Show An SAMPSONS S m Long Wh Acquaint Acquainted ed I AVIth iiii the time Morgan New York March Marcia 11 nA A special to the Times TimeR from tram Newport It hi L I says pays The following Is time the reply sent by b bHear Hear Admiral Sampson to Secretary Long Iong In regard to the matter of publication cation of ot the lotter I sent by Gunner Mor Morgan gan to the former United States Navy Yard Boston Dos ton Feb 28 Sir In replying to time the depart departments departments ments meats letter of ot February 26 I have hoe to state stale that I did not give Gunner Mar Mor Morgan Margan gan or any an one onu else a n copy of my mm In Indorsement n nor imor did dill 1 I permit any person lerson to see aeo It except those thoRe persons Jel ons employed In the tho preparation of corres correspondence In I mm this of lice After having received my iii Instructions In iii regard to the time contents of th my aide aidi g 1 L Ben lien Bennett nett dictated the Indorsement to tm the second clerIc clerk p K 1 Walsh Time Thi Indorse ment was then submitted to me inn for tor signature and was sas then sent gent with the thu original letter through the time mall malt dark clerk Arthur F Mackay to time th press to be copied the tho latter lallur mailing mall lug the cornea corres correspondence cor res This Is the usual routine with correspondence of which tho time Indorsement under discussion was considered a it part Both the letter and the time Indorsement WIle were copied eople in III the tIme press copy book anti and In iii this tide shape were weme accessible to tl the time above per persons sons eons anti and Messenger leH Charles J Thorn Thornton ton The Thit only other Inmates intimates of ot this are nrc Sergeant K l I W Thomas U US US US S M 1 c and John Johnson Iranian second class It 11 would be ite Impossible for fol either of at these two to consult the press copy book boo before nm nn of ot time the cl force foice arrived In Iii the time morning It Is II i un unlikely likely however that hut either of these two knew Imell that the time letter of oC Indorsement was In iii existence All 11 time the people have been questioned and all nil deny lien emphatically tI cally caily that they the were wele ere responsible In any anyway un an way for tor the time publication of t the tho Indorse Indorsement ment meat I have to add that I am om In no noway way responsible for Its publication Signed W wr T j SAMPSON Hear Admiral U S N |