The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-28
SAMPSON KNOCKS
Continued from First page.

! 11dWk any tIIcIL Vas mace 20 CClIiIli UNI
cate With the insurgsnt Cubans?'"
There was not.
The witness then testified that the
steamer AduIa in passing. had reported
TO the Brooklyn that 4 cable report had
oeen received at Kingston on May Is,
saying that the Spanish squadron was
in the haroor at Santiago. Admiral
/ Schiey's report OF this occurrence was
also read, as was his statement describ-
| ing the information. because he then be-
/ ieved the squadron TO be in Cienfuegos
harbor. All these reports have heretofore
been published.
Mr.. Raynor began his cross-examina-
| ton few minutes before l o'clock and
had not proceeded far when court took a
recess for luncheon.
AFTERNOON SESSION CALLED.
When the court began its afternoon
/ session Mr. Raynor continued his cross
| examination Of Lieutenant Hood The
| Latter said his recollection was that he
had delivered mis- dispatches 10 Commo-
| dore Schley in his CSchley's) cabin, but
II might be that he had handed them
to Lieutenant Wells and had walked
down to the cabin with him. He thought
there was no one in the cabin when the
conversation between himself and the
/ commodore had taken place
Mr.. Raynor was proceeding to question
the witness concerning his conversation
with Admiral Sampson, when admiral
/ Schley leaned over aud warned him that
this conversation had been ruled out.
Mr.. Raynor then changed his lire of
questioning. He said:
I want TO ask you whether in this con-
versauon with Comomdore schley upon
this occasion he die net tell you that Ad-
mir2d Sampson had instructed him before
he left COR Santiago TO satisfy himself
that The Spanish fleet was not at Glen
fuegos?"
The reply was: I gathered from his
conversation that he had: that in some
of the dispatches which were written
previously TO the dispatches which I car
ried him. which was of considerable later
date and therefore OF course annulIed
all the others"
''But this dispatch you carried gave
him that information
THAT was not the latest dispatch
whose contents ! knew"
Mr.. Raynor questioned the witness con-
cerniug the report of the presence OF the
Spanish fleet st Santiago and attempted
to read n quotation from a magazine
article alleged TO have been written by
Admiral Sampson TO sustain his point
that the Adula had reported that the fleet
remained at Santiago only one day. Mr..
Hanna objected 10 the Introduction OF
the article as testimony
He said among other things;
I have w'itten magazine articles my
self for prominent gentlemen whose
names were signed TO them"
He said however that he did not doubt
that the article was Admiral SIMPSONS.
The question was ultimately Withdrawn
for the time being. Captain Lemley then
asked.
Wasn't your understanding that the
Aduia in the communication with tho
Brooklyn led the officers of the Brooklyn
to believe that the Spanish aeet had ar
rived in Santiago one day and cano out
of the harbor the next day. Wasn't that
the impression it left on your mind?"
The reply was: IKE impres ession made
on my mind was no impression what
ever. It Is my recollection that at that
date 1 knew the fleet was on the San
tiago.
Captain Lemley questioned Mr.. Hood
about the dispatches delivered by him 20
Admiral Schley, eliciting from him the
statement that while he carried two dis
patches to the admiral from the comman-
der-in-ehief, he knew that the informa-
ton contained in one Of them was later
than in the other. because the one was
dated at Havana and the other at Key
West. The Havana dispatch had con-
tained more positive instructions about
proceeding TO Santiago.
M'CALLA As WITNESS.
Lieutenant Hood was then excused and
Captain Bowman McCana, who command
ed the Marblehead during the Spanish
war, was called. Witness had first come
into contact wien the flying squadron or
May 19. 1895 " hen ne was proceeding
from the south coast OF Cuba 10 Key
West he met the squadron on its way
to Cuba Witness said he had been asked
on board the Brooklyn for the purpose /
OF making a report on conditions in Cuba
but had made z fun report Of Captain
Chadwick, Admiral SIMPSONS chief az
STAFF, when he arrived at Key West. on
this point he said:
In addition TO written reports or dis +
patches which carried I explained 10 I.
the chief of sta6 the secret code which 1 4
had established with the Cubans near c. I
That was not done until /
heard that Commodore Schley vas pro- 1
ceeding to Cienfuegos"
What was the secret code, briefly"
"On the 18th and 18th Of May 1sas ] had /
been communication with three Cuban or I
6cers and two privates on the Marble 4
head and had arranged with Lieutenant f
Laverez, who spoke English very well. a
system Of signals in case they wished %
communicate with the Marblehead or my
force. There were 70 be three horizontal
lights at night. and three horses in lire
on the beach by day.
ITO whom. according 10 the best of
your recollection. cid you communicate
that secret code of signals"
only 20 Captain Chadwick. chief Of
ston"
Did you make any written report re-
specung those siguais2
Never II was secret code arranged
b. myself ard I did not wish a1y plb-
icity % he gwen the code. because The
-ubsns might be betrayed by any pub
icity which would reach the spanish
government i1 Havana"
Did you have fear % e betrayal Of
,ur oV-r force SRI IKE manner
4 thovght that was possible. q course.
nat was in uy mind az tire tiue-
"How Ions sftsT you reached Key West
'efore you made that eommunicatloa %
ne chief q staF
so soon as reached the faesh.n ard
ouud taet the flying Squadron haa beez
directed % 1ieufreges