Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-03


| Lieut.. Harlow of his ship.
Just before the adjournment for tn,
day the court announced its decision
| not to allow any questions concerning
| the blockade of Santiago after Jdly !
when the communicative chief. Admira
| Sampson. arrived there.
| Admiral Evans was the first Of tn,
Witnesses 81 yesterday who appearc
| for the purpose Of making correction.
| III his testimony. Having made thts.
corrections. Admiral Evans rose ano
formally addressing the court said
May ii please the court. in connection
! with one Of the questions asked mt
| yesterday, unless Admiral SChley or his
| counsel object, / should like to make j
| state mCnt and produce letter. Ii a,
| any moment counsel object or Admira
| Schley objects | will Withdraw il ans
stop
| Mr.. Rayner. Gould we look at the
| letter."
| "Certainly," handing it to Mr.. Ray
! ner. 1T is a matter entirely persona
| to me, sir The way the question was
| put TO NE. yesterday. it placed me in
| the position Of having Dragged while
on the Brooklyn of destroying the
whole Spanish fleet. The identical
| words We're used in a letter purportins
| to come from the Brooklyn and pub
| lished in a Washington newspaper OF
| July % 1898. | Immediately went to
| the, editor of the paped to ascertain the
author of such a letter and he, after q
good deal of trouble. ascertained that
| it was a woman who had given this in
| formation.
Whether she was paid for it or not.
| could not find out. At the same time
| wrote to Captain Cook of the Brook
Ign, enclosing the article and there is
his reply | should like that the let
ter to go in the testimony in connec-
ton with that question as the words
are identicaIly the words used in this
scurrilous letter published in the news
paper
Mr. Rayner. Il do not object to any
explanation at all that you may make.
There was nothing wrong in the ques-
ton ITSELF
The question was put to me as if
| had stated had shot the bow off the
out another one etc. There is Cap
tain Cooks letter denying that such a
| conversation took place.
Mr.. Rayner. The point is whether
the conversation was between you and
Commodore Schley.
Mir. Rayner said he would object to
the presentation of the letter at this
time. but not at the proper time, when
Captain Cook was on the stand.
Admiral Evans then withdrew the
letter and after some further colloquy
the incident closed.
Thomas NJ. Dieuade. the newspaper
correspondent. when called to correct
his testimony of yesterday, made
brief addition to his response to one of
Admiral Dewey's questions as to
whether he had heard Captain Philip
give orders to back the engines during
the battle off Santiago. Mr. Dieuade
had replied that he might have heard
the order and he might have not. To-
day, he said in explanation of this
statement: THE next thing | heard
was the range given and just then the
starboard 12-inch gun was fired almost
fore and aft of the ship. | jotted that
and went around the port side of the
coming tower to see. the captain. He
might have given several orders at
about that time that l did not hear.
OF course. | did not note everything l
heard
Yeoman Becker was then recalled
and was excused after brief question
ing concerning the dispatches prepared
bv him al Key West from Admiral
Sampson for Commodore Schley. He
again said that according to his recol-
lection these dispatches had been for
warded by the Iowa and the Dupont.
but that his statement was based en-
tirely upon memory.
Lieut.. Commander Alexander NJ.
Sharp. who commanded the converted
yacht Vixen during the Spanish war,
was the first new witness of the day.
He testified that he had first fallen in
with the flying squadron on May "a off
Cienfuesos. The weather on the
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