The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1901-10-24
swinging clear of the Texas, etc."
Correspondent on the Stand.

Edward Graham, the Associated Press
correspondent, was called. He was
questioned by Mr.. Rayner and said he
was on the Brooklyn from March 20 to
Aug. 20, 1898.
Mr.. Graham was then questioned
about the conversation between Com.
modore Schley and Captain Sigsbee on
the occasion of the captains visit to
the Brooklyn on May 26 as follows:
did you see Captain Sigsbee on
board the Brooklyn on May 26?"
Eyes, sir"
did you hear him in conversation
with Commodore Schley?"
eyes, SIR
"Can you give us that conversa.
tion?"
AFTER we had reached the quarter
deck from the gangway he stopped
and Commodore Schley said to him {:
Have we got them, Sigsbee?' Captain
Sigsbee said: No, they are not here.
! have been here for week and they
are not here'"
"1s that the whole of the converse.
tion as you recollect?"
mo, sir. We went aft, further back
on the quarter deck, and he continued
the conversation. Commodore Schley
said: Are you sure they are not in
there" He said: 4 have been very
close to the harbor entrance two or
three times. Captain Cotton has been
in and cut cable and they are not
there.'"
You heard Sigsbee say that?'
"Yes, sir; took some part in the
conversation"
did you record that conversation
and did Captain Sigsbee know you re-
corded it?"
Captain Sigsbee knew I was
newspaper man and was there look
ing for information and Captain Sigs-
bee later took dispatch written by
me and revised by Commodore Schley.
He took it aboard his ship and he was
to deliver it to one of the small boats
or else take it over himself"
And Captain Sigsbee took that dis
patch?"
'Yes, sir. It was open. 1t detailed
the fact that the feet was not there"
Bombardment of the Colon.
do you remember the reconnois-
sance on May 91?"
chusetts."
Were you present at any conversa-
tion between Commodore Schley and
Captain Higginson in the pilothouse of
the Massachusetts?
con the Brooklyn I heard that they
were going in to lombard and that the
flag should be transferred to the Mas
sachusetts. l asked permission to go
aboard the Massachusetts, with the
commodore. He had just given per-
mission to Mr.. McCauley to go and
turning to me he said: I do not think
you better go. l think you can see it
better from the Brooklys.' She was
then coaling. He further said that
they did not intend to do anything ex-
cept find out what the batteries con-
sisted of. kept urging him to let
me go and he finally consented"
"Now tell me regarding the conver-
sation between Commodore Schley
and Captain Higginson."
There was some discussion about
what the Spanish fleet had brought
with them. A report was current that
they had brought arms and ammuni-
tioS for the defense Of Havana and
there was also a discussion as to
whether they had had time to mount
guns from the fleet. The two officers
smoked their cigars and chatted over
it. Commodore Schley said his idea
was to go in about 1000 or $500 yards
and fire simply to draw their fire. So
far as l remember Captain Higginson
acquiesced in that. Later Mr.. Potts
came in"
Were you in the presence of Com
modore Schley during the whole OF
this reconnaissance of the Massachu-
setts?"
"Only part of the time. At times l
was behind the coming tower and he
was on the other side of it."
At this point Mr.. Rayner read to the
witness portion of the testimony
given by Mr.. Potts, wherein he had re-
ferred to the conversation between
Commodore Schley and Captain Hig-
ginson as to going in for the bonn
bardment and asked: Were you
present at that conversation"
mo" answered the witness. "That
conversation must have been. when
they stepped outside the pilothouse.
Potts was in there a short time with
u.s."
Did Not Hear schIey Say It.
"Then you don't know anything
about the conversation about which
Potts testified that the commodore
said, Gentlemen, we are very con-
spicuous objects here, let's get out OF
it?'"
81 never heard such conversation.
stood on top of the forward 1S-inch
turret. The commodore called to me,
boy. that's a bad place for you. Step
in here. l afterward asked why and
he said that the concussion would hurt
me. had no serious intention of re-
manning there" $3.50
"Was Potts present at that time?"
81 think he was giving the ranges at
the time"
The witness said he was with the
commodore during the whole OF the
reconnaissance and did not hear either
of the alleged conversations.
Mr. Graham also said that he had