| Show NA NAVAL V At INQUIRY INTO f i DEATH US IS HALTED I ti 7 Four Pour Letters From Dead Mans Man's Mani i t Q-o Q Mother Are Introduced Into Case and Perused Secretly Behind Closed Doors PARTS OF THE MISSIVES MISSIVES BECOME KNOWN HOWEVER Mrs Sutton Breaks Down and 1 Weeps When Lawyer Speaks of the Yawning d Grave of Stricken One j BAD FAITH IS CHARGED BY BT JAMES tES 1 FRE FRENCH CH DORRANCE 6 Aug 6 The The The- naval J ANNAPOLIS tI Inquiry into tho the mysterious iJ death at t the tho lato late Lieutenant James N N. Sutton jr ir of ot tho the United 1 States marine corps was halted suddenly sud sud- donly denly this afternoon when Major General Gc Gen eral Honry Henry Leonard jUdge advocate advocat Introduced four letora written by Mrs Mrs- r Sutton Button The court retired In an effort f to throw w a n. cloak ot of secrecy or n mystery rY about tho the Sutton letters lette I After twenty minutes minutes' tho the decision was reached that tho mothers mother's letters should bo be admitted a as' as evidence but they should bo be read road bo- bo I hind closed ed doors none but tho the l c In this marvelous Inquiry to bo be bG t present This was ns a n. discretion left leCt to t tho the naval board by the tho now secretary of ot that department In granting a a. now Inquiry I 1 The Republican however Is able ablo to give the tho context ot of the tho four tour letters that tho the court ourt has liaa h decided oci d the tho public public- I Is s no not t t to o k know now about The Tho longest o of them Is la date Portland Oregon on September Septem ber bel 12 1008 1908 It IB is addressed to United States Senator I nr Balti Bait more an and signed by Mn Mr Sutton Sutton b tore fore nho ho left Portland Port tot Jot i ton last September r. r to l o ot t a. a at t to oar o J ho K J of 01 th the e h 4 t la WhO S co nOr t ih I refused tO to reopen t i th ca cacti callO u fur for lC rs v Sutton cutton A. A third letter f said to t tJ have nave o gohn i i to fg to have J ox Senator boon boom t. t forwarded Fulton 3 of by b Ol Oregon him liim r o to O anti and the tho nav department t. t oy on o falling 01 Into the hands ll of ot tho the nea J advocate Major raj r Leonard tc d l t I Tho Timo fourth fourt h l letter o It er I is s cH either i mer ono one M rs n wrote to a 0 prominent marine marIno corps corp officer noW nov in Annapolis or toa to toa ton a n woman friend In In Washington It is 19 Impossible to determine exactly as Mrs Airs Sutton does not nol know now Just even which of ot nor her letters letter are tho cau o o of sending the time navy na behind closed doors Is Is' Is salt said doors Tho The re reason os 0 for closed to be bo t that In one ono of ot tho the letters Mrs Irs Sutton charged charled directly that her hor son of or was at tho the death was at nt the tho hands hands' officers both of or whom are aro no v no two tiso tho tIme naval court She She defendants both men The Tue letter to Senator Semi Sen names flames In Inthe Inthe Inthe Rayner covers Co three pages ator the letters Mrs Sutton told her hearts heart's of or this letter latter In a portion star story which Tho The Republican correspondent was permitted Hc to see set sho she said saW You are aro the tho senator from Maryland within and this crime was committed our Jurisdiction This Is tho the blackest your In the whole history ry of ot tho the navy navy- crime Maryland can never hold tip up Its head again until this crime Is li punished The letter Jetter written to Secretary ex ex tarY Newberry contains twenty four pa pages eR eRand mother mother- and Is largely composed of or a made brief brier ot of tho the case letter better to Senator ox-Senator Fulton was ag agan The an appeal from the wife of ot ono one of ot his constituents It Was vas his su successor cessor Senator Bourne who finally succeeded d dIn reopened v v. tho the caso having In iii The fourth letter Jotter Is an Impassioned ou outpouring of ot an excited mothers mother's heart hearL For tho the first time since tho the inquiry Sutton broke last month Mrs Mis down began In the court room and wept bitterly bit bit- It was when her attorney pro pro- protesting protesting J terly testing against time the admission a. a of ot the grave gravo letters spoke of ot the yawning of ot a stricken son |
