New-York tribune., 1901-10-11
s. POINT FOX SCHLEY
sTDED BY LIEUTENANT HOLD.
EMS EVIDENCE.
IN proof THAT MESSAGE SAYING
SPANISH SHIPS WERE NOT AT
.CrEyFUEGoS WAS DELIVERED
on THE BROOKLYN.
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUSE.I

-,,neton Oct. 10.-A new point IN favor
n.ar Admiral Schiey was made just before
.. .ossio, of the court of inquiry ended this
..o-noon through the appearance on the stand
tT,or,enant Jonas H Holden, who was watch
- m the Scorpion. commanded by Com
de- Adolph Mark. now captain OF the
. Manila. This contradicted the testi-
- of Lieutenant Commander Switzerland.
= r. Eagle which was regarded as damag-
-. ccblev TO the effect that information
=. Conditions at Cienfuegos which would
-. ,,,ade the delay there absolutely unjusti-
80 had been communicated to the Flying
-.d-on A deposition by Mark at Cavite
80 ,,an two months ago confirmed his log, and
a.. Holden corroborated both the log and
his commanding officer
.o;,st Schley the only new points were OBJ
.o,nad from Lieutenant Commander Albert w.
~-.nt who was senior watch officer of the
,r.seachusetts AS it happened. he had taken
On accurate observation Of the position of the
Fixing SQUADRON the afternoon IL approached
l,,r,aoos and the moment, Is IL afterward
,oa that Schley and others heard great gun
80. ,,,fich they presumed TO indicate salute
- cer,-cra.s feet This position plotted on the
.ohar+ was inst sixty miles southwest of Glen
t,cgos Lieutenant Commander Grant also re
,car,hered that when the strange sail was
sigbted off the starboard bows of the squadron
On the night of May - the flagship stopped
s,5da,l,, without notice and the Massachusetts
,,o-al,- aN-erted a collision by reversing one of
,a- engines The column formation was de-
s+ro,-ad and a demoralizing miXup occurred.
Lieutenant Leiper watch officer OF the New
Orleans continued his evidence Of yesterday
covering the reconnaissance and the blockade
at Santiago. No more favorable impression on
-be court has been made by any witness. his
careful conclusions being in strong contrast 10
the offhand declarations of several officers who
have dwet on the same subjects. Lieutenant
ristols return TO the stand to correct his testi-
rnonv as recorded gave Schley's counsel an op-
nortunity 10 present documents showing the
rrustworthiness Of the stadimeter, which this
officer had emphatically denied.
Lieutenant Commander William II. Schuetze
navigator Of the Iowa, furnished considerable
amusement to the court by his explanation OF
the proceedings OF the board of navigators in
reaching a compromise their chart. particu-
lsry when he told OF their efforts to locate their
own ships as close as possible TO the Spanish
vessels with the result OF forcing the Iowa, ad-
rnittedly the closest we'll up the beach.
The court listened to reiteration Of facts here
tofore developed. with little that was new or
interesting, and nothing that was OF great I'M
portance The navigators' chart Of the battle
of July was more than ever discredited, the
hlockading distances at Santiago and Cienfuegos
we're further confused and complicated. and the
results of the firing at the Colon and it's develop
ment Of the batteries repeated several
times with only minor variations