Evening star., 1901-09-26

my visit, in language as nearly as possible
in these words: After dinner l am going
to hoist my flag board the Massachu-
setts and take her and the Iowa and go in
and have a pot shot
Q. Anything further? A. There was, OF
course, further conversation. l cannot re-
call the words, aside from the subject 1
had mentioned, or the particular subjects
that We're spoken of.
Admiral Cotton was then discharged from
giving further testimony
Mschinist Gray's Testimony.
Mr.. William C. Gray, who served on
board the Texas In capacity of chief ma
chinist during the battle off Santiago, tes
titled that he was in the starboard engine
room at the throttle when signal was
given from the deck to stop and another to
reverse the engine. The starboard engine
versed longer than to make about one hun
dred revolutions. He had been told later
that the engine had been reversed because
the Texas had met the Brooklyn.
Took sampson's Dispatchs to schIey.
Lieut.. Spencer F. Wood who commanded
the torpedo boat Dupont during the Span
ish war. and who fell in with the flying
squadron off Cienfuegos, was called to the
stand. He had been given dispatches at
Key West for Commodore Schley.
Q. Do you know what dispatches you
carr1ed!7 "A. do not.
Q. (by Mr.. Hanna). Please state whether
you reported on board the flagship and
what took place there? A. I went on board
personally and carried dispatches from Ad-
miral Sampson to Commodore Schley
O. Where did this interview take place?
A 1t took place in Commodore Schley's
ca bin. / went on board the ship lust before
lunch. / also reported to Commodore
Schley that l must have coal while there.
q. Have you anything further to say In
respect to this interview which will bear
upon this inquiry? A. While the commo-
dore hesitated some and did not think he
could spare me coal, 1 was told to go be-
low. and he would think 1t over. 1 told
him we were almost entirely out of coal.
Afterwards / was called up and told they
would give me coal, and i went on board
my ship and received it. The commodore
during this interview impressed me as
being very nervous. He would get up and
walk around and come back and sit down.
and ask number of questions about Ad-
mlral Sampson
Q. Did you give him any information?
A L could not. When / left Key West I
only knew what was talked Of in the news
papers about the condition of affairs.
q. tby Mr.. Hanna). L understand you to
say you had no idea Of the contents of
these dispatches. A. Admiral Sampson told
me these were duplicate dispatches he was
sending by the Iowa, and he gave them to
me because he thought 1 could make bet
ter speed. l arrived at Cienfue2os three or
four hours ahead Of the Iowa. l left Key
West at IL 30 a. m. of the Goth Of May.
Q. Did the commodore read the dis
patches in your presence? A. Oh, yes.
O. He knew their contents? A. Judge
SO, as he read them.
Q. Did he advise you of their contents?
A He didn't tell me positively what they
were.
Had an Idea Regarding the Dis
patches.
.. Did you gather from what ne said
about what they were? A. gathered
while aboard the flagship what they con.
tained and always had an idea of what
these dispatches were. never saw their
contents and Admiral Sampson never told
me what they were.
u DID the dispatches seem to be Of an
important character, judging from the
commodore's manner upon receiving them?
A AS | said, / had never seen Commodore
Schley before, but after reading them he
arose and walked up and down and sat
down and again walked about Admiral
Sampsons intentions, and would imagine
they were important
q. (by the Judge advocated How much
coal did You take off Cienfuegos? A. I
Judge between thirty and forty tons
Inc witness in reply to questions by Mr.
hayner said that while 1t was current in
formation at Key West that McCalla had
communicated with the insurgents on shore
at Cienfuegos he knew of no ARRANGEMENT
Tor code between them. He could not
say who had told him that McCalla had
communicated with the insurgents He
had seen lights on the shores at Cienfuegos
put he could not state what his idea of
them at that time was but now he would
say they were signals.
Lieut. Wood, reading from the log book
OF the Dupont, showed that he had sighted
the Tying squadron at o'clock am of
the 22d of May.
The court then adjourned to meet to-
morrow morning.