Show SAYS SUTTON DID BID NOT SEEK FIGHTS Annapolis Md July session of the lie board of Inest investigating gating ting the tho circumstances surrounding the death of Tames Tanies N Sutton Sulton of time tho marine corps who ho was mysterIously shot two years ago afforded some In the given by Charles W Kennedy Kenned now a rate yate In the marine Ot at Norfolk ra and A D B U S N Kenned told a frank vard story of some of tim the Incidents prim to 10 the lie shooting His testimony supported time the contention of Suttons and sister that thal lid did not seek t the he fights with Adams and I tho ho other officers In attacking l his i credibility Major Jajor L Leonard onard Judge Advocate went Into Kennedy s record and showed he hind har been on several occasions in the service Kennedy said lie he bad been reluctant to mention his part In the affair be because cause Lieutenants Utley and Adams had both admonished him to keep I Quiet On his way tn to relieve a 11 sont ry y at 1 on the morning of the shooting lie he had come upon Sutton Sulton Adams and omit Utley In an an angry gr gry Ih lie said was in his shirt sleeves ready for Cor a fight All right Adams If you ou want to light Ill fight the witness tes testified testified he heard Sutton Sulton say sar They The fought hard harrl for a few minutes and anil Suttons face faco was bloody when IRley stopped tim tho fight Tie He said lie he saw time Iho two tight fight again as ho he was going to his post Half an hour lat later r Kennedy heard the shots anti and soon after aCtor Adams appeared and volunteered the Information to Ken Kennedy nerr nedy that Sutton Sulton had shot himself and that Adams had had his linger shot off also told hiru Sutton had kill hImself the thC witness said Next morning the they hoth 1011 cautioned him not notto notto to say sar an anything lie tho affair While at early drill next day the wit wH witness ness aid hel he sa saw Uller go to the edge of hue tho parade grounds and up a which ITt ley 10 Into the barracks with him Kennedys was not slink Rhal en on on Dr Was present at l time autopsy held on Suttons bod body and examined time the bullet lie he fled fild He located the wound hack of and slightly above the right ear whilo Dr Di testified it was near neam time top lop of oC time the head witnesses d don led that an any or of them had har handed a 1 re revolver volver voler to Sergeant Do De OIL oui lie 1 r nl ni ht o of the tho shooting as Dc Hart tea I I Lieutenant Edward S WIlliams of I the tho marines also was recalled and questioned respectinG the revolver In Incident Incident He hn hay I lug Ing h the weapon to Do DI Hart Hartlie Hartlie lie he h hard afterwards that had given Do De Hart are a re hut but ho never heard who the officer was did so William 1 Oens the chauffeur who the tue officers to camp on the tho night of the tragedy was recalled and corrected hIs testimony lie He to say a he had never neer heard one of oC time the I officers call for the sentry Instead o of orderly after and his cow corn I got ou out of his cn car on The Dump I I Youn Young lie he thought or orderly derly and sentry meant the same samo I thing when ho previously I testified Owens said Raid ho knew Sutton and liked him verwell r well h because ho at ai aiwa wa ways H gave gae I m a tip while the lie other mon men gave him hini nothing II Edward Griffith time the other chauffeur was recalled m and I testified lie he heard the cry o of Owns Owens anti Griffith Griffiths te did not a agree ee as tri td the tho relative loc locations of their heir cars on the night In Mrs Irs Sutton the mother of the rhe 1001 I officer probably will he be calierI OS as a It I is understood she will h hahlo he heable able ahlo to identify a challenge and a apology from on one of Suttons brother officers in the ma marino marine rino rine corps written but bitt a short Rhon Om before Suttons death The young oung of officer Acer who challenger Sutton to a duel hRs has not yet been subpoenaed as a 1 wit witness witness ness hill but It Is lie he will vill lie he sum sum monel as a L re result of Mrs Suttons tes limon This It II Is claimed would tend to show that hint young Sutton was not of ofa ofa a quarrelsome mind amid after reedy Ing a challe challenge lie he the send sendel el ci to Lo exchange mutual apologies In Instead Instead stead of open trouble |