Evening star., 1901-09-27
LIEUT.. HOODS STORY
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stamp Of Admiral schley. showing that It
was received orr the flagship at BIS am.
of the 23d of May.
Lieut.. Hood was cross-examined ~ Mr..
Hayner. who questioned him to show that
the dispatch he brought from Admiral
Sampson to Commodore Schley indicated
that the former EFFECTED the flying squad
ron ron to- to leave befoss daylight Of - May e.
been delivered ct 80 In the morning 1t
would have peen impossible to comply with
the order in that respect.
.. .c1oek rne kcourtNthep took recess until 2
Mr. stayton>.Den Admission.
The interesting~feature before the court
ance Of Mr. w. H. Stayton Of New York
city. who entered the portion of the room
reserved to the court, presented to Admiral
Dewey a letter from Admiral Sampson re-
questing that he be allowed to represent
him as his counsel in the pending investi-
cation.
Mr.. Stayton stood by for some minutes
ana receiving no reply from Admiral
Dewey inquired whether he would be al
lowed to remain Admiral Dewey respond
cd tnat ne would give him an answer later,
and IN the meantime he could take seat
OUTSIDE the court inclosure.
rms action on the part Of Mr.. Stayton Is
q declaration on his behalf that Admiral
Sampson has been attacked. He has been
present IN the court room daily since the
proceedings began In the interest of Ad-
miral Sampson, and his application for adj
mission as the adFnlraPS counsel was sole
ly based on the claim that Admiral Samp-
son had been attacked in the evidence sub
mitted to the court.
The court at 2:45 o'clock refused to ad-
init Mr.. Stayton as counsel for Admiral
Sampson. F
The judge advocate read to the court a
letter that had been presented by Mr. Stay
ton from Admiral Sampson asking that he
be allowed to represent him, and stated to
the court that Admiral Sampson was not a
party to the inquiry and that he should not
be represented by counsel.
capt. Parker started to speak, but the
judge advocate said that it was a matter
that he had nothing to do with. and he sat
down again.
Stayton that he could not be admitted. and
when he asked II he might remain inside
the railing told him that he would have to
go beyond the bounds of the court.
Stayton said that he would renew his ap-
pltcatton tomorrow morning before the
court and would give reasons why he
should be admitted. Speaking Of these rea-
inquiry began questions had been asked
which were insulting to Admiral Sampson
and then withdrawn or not pressed. These
reasons he will state fully to the court to-
morrow morning.
When the court began its afternoon ses-
sion Mr.. Rayner, continued his cross-exami-
nation of Lieutenant Hood. The latter
said his recollection was that he had de-
hvered his dispatches to Commodore Schley
in his (Schley's) cabin, but it might be
that he handed them to Lieutenant Welles
and had walked down to the cabin with
him. He thought there was no one in the
cabin when the conversation between him.
self and the commodore had taken place
Capt. McCalIa on the Stand.
Lieut. Hood was then excused and Cap
tain BowmaH1H McCalla, who command
ed the MarblaHead during the Spanish war;
come into contact with the flying squadron
on May 10, 1898. He was then proceeding
from the south coast of Cuba to Key West
and met the squadron on its way to Cuba
He had not been asked to come aboard
for the purpose Of making a report
Captain McCalla said that upon reaching
Key West he had informed Captain Chad
wick, AdmiraJ1 Simpsons chief-of-staff, Of
the secret code he had arranged with the
Cuban insurgents, vbut that he had not
given it to any one else.
Capt. MeCaHa told of his return to Glen
fuegos on thesj morning of May "a. He had
carried dispatches to Admiral Schley. and
had then told him of the arrangement to
communicate with the Cubans and of his
information that tine Spanish feet was In
the harbor. at Santiago. He said that
Schley had Immediately assented to his
going ashore. -s- -.=.
He also told of his report to Schley and
had then for the first time seen the in
structions to the commodore. The commo-
dore had told him that he had found diff
Guilty in coaling, but that he felt that If he
returned to Key West he would be court
martialed.
McCalla said he had advised him to 90 to
Santiago, even # he did not stay there.