The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-10-25
The Schley Court Of Inquiry is
Rapidly Approaching Its
Final Stage.
0AIYLFsN MORE WITNESSES TO HEAR.
The Principal of These are Capt.
Clarke. w o Commanded the Ore
gon. and Resr-Admiral >chisy
ON whose Request the Inquiry
was Instituted.

ing its closing days. as Is made eNi-
dent BY many circumstances. One OF
these Is found in the fact that the
court has had removed from its inn
mediate vicinity most OF The tables
which were placed there for the press
a. the beginning of The hearings in
September. Comparatively few OF
these tables were ever used. and they
have been taken away 20 make room
for tie Increased attendance whiSh
is expected during the last days OF
the inquiry. and which is now made
manifest.
At the beginning of Wednesdays
proceedings Attorney Bayner. chief
counsel for Admiral Schley. said that
he would not have more than twelve
or fifteen witnesses 10 examine and
that the examination Of these would
require comparatively little time.
The principal witnesses yet 70 come
are Admiral sehley aud Capt. larke.
Ii is expected that Admiral Schley's
testimony will cover at least a day
or two OF time. the length depending
largely on the extent OF cross-exam-
ination to which he viii be SUBJECTED
Capt. Clarke probably viii be the last
witness before the admiral ! heard
hut his statement. it IS expected. viii
be comparatively brief.
There was an unusually long list
of witnesses of former DAYS present
in the court al the beginning OF the
days session for the purpose OF cor
reeting their testimony. and after
they had been disposed of, another
long list for the day was presented
The first OF the new witnesses called
was James II. Hare. who. IS a pho
tographer fer an illustrated weekly
newspaper. witnessed and made ~ :.
tographS OF the battle o. Juiy 3. He
was followed by Mr. Wm L. Hin. who
was chief boatswain on the flagship
Brooklyn during the work OF eoaling.
Other witnesses called for the dav
were: Franklin T. Apologize. e gun
ner on the Brooklyn; Ma Paul -. c.
Murphy. who was in command Of the
marines Of the flying squadron. and
whose headquarters were on the
Brooklyn: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
:. Harlow. who was executive officer
of the Vixen. and who wrote an ac-
count of the battle OF July ,. in which
it is claimed alterations were made be
fore il was officially published. Lieut.
+. W. Eberle. who had charge of IA.
forward 13-inch turret on the Oregon:
Lieut.. \. \. Alderman, who was in
charge of the aft lS-inch trrret of the
Oregon, and Lieut. Rufus L. Johnston.
who was signal officer on the Oregon
and aide To Capt Clarke.
While Lieut., Simpson was on the
stand for the purpose OF correcting
his testimony OF Tuesday. he stated
In reply 10 question by Mr.. Hanna,
that he had first seen the Oregon
coming up during the chase of the
Spanish ships, en- July 3, when the
oquendo was discovered to be on ire
Mr.. Hanna stated that his object in
bringing out this information vas "a
tx the time when the Oregon came
up.
Mr.. &. f. Graham made an addition
to his testimony of Tuesday. concern.
ing the interview between Commo-
dore Schley and Capt Sicsbee. on
May Is. lie said thar beyond what
he had already reported Capt. Sigsbee
as saying. he further said: He had
two pilots aboard. and that those nj.
lots said that feet of vessels OF the
size Of the Spanish squadron could
NOT enter the harbor at Santiago"
Mr.. Graham also changed his reply
to the question of the court as 10
whether he had heard conyersa-
ton between Commodore Schley and
Lieutenant-Com commander Hodgson dur.
ing the battle of July 3. Referring
to this, Mr. Graham said. In answer
TO the question of the court l said.
No. sir but il seems to me that I
should say in that relation that there
was great deal of conversation go.
ing ON between three or four officers
forward. and answered no because
L could not pick out from thar con-
serSaton between Lieurenant-Com-
mander Hodgson and Commodore
Schley."
Chief Boatswain Hill. in the course
OF his testimony, described the death
OF Aeoman Ellis He said:
The commodore asked in a matter
of-fact tone: What is the range -
Ellis raised the stadimeter TO his eve.
and as he did SO a she'll took his head
of. Is he fell to the deck, dead. Nc
tauley said: Lets throw it over.
board The commodore said: No.
don't throw that body overheard. Re
died ike brave man, and | am 20.
ign TO bury him like one Ee 5i-
rected me 10 look after The body. /
had il wrapped in blankets. lai,i in
the shade. and that evening i, vas
gotten ready for burial The Niseava
was putting mp the bes, fight o. any
chip there. She fought well. and the
big shells were going over us. aud \
great many OF US ducked. These
shells sounded ike half dozen rail
road trains under way. As they were
heard going through the air. down
would go head, but Commodore