Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-11-02

Lne answer fr0m Captain sSlgSbee was
You will find him in the Yucatan pas
sage and then, inasmuch as our boat
was very slow,I asked him to advise
me whether he thought we could catch
,Commod ore Schley If we followed him
and he stated YES 3.si5. u =. Ss
! tThe second question, was Where
Is Cervera?' 2 and in answer to that
Captain Sigsbee did not speak for a
moment. He consulted with somebody
on the bridge Of the ship and then an.
sWered I am not sure, but we caught
an English collier trying to sneak into
the harbor this morning, That was
all the conversation I remember to
have had with Captain Sigsbee per
sonally. Other men on the boat had
some conversation with him." g., -.
;, Did Captain Sigsbee, during any
time Of the. conversation inform you
that the Spanish squadron was not In
Santiago?" ~ :: r1;5.:'1i y. r. i. '.s,y
He; did not tell us that the Span.
iards were not there"
On ross-examination Mr. Scovil
said that he had. been at the mega
phone part of the time. :, He could not
say whether others on board.the press
boat had talked with Captain Sigsbee.
Mr. Scovil was then excuse, and a
number of the witnesses of the previ-
GUS day were called for the purpose Of
making corrections in their testimony.
Lieutenant Hood Recalled. s'y<
Lieutenant John Hood, who COM
maIlded the. Hawk during the Spanish
war, was then recalled, He was ques-
toned on the point made by Admiral
Schley in his testimony that the com,
manding officer, of the. Dolphin had fill
ed with the navy department mem
oranduIn in which he said, speaking
Of Hoods return from his mission to
Commodore &Schley while the latter
lay off Cienfuegos, ssHood says a good
many officers do not believe the Span
iards and there Cat Cienfuegos) at all.
but they car only surmise." ~ -
In reply to a question as to what
report he had made on which such a
memorandum could have been based,
witness replied: - - =
@;"s'I reported to the commanding of
ficerrof the Dolphin that 1 conversed
with number OF officers and did not
believe myself nor did many; &of the
officers believe, as far as could make
out, that the Spaniards We're there,
that there was no reason for believing
they were there and that thought
Commodore Schley5s$ had convinced
himself they were there on very ;slen-
der grounds" IL L. ssS.:aE.E :SS5sEE
Mr.. Hanna-"Did you or did you not
make any report to the commanding e
officer 3of. the Dolphin which; would
warrant the use of language embodied
in that memorandum? .>.
II did make such a report, one war.
ranting stronger language than that. -
Mr.. Hanna-"How did you get the
notes in reference to boarding the
Adula?" -. .>. 49,
. How He Secured information.
"I never boarded the Adula. l re.
turned to the flagship Brooklyn after
collecting the mail under Commodore
Schley's orders about II o'clock. Just
as came on board met Lieutenant
Simpson of tie Brooklyn, who had
boarded the Adula and had his written
report. asked him to let me see it,
as there might be valuable information
in it, which he did. I then told him
wanted a copy of it to take back to the
admiral as there was, in my opinion,
very valuable Information in it. Simp.
son and myself went to the executive
officers office and he read the notes
over. He had the executive Officers
writer make copy for me to take
back to the admiral as valuable infor-
nation" 40 y5.l1.. sgs " Z, -...s-r@s.
Lieutenant Hood said in reply to a
question from Mr. Rayner that the
notes which he had carried back to the
Dolphin were those made by Lieuten-
ant Simpson; hence it was; Lieutenant
Simpson and not himself who had
boarded the British ship. +sL$ +:5 5SSe
| Lieutenant Hood was then excused
and a number of kilograms and official
dispatches, which have been hereto,
fore put in, were introduced at this
point for; the convenience of counsel.
Captain Lemly then stated that he
had one more witness whom he desir-
ed to call on Monday, owing to the
fact that he was too i'll to appear at
present and it was also stated that
Admiral Schley would take the stand
for the purpose of correcting mis- testi-
mony. MIR. Rayner said he would have
no more witnesses. except, possibly,
the admiral himself. s$$ 4; ??s-:. .:s.s,5a
There being no further business be-
fore the court an adjournment was
taken at l2:45 until Monday at IL
a. m. & 81 s;55 III &3 III
WELCOMED PORTSMOUTH,.
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