Show i I I MRS SUTTONS LETTERS CONTAIN SERIOUS CHARGES Annapolis Aug reappear reappearance ance on lie tho witness stand today of Mrs James N Sutton mother of Lieu Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant Sutton of Portland Ore whoso whose death is being Investigated b by the na an naval val board of inquiry here was the lie sig signal nal for or a heated controversy between the thc lawyers which ended In a pro prolonged prolonged longed conference and brought the tho days proceedings to an abrupt end cud judge Advocate Leonard before pro with Mrs Irs examina examination examination tion offered for Identification an and to tobe tobe be read In several letters which he said Mrs irs Smitten had contaIning serious charges against the officers o of the tho marine corps who air airi as defendants The United States has been heen put to toa toa a large expenSe In bringing wItnesses here from lom mill ull parts of the tho world said I Major Leonard and aad It he becomes com os my painful duty tint to offer these letters i in evidence In order to enlighten the court mis as fully as possible on all aB mat matters matters pertaining to 0 this inquiry hoary Henry B DIlls Davis counsel for Mrs Irs Sutton objected on the ground that lint Mrs Sutton was not present anti and that I time the letters in question were Irrelevant vant to the Inquiry anti and of a personal an and Incompetent nature as evi evidence ence It Il Is Inconceivable that lint the tho judge advocate should attempt to force Mrs irs Sutton Into such a position before this board of inquiry said Mr Ir D Davis lvIs These letters are not offered to as I I slat this court In finding out omit how Lieu Lieutenant tenant Sutton met his death eath That these letters containing perhaps the I extravagant statements of a mother I Ilof with a stricken heart osei oer tIme the death lof I J of her son should be read before a curious world is Indeed unique and I cruel Major L x nard declared Mr Davis had misconstrued tIme the judge advocates position and asked that the lawyers implying bad faith on his part be stricken from the record I woul have hae Mi Davis Dals remember I I ho bo sal said that the grave STae or of I a death son Is no more sacred than II reputation of a hivIng officer anti and there thore are man many such at stake I The judge advocate said the court has the rIght to Inquire upon what I grounds Mrs Irs Sulton made the state statements meats ments In the he letters lotter Mr counsel for Lieutenant Adams protested that lint Mrs Sutton had consistently tried to avoid aoi her trite truo position and urged that the let letters erg be read At this period Corn Com Commander mander Hood president of the board ordered court closed and amid went Into conference with his associates ales anti and the I judge advocate Later Lalor Commander Hood announced that the letters would be road read In iii closed court tomorrow to tolie I the lie Interested parties and their coun counsel aol sel selI Following time the completion of Lieu Lieutenan Lieutenant I tenant t s at atthe atlie the lie morning session Surgeon T P E B EI Cool w isis s Ll a witness He testified that I lie he performed the tho autopsy on Suttons bo body y and declared from rom the nature of the bullet wound It would have hae been I difficult for him to shoot himself hold holdIng lag Ing the in the he ordinary man manI I nor ner He added however that It was his belief belleC Sutton committed suicide You testified that you woke up Colonel Ro en that lint night and told him Sutton had committed suicide you ou 1 asked Mr h DIl DavIs on of Lieutenant Utley That Is rIght sal said the witness What you ou mean meant t was that you hn ha seers seon Sutton shoot himself either In or accidentally it asked Mr Ir DavIs Das Yes sir not necessarily one or orthe orthe the other That was m my understanding of suicide o replied Lieutenant Utley |