Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-27
SAMPSON ASKS
TO Be REPRESENTED
Court Decided That Attorneys Named BY
him Could Not Appear-Hood's
Talk With SchIey.

| ~" sill tne HCnlel
court at $3.50 Judge Advocate Leml,
read letter from Admiral Sampson
dated at Lake Sunapee, n. H.. septem
Der TO- asking that Messrs stayton an,
Campbell be allowed to represent him il
the case. The court decided that they
could not appear
sCHLEY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, Sept 21-As usual Al.
miral Dewey lost no time today In
bringing the schley court Of inquiry Ia
order and as usual the counsel ON both
sides of the case were in their seats
and prepared TO proceed promptly with
the business before the court. Can't
Lemly estimates that he VIII De able
TO conclude the presentation Of the
government side Of the case by the close
OF next week. lie says he win have
about 10 or 20 more witnesses to in
troduce.
one OF the most regular attendants
upon the court is Mr. VIM. II. stay
ton, the attorney, who is understood to
be prepared TO represent other naval
officers than Admiral schley lie sits
outside the rail and does not in any
way participate in the proceedings. He
said yesterday that so long as Admiral
sampson was kept out Of the case he
would have nothing to say.
CAPT, WISE CoRREcTs TEsTI.
MONY.
Today's session began with the recall
OF Capt Wise to make verbal changes
IN the Official copy Of his testimony. H.
altered his previous statement concern.
ING the order Of the navy department
OF May 20, 1898, in which he was direct
ca 10 Inform every vessel off Santiago
that the flying squadron is off Cienfu-
egos, saying that he desired TO correct
ms response 10 the courts inquiry as
TO why this order was not carried out
by stating that II had been carried out.
The flying squadron was ordered 10
proceed with all possible dispatch" ne
said and added u did not desire to
inform the commodore OF the 0yne
squadron OF his own movements The
prdef was TO inform commanders OF the
movements OF the flying squadron"
The court then asked
did you direct Capt Sigsbee 70 give
Commodore schley the Information
contained In the dispatch from the navy
department regarding the whereabouts
OF the Spanish squadron?"
Il did not"
LIEUT. SPENCER WOOD.
Lieut., Spencer c. Wood who com.
manded the dispatch boat Dupont dur
Ing the Spanish war was tnen called
and continued his testimony. begun
yesterday. MI Raynor resumed his
cross examination. The Titregs said |
that while OF Cienfuegos he had been |
On picket duty two miles .fom shore |
on The niSht Ct May % and had been |
Instructed TO signal the squadron with |
tWo red lights IN case the clrmyA tor
DO boats cana out Of the harbor
Mr. Raynor then read from the tes-
Ilmony OF Capt Harder. OF the Texas.
saying that there had been no picket
vessels within the line OF the feet Of
'ienfuegos The witness said that the
statement was wrong.
capt Lemly said Capt Harder had
testified that there We're no pickets 80
ar as he could recall" 10 which Mn
2aynor responded. we are not m
eaching Capt. Harber's ,eracity We
ire impeaching his recollection, not his
The witness continued. AS | have
zen since the commander ln-chicf also
eported that the Dupont was not
here have written the department
hat | was there Other people forget
bout II too"
you are trying now TO justify Capt
iarber's want OF recollection by stat
ne that the communicated wrote |
letter that there were no picket boats
here"
HE ala not mention their presence
nd ! corrected IT,"
"Do you recollect any statement made
Y the cOmmandcr-in-c when he
ad picket boat within the picket line
hat he had arranged a signal from the
icket boat 10 the dagship2'
He did not mention any and ] have
letter on file in the department call-
" attention TO the omission IN that
port"
II call your attention 10 the report OF
he cOmmander-in-ch In which DE F.
ates the line of blockade"
THE DUPONT WAS INSIDE.
Il wish to bring il out that the Du- ,
mt Was inside The line and that Is
ie report ] mnde 20 the department
still stand on the point tha, he Is not I
'inging out where the torpedo boat y
as i"
You are perfectly right about that
II are not asked In reference 90 any !,
iticism YOU may have upon tie rec !,
nj OF the commanler-in-rhie The !,
lestion Is this Capt HARDER has | p
hnltely stated that there was NJ !,
cket boat inside the line az Cienfue- ~
49, You say there was and that the / I.
lpont was one OF those b1ats'
Il was inside the line, inside the :,
.stine."
BY the Court-Could you see the y
xas from the Dupont during the p
ghts Of May p ana May 81? u
No, sir" il
Anrrsssrsrsr. srA Q"