The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-22

.'taN ht~-fH seen coming OUT
clear out ConmcGore SchIey took his
position on the platform surrounding the
coming tower and few minutes aft.g-
I .l5lhe Lhe snip S nose was pointing toward
the shore and she began 20 move for
ward The forward N-.uch gun was fired
| 5-l9i ana l-l.ut' NJ Simr~1u then put his
lt.u out and sHii- How was that
! 'nM"aor" Sghley replied 81 liI not see
il simpson. I1t keep az it, Then we
mad" our turn. and as remember
u IN. NHlt guns were firms gH the time.
AI--l We had turned the three leading
Maria Tercsa s the '55y Usu.gf5 5e ana ga-lRe lRe
izcaya. They were coming ont I'm 20
I sort NJ hand shape, not following iu per-
i.ct line As The Colon turned out she
turned toward the shore after clearing
tur HA01l az the entrance. and ran along
lnF shore inside of the other three The
e'i:nedgre was standing on the platform
SO ttitt ne could see all that was going
on } was by him all Of the tluIe with the
! exception Of about ten minutes when /
| vent on the upper deck to get a picture
/ of the Eizc8ya. lie was absolutely cool
and collected The first thing z heard
him say. after we had turned and gotten
/ parallel with the Spanish ships was
I Cook. keep the men below informed of
everything and cheer them mp"
His Thought for the Enlisted Men.
When Ellis was killed the commodore
was standing nearby and som; blood WAS
spattcred over him, as I remember Some
| one picked up the body and started TO
throw II overheard. I heard the cOmmO-
/ dure say Don throw the body over
[ board boys take IL below and We viii
| give il "a Christian burial I tried 10 get
a snapshot Of The NiZcaya through one
| or The portfolios. Commodore SchIey
said- You VIII never get picture that
way Why don't YOU go up on the quar-
t.rd'cht went uD there and got
/ picture. When the Vizcaya had
Jgrn,a JglTt ,-,s ashore commgd2re sch.ey
/ and called down the tube. They are an
gone. boys, but one. now iI depends u0on
! you. After The chase Of he Colon was
/ begun nc ordered Captain cook 70 let the
men come mp out Of tho turI-ts and 2-t
a breath Of air and cup Of coffee. /
/ took a picture Of him about five minutes
/ before Ellis was killed and n was stand
| ing with Captain Cook and Lieutenant
Commander Mason. ] got another OF him
! Just as the Texas fired her first Pinch
Oregon Coming Ont of the smoke.
Q.-Whsn did you sse the Oregon2
Alt was some time after we had made
/ the turn and were parallel with the Span
i-h ships. About that time we began TO
stl somewhat scared. as We We're ont
JnDrc nrlng all alone at the three leading
spanish ships Then I suddenly saw the
oregon coming through the smoke AT
uIs- J saw her white bow wave. which
/ looked Ike surf, and then the nose Of the
I oregon came out Of the smoke As she
was seen some OF the men gathered on
Z The deck and CheeTed her
C-N hen was it that YOU first saw the
( OreEOnT
At was just about as the Oquendo
[ ~. 1T ashore
The witness said that he saw the Texas
: just before the turn. He was not in
[ position 90 describe the turn. but he said
: Tie flagship turned toward the right con-
tiuUaliy, although perhaps not So much
at first as afteIWard-
Q.-Did YOU see Commodore SchIev Ia
I boring under excitement at any time2
A--Oh. no. he was joyful and g00d-ua-
lurtc about things, and old not show the
( least anxiety except at one time. Tr4t
was after tho three ships had gone ashore
+ 4ta iAe '"l1E was a lttle ahead Of us
/ fie then expressed the idea that perhaps
they might gFt away with that SHIN and
/ Hy talked with Captain Cook about the
E aNNt-toIhty pi stopping and coupling his
Protest by Captain Le-uIy.
Q--Nsre you present al conversation
( between Commodore SchIey and Captain
I Evans in the cummo90re-s cabin or Jtf-- 3
/ A--'dptaiu Evans came ia and the r...r
lLuE ac said was Did you see Jac..
/ Philip rur AWAY with the Texas tae other
4 HaE The commodore sli1: NO
'tHl-lN l-eE.F NutgrruDtinEI-I object
10 Ilat t.tiain Phillip Is dead g1I Rear
Z AgWirsI Evans ls 0ut Of the country and
[ this is entirely improper How docs tHfS
sres- SgH.eE s. conduct during the. battle
I want 20 ask how. I'm any way This re-
I lat's 90 any point Of the prece0t
This provoked n long discussion Caa-
tain Lemlv made one Of the most re-
mar<al-e objections heard dur.uE the
! hearing.
He protested against the admission Of
1 the evidence ou the ground that ta- state
meut 20 which it referred had been con-
/ traoietsd on the cr0ss-exsmiaoti1u Of
Z be- D..
( preston that this line Of evidence was an
/ attack on Captain Philip.
Counsel Talk SarcasticnIIy.
NIr- Rayuer s.renuousIy denied this.
/ Captain Parker also declared that there
was no intention 10 do this No one. he
said had anything To say against Cap
tain Philip Certainly Admiral SchIey had
I not God forbid He said. that anything
should be said 10 the injury Of the dead
| officer MIR. Rayuer added that he did not
want 10 impeach anyone. with Tho excep-
ton OF one or two witnesses. whom he
would treat Of later. Captain LtmIy said
Mr.. Eayuer-Then answer fr
Captain LsmIy-Ch, a specIous argument
/ uotS Lpi require any argument
Al-. Kayuer addressed the Court cr
1 some length upon the subject. coutandine
! that he had "a eight 10 bring testimony To
! contradict what had been said Ev wit
[ nesses on the other side. When he had
concluded Mr.. Hanna arose 1r rDu-r and
. said something about the vigorous. vari-
Z ous and versatile burst Of ycrb1silv--- Of
! counsel Of the applicant
Nir- Eayner-I do not object 20 vlrbosl-
/ ty tsarcasticaNyI- We didn't hav. auv-
thing ul that yesterday. did we when
we listened To- your crass-e,ar mi nation r1r
/ three huursE
The Court retired and after considering
/ the matter decided that the question was
admissible.
| Air. Eayuor to witness.
| Q-theu 40 on and state what was
] said uu that occasion.
I A--Captalu Evans came I'm the cabin
! and Commodore SChley shook hands with
| him. Captain Evans said. Did YOU see
Jack Philip turn around and run out of
the uSEtH' Commodore SChley said. No
| neither did YOU" Evans said Yes
/ he did l saw him. He was the next ship
I 60 me and ! saw him Commodore Schlev
said. YOU did not see anything of the kind
| The Texas was In the fight all the time.
the ship you saw turn was the BROOKLYN
/ At TINS part a recess was taken until ,
/ o'clock.
The Afternoon Session.
When the Court recoHvened at , o'clock
| Mr. Graham again took the stand lie
/ was excused after a few unimportant
! questions. Captain LemIy did not cross
| examine him.
| The next witness was Dennis J. Crouin
/ Commodore Schlcy's orderly on the
Brooklyn He was cross examined by Mr..
Eayuer
| Q.-Were YOU present or did You hear
I