The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-09

first positions assigned Mr.. Hanna OBJ
Jected to this method of examining the
witness and a spirited colloquy arose be-
tween counsel
II should like to know where you were
Wnen the witness made his statement"
said Mr.. Hanna
Mr. Raymer-I was here and heard
what he said
Mr. Hanna-I think it is outrageous to
ask this witness rs your map wrong?"
Mr. Raymer-I will make the style
style is all right.
Mr. Hanna-You have a good opinion
of it, no doubt.
Mr. Raymer-I will say, us the map
sltlons? Do you object to that?
Mr.. Hanna-That is very much better?
Capt Lemly-That is not what you
mean, is it?r
Mr.. Raymer-That is not what I
mean. mean it is wrong, but want the
witness to answer
Witness-To the best of my knowledge
and belief it is right.
fact that the witness had said at the
beginning of the battle the Brooklyn
was heading north and east, while Lieut..
Commander Hodgson who had been
sci was heading north and west.
Which is right?" he asked
II believe L am right replied the
You both can't be right
That is right, too"
OPINIONS DIFFER WIDELY.
In response to further questions Lieut.
Bristol said his chart had been stored
away for some time, but that previously
ne mad several blue prints made of it.
AT MI. Rayner'S request witness made
measurements showing that according to
his Chart at the beginning of the fight
or Santiago, the nearest Spanish ship
to the Brooklyn was $500 yards
Mr.. RaVn6r asked: 'fHOW can Won req
oncile that With me statement of Lieu
tenant Commander Hodgson that the
range at the time of the turn of the
Brooklyn was 400 yards?"
Il cannot reconcile my statement with
that. of Lieutenant Commander Hodg-
son."
fectly irreconcilable?
"A range of 1,400 yards at the time
OF the turn of the Brooklyn is absolutely
lrreconc1lable. My idea is that with a
Stadlmeter at 1000 yards it is not an &C
curate instrument, and that is what they
state they took the measurements with.
So in smoke of battle it is almost impos-
sible to take ranges accurately. 1t was
a good deal of ar estimate Also l have
heard, [ don't know how true it is, that
the ranges On board the Brooklyn were
taken by an enlisted man. 1 do not
question the enlisted mans accuracy ex-
cept that l would think that an officers
accuracy would be taken over that of
All enlisted man."
STADIMETER UNRELIABLE.
Mr.. Rayner-Were those the reasons
you give now accounting for this wide
diVerge. You do not think the stadi-
meter is as accurate as it ought to be?
Those are the reasons / have always
had in my mind for reconciling those two
statements. A ready reason for thinking
myself right was the speed of the ship
which was given to me half speed.
Take it at full speed, her initial posi-
tor, and she could not arrive at GER
tain point which would give her that
range, 400 yards
Mr.. Rayner-Then the stadimeter is
not to be relied upon at ell in compari-
son with your observations, as 1 under
stand it, in this instance?
The stadimeter at 1900 yards and over
is we'll known to be inaccurate for meas
ur1ng distances among officers in the
navy because the graduations are so close
ton makes a large error in the result"
rs it inaccuI ate under 1900 yards?"
1T is more accurate under 1900 yards
but if the instrument has not been cor
rected recently it is likely to err
Mr.. Rayner-Is it possible for the stad-
imeter to have made mistake of 1000
YARDS? Don't you think that if that is
the case, you had better abolish that
instrument?
II do not believe Mr.. Hodgson took an
accurate observation. 1 don't want to
want to make the statement of what 1
know in regard to the instrument. The
instrument, as l use it, is accurate at
lower ranges and inaccurate at higher
ranges
Mr. Rayner then questioned the witness
as to the stay of the flying squadron at
Cienfuegos. The latter. said he had not
considered that they maintained a block
ade there.
1--WE were merely lying off the port
he said, land at night anything could
have passed in SO far as we were con-
cerned without being SEEM He admit
ted that the Dupont and the Castine had
been kept inside the line at night, but
that he had not been able to see them.
Mr.. Rayner then undertook to compare
the estimate of the distances which Com
modore Schleys fleet went to the east
and west of Santiago harbor, with that
of Capt Folger. Mr.. Hanna suggested
that the practice of quoting from the ties
timony of former witnesses while not OBJ
jectionable from a legal point of view,
was calculated to produce delay and
therefore not desirable.
TIFF BETWEEN COUNSEL.
When Mr. Hanna had taken his seat,
Mr.. Rayner replied, referring to Mr..
Hanna as Ibis learned and solemn
friend" This Characterization brought
Capt. Lemly to his feet:
'"This,'' he said, lis eminently improp-
or All these 1eft-handed commitments