The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-26
FACTS KEPT FROM SCHLBY.
Captain Wise Admits His Failure
10 Report to Superior Officer

/ Hc Relied -pou Captain S:E~Hcc, He
/ Tc~siir~, 80 TrHu-nsit Orders Re
Cciycd and Give the Results Of
/ ISccouuoitriuG-Not othinS 60 Pre-
! vent signaling TO the Flagship.
Dupunt'~ Commander Tells OF Ink
/ Ing Dispatches to the Brooklyn.
/ The principal point brought ouJ today
/ at the SchI,y Court of Enquiry. and it
/ was favorable to the applicant. was the
/ fact that Captain Wise. who commanded
/ Ga, Yale. DID not communicate 20 Commo-
/ dor, Sch!,y the information which he had
when ne came up TO the Flying Squadron
! in the retrogads movement from SAINT
ago Tie did not report TO him the ma
turc of the despatch from the Navy De-
p1rtmeut be had received at Cape Hal
/ tiou. and he did not make knagyu TO the
/ commander Of the squadron TIE result of
/ his observations while reconnoitriug for
Ia week I'm front of Santiago.
His explanation Of this was that he had
given all the iuformatI tIan ne possessed 70
I Captain Sipsbee, of the St Paul. who
went aboard the flagship. and that he had
| been diverted from going up 20 the Brook
/ Iyn by the orders me had received 10 take
/ The Merrimac in tow. These facts were
brought out under the denomination
fof the witness icy Mr. Rayuer. Captain
4 Wise admitted. however. that he had
(siEnalod several times to the Brooklyn
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/ co. ana TWO other witnesses were placed
/ upon the stand The evidence given by
/ William &. GRAY "a marine vyas hrief
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I lh' IeAas were reversed Hear Admiral
/ Cotton was also placed uuon the stand 10
/ correct his testimony OF YESTERDAY. and
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! points omitted ln ms original statement
/ Lieut. Spencer c. Wood, who command
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/ afternoon
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/ ""lN 'l'1 ,'1I~ oi'S"e" at IL CLOCK
/ a. D. NtaAIpH "dS Iecalicu 20 lhe slahl
/ TO make any corrections necessary III his
/ testimony OF yesterday He found no er-
IoIs lh the report
Captain Wise Recalled
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( next rno-uira ry the commander how
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/ there and thence To- Key West via Cay
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Mr. Hauua-Nas the breaking OF the
I hawser due TO t,mpestuous weather.
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died. ,
q How long was The Texas ALONGSIDE
/ the Merrimac for coal while I'm tow of the
Yale
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