Show NAVAL INQUIRY Y FINISHES WORK WITNESS PANEL IS EXHAUSTED AND SHENANDOAH HEARING COMES TO END Col Mitchell May Be Recalled After Proceedings Are Closed All Witnesses Are Used I Washington With With the tho possible exception exception ex ex- o of Colonel William Mitchell the panel o of witnesses in the navys navy's long investigation into the wreck of the airship Shenandoah has been exhausted exhausted ex ex- exhausted hausted and the court adjourned subject subject sub sub- j to the call o of its president Judge Advocate Leonard will examine examine exam exam- ine the testimony given by br Colonel Mitchell before the army court marial martial mar mar- t ial trying him here and will then decie decide de cide cie whether it is likely that Colonel Mitchell can give testimony germane to the Shenandoah inquiry Colonel Mitchell was called before the tho naval tribunal last month but after ater af at- ter t er he had been denied the privilege to make a statement before the oath had been administered he be refused to take tale the oath necessary to qualify him as a witness At the sitting tho the naval court heard a denial from James H. H Collier chief aviation rigger on the Shenandoah that he had told Major Frank M. M Kennedy of the army air service that four tubes connecting connect connect- i in ing ng the gas cells had been closed up before the ship was wrecked He also denied that he had told the army officer off off- eel der that others in the crew would no not t admit the gas cells had been ruptured before the wreck Major Kennedy was a witness before both the Mitchell Mitch Mitch- ell court and the naval tribunal Upon the comparison of oC Colliers Collier's s testimony before the army and navy tribunals the court held that there had been been minor differences In the rIggers rIgger's riggers rigger's rig rIg- gers ger's account of oC the accident to th the e airship but after examination o of further fur ther testimony by Collier before it ft the court changed its mind |