Show achl schley ey naval hero dead admiral winfield Wn ifield scott schley hero of the great american naval victory of santiago which practically won ion the spanish american war dropped ded on the streets of new york monday apoplexy was named by physicians as the cause the admiral had just left the new ew york yacht club building where he bought a cigar and announced that he was going for a walk ile seemed in the best of health and high spirits when he had bad gone about half a block he staggered stumbled and fell he was dead before help coz could reach him on july 3 1898 the spanish fleet left santiago harbor and attempted to escape along the cuban coast schley then P r commodore was in command of the american naval forces and engaged the enemy in what was at that time the greatest naval battle in history and which resulted in the destruction of the entire spanish armada after the war an effort was nude to deprive schley of his globy and to place the crown on the head of admiral sampson who was commanding the famous 1 3 flying squadron of which fleet was a part A naval court of inquiry was appointed to look into the matter and its verdict was that the glory belonged to schley as sampson was as in the vicinity of porto rico paco at the time of the battle and had no share in the victory even though won bya by a part of his command admiral dewey headed the court of inquiry |