Evening star., 1901-10-24

Crawford, secretary to Admiral Dewey.
The seats in the part of the room open TO
the public generally were also all taken up,
and the open space back of them affordinS
standing room filled with spectators. Win
dow sils afforded standing room for those
in the rear of the room who wished to see
the court over the heads of the crowd
When the session began number OF
yesterdays witnesses We're recalled as
usual, for the correction of testimony, and
after they had concluded Lieut.. Commander
Charles H. Harlow continued his testi-
mony. He had concluded his statement-in-
chief when. the court adjourned yesterday,
and he was Immediately taken in hand to-
day by Capt. LemIy for cross-eXamination.
This was devoted principally to the notes
taken by Mr.. Harlow of the battle of July
3 from the NiXens deck, but was not very
extended. Capt. Charles E. Clark whose
record on the Oregon during the campaign
of 9S is the boast of every American citi-
zen, was then called -.
After he had concluded Admiral Schley
took the stand. --
Dispute Over a Dispatch.
When Lieut.. B. w. Wells jr, flag lieu
tenant to Commodore Schley on the Brook
lyn, was recalled to certify the correctness
of the report of his testimony previously
given, he was asked by the judge advocate
in relation to a dispatch which appears in
cipher in the commodores letterbook and
which he was asked to translate for the
court this morning. He had made a trans
lation of this dispatch. 1t was prepared to
be sent by the commodore to the depart
ment, but 1t was never transmitted Objec-
ton was made to it as not proper evidence.
Mr.. Hanna claimed, if the commodore
had stated the contents of his dispatch
without writing it down, there could have
been no doubt about admitting it. Then
1t would have been something, he said, as
indicating his purpose.
Mr.. Rayner addresses the court, saying
that on previous occasion a report of
Commodore Schley, which it was desired
to put in, had been excluded. 1t was not
permitted to go In as evidence because 1t
had not been sent.
Mr.. Hanna desired to question the wit
ness to bring out the contents of this dis
patch by having him testify to conversa-
ton he had with the commodore in regard
to It,
Mr.. Rayner insisted that counsel could
not get in roundabout way what he was
not allowed by the court to get in a direct
way.
Mr.. Hanna-"Our attitude is the same as
if this had been merely a conversation with
Commodore Schley."
His purpose, he said, was to develop the
circumstances connected with this matter.
Admiral Dewey consulted with other
members of the court, and announced that
they didn't want that kind of evidence. He
wanted facts, and not any intentions that
might have been developed.
Mr.. Hanna-Unless the witness remem-
bers the conversation.
Admiral Dewey-No; we don't want it.
Mr.. Hanna-That dispatch appears in the
press copybook of Commodore Schley.
Admiral Dewey-We don't wish to have
anything to do with the dispatch. The dis
patch is out of it.
Maj. Murphy corrected his testimony of
yesterday so as to say that the vessels Of
the flying squadron in steaming back and
forth at night in front of the mouth of the
harbor at Santiago had gone only about
500 yards to each side of the harbor in
stead of 1,500 yards, as stated yesterday
Mai. Murphy Narrates an Incident.
In response to a question by Mr. Rayner,
Maj. Murphy detailed an incident in which
Commodore SchIey figured at the close of
the battle of July g. Major Murphy said
Il remember the incident distinctly, be-
cause 1t made a very great impression on
me at the time 1t was when they were
preparing cutter to take Capt. Cook to
the Colon to receive the surrender of that
ship. She had hauled down her flag and
was ashore. The officers and many of the
men We're gathered forward in the neigh
Schley addressed the men, cautionfng them
not to cheer when the Spanish captain
came on board. He spoke of their gal
lantry, that they had made a good fight,
and that they should not be Inundated;
that We should treat them chivalrously and
not humiiiate them by cheers. 1t was
gallant speech, and We all felt 1t very deep
iy. The commodore made the same speech
about midnight of the same day when we
We're ranging alongside the Iowa. and we
had learned that Admiral Cervera and his
officers. were on board that ship 1t after
ward developed that Admiral Cervera heard
commodore Schley make the remark and