New-York tribune., 1890-04-30
NO CONSPIRACY PROVED.
THE THEORY OF MCCALLA'S COUNSEL NOT
SUBSTANTIATED YET.
OFFICERS OF THE ENTERPRISE DENY HAVIN'
WRITTEN ACCOUNTS OF TROUBLE on THE
suIP TO OTHER NAVAL MEN

SHIP TO OTHER NAVAL MEN
The reading of the testimony OF the preceding day
took until nearly IL O'Clock at the McCalla court
martial Yesterday. Then the Judge Advocate Leuer-
ant Garst read a letter from Commander MoCalla
asking that AZ the close OF the testimony the prosec
fion and defence be permitted 10 submit theT Heu-
ments orally The court just before It's adour'en''
was cleared for deliberaton on TINS poh' anu tlc
uecision will be announced today III Is prooaoio
that the question will. has been done III s"n'ia
cases. be referred to the secretary OF the Navy AZ
,s tbouct that the defence desires to have thc hhdi
srruments delivered orally that the brilliant ora
torical powers Of Mr. Choate may be maze use o.
The first witness before the Court was Lieutenant
Lemly whose cross-examlnation was continued INC
Iefence, proceeding on the conspiracy theory dsNo
Sm IL he had ever communicated In writing 10 any
naval officer any of the matters he mentioned in his
testimony He replied u have never written 10
anv naval officer or to any who has communicated
it to naval officer, any of the things touching WHICH
have testified" 49,
4Nor to any member Of the press y asked MT
Choatc.
"Nor to any member OF the press was
tho reply. Lieutenant Lcmly added tha' he
had held no conversation with members
of the press in regard to the analrS Vi u"o
ship These replies were highly unsaliSio'o'! ~ '"0
defence. Mr. Choate's crossexaminauoh oi hio"'e"
ant Lemly both yesterday and the das Deio'o' wa
FORTH apparently. all his well-known power ,n. n".
the lieutenant met him at every turn Ihe connio'
was watched with deep interest by 'he oour' a az,
snectators Mr. Choatc is reported to have sau
af1erward that Lieutenant Lemly was the hafue''
witness he ever tackled In reply to question
by the court Lieutenant Lemly said; "lhe oiV" ol
the Enterprise when she started, was as Soou Gre"
as / ever sailed WITH and have sailed Oh ni'oon
different ships, but they soon became ueino' "i-o'
Chief Engineer Entwstle the next wines
He had seen men ia straitjackets, ana nau no'
heard the articles of war read aboard during inc
cruise to the best of his remembrance ""N'
Walker and svagck were on duty III lhe NiV' ',a
or engine room he was perfectly satisfied with INC
way in which they performed Their ouS' IN N"o".o ~
went at the chief engineer hammer anu "nsS III
the cross-examination and finally got MN u "','.
that he had had trouble with sVasn'A "n" nav
recommended to the commander that ne Uo u'sI"'9"
..Tben Won think YOU were mistaken in what you
said about svaclick!1 p asked Mr.. Choat, Inc oAiel
engineer replied that he had only miehueo u sP""
Of the way in which syaglck did his "orA III 'n0
engine room. ,. o., ,.o,,r
!" Then we can place about "a much reliance on your
other statements on that III rVs'" " "'"e
can we ~ asked Mr.. Chcate.
"You are the best judge OF tls'' rc'"r"o" ~ 'lS
chief engineer unruAiod.~ Mr.. Entwiste IN answer
to a question: said that he had written pTiNaVo ~
both TO people in the Navy Department ana az va
ingtn in regard TO the trouble he had AaI WIN No
msnder 70 the department, but was purely al oinVA
matter and he felt no anger or resentment O"ci H"'
neer Entwisilo also told the story OF the Meyer aha'
His account was similar to that given by the oter
witnesses to the occurrence, and was u lhe e"oo'
that Commander McCalla had held ms haieu s"oiu
close 10 the boys breast ana Win Odlls U"e''o"0"
10 All Alter ' the noon recess Ensign Kline called
He tcsIincd 10 having kOss in a stldlJ"chc1
for several days, and evasllch III siF"i'@on mv
his hands irOncd behind MN On cross
Air Kline said that he had been reported by Com
mandcr McCaila and had made slWeineni 10 ,hi fio
Depart ment regarding the report Further enah 'i,is M
he had not written 70 any onoer a. nteD, T
elsewhere agout the trouble On 1Ho inv pn.ss
Neither had he TALKED with members oi inc p'vss VS.
about he affairs Of the mp which TGe ,he conspcy
~cStigauon. Mr. -hoaIe, siill pufsuins thn OospS ~ ~
theory asked him If lie had not fuilshed Ho"es ~
send cable dispatch 70 ,nS 70 eu,ensnI Magan
the advsabily of Alnsns MdEGr % up pdseil sS hnv,ns
done so Lieutenant Fichbohm testified that no ncvcr
heard the articles Of war read on board uc Lnvr- tyr
prise i'm The course the cruise AS navigator oi to
thn and official custodian OF the log, he t-sied thi
the conhning of men in sa!ache %e anu G IN the
official log. The commander frequently inspected '''
was the last witness lie testified TO
the ironing Of men by pairs ana ana tanasea IN sGnE m
straitjackets and being lashed T. the Jacobs aa3er
AT Oran in Africa BY direct order Of the comIhahoei
q negro named sloan These -hngs had been done GY
order of the commander, except in one case where Hc
"a
ladder whether by order of the commander or hV MS
own authority, he could not say. During the absence
of Commander McCalla from the ship al Stel;n ana ~
Rouen the witness had secured men for saiekcens Il"
await the commander return.
The lieutenant told how. on one OCCASION al
(ronstaht while the men rOnc1 together were beng
marched up and down the quarter-dcck. walker had
been brought up from the coal bnnkcrs
dirty and drunk. The commander ordered
the master at arms to scrub him. Nicr NAhrr
had becn scrubbed the commander ordered that he
be Iashed TO the Jacobs ladder. While Walker was
lashed there the commander on deck ana cal'fi
attention to the low type of humanity hc represented
He then sent for Lieutenant bergman. of the marine
and ordered him 10 bring his camera ara take a
picture Of Walker Is lie then appeared. !ichtcnan!
ierryman took pictures Of the man. but faNrl
10 develop the negatives. The testimony OF Lien
tenant Inaefsoll ended the days proceedings Almost
the first thing done Yesterday morning was rcahrt
tiOn BY the OF the principle that IN ciosseA
animation the defence must keep 70 the subject matte
of the direct examination. II supposed by tbe
court evidently that the question had been settled
the preceding day, but no such decision appearing on
record the court was cleared and the matter finally
decided. The court meets at 10 a. H. today