The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-01

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Q-How near were you 70 the St Paul2
| A--W,ll- ] should say about Too feet
We were very close in
o-Now G.vo us as nearly as you can
/ IN, words of that conversation
! A-N,L we asked the ST Paul where
! CumEcdoTg SChIyy WAS The answer
| was. You can find him i'm the NUCatan
UassHG, We asked NJ We could catch
! Saul,y. if We followed lie said Schley
/ had started at about six Knots and ut
that speed De thought we could over
| take him We th,u asked where Ger
! vera was. Captai1 SiESuCo who was
talking. did not answer this question Gi-
roCty- lie turned around on deck 10 talk
with some one Then he answered He
replied that he was sure he saw Span
lsh collier trying to sneak into the h;IT-
| huT that morning That was an the con
versation ] remember to have had with
! Captain SlEsEec. personally. Other men
on the ship. believe, talked with him
on that occasion.
Q-UiI Captain Sicsbee at any time dur
/ ing the conversation lu-u urm YOU that the
/ Spanish squadron was not IN S1nIlIEo-
Mr.. Parker-That question Is objected
captain Lemly Continuing cxamina-
| tioul-Neli. did he or did he not inform
Mr. Park,r-And that is equally objec-
! tionalIc. Ask him what SiEsb-e said.
Don't try To put words I'm his mouth.
Captain Lemly-We have been asking
! that sort Of question right along in this
| case. That is the particular point IN
issue. ] would like TO have an answer.
Nr Parker-Gt is all wrong.
The CouTt-Therv is uo objection TO that.
Nfr Scovel-Hy did not ten us that the
SpaniardS were not there
Landings on the Cuban Coast.
C--Did You have any experience in
larding and communicating with the in
surgcUts while you were down i'm Cuban
waters during this war with Spain?
A.-Yes. sir
| south
A-y,s. sir.
Q.-Now as to tho south coast. ] will
ask you when and how often and at what
times
A-You mean alone or with troops2
Q.-I would prefer 10 have you state
/ your experience alone.
A--TEree times.
Q.-NFhen and where was this2
A.-Ihc first time ,witness referred TO
notes.. was June @. az "a point about three
( or three and half miles to the west OF
( the entrance OF the hJrHpr OF santiago
Mr. Rayner-Do ", want To- so into
! events after the FIRST OF june
! Captain Lcmly-TAis comes in Ike the
matter Of developing the batteries II
shows TIE facilities for landing and com
EUnicatinE with the insurgents
/ Admiral Dewey Go Captain LemlyJ-
Conhne your question 10 the time prior
I 10 the lst of june.
| o--Did you make any landing puor 10
June Il
Anu on lut <DLLl coast tl 4 AfIa-
! CrCss-cNaminaJion by Nj Rayu,r.
/ O.-foC were al the 10 saphonc Of your
l boat
| A portion Of tho time
/ Q.-Nho el-se WIS at the mc-aDhODc2
1 Al do not remember.
| .Q.-You knew. though, that somebody
| else Was there2
/ Al am not sure about that All that
/ ! remember is that when tue St Paul
I first came near we used tho megaDhouc-
/ When she got closer IL was not necessary.
! Q.-Do you know whether anybody had
any communication HiiL Captain SiESbcg
/ with the mCgaphOne after YOU had l-ft ltt
! Al do not know / presume il is very
I likely.
! Q-I want YOU to say whether s-ou do
not know without pre~IImluE- II Esa pre-
( sumo YOU must have some reason Tor pre-
scmIuEt
sumo il. 4lr. Pepper had been Iu Havana
at the time the Maine blew uD. and h.
knew Captain SigsDee very Well and DO rs
/ very likely thar Pepper asked Captain
Sigsbee something on his own account
/ Continuing. the witness said that Dee
went 20 the stern OF the boat aft,rward
and had a conversation with two IicutCu-
ants aboard the St. Paul They were
| Lieutenants Bookwaltar and POwerson.
Mr.. RayHsr asked the witness about the
conversation which Mr.. Hare had testl-
fed was had with Captain 5igsbes. and
read a portion Of Mr.. Hare statement
about Sigsbee asking who oI mis- friends
was on board. He then asked.
Q.-Do YOU remember that
A--Not in all that detail
Q.-Were you going 10 Jamaica TO coaIz
A--No. sir.
Didn't you intend TO go to Jamaica
A.-No, we had been sent out TO find
Commodore SChley.
Q--Ar- Hare states that -nu were go
ing 70 Jamaica 10 coal, and that when
/ Captain SiGsbee stated that Cer-era was
not iu Santiago you went tu Eer West
Al think he is incorrect. ~ had u0
reason 10 go TO Jamaica u COZ. We had
enough coal 20 20 all the way around
/ Cuba and then go 10 Key West
Q.--Eut you did 90 10 Key West and
A.-YCs. sir
SiESbec's Capture of a Collier.
Q-You say that YOU talked with Cap
| tain Sigsbeo and that an he told you was
that he had caught collier trying 10
sneak into the harbor2
Al cannot swear that that was an
| that he said. but that was the principal
thing he said. We asked about Cervora
.Q.-When did he say Le caught the col
Iicr2
A--,on the morning OF the second morn
Q--When he said that TO YOU, you
found out an that YOU wanted to2
A.-No. That provoked a lively discus
sion ON board our boat. some held that
that indicated that the Spanish fIcet was
IN Santiago. and others Of UE who were
| IN charge 81 the boat. and had been sent
ont % find Schley, wanted 20 90 and FOL
low him up
No Absolute Denial of Testimony.
Q.-Mr Hare has stated that Captain
Sigsbee said that the Spanish fleet was
not i'm Santiago Harb0r. Now. are You
prepared TO say that no one asked him
that, and that he did not say that
A.-Duriug my conversation with him
be did not say that II is possible that
tho conversation might have taken place
with someone else. The chances are that
it did not. however. as th. Smith WIS "a
! loud, and anything said would have been
! heard on all parts Of the boat. So 1 am
almost sure that anything said from The
bridge of thc ST Paul would have been
heard on the Smith
Q.-Arc YOU prepared 20 say tIst that is
false and that no such conversation took
place.
Al am not prepared TO say that 10 is
false. ard that no such conversation took
place. / can state that I'm the converse
tion which 1 had with Captain Sig~b,c
which was the principal conversation car
Tiod on. that no such thing Was stated
The Impression upon our boat was that
the SIaLiards were there, and that pro-
Vukcd this discussion.
Mr.. RayucT-I do not care for that. ]
10 not want what the impression was ou
your boat, that is not evidence. ! want
Co know about the converse tlOU which Mr..
Haze says was had with Captain SiESber.
Now. ] understand You 10 say that YOU
arc not prepared 20 state that what Mr.
Hare said WAS not correct Am I right.
A--Nou are right about that.
The witness was then excused
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