The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-18

after fve-inch guns. His closest range
was LOO yards. The orderlies had pasesd
the range Of 800 yards to him, but that
he had not used that range.
Mr.. Marble related a conversation he
had heard between Captain Sigsbee and
( Commodore Schley when the former came
aboard the Brooklyn on May 26, off San
tiago.
The commodore had asked the captain,
the witness said. Have we got them?"
/ To this inquiry Captain Sigsbee replied:
/ mo, they are not her; I have been here
/ for about a week. They could not have
/ been here unless I knew It"
! On cross examination the witness said
! he had satisfied himself of the date Of
/ the conversation by referring to the log
Of the Brooklyn. He was not more than
seven or eight feet from the two officers
at the time and he thoEght he had given
their exact words.
The next witness called was Medical
Director Fitzsimmons, who was chief
surgeon of the flying squadron.
DR.. Fitzsimmcns gave an account Of
the battle OF July 3, from his standpoint.
He had observed the engagement from
the gundeck of the Brooklyn He said
that when the first of the Spanish ships
came out OF the harbor of Santiago it
appeared to stand still and he had been
enabled to see the entire vessel. He then
sa VINO more Of the Spanish ships until
the Brooklyn had completed her turn,
when all the encmy's vessels became
visible. He had then looked back, and
had been able to see only one of the
American ships.
7 remember that incident very dis
tinctly," said DR.. Fitzsimmons, because
it seemed to me that we were fighting all
the Spanish ships alone"
He had. he said, heard the range given
several times and the lowest was 500
yards. while the highest figure he heard
was $500 yards. The Colon, he said, had
followed the course of the shore in her
westward fight, ard the witness thought
that before the Viscaya gave Up, she
had attempted to shield her sister ship.
DR.. Fitzsinmons in reply to a question
from Mr.. Raynor, said that he had not
seen Commodore Schley during the en-
gaeement, but that he had met him
about 1875 o'clock, soon after it's close.
Asked by Mr.. Raynor what the COM
mander's appearance was at that time,
the witness replied:
He was hardly able to talk and COM
planned of an irritation in his throat
from the effects IF the smoke. He ap-
peared 10 be exultant over the victory.
He was so choled with smoke that he
could hardly make himself understood"
Taking the witness Tor cross-exami-
nation. Mr.. Hanna asked:
srT---, ----
relating to any conversation with the
or anything else?"
4 can onl ysay this" was the reply.
Unless you ask me specific questions.
that I do not know anything to the COM
modore's discre dit. / think that the
Brooklyn kept the Colon from getting
away"
Was the Oregon there?"
yes. I made her out she kept posi-
ton until about the end of the run
Dr. Fitzsimmcns, in speaking OF the
voyage to Santiago. said that the
weather was rough and the comomdore
had thought of sending the Eagle away
but had hesitated. This statement caused
the court to ask the witness If he knew
the cause Of the hesitation and he re-
Piled that he had heard the commodore |
talking about it.
He seemed 70 thing the Eagles speed |
was lacking He said he wanted TO keep /
the squadron intact if he could, but the /
Eagle kept the feet back"
DR.. Fitzsinmous was then excused and /
the court adjourned for the day.
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ne next corner a Celtic gentleman Mrs |
>naggs-"No, indeed! He sells for ca1k