Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-08
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sscHLEY couR 81 I'M JURY COM
PLETEs THE HEARING OF
20 TESTIMONY. ss re q.
cross-Examlnatlon 81 the Admiral 90
I. eupie. Nearly Three Days, the En,
tire Campaign Being Rsyiewed ii
Detail .bys The Questioning Of Judge
Advocate lemlyy -: Witnesses Called
in xRebuttai BY tie Department.

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in xRebuttal By the Department. =.*sS
! washington, Oct. 2O.-The2 cross.ex
animation, Of Admiral Ischley was con.
tinued throughout the session OF the
court OF >inquiry Tuesday The
progress made was exceedingly slow
Practically! the whole day was con.
sumed In questioning i, the admiral
about the cruise from Cienfuegos to
Santiago and the motives and, III;
fuences that governed him in turn.
ing back after his squadron had ar.
rived In the vicinity of the latter port.
This latter branch Of the cross-exam.
nation had not been concluded when
the court adjourned, o.
Washington, Oct. 31.-The long or
deal to which Admiral. Schley has
been subjected ended Wednesday after.
noon when his cross examination was
concluded and he was allowed to leave
the witness stand. When the judge
advocate finished the cross examina-
ton the court propounded to the ad-
miral 81 questions prepared by the
members of the court. These Ques-
tons touched many points Of the
campaign of the flying: squadron, but
mainly centered about the diff culties
encountered in coaling and the rea-
sons for the retrograde movement.
Not one Of them related to. the battle
OF Santiago. The judge advocates
cross-examination On the last day COW
cred the retrograde movement, the
reconnaissance of May. 81, the loop of
the Brooklyn and the alleged colloquy
with Lieutenant Hodgson about the
Texas.
Washington, Nov: LIN the Schley
court Of inquiry Thursday several
witnesses were introduced by Judge
Advocate Lemly to testify in rebuttal
of the, evidence given in Admiral
Schley's behalf. The court decided
early in the day that no witnesses
could be introduced at this stage of
the proceedings to give testimony on
immaterial points. This announce
ment had the effect Of relieving Lieu
tenant Commander Grant, Lieutenant
Commander Potts and other officers of
the Massachuse tts, who had been
called to testify concerning a CONVEX
sation with Lieutenant; Sears, which
is said to have occurred on the Massa-
chusetts just before the 'reconnois-
sance of May 81. The witnesses called
in rebuttal were Captain Charles D.
Sigsbee, Captain Francis E. Chadwick,
Captain Joseph G. Eaton, Lieutenant
John H. Roys and Chief Quartermas=
ter Neil Anderson, all of whom testi-
fled to incidents connected with the
campaign of 1898,
Washington, Nov. 2.-But one ses-.
sion of the Schley court of inquiry was
held Friday and, adjournment was ta-
ken until Monday. Sylvester Scovi1,
a newspaper correspondent, was the
only new witness called, and he de-
MED the story told by Correspondent
Graham, witness for Schley. Lieu-,
tenant Hood and a number of other
officers were on the stand to correct
their testimony. =, -
Washington, Nov. 5.-The Schley
court of inquiry reached the argument
noon session Monday. The morning
sitting was devoted to listening to Adj
miral Schley and Captain Sigsbee in
making. corrections OF their testimony
whichehad been given previously and
the introduction by Judge Advocate
Lemly Of numerous documents bear
ing upon different phases Of, the in
quiry.~ Admiral Schley did not make
any material additions to his previous
but devoted himself large
" to the clearing up of ambiguous
points in his evidence. The opening
speech of the argument in the case
was made In behalf Of the government
by Mr.. e. p. Hanna, assistant to the