The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-28
ADMIRAL SAMPSON HAS RETAINED
COUNSEL TO REPRESENT
HIS INTERESTS
SAMPSON IS TO TESTIFY.
1t Is Understood, According to the
List Os Witnesses Furnished
Schiey by the Navy
Department..
TO BE MADE PUBLIC TODAY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27-It is under
stood that Admiral Sampson is to be rep
resented before the Schley court of in
qury by counsel The navy department
otfcIals say they nave no official knowI-
edge on the subject and point to the fact
that the court of inquiry is the only body
authorized to admit or debar counsel In
such cases. 1t may in it's pleasure denv
the person under investigation the priv
lege of having counsel present before the
court or on tne other hand, it may 90
the length of permitting persons IN
secondary interest the privilege OF en-
ploylng counsel before the court So the
officials say they have no knowledge OF
hclaLy Of the retention of counsel by
Admiral Sampson, but privately it is ad-
mtted that he expects to be so repre-
sented. 1t was learned today that Nr.
w. Stayton, of the law firm of S.ayton
& Chambers, of New York, was expected
at the navy department tomorrow and IL
S supposed that his purpose is TO con-
suit the records of the department m
the interest of Admiral Sampson Mir.
Stayton is a graduate of the naval acad-
emy, who, though coming out al the
head of mis- class, elected to Join tUe
marine corps. He was detailed to duty
in the office of the judge advocate gem
eral, and later resigned to practice law.
Admiral Sampson is in the vicinity or
Lake Sunapee n H., on a vacation. NO
information has been obtained from him
regarding his reported selection of couu-
sci
LIST FURNISHED SCHLEY.
The navy department today. through
Capt. Lemly, the judge advocate of the
court Of inquiry, supplied counsel for
Admiral schIey with a tentative list OF
witnesses to be called before the court
by the government. The department de-
cllnes to make this list public, but II IS
understood that it contained. and i'm fact
IS headed, by the name of Rear Adj
mtral Sampson. 1t is not even possible
to learn the number of witnesses named
but 1t is stated that the list is by 10
means complete Some of the witnesses
named may not be called, while, on ,he
other hand not only may the govern
ment add TO the list, but Admiral
Schleys counsel are at liberty TO sug-
gest additional names.
The list of witnesses prepared by Judge
Advocate Lemly and transmitted to i'd
miral Schley, will be made public tomor-
row. Some time ago Admiral Schley. IN
sending his list Of witnesses to the de-
! partment included a request for all the
officers. Of the Brooklyn The department
replied that a number of the officers II
the Brooklyn would be on the list pre-
pared by the department, and asked him
TO have specifically named the Brooklyn's
officers he desired. The admiral resp0nI-
ed today through Col Parker. Of his
counsel He gave the names of the
principal officers of the Brooklyn ana
also Of several petty officers. including
the quartermasters who were at the
wheel during the action of Santiago.
AS ASSOCIATE COUNSEL.
PHILADELPHIA, Penn, Aug 1.-THE
Record tomorrow will say that Albert
II. O'Brien, a prominent member Of the
Philadelphia bar, has been called in as
associate counsel for Rear Admiral
Schley in the coming investigation at
Washington. During the late sixties he
occupied the post of judge advocate OF
the West India fleet and in 1869 was
stationed at Annapolis, where Schley was
lieutenant commander. A warm friend
ship developed there between them Mr.
O'Brien resigned from the navy in 1875, to
practice law in Philadelphia.