am anu not prepared to say that his statement Is abe and that no such euch COI took place e but I can cnn that of ot this the kind was Vas salil SAId while wllIe conducting the conver comer conversation an lion and I conducted the tM principal part of ot It iti i CAPT KATON ATON O Mr was then n excused e and n II ar r number of ot the witnesses of oC yesterday I It ie called for the tile purpose of ot making I 01 In Iii their thel testimony te While Copt Capt Eaton Jaton ot of the th Resolute was on the tie tieI I stand fur for this purpose Capt Lenity Lemly I asked him Which W way vay was vuis the tho Brooklyn heading heo you yo saw tier I tunnels funnels appear out Qt cf the t e o th ao an you Ou staged I The Tho witness replied h About south southwest I II I west as I saw her bier neatly nearly broadside on onlie Ho lie n also Raid nId when ln tl saw siw I the Ule making her hlf turn with corn com comparative I II I rapidity thud th turn luaU had been baCh nearly completed CAr Capt ChadwIck while hile under I ld lu ihL It to u a from Mr that there had teen keen een a practical by the navy department d of I tho the precautionary orders 1 tho the bombardment ot of Spanish shore bat batteries teries In order to t the born bOlO bombardment of ot San Juan Junn lorto Porto Rico lie He lieI I added that In his opinion o there ther lied had I been a general abrogation n of the I but Mr r objected to o tho the giving of ot opinions I HOOD Call Capt Chadwick was vae then excused I amid John Hood who commanded the tho Hawk during the Spanish war was wan He lie was questioned qu on tho the point mode rosile by Admiral In his testimony that the tho commanding om eer of ot tie tho tit Dolphin had ball filed with navy department a n memorandum In which he h said raId speaking of oC Hoods re ro return return turn from his mission to Commodore Schley while hll tire the tl latter iatter lay off orr of Clen Cion fuego Hood says Bas a mahy mall om officers cers do not believe the Spaniards are aro there at itt at all 81 but thick they can cnn only surmise e eIn In reply terly to a 0 question as nil to what re te report report port he had made on which such ucb o a memorandum could have hare b been en based the witness replied I reported to tl n th lh mm in n eer of at tho the Dolphin that J t conversed with wih a Q number ot or officers and that I Idid did not Il Ih u myself nor lor did dil m than n of at tho tM he officers believe ns as al far tar ns us I could make out that the Spaniards were vere there that there lucre was l no reason renon for tor or be lieving they the were and I thought Corn Com Commodore moo e Schley Shley S hley had convinced himself the they w Wre re there on very ery slender grounds gound II Mr Hanna Did you or not make any report to the tho commanding officer of ot ott the tho t e Dolphin which would warrant the tho thoU use Ue U of or language embodied In n that mem mern memorandum memorandum t tI 1 I Old did make mako such a I report repart one ono war warranting ranting stronger language than lisa that hiat Mr Hanna How did you get the notes hotes In reference to boarding th tha Adula 7 baring NEVER TIlE THE TiE ADULA DUL I never boarded the Adula idula I re turned to 10 the tho after rolled collecting ng the lie mall under Commodore a orders about U 31 1 Just JustIS ns ne IS l I camo came on board I met Simp Ion on of ot the tho Brooklyn who had boarded tho the Adula and had hind his written report 1 I ni asked cd butt to l let t me see It I as I a there might wight l be e valuable Information In It which he did 1 I then U told him I t want wanted It ed el n a copy of ot It I to take lake back to 16 the ad admiral a mimi miral as os thorp ther theta was mits 1 In my lY opinion very ery er valuable Information In It 1 Simp son Ion and myself went ent to the th executive officers office and he read the notes ra over H Jl He had ha the executive officers writer wrier make a aco copy for tor me to back to the admiral amiral AS ns valuable Information He lie Ie had Ju just l come out from making his report to the tho commander of ot the flying That a as s quoted In n the tho ap a Is II an exact copy CP of ot Simpsons SIlO boarding report to the chief chet ot of the flyIng squadron IQ Hood hiNd 10 Mid call In reply to n a Ques Mr Ir hat he tic had riot not nt boarded bearded bed the thie Adula Alula dula and Ind that tha the notes nol 1 I Which lift liC lied had earned carried back to the Del Dol Dolphin phin ph In were Ihor made machO by b Simp Simpson son ln hence henc It U was WI Lieu Simpson antI and not himself who has haB boarded rde the lint ish ship Ihil Hood 10 was WAR a then excused and a 1 number of telegrams and official die dis dispatches patches which have heretofore been bun put in were er Introduced at this point for tor th t the convenience C or ot o counsel uMI Capt Lemly then thien the stated that he had bad badone one more whom he desired hl to call cl on Monday owing Ing to the tact act that he ho WM Was WA too to ill I to In tf appear teddy antI and It I wu 55 also 11 stated st that Admiral Admirl Schley hiley would again take tak the stand for the ot at correcting hi ki hIs testimony tbt Mr r Raynor Hamor Mid fee ke would have hae hY no f more mor witnesses s except tho the ad mImi himself being no further business be before betor before fore tor tho the court olnE nn adjournment was WM WI taken nt at 1245 Monday at M 11 it 1 fl ti in m |
