The age-herald., 1901-10-02
Captain Sigsbse Called to Tes- tJ as to His COmmunica-
 ton With Commodore
DID NOT SEE SPANISH FLEET
Attempt to Prove That Four Messages Were Delivered to Schley Saying There Was a Good Land
 Ing at clenfueeos.

Washington, October 1.-The Schley court of inquiry made good headway again today, concluding with Admiral Evans and hearing three new wit nesses, although the testimony of one of them was not concluded when the court adjourned for the day.
 Admiral Evans testimony was along the same general lines as was his statement of yesterday, but some points were presented in greater de- tail in response to questions by MT. Rayner. The new witnesses were Captain Sigsbee, who commanded the scout St. Paul during the Santiago campaign; MT. Thomas M. Dienaide, newspaper correspondent, who was on the Texas during the battle of July 3, and Chief Yeoman Gustave B. Becker. who was clerk to Admiral Sampson during the war.
 Captain Sigsbee's testimony coy- cred his communications to Commo- dore Schley upon the latter's arrival oh Santiago, May 26, 1898, and at sub- sequent dates, and dealt with the state of the weather at that period. He was asked a great number of ques- tions by the court.
 MT. Dienaide described the loop of tne Brooklyn as seen from the Texas. MT. Becker testified as to the dis patches sent by Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley.
 Captain Miller who commanded the collier Merrimack when she was. sunk by Lieutenant Hobson, was called for the purpose of correcting the official record of his testimony given yesterday.
 Admiral Evans cross-Examlned.
 Admiral Evans was then recalled. Mir. Rayner began his interrogations by ask
 ing the witness concerning the secret
 code of signals for communicating with
 the Cuban insurgents near Cienfuegos.
 The admiral said that when Captain
 Chadwick communicated this code to him
 he did not instruct him to give the in- formation to Commodore Schley
 MT. Rayner then questioned the witness, especially as to his interviews with Con- modore Schley after the battle of San tiago
 Yesterday" said Mir Rayner, T was
 speaking of a conversation which l
 thought you had at Guantanamo>o >on July
 5. I find have made mistake about 1t.
 and it Is necessary for me to repeat my
 question: suppose you will answer in the same way"
 He then asked: Did you have con-
 versation with Commodore Schley on July 4 sometime during the morning be- tween 8 and 12 o'clock on his flagship at Santiago, in the course of which you used language as follows: Did you know
 that Jack Philip started to run away at
 the beginning of the battle.' and to which
 Commodore Schley replied: You are mis- taken about that, Mir Evans. I saw noth- ing of the kind The Brooklyn made the turn, and you must see the tactical sit
 uation that made 1t necessary. Not on Fourth of July. ''I do not remember being aboard the BTOOklyn OH lI6 ftn Ol Jutys tntflh II was the 9th at Guantanamo. I am quite positive I was not on board the Brooklyn off Santiago but once and that was a long time before that. As to the conversation I said nothing to the effect that Captain Philip had run away OF attempted to run
 away. On thinking over it last night what did occur with reference to the Texas was this: I think Commodore Schley and discussed the position of the Texas when the fight began. The Texas
 was lying with her head to the east when the engageme ent began and she started with starboard helm and headed off in
 the same direction as the rest of us She fired first with her port battery and then put her helm to starboard and head ed in the same direction with the rest of the ships I think that is the question discussed with Commodore Schley. cannot be sure of 1t. That I ever inti- mated that Captain Philip attempted to run away with the Texas is preposterous on the face of 1t.
 Did you ever have a conversation with
 him on the same day. at the same place and hour or at any other place in which you used substantially the following Ian guage:
 "I shot the bow off the Fulton, the stern off the Furor, put my helm to star board and raked the Teresa and knocked out the ViscayaT"
 "To the best of my knowledge and be- lief never used such language" Were not the commanding officers called on board the flagship Brooklyn by signal on the morning of May 29 after | the Colon was destroyed?
 'They were"
 Can you tell me, or do you recollect what took place at the conference of the commanding officers at that timer" | Recalls a Conference. | "Commodore Schley was in the cabin
 of the Brooklyn when we assembled and there was general talk about the Span
 ish fleet having been located at last al l Santiago. do not recall any special con- l ference. do not think 1t was in the na- l ture of a conference. I do not recollect now that the officers were called to ex- press an opinion. recollect having a | conversation with Commodore Schley about the effect of batteries in the fight,