The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-10-12
HoDGsoN TELLS Of BIG FIGHT
GIVES DIFFERENT STORY FROM
THAT DETAILED BY HIsTO-
RIAN MACLAY.
ALLEGED CuRsING OF THE TEXAS
DOES NOT BELIEVE
sCHLEY WISHED THE TEXAS
ILL LUCK.

washington, Oct. 9.-Historian Mac
lays vicious charge THAT Admiral
schley was a Coward" and a "caitiff"
that he was guilty Of personal cow
ardice-at the battle Of Santiago was
refuted yesterday at the court of in
curry by a witness called by the navy
department. Lieut.. Commander Hodg-
son, executive officer of. the flagship
Brooklyn, was on the stand. He Is the
man who stirred up so much trouble
by reporting Schley as saying Damn
the Texas ETC., and originally was
considered a dangerous witness for the
applicant. Yesterday, however, Hodg-
son, Under cross-examination by AT
torney Rayner, gave testimony de-
cidedly favorable to the admiral. To
begin with, the witness said that the
Brooklyn was in at the death. at the
enl Of the chase Of Cervera's 'heet,
and that during the fight
schley's Bearing
and manner were ''such as befitted
the commandments of a squad
rom"
where was Schley during the chase
and ight?" asked MI. Rayner.
HE was on the little bridge OF plat
form which runs around the coming
tower Of the Brooklyn" said h wit
ness. -,
"was that a point of danger?"
"I: was" replied Hodgson. 1T was
in view of the enemy's ships"
Maclay's charge that Schley was an
arrant coward that day at Santiago
has not been considered seriously ex-
cepting by his rabid enemies, but the
defense yesterday did we'll In bring
ing out the fact that Schley was on
the bridge. It apparently pleased Ad-
miral Dewey, who stood on the bridge
of the Olympia at the battle of Manila.
During the recess counsel for Schley
said Admiral Sampson probably Will
not be called as a witness after all.
Attorney Rayner, in answer to a ques-
ton. said that he had received tnfor-
nation that
sanlpson's Condition
precluded his appearance on h stand'
Lieut.. Commander Hodgson said 1t
was lis when the Colon struck her
colors, and that the Brooklyn was the
nearest vessel, the Oregon being 2,0oo
wards away. 1t was also brough out
that when the Brooklyn began to
make the loop her range was l,4Oe
yards, and that it was $500 yards when
the loop was finished. This tended to
show that the flagship went but 1,lOo
yards to sea, instead of several miles,
as witnesses have said. Hodgson also
testified that no one on the Brooklyn
knew about the code Of signals ar
ranged at Cienfuegos, SO that Schley
could not proceed to Santiago, as was
desired. Concerning the alleged ours
ing of the Texas by the Admiral Hodg-
son had a. bad half-hour.; Counsel for
Schley
Twisted and Turned Him
inside out and finally the witness said
he did not believe the admiral wished
the Texas any i'll luck, but in a mo-
ment of irritation simply, wished she
were out Of the way. The departments
attorney wanted to introduce a writ
ten statement of Navigator Heilher OF
the Brooklyn relating to Schley's re-
mark, hut Mr.. Rayner objected and
the court ruled 1t out.
Capt. Folger, who commanded the
New Orleans during the Spanish war,
testified that the bo~mbardments of the
Cristobal Colon on May 81 had been
eminently successful in developing the
strength Of the Spanish shore batteries
and had shown them to be very weak
He also said that IL the Spanish vessels
had attempted to escape at night they
could not have been seen by the block
aiding fleet in bad weather.