The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-03

Admiral Evans was the first of the
witnesses of yesterday who appeared
for the purpose of making corrections
in his testimony. Having made these
corrections, Admiral Evans rose and
formally addressing the court. said:
May it please the court, in connec-
tion with one of the questions asked
me yesterday, unless Admiral Schley
or his counsel object, / should like to
make a statement and read a letter.
If at any moment counsel objects or
Admiral Schley objects, 1 will with
draw it and STOP
Mr.. Raynor-"Could we look at the
letter."
Certainly" handing it to Mr. Ray
nor. 1T is matter entirely personal
to me, sir. The way the question was
put to me yesterday it places ME in
the position of having Dragged While
on the Brooklyn of destroying the
whole Spanish fleet. The identical
words were used in letter purport-
ing to come from the Brooklyn and
published in a Washington newspaper
of July %, 1898. I Immediately went to
the editor of the paper to ascertain the
author of such letter, and he, after
a good deal of. trouble, answered that
it was a woman who had given this
information. At the same time I wrote
to Capt. Cook of the Brooklyn, enclos-
ing the article, and there is his reply.
/ should like that letter to go in the
testimony in connection with that
question as the words are identically
the words used in this scurrilous letter
published in the newspaper"
"Mr Raynor-'I do not object to any
explanation at all that you may make.
There was nothing wrong in the ques-
ton itself"
1.-THE question was put to me as if
had stated had shot the bow off the
Pluton. raked this ship, and knocked
out another one etc. There is Capt.
Cooks letter denying that such con-
versation took place"
Mr.. Raynor-"The point is what was
the conversation between you and
Commodore Schley"
Mr.. Rayner said he would object to
the presentation of the letter at TINS
time, but not at the proper time, when
Capt Cook was on the stand.
Admiral Evans then withdrew the
letter, and after some further col
loquy, the incident closed.
Thomas M. Dieuaide, the newspaper
correspondent, when called to correct
his testimony of yesterday, made a
brief addition to his response to one or
Admiral Dewey's questions as TO
whether he had heard Capt. Philip give
orders to back the engines during the
battle off Santiago. Mr.. Dieuaide said
he might have heard the order and he
might not Today he said in explana-
ton of this statement: 1.-THE next thlng
I heard was the range given, ana just
then the starboard Pinch gun was
fred almost fore and aft of the snip.
/ 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 ala
not hear. OF course, I did not note
everything heard"
Yeoman Becker was then recalled
and was excused. after brief question:
ing concerning the dispatches prepared
by him at Key West from Admiral
Sampson for Commodore Schley. He
again said that according to his re-
collection, these dispatches had peen
forwarded by the Iowa and the dupont,
but that his statement was based en-
tirely upon memory.
Lieut.. Commander Alexander M
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 the morn
ing of May "a off Cienfuegos. The
weather on the cruise from Clentuegos
TO Santiago had been "squaliy put
not sufficiently bad to interfere with
the speed of the Vixen. The vessel
he said. had not been in urgent need