Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-24
SCHLEY INQUIRY.
Capt. Clark Testifes to
SchIey's Bravery.
Date OfExecution OF Anarchist
Czolgosz,
Denver Woman Dies from Poison Be.
cause Of Illicit Love.
ENGLISH GUNS RECkPTUReD.

Washington. Oct. 2i.-Every seat in
the large room where the schley
court Of inquiry is sitting was occu
pied today. Announcement of the ap
preaching close and the possibility
that Admiral Schley would take the
witness stand had the effect OF In.
ereasing the public interest
After Rear Admiral Baker and
Capt NJ. G. Borden had testified to
incidents in the Cuban campaign,
Capt. Charles h. Clark, whose record
on the Oregon is the boast OF every
American citizen, was called as the
third witness OF the day, and the last
witness in Schley's behalf to be hear
before the admiral himself should
come on.
Captain Clark described the chase
after the Spanish ships on July 3. He
said he was afraid at one time that
the oregon would have to sustain the
concentrated fire OF several ships.
Just then the smoke lifted and he dis
covered the Brooklyn. "She was well
forward of our port BEAM" he said,
and broadside to the enemy's feet
The two vessels retained their rela.
tive positions approximately to the
end of the battle, the Brooklyn steam.
ing nearly straight ahead. | should
judge. and engaging any and all the
Spanish ships, the Oregon endeavo.-
ing to come to close action with the
sternmost one. and when she was
driven out of action we kept on after
the next one"
Clark described the conversation
that occurred in the cabin of the New
York after the battle of July 8, be-
tween Sampson. Schley and himself
A strange vessel had been sighted.
believed to be "a Spanish war ship.
Sampson told the witness that he
would have to go after her. and tho
witness, thinking that the stranger
was a Spanish man-of.war, suggested
that the Brooklyn accompany the Or
egon. Then, thinking he had been
too forward In making suggestions to
the admiral and commodore. he turn
ed to Schley and said. I'VE knocked
out several vessels this morning ami
can knock out another, can't we?"
Certainly we can; come on" said
Schley.
Witness said that the commodore
was cheerful, and seemed to have APP
proved his suggestion that the Brook
lyn accompany the Oregon.
Can you tell how many ships the
Brooklyn engaged when the smoke
lifted and you saw her on the west
ward course?" Clark was asked
She must have been engaged with
all four"
Did you see the turn of the Brook
lyn?'
mo, sir; never saw the BROOKLYN
until | came out of the smoke"
Captain Clark was excused and
Rear Admiral Schley was called at
2:06 p. m. He was requested by Mr..
Rayner to relate his conduct of the
campaign in narrative form. lie be.
gan by relating the particulars OF his
taking command of the flying squad
ron at Hampton Roads, where. he
said, the general plan was thrashad
out" He had, he said explained to
his commanders that in n general way
II was his idea ito attack the head
and leading ship of the enemy at
tacking us, and concentrate his fire
upon her"
Il think the plan was indicated by
the result OF the battle some six
weeks or two months later" he sail.
He related the details of the cruise to
Key West and his meeting there with
Admiral Sampson. The admiral
seemed very much worried" he said,
"and necessarily so, because his re-
sponsibility had been great"
Schley said in the course of his tcs-
tlmony: L think Lieutenant Wood
did me an injustice when he spoke
of my speaking disrespectfully of Al
miral Sampson. used no such
terms. There was no reason why |
should have done so. | invariably
spoke of him as Admiral Sampson,
and | do not recall one word of the
conversation which Wood recites: not