Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-09-27
NO ATTORNEYS
FOR SAMPSON
The Admiral Asks That Messrs
Stayton and Campbell BE AL
lowed to Represent Him,
SCHLEY In A BAD LIGHT
The Government Will Conclude It's Testi-
mony by the End of Next Week-Pif-
teen or Twenty More Witnesses
Will Be introduced

Washington, d. c., Sepl. 27.--As US
ual, Admiral Dewey lost no time today
in bringing the Schley court of in.
\ quiry to order. Captain Lemly esti.
mates that he will be able to conclude
| the presentation of the government
| side of the case by the close of next
week, if no unforeseen contingency
arises to cause delay. He says fifteen
or twenty more witnesses will be in
troduced.
Captain Wise, in making verbal
changes in the official copy of his tes-
timony concerning the order of the
navy department of May 20, 1898, di-
recting him to Inform every vessel off
Santiago and the flying squadron off
Cienfuegos," said he desired to correct
his response to the courts inquiry as
to why the order was not carried out
by stating that it had been carried out
Answering the court, he said he did
not direct Captain Sigsbee to give
Commodore Schley the information re-
ceived from the navy department re-
garding the whereabouts of the Span
ish squadron.
Lieutenant Spencer S. Wood contin-
ued his testimony. He said that while
off Cienfuegos, he was on picket duty,
two miles from shore, on the night of
May %. He said Captain Harber was
wrong in saying that no picket vessels
were within the line of the fleet off
Cienfuegos.
Lieutenant John Hood, who comman-
ded the Hawk, was the next witness
On May %, he delivered dispatches
from Sampson to Schley off Cienfue-
gos. He said Schley said he would not
go to Santiago and expressed the be-
lief that the Spaniards might be at
The witness said that Schley also
of the shortness of the coal
supply. The witness told him that a
collier was coming within three hours;
and that Sampson regarded the infor-
nation about the Spaniards as definite.
Schley replied that Sampson was not
In a position to know.
Judge Advocate Lemly read a letter
from Admiral Sampson, dated Lake
Sunapee, N. H., September 2, asking
Messrs. Stayton and Campbell to be
allowed to represent him in the case.
The court decided that they could not
appear.
Captain McCalla, who commanded |
he Marblehead, was called as a wit
hess at 2:4O p. m.
Captain McCalla stated that he first |
,ame in contact with the flying squad |
on May 10, 1898. He had been asked |
lboard for the purpose of making a |
'eport. On reaching Key West, he in |
ormed Captain Chadwick, Admiral |
SIMPSONS chief of staff, Of the secret |
.ode he had arranged with the Cuban |
Insurgents, but had not given it to any |
me else.
Captain McCalla told Of his return |
o Cienfuegos on the morning of May |
4. He carried dispatches to Admiral |
'chley and then told Of his arrange
nent to communicate with the Cubans |
md giving the information that the |
spanish fleet was in the harbor at |
santiago.
Schley Immediately assented to his |
,oing ashore. Schley said he had trou-
lie coaling, but felt that If he returned |
o Key West he would be courtmartial- |
ID. McCalla said he advised him to go |
o Santiago even if he did not stay |
here.
At 3:35 the court adjourned until to-