The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-21

duct on the day OF the battle or at any
other timeo
A.-So far as / know he was fearles.
5nd thoroughly sef-possessed on all oc
Q.-Was he at any time Iaboring under
any mental eNcitement2
A-NO, sir.
The witness was cross-cxamiued by Mr.
Hanna.
Q--What United States vessels did You
encounter upon leaving Key West2
A--Ihe Marbl,heaG and a convert ID
\1cht which 1 took 20 De the Hawk
do You roCollect the Scorpion eX-
changing signals with the EagIe2 Nv
purpose IN asking this Is 10 clear up some
points regarding that meeting.
A--NO. sir.
Odd You have any conversation with
Commodore Schley On route to Ci-nfue-
GDS, regarding the meeting Of the Mar
blChcad or Hawke
A--NO, sir
Mr. Hanna then asked the witness what
incident, to his knowledge delayed the
departure Of The Flying Squadron from
Key West. 20 which Lieutenant Wells re-
piled that there was none that he knew
OF. unless the Court chose to term the
slight break in the Cinciunati's machinery
a delay
~ Q-When did the Brooklyn arrive at
A--On May %, at O'Clock in the morn
Q--When did she leave Key West?
A..-NIne O'Clock on the morning of the
Q,-when did the Iowa leave Key
Al do not know.
Q--Nhen dil she arrive at CIenfugos2
AT noon on the I'd.
Correspondence at Cfenfuceos.
Q-I viii now ask YOU more particular
ly about correspondence at Cieufuegos.
Did you keep a record Of all letters re-
A-No special record was kept. but On
many occasions when / was called upsn
10 produce various letters ! had no hesi-
tation In placing my hands upon them.
Mr. Hanna then said that he just want
Cd to get at the fact as 10 what was the
practice Of recording letters on board
TIE BROOKLYN He then asked:
Odd you record letters seut2
An letters sent were press copied
and all papers were recorded for that pur-
pose.
Q.-I have here book which 7 wish yau
10 Identify Harding witness one Of the
books from the Brooklyn iu which rec
ords Of correspondence had been kept.
The witness said he identified the book
easily and recognized his handwriting in
it.
Mr.. Hanna then qyN=tioneJ>him further
regarding the recording Of correspond
ence-
On cases of dFspatches handed to
Commodore Schley directly what was
done? Did h. read them himself or hand
them to you2
Ale generally transferred them to
me, and sometimes might read them him
self first
Q.-I viii hand you now two copies Of
letters received by you on board the
BROOKLYN handing the letters TO Iieuten-
ant Weilst. DO YOU identify Them
A--Fes. I recognize my endorsement on
known as No 2
4 Question of Changed Dates
Considerable questioning then followed
as 10 WHY the figures ''23'' had been writ
ten over those Of '2F- on the back OF a
certain despatch. Indicating the time Of
It's receipt
Lieutenant Wells finally stated that he
had no eTS'auatiou 90 make; that he
knew nothing about Ii
p--.Arr y0u sure the endorsement was
made on the I'd Of Nay?
Al think IL was.
Q--Eo you know OF any other copies Of
this dcspatchz Ref,rriUg To- No. -
A--Eo. sir
Q--No~. having practically admitted
tlst yua wrote tho figures - over "A. or
perhaps .I tt,r To- saF you recognize them
as 4.-- aa--WT.IiHG- do YOU remember
on what d--e this despatch so. g and It's
eug.i.-ts was received by C0umpIors
SDh'ey.
The witness r,pIrI that ha could ONLY
go gy Ehst endorsement was recorded on
Q.-Nsr .asa. WHOM DO you think ii
A--.a .rn,r tho ~d OF 2lth-
..-Hg Esl know whether OF not 40. Z
dt t5IataE could not have b,ea received by
-'.I.r... .Tt Sth'rg uu the 20 AS well rs
OL The -F .r .-tIT
A--As tho -d is prior % either the pa
or -ith it IS possible il might have been
received Anyhow IL was while we were
at li"ri-. ros IhaJ Il MAS ]. ctire1.
t--LL'Ur' U-Et Wells. ir IS very import
ant for rs o. .staIli-h whom his report
vs. received DO You rec"l..,ct anything
in connection Tith this u,iL.ut-I mean
OF your receiving despatch No. p
Al can't
Al this point Mr.. Eeyrgr arose and al
dressing the Court eai3- I'VE admit re-
ceiyiUE 70. hy the Dupont. and No s
by tho Hawk and also 80. On Gu1Icate)
bv the Narhlehead. hut we are unable TO
admit nor have we been able O. find out
that the Iowa carried a duplicate OF des-
patch No. -
Tnon -1ruir- 70 Admiral Schlcy- Mr..
Ra arECr asked: rs not that right. admi-
rar"''
ct is" responded Admiral schley. nod
ding his head
AT this rooiar the Court took a recess
Tor luncheon.
The Afternoon Session.
After the recess NIr- Hanna continued
the oss-sxamiuatiou OF Lieutenant
Wells. questioning him for a long time
upon the various dispatches received by
CommoInro Schley. especially those
which arrived while p" was OF CIeufue-
Eos. He consumed a great deal of time
asking the witness To- identify messages
and 90 describe the manner IN which the
dispatches were marked and handled.
4 great deal of confusion prevailed as
to the dates when these dispatches were
received and the vessels by which they
Were carried. Nothing that was interest
ing cor very tangible was developed.
The witness adhered To the statements
which he made ON Friday in direct ol-
as Jo tho time the dispatches
were received His testimony tended 20
bear out the admission which AIr. Rayuer
had made iu regard To- the date upon
which they reached Commodore SchI,y.
Mr. Hanna concluded a long series Of
questions about dispatches received at
Ci,ufuogos b. asking
$50 FAR as YOU know. is IL not posi-
D.. that the Iowa and Dupont one or the
. & r ut these, carried "a copy Of the Mo
t.Ha memorandum and arrived there or
May -22
Alt is possible. Of course. but I think
it would have been found In Commodore
Schl,y.s papers If 1T had been. They were
a'to2. thor
C--Ihsrc was one of these copies Of the
memorandum found among his papers"
A--N IS. and II there had been another
think IJ would have been found
Tn, witness continued by saving that