The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-26
At this point, Captain Parker remarked
that this dispatch would not be found To

| At this point. Captain Parker remarked
| that this dispatch would not be found. Tc
| this remark, Captain Lemly took exceptions
| saying that II was out OF place for counsel
| to make such comment. Admiral Dewey
! sustained the objection.
The order Of Admiral Sampson. which IS
| q letter known as the Dear Schley'' letter
! was then read.
,, On cross-examination Admiral Cotton said
that while he had delivered four or five
dispatches to Admiral schley he had had
the original only of one dispatch which he
had given. They had all been translated
oy Lieutenant Beall and he had not seen
the originals Of any but that one. He had
no record Of any other dispatches.
Air: Rayner: Il think maybe can help
you If you will let me. 1 will see IL / can
not refresh your memory Are you not mis-
taken about dates and is not the date of
the delivery Of these dispatches the s1st In
stead OF the 9th OF May? You did deliver
the dispatches there Is no doubt"
All the dispatches 1 received at St.
Nicholas Mole were delivered to Commo-
aore schley on the morning of May n, 1898.
ihere Is no mistake about that. The dis
patches ! received at Kingston for Com
nooore Schley were delivered on the morn
Ing OF May 81 There is no mistake about
that" ~o'"l
Mr. Rayner: Then we will 70 ahead and
see II you can find any more. I know, vou
oenvered them as fast as you got them
desire to inform counsel that have a
record OF the dispatches that were received
us me or .hat came addressed to the Har-
ward or addressed to the senior officer at
st. Nicholas Mole or Kingston. Jamaica. I
nave not a record Of the dispatches that
came and which were intended for Conn
modore schley except one"
MIR. Rayner: "You spoke OF four mr. five
dispatches"
THE DISPATCHES to which I have refer
Harvard by me-
Have you a record of thosee..
nave record of the dispatches that
were intended for the Harvard and wore
received by me as the commanding off1cer
OF the Harvard. 1 have not a clear record
OF all dispatches that were addressed to or
intended for Commodore Schley or ,ho
senior officer of Santiago
The witness Identified one drsna.cb
printed IN the appendix to the report Of
the Bureau OF Navigation May q. 1898.
The court adjourned for luncheon.
MIXED AS TO DATES OF
DEPARTMENTS DISPATCHES.
When the court reconvened after lunch-
con, Mr.. Rayner resumed his cross-examina
ton of Admiral Cotton. His first effort wa.
to reconcile certain dates, saying that It
was most important that they should be
correct He would admit the delivery of
one dispatch on the 9th. hut the conten-
tion was that the other dispatches were
delivered on the 31st. He called the Ad-
mirafs attention to the fact that one of the
dispatches which he had said he had de-
livered on May q, had been dated at WASH
ington as Of that date. This is the dis
patch In which Secretary Long had in
structed the Commodore as 10 the i'm
portance Of determining explicitly whether
Cervera's feet was in Santiago Harbor
The Admiral said that II he had said that
this dispatch was delivered on the 9th, he
had made mistake-that 1t was delivered
or the 31st. after his return from Kings
ton. The Admiral said. however. that he
was certain that he had delivered more
than one dispatch to Commodore Schley on
the nth. He said: 81 delivered 10 Com
modore schley two dispatches on the morn
ing Of May q. 1 think 1t probable that
among the dispatches which spoke Of hsy-