Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-01

and well on to the southwark was the
Brooklyn. with the Vixen Off shore OF
the Brooklyn"
How was the Iowa headed by the
compass2"
"fo the westward, heading for the
enemy's ships. ! do not know whether
we were headed west by south or west
by north"
ADMIRAL CROSS EXAMINED.
on his ross-examinatlon by Mr.
Raynor Admiral Evans said that he
had left Key West with the Iowa for
Clenfuegos on May 20 and that he
knew before leaving that port that a
secret code had been arranged for COM
municatlng with the insurgents on
shore at CienfuegOs, as Capt. Chadwick
had given him this information.
"He came on board the Iowa" said
the witness, ITO deliver dispatches to
me before we got under way. To my
best knowledge and belief he gave me
written memorandum containing the
secret code but Notwithstanding | had
made diligent search among my papers
for this document. ! have failed TO find
IT,"
Mr.. Raynor-Can you refresh your
memory about this memorandum?
There is no doubt about one thing. and
that Is that the Iowa carried dispatch
es?
None whatever"
when were those dispatches deliv-
cred to Commodore Schley?"
"They were delivered between half
past 70 o'clock and ! o'clock on the
afternoon OF the end"
did you read the memorandum
about signals given to you by Capt.
Chadwick2'
Certainly did but not the dis
patches TO Commodore Schey."
Mr. Raynor here exhibited two MEM
oranda from the official reports, but
Admiral Evans said that neither of
these was the document to which he
had reference That. he said. was the
code signals with the insurgents.
What became OF that memoran-
DUMP
AS told you. lost t. searched
every paper and everywhere and tried
to find II. In fact, am not sure it was
a memorandum"
DID NOT INFORM SCHLEY.
"Then did you inform Commodore
Schlcy that this system Of signals had
been arranged?"
- did not. Il never entered my mind
that he did not know IT,"
1.-THE Marblehead being the vessel
that established this code, and Commo-
dore schleys squadron having arrived
NJ Key West before the Marblehead got
there, how did IT get into your mind
that Commodore Schley must have
known OF the signal code?"
you make the mistake Of supposng
that knew this was done by the Mar
blehead. / had no knowledge that the
Marblehead had arranged these signals.
They were simply given TO me by the
chief OF stan as a system Of signals"
Upon what ground did you suppose
that Admiral Schley knew lt?"
He was the commanding officer OF
the squadron"
From what sources did YOU suppose
he got this information
81 did not suppose anything about IT,
II never entered my head. IL It had
should have said, Of course, that the
commanding officer Of a naval force
would not expect one Of his Junior cap
tains 20 give him information about his
signals II was given TO me as a piece
Of information which | thought every
captain Of the fleet had. never
thought of Commodore Schey In con-
nection with It. II had supposed for
moment that Commodore Schley did
not have II ! would have given II to
him the first thing on my arrival there.
| did not intend to say that Commodore
Schley had this signal CODE
LOOP OF THE BROOKLYN,
"Do you recollect the conversation
you had with Commodore Schley the
9Th Of July, the second day after the
battle, regarding the loop of the
Blooklyn?"
mo, sir; do not. ! do not remem-
Der mentioning the subject at all"
you do not recollect that Commo-
dore Schley first told you on July 9TH
that II was the Brooklyn and not the
Texas that made the turn"
Il never imagined anything of the
sort"
Give briefly the purport of your con-
versatlon on that date with Commo-
dore Schley."
Briefly, as | recollect the CONVERSE
ton, he was talking Ia a person named
Graham. He was sitting at his desk
writing ] walked into his cabin to
make a report He put his hand on my
shoulder and said Bobby, | am just
writing my report Of the battle. the Srd
OF July.
He said: I have said OF you that
ynu handled your ship with consum-
mate skill He then introduced me to
Mr.. Graham. Capt Cook came in and
asked me II l would tell him whether
the position Of certain Spanish ships
was correct, which came out first, etc;
that he had been little confused in
his mind. We talked a few minutes
and then ] went into Capt. Cooks
cahin"
DENIES a STATEMENT.