Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05
DISPUTE OVER A Word
schIsy's Counsel and Lemley
clash Over SIMPSONS Dear
Schley" Letter.
ille1ibls Word Declared to Be
], sSantiafo'' By Advocate for
Government.
lsehley's Counsel Says II Is
{ cisnfuesos'' =. Testimony
Today.


ssnander Hodgson. formerly navigator OF
! schiey's flagship the Brooklyn. contin-
"a his testimony before the Schiey
I aouxt of inquiry. today, after some other
1itnesses OF yesterday had been given
! ~ opportunity to correct their tes.i-
4 Smony. When court adjourned last n'sne
1sodxeon was in the hands OF Judge Ad-
vocate Lemly. whose examination ~ ol
i nm partook very largely Of the nature
II 1 cross- examination This was due 70
& me fact that Hodgsoil had been called
~ both sides OF the controversy ana
Il v;as considered even more OF a ,ch1ley s,i1
witness than government witness.
aI,en1Iy and Hanna continued the INQUIRY !.
q sfor: the government at the beginning OF
I he sitting today, after which hayner
i Nsxan q, series OF questions intended 70
Nrrenent the schley side of the conduct OF
( ne Brooklyn during not only the pattie
{ a july s. but the entire Santiago cam
rairn. Hanna's inquiries were devoted
nartly to developing more OF the details
I 5concerning the bcmbardment OF the
Colon on May 81. The entire CORE
spondence between Hodgson and schiey
I was also put in evidence. Court pesan
\ IL session today with the understandlnr
; mat there would be only one slttlng.
This agreement was reached yesterday
/ and was brought about by the fact that ma :
4 sfhe members OF the court and counsel
ana themselves greatly fatigued by the
%sxacfinxs nature OF their work and the
continuous sessions of the court. There
ygaa much Interest IN yesterdays cpl
3;sode concerning Sampson. and there Is
sstill doubt as to whether he VIII ne q
Witness. II will remain with scnley ana ,l
counsel to say for what day, II any, ne
shail be called. The controversy as ste'
Inc adrnlrars meaning in his Dear
schley.. dispatch Of May 20 has IN no
wise been abated by the tentative agrees
raent as to his being summoned. Couh-
Gel on both sides this morning nad pc
fore them copies Of the dispatch. eacn
trying strenuously to bring the other 90
IL efrs view % the casse. 3
Lemly produced the original copy OF
the .sDear s,chley" letter, over wnicn
there was question as to the final and
6rst paragraph, whether it should be
s.raenfueros'' or .Santiago. Lemly
read the letter and said the name san
stiaeo'' appears over the erasure and
called attention to the fact that the
nress COPY book also read Santiago.
showing the change had been made be-
fore the letter was copied. All the pa
pers relating to the letter were ordered
rrinted In the rcord.
Lemley requested that all papers IN
Schley's possession bearing upon the
scase, be supplied. Rayner replied for
the admiral that he had no papers
Iemley then read letters between
Schiey and Hodgson and newspaper arr
s4icies bearing upon the correspondence
Rayner objected to the reading Of the
newspaper statements which brought
about q lengthy colloquy between the
court and both counsel as to adlnis-
sibilitS of the newspaper articles.
Finally the court retired for consulta-
Sea6n and upon returning Dewey an
I nounced: .s.rhe court decides that any
Iciippings from newspapers which form
u part OF the correspondence between
0chley; and Hodgson should properly be
fead.' After further reading of letters
3befora the entire correspondence was
exhihited the court adjourned until
s1Ionday.