The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-02
WIDE SCOPE GIVEN
IN ARGUMENT
Continued from First Page.)

OF which Captain Sigsbee was in COM
mand, off the shore at Santiago. There
was a conversation with Captain Sigsbee
through the megaphone and he himself
had used the megaphone in conducting
the interview.
The witness said the Somers N. Smith
was about seventy-five or a 100 feet from
the ST: Paul during the: conversation.
Give us as nearly as you can the words
OF that conversation said Captain
Lemly.
I'VE had been sent to. find Commodore
Schley, and the first question, of course,
was where is Schley?' and the answer
from Captain Sigsbee was: You will find
him in the Yucatan Passage and then,
inasmuch as our boat was Very slow, L
asked him to advise me whether he
thought We could catch Commodore
I, Schley, if we followed him. and he stat
ed yes. The second question was:
Where is Cervera? and in answer to
that, Captain Sigsbee did not. speak for
a moment. He consulted with somebody
on the bride 1.-THE ship and then answer
cd: I am not sure, but we caught an
English collier trying to sneak into the
larbor this morning. That was all the
conversation I remember to have had
with Captain Sigsbee personally. Other
men on the boat had some conversation
with him.
SIGSBGE DID NOT SAY. ga.
Did Captain Sissbee. at any time dur
ing the conversation, inform you that the
Spanish squadron was not in Santiago q"
He did not tell US that the SpaniardS
We're not in there.
On cross-examination, Mr.. Scovel said
that he had been at the megaphone
part of the time. He could not say
whether others on board the press boat
had talked with Captain Sgsbee.
Then" asked Mr.. Kayner. ARE you
prepared to say on your oath that no one
in your beat asked Captain Sigsbee
whether Cervera was not in the harbor
at Santiaso?'
:..lt is possible was the reply, that
conv c1 sation might have taken place on
the part of some one else, but as the
Smith was d small boat and as CONVERSE
ton must necessarily be in a loud tone. II
voice. think would have heard it, if
there had been any
WOULD NOT. SWEAR.
care YOU then prepared 10 say that the
testimony of. Mr.. Hare, in which he said
Captain Sigsbee had said that the Span
iards were not at Santiago is false?'
mo, am not prepared to say that this
statement is false, and that no such con-
versation took place, but can swear
that nothingsof the kind was said while i
was conducting the conversation, anu I
Mr. Scovel was then excused and a num-
Der of. the witnesses of yesterday We're
called for the purpose of making correc-
tons in their testimony.
Captain Chadwick, while under recall,
said in reply to Mr.. Rayner that there
had not been a practical abrogation by
the Navy Departments, concerning the
Commandment of Spanish batteries. in
order to permit the bombardment of San
Juan, Porto Rico. He added that in his
opinion there had not been u general
aggregation of the order, but Mr. Rayners
objected to the giving of opinions.
Lieutenant John Hood was questioned
on the point made by Admiral Schley in
his testimony that the commanding Off,
Ger of the Dolphin had fled with the
Navy Department g. memorandum. In
which he said, speaking ofsHood, S return.
from his mission to Commodore Schley
while the latter lay off Cienfuego 'FIood
says good many officers do not believe,
the Spaniards are there (at .Cienfuegos)
at all, but they can only surmise.' =
MADE REPORT.
IN reply to a question as to Swha t re-
port he had made on which sucn a memo.
srandum could have been based, the vi t.
ness replied: ~ 3
ssa'iI reported to the commanding otficer.
Of tina Dolphin that Cnnvarsed with