The Washington times., 1901-10-08

iy hiy ~, NOW, Task You whether ther
is anything in that Ietter | have rea,
you-the only part.o OF the letter which
Ind that refers to that incident-i asl
you there is Anything in that lette
Hi mtlich you say YOU mean starboard" il
"hlch Schley says. .l'No. I do not: we ar,
near enough to them fthe Spaniardsl al
l1eauy' IN which you say, we will Gu
doWn the Texas, "B and in which Schley
I says Damn the Texas. let her look ou
for herself do YOU find anything in that
letter OF any such purport as that?
A--Wel | thinlS there is.
Whnt SchIey Meant.
Q.-Well, let us have it.
Avn men l suggested to Commodore
schley that there was danger of collidine
WIN the Texas he used the words "Damr
the Texas Now. he did not use the ex-
| preston, as l understand it, of damnine
| the TeXas in the sense of condemning her
for being in that position, but in that irri-
tated way as We might say about any
| th1ng. As. for instance, Damn II; that
! cannot be helped, or something like that.
But the words Damn the Texas" were
USED. and the words that we were too
near the Spanish ships and would there
! lore by turning to the other side endan-
gSred ourselves from torpedo attack were
also used. and the necessity of getting
around as quickly as possible was also dis
| cuSSeu l am very sure that the incident
! OF backing the StarbOard engines was very
/ well understood. The reason why we did
not back the starboard engines was in
! order 10 get around as quickly as pos
sible. Captain Cook thought after we had
] turned that we had backed with the star
/ board engine. Commodore Schley himself,
In his statement to the Senate. as l under
! stand it, said that we backed the star
board engines.
| Q.-That is all very interesting. but it
| is not at all in answer to my question,
Alt is as good an answer to the
! question as ] can give you.
| .Q--We viii have to get better answer
! than that. l want to ask you. and /
| want to ask you kindly, to say whether
there is anything in that letter-bccause
! nave not read 1t all-is there anything
III that letter which makes Admiral Schley
say, we are near enough to them fthe
Shaniardsl already or that makes
mind what he meant by it. or the fact
that he was irritable. /or any of that, but
IS there anything In that letter that
makes him say. Damn the Texas: let
her look out for herself Is there q
word in that letter to that effect?
Al did not say in that letter that
Commodore Schley said Damn the Tex
Q-mYou do not think he did say Damn
Al did not say so in that letter
Q.-ln that ieetter / know you did not.
because there is the letter. Now we will
get to something else Did you say in
your letter that Commodore Schley said
that he was near enough to them 1.-THE
Spaniardsl already? Is there a word in
that letter about that2
A.-No; except that by turning to port
he would go close to the enemy and ex-
cept that he did not want to expci'e him
self to torpedo attack.
Q.-Is there anything in that letter in
which you state: We will cut down the
Texas"
Al never said: I'VE will cut down
Q-You never said that?
A.-No
o,IThen that part Of it that appeared
You did not say:s I'VE will cut down the
TeXaS2" Z, y
A.-There is good deal in that Sun"
interview that | did not say.
Q.-Then as / understand It Admiral
Schley wrote a letter which has been read
in which he sent you this alleged colo
guy that l have just read You sent him
a reply that this colloquy VIII ch he en-
closed to you and which | hav: just read
never occurred2
Alt never did.
Q.-It never did?
A-No
o.-Then if it, never did. Commodore
Schley could never have said to you,
Damn the Texas; let her look out for
herself?''
Ayes: he did part of it
(Which part of it?
A.-Damn the Texas
A.-Oh. then we understand row, lieu
tenant, that the damn the Texas part |
of that colloquy was all right. was 1t?
Ayes.
Danger of n Collision.
Q-Now this letter of June Il. which i |
call to your attention and which has been /
offered in evidence here in relation to
this incident Here is this language: Il
told him that when the turn was to be
made L suggested the proximity of the
nd ,Ia Df
mixed up with her if we turned to star
board, and that you said the Texas would
have to look out for herself. Is that
right?
A.-Yes. sir.
Q.-Now / want to call your attention
20 this: This is all the grounds the
Sun has for saying that l am authority
-or that printed coEoquy." Is that cor
Al think So did not tell the Sun"
nan that the admiral said Damn the
reXas
Off you did not tell him that that was
lot have told him that Admiral Schley
lad ever said that We're getting too
lose to the Spaniards. -
Al never told him that.
Q.-That is not true either, then?
A.-That is not true, either. | never had
uch a colloquy as that. That comes from
Texas, / suppose. / never gave that to
he Sun" correspondent
After recess Mr.. Hodgson resumed the ,
tand. and his redirect examination be-
.an, Mr. Rayner having announced that |
he cross examination was concluded
Mr. Hanna. for the Judge advocate |
vas stopped by Mr.. Rayner when he had
sked the first question: 'Wfl you please |
tate to the Court precisely why you | !
wrote your categorical letter of denfaI?" | ,
ir Rayner held that the reasons of the
IItness for, writing the letter could not
fleet Admiral Schley. In the course of
is remarks he said 1t was admitted that
.dmiral Schley published one letter from
he witness and did not publish the other /
nd this admission gave rise to a little
quabble between Mr.. Rayner and his y
0lleague. Captain Parker, the latter in =
isting that the letter was mistaken.
While Mr.. Rayner and Mr.. Hanna were
iscussing the question of the admis-
bility of this question admiral Dewey
lterrupted Mr.. Hanna 4
We have the facts that the letters d
ere written" he said. Il think that is i
II the Court wants We want the facts h
eople are influenced by dffferent meth i.
fs We do not want to know his mo- G
YES. We want to know the facts +
raw out the facts and never mind any &
lng else" nj
otives." said Mr.. Hanna. "All l want
, find ont is what occasioned the writ
lg Of this letter. l Will put it more di-
city" ~
"The Court do not want that informa- \
on. We do not need that" responded =,
dmiral Dewey, n
Denial Requested by schIey. Ii
Mr.. Hanna then put the question /. PP !
at way. 10
WAS your categorical denial made in b
sponse to request therefor by Ad- g
iral Schley?" Sl ~,
1T was: as /. understood the request" r,
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