Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-15

the Schley court Of inquiry Monday
was received too late for publication In
our Issue of yesterday:
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session Of the court
Capt Cook continued his testimony IN
response to interrogatories by Mr..
Hanna, who asked: AT the time the
turn Of the Brooklyn was made were
jou In such position that you could
observe whether or not the engines OF
the Texas were backed or reversed"
Il think ought to have seen 1t at the
distance she was from u.s.
did you see any suchY" Il did not
I'm reference TO Lieut-Commanoer
Hodgson's conversation with the COM
modore, you say you did not hear the
conversation between them?" mot
one word OF II"
Did Hodgson make any suggestions
to you or have an. conversation with
YOU during the battle2" Quite num-
Der of times"
did he have that conversation. or
The substance OF II, with your?
"The onl.. thing | recollect, which |
recollect clearly, Is that this summer
when / met him at Newport he asked
II | recalled II, and / recalled that at
the time We were turning after we had
been turning some time, and after the
helm was put hard aport. he came
across to me and said Captain, do
you see the Texas? She was the
nearest ship at the time. was look
ing directly at her, and just about
al Of
/ said; oh, yes, and he told me that
entirely treasured him, and he walked
away"
"He did not make any suggestion to
you or you 10 him regarding going in
any nearer to be rammed the danger
from torpedo boats or anything Of that
kind? mo"
Did you use any expression or
language which could have been under
stood by him as meaning, damn the
Texas?'
mo, / had every reason TO bless her,
no reason to damn her."
How was the turn OF the Brooklyn
written In the log?"
80 far as know with port helm.
never observed the erasure, which /
suppose you are coming to until II was
shown TO me here In Washington. and
! did not understand II then. | could
not recall anything in connection with
IL. Ii was the custom on board the
Brooklyn for the smooth log, when
Il was written, to be read by the Of
ticers and signed by them, afterward by
the navigator, when II was submitted
10 me. sometimes had time to look
nj II and sometimes did not. | do not
believe looked at II within three OF
four days after the battle. ] may have
looked al IT, but the first real recollec-
tion have OF II was when my atten-
ton was called 10 the fact that the
navigator wanted 10 make II more full
and complete said: Write II UP as
YOU recollect Il and submit II to me,
but no changes are to be made under
any circumstances In the log as II
ftands now. II Gun be added to but not
any changes In the original log SO lie
wrote this. and I signed II. ! have
since read II and do not know which
Is the best account
"You refer now 10 the addendum?'
Yes. At that time there was no
question about the way the ship
turned. | suppose ] would have no.
tIced n had II been done. but | proba-
bly ola not see II until after that
change was made. certainly would
have seen II before"
DO YOU recall a visit OF Mr.. Sharp
10 the Brooklyn and an Interview. az
which the commodore and yourself
were present. about the direction In
which the Brooklyn turned on that
morning."
mo. may state was not present
n. any such Interview"
LETTER HANDED WITNESS.
IF the court please. ! should Ike 70
hand 10 the witness letter, apparent
" signed by himself and dated Septem
Der rs. 1926. the letter which was re-
ferred TO by Admiral Evans when he
was giving his testimony. and which
he desired 10 read al that time. An OBJ
lection was made then. counsel sus-
gestlng that the proper course would
be when Capt, Cook went on the
stand" Capt. Cook was handed the
letter by Mr.. Hanna TO identify.
Admiral Dewey-Has the letter any
thing 10 do with any Of these specinca-
tions?
Observation-Disclosures specifically.
Admiral Dewey-Then II had better
cot be read.
COOK WANTED 1T READ.
Capt. Cook-Mr President. would
IKE 10 have II read for this reason:
II has teen referred 10, ana seems to
convey the idea that there was an iss
la,t Evans and ruXeQlf