Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-02
COMMANDER SHARP
ON WITNESS STAND.
vixen Joined Flying Squadron off Cienfue-
OSNlay "a Saw Brooklyn While
Making Her Loop.

gan win the usual recall of for,oo,
witnesses Tor the correction of their tes.
timony IN the official record Co..
these cam chief Woman Reckor ~ aEi.
had begun Ills testimony ves,erday w." ong
was on the stand when the proceedinss
closed. lle was at thar tIms n me-
cross-eAahllnalon by MIR Ravnor 90
that gentleman continued bIs 49, ro, , a,'i
TINS inornlng. The formaIities OF ,o-
day were begun with brief explana.
ton OF tns large chart Of the southern
coast Oh ,uoa' which hangs on the waii
OF the courtroom This examination
was made by Capt. Iemly wbn se an
that the chart had been prepared fron,
data collected since the wer ,r,ts
Spain ana was much more CORRECT ,ban
former ehafhi Capt. Parker on hshalf
OF ADMIRAL sghley said tbat ,rith ,,,aga
explanations he was willing ~ ~" sc 800
the chart as authentic. ~ "NN'P'
Admiral Evans was the first M the
witnesses Of yesterday who apnearad
for the purpose OF making corrections
In his Testimony. Having made tbese
corrections, Admiral Evans rose and
formally addressing the court. said
EVANS RISES TO EXPLAIN
May II please the court, in connec.
tion with one Of The questions asked
me yesterday, unless Admiral srhIev
or his council object | should ike 10
make a statement and Produce a letter.
If at any moment counsel object or
Admiral Sehley objects. | viii Win.
draw IL and stop"
ter?
Certainly handing It to Mr.. Ray
nor. IT Is matter entirely personal
to me, sir. The way the question was
put to me yesterday put me in the no.
sition OF having Dragged Of destroying
the whole Spanish feet on board The
Brooklyn. The Identical words were
used In a Letter purporting 10 come from
the Brooklyn and published IN Wash
ington newsIaper OF July %. 1925, I
immediately went to the editor OF the
paper to ascertain the author Of such
letter and he after q good deal of
trouble, ascenalned that Il was d wo-
man who has given this information
Whether she was paid for II or not I
could not lnd out At the same time
| wrote to Capt Cook. Of the Brooklyn
inclosing the article and there is his
reply. ] should Ike that letter 10 70
In the Testimony in connection with the
testimony, az the words are the iden-
teal words uied In this scurrilous let
ter published 10 the newspaper"
Mr.. Raynor ! DO not object TO any
explanation q al that you may make.
There was n,thlng wrong In the Ques-
tion itself.
The question was put 70 me as II | |
had stated i had shot the bow Of the |
Pluton, raked this ship and knocked |
out another one, etc There is Capt. |
Cooks letter denying that such a con-
yersation took place
Mr.. Raynor-The point is whether the |
conversation vas between you and |
Commodore Sthey.
Mr.. Raynor said he would object TO
the presentation OF the letter az this |
time but not at the proper time. He |
said the proper time for this would |
be when Capt. Cook is on the stand
Admiral Evans-l withdraw IT,
Mr., Raynor-l am perfectly willing
you should submit It at the proper
time.
After some farther colloquy, the incl
dent closed.
MIR. DIEUDAIDE TEsTIFIEs.
Mr. Thomas NJ. Dleuaide, the news
paper correspondent when called TO
his testimony OF yesterday
made a brief addition to his response
to one Of Admiral Dewey's questions.
The question pul by the admiral was
whether he, (Mf Dieualde) had heard
Capt. Philips give orders 10 back en-
sines, when the Two were on the bridge
n the Texas during the battle on san
-iago. Mr.. Ditpalde had replied that
ne might have heard the order anu he
night not. To-day he said IN eXpiana-
ION Of this statement.
THE next thing ! heard was the
'ange given, ana Just then the star
BOARD l2-inch gun was fired almost
ore and aft OF the ship iotted that
md went around the port side OF ine
onning tower tc see the captain ne
night have given several orders at
bout that time that ] did not near;
d course, | did not note everything
Ieard."
BECKER RECALLED.
Yoeman Becker was then recalled ana
vas excused afia brief queslonlns
the dispatches prepared by
i'm at Key Yves, f0r Admiral sampson
or Commodore Schley. He again ssld
hat according g. his recollection mes
Dispatches were forwarded BY me iowa
nd the Dupont. but said that ms STATE
lent was based eatiiey upon MS mem
ny. .
COMMANDER OF THE WHEN
Lieut.. Commasler Alexander NJ;
harp. who COMMANDED the converted ,
acht Vixen DUNG the spanish war
'as the first new witness OF lne gay ,
lie testified that he had hrst ialleh ~
'ith the flying Squadron On IN. moIn, !
lg OF May "a of cientuegos ne So
hat the weather on the cruise ! =
'om Cienfuegos % SANTIAGO nay S'.n r
squally' but moi sufficiently eao ~
lterfere with tho speed OF the w.
he vessel had rot he said been ~
rgent need Of zeal on May -
had been" he sad. and received Of
Frs TO coal ! shield have tTled % ~
}, though II worli have been an UNI
job because the NiA'h
as a very small shlp. ..,,A
Commander Shan said that not"'.u u
anding he had been on oiAil
rooklyn several times ConincS.,,.s
,hley had never discussed WIN g,n =
le retrograde m,semeni toward heF
est begun on Ma % y
Describing the .sryice o. the vixen
ring the siege q santiago uhueI "
Schles. Commander shaIp
Sd that he had ken placed on pichst
lty at the easter, end Of The line on
e night OF May . ana had conun y
a this duty afteiwrd He was aulN =
% miles from shoy he said ana pro, f"
My three miles rom ne mouth ~ :,
E hafbor lie ga that me en ,s. y
e could not be- 5iscerned 20 nlt.L :,
~ that the shorf line could onp ve .
'cerned as a biak mass IN inc uis- i
nee.
Mr.. Hanna-couis you have seen q
ssel undertaken 70 pass oul near =,
shore under thoF conditions u
" she had shotu no lghts aha =
1ld." y
Did you az any eme suppose your. "
u 10 have discov,rs q iorpedo pvn'