The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-27

her and the Iowa and go in and have a
pot shot at those fellows y
Mr.. Lemly-Anything further?
There was, of course, some further
conversation. cannot recall the words
nor, aside from what l have mentioned
the particular subjects.
William C. Gray, who was chief ma
chinist on the Texas during the battle
off Santiago on. July 8, testified that on
that date he had been on duty at the
throttle of the 'starboard engine of the
battleship. He said that when he went
to the vessel the engine was going ahead
TEXAS ENGINES REVERSED.
"The next signal,' he said, twas to
stop and minute afterward to reverse
The engines were then reversed
The witness said that the reversal was
very brief, the revolutions not exceeding
100 and the time being short. He had,
he said, heard afterwards that the re-
verse was because they were passing the
Brooklyn. Lieut.. Spencer S. Wood, who
commanded thee dispatch boat Dupont
during the Spanish war, was the next
witness: '"i
: Lieut.. Wood Related the particulars of
his mission as a dispatch carrier from
Admiral Sampson lying at Key West to
Admiral Schley who''was off Cienfuegos.
I10 Hdu lelL MY w CSI Oi NAoJ ~, SeAA
rying dispatches, of which the Iowa car
ried duplicates, and aid reached Glen
fuegos several hours in advance of the
Iowa.
ION my arrival, said the Witness Il
went aboard and personally delivered the
dispatches which / carried from Admiral
Sampson to Commodore Schley in his
cabiI at o'clock. He asked me Admiral
Sampson's idea about where the Spanish
squadron was. told him did not know.
He asked me of Admiral Sampsons in
tentions 1 told him I did not know them.
He told me he thought the Spanish
squadron was there He had heard fir
ing and was almost convinced that they
were there. The conversation was on the
line to endeavor to find out from me
what Admiral SIMPSONS plans were. l
could give him no information"
How long were you on board the flag
ship?"
Until just before luncheon.
''Have you anything to- state with re-
spect to this interview which will bear
upno the subject of this inquiry!
sCHLEY WAS NERVOUS.
sThe commodore hesitated some about
giving me coal He did not think ne
could spare coal at first said it was
absolutely. necessary; that we were al
from Key West. He said, Very well, go
below and [ will think it over L went
below to the Gard room and was after
wards called up and informed that they
would give me coal i had never befofe
met the admiral. He impressed me as
being very nervous. He would get up
and walk around, come back and SIT
down, and a number of question he
asked about Admiral SIMPSONS inten-
T Uac ma hle To answer
IF 1 understand you clearly, you had
no knowledge of the contents of the dis
patches which you delivered?'
Admiral Sampson did not tell me what
was in them He simply told me these
were duplicate dispatches he was send
ing by the Iowa. These duplicates ne
said. he gave to me because he thought
the Dupont could make better speed. L
left after the Iowa, passed her off Cape
San Antonio and arrived in Cienfuegos
some three or four hours before she did.
1 left Key West at 11:30 a. m. on the
GOTH
During this. interview in which you
made some statements with respect to
the admiraps manner, had he read the
dispatches? Did he read them in your
presence?
ooh, yes"
Did he advise you of their contents
tken?
HE did not tell me positively what
they were. 1 gathered while L was
aboard the flagship what they contained,
but whether it was while was in the
cabin or later when 1 was in the ward
room, I do not know. 1 never saw the
contents and Admiral Sampson never
told me what they were.
ST wish to ascertain exactly the par
ticulars of this interview
"All the dispatches seemed to be of an
important character, judging from the
admirals manner upon receiving them.
AS I stated, he was very nervous"
Asked by Mr.. Rayner if Admiral Samp-
son or any one else had Informed him
before he left Key West for Cienfuegos
that a code of signals had been agreed
upon between the American forces and
the Cuban insurgents, Lieut.. Wood re-
piled in the negative. He had not, he
said, received such information officially.
but he added that it was current talk at
Key West that the Marblehead on the
previous trip had established commune
cation with the Cubans. If, however, a
code had been arranged he did not know
of the fact. Before Lieut.. Wood had con-
Guided his testimony the court at 12:45
adjourned for the day to permit at
tendance at TlIdee Wilson's funeral