The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-08

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said the newspaper version Of &C.,
Inander Hodgson's statement Of The
co.'asUy was as follows:
sehley Did Damn the Texas
Sclley-Ifard aDort
HocEson-Y0u mean starboard
Schiey-No, l don't We are near
enough TO them (the Spaniards) al
-Hodgson-But ayve will cut down the
-schley-Dainn the Texas; let her
look out for herself"
MI Eaynor then had the witness
SCI ulinlze the letter which he had writ
zen 20 admiral Schley. oct. s. and drew
from him the statement that he had
not informed the admiral that he had
not used the expression Damn the
Texas"
Then the witness was asked e he
thought there WAS any suggestion Of
sucn an expression. He replied:
When | suggested to COmmOdOre
Schley that there was danger Of col
ndinE with the Texas. he said: Damn
the Texas. he used the expression as
not IN any way condemning the Texas
Tor being there. hut as if he We're irri-
tated as enc miSht be at anything
Mr.. kaynor then asked about the
expression attributed 10 the witness,
She win cut down the Texas"
Commander Hcdgson replied that
there was no such expression in the
ietter and that he had never said The
Brooklyn would cut down the Texas.
There IS a good deal in that report
ed C. ll)quy that ] did not say" he
added. The statement was reyer
made by me. but the Commodore dill
say Damn the Texas -
Only Part is True.
Continuing. he said that the dialogue
IS reported was fictitious and that ne
had Cenied is verbal accuracy. while
not denying the truth of d part OF IL
he sad that he had told Admiral
Schiey that he need not repudiat,. The
entire statement and that he had hot
ind erstc cd him to request that he
should DO more than deny it's verb II ac-
curacy He already. before writing his
explicit denial. told the Admiral that
he could not deny the whole story He
had given the newspaper reporter au-
thority originally to quote him As au-
thority for the gist of the statement.
At this point Mr.. Raynor introduced
as evidence the official report made by
captain Chadwick of his examination
N the witness with regard TO the coli
ioquy for the purpose. as he said, Of
discrepancies between the
statement made in that examination
and the statement now. The introduc-
ton Of this report caused Captain Lem
~ 70 offer statement made by Lieu
tenant CONNIE nder Heilner on the
same subject, but Mr.. Raynor objected
% this statement as not pertinent and
he court after a consultation sustained
the objection
Other statements were put in as avi-
ience without objection and Captain
emily offered a letter from Captain,
hadwick TO the secretary Of the navy
m regard q an EXPLANATION containad
IN letter from Commander HodSs)n
which had just teen read and offered
Is evidence Mr. Raynor called alton
ion to the fact that this letter con
aimed an expression Of opinion. wne.e-
lpon Admiral Dewey said:
Opinions Not Wanted.
we dom want it. We have not
aiken opinions here"
Captain Lemly said that he had only
'ffered these documents for the pur-
bose of making the record complet,
[ he court at this point adjourned Tor
luncheon.
The afternoon session Of the court !
}egan with a question put to Lieu-en- |
int Commander Hcdgson by Mr.. Han
Ia He asked why he had written as
categorical denial of the newspaper re
'ort of the colloquv between himself |
IND Commodore Schley. The question |
vas objected to. and Admiral Dewey |
aid:
we have the facts. The letters were
yritte1. That Is all the court wants |
We want facts-facts. People arc in |
ormed by different kinds of things. |
We want the facts Draw out tile /
acts"
Mr.. Hanna then changed his qIIes- l
lon and the witness said that ne had /
written his explicit denial as a Response /
a. request from Admiral Schlev /
he wanted me to write a dental of /
ne controversy. he continued. II had I
previously written that I could not
eny the statement. A letter followed. |
skiing for denial of the colloquy. 1 :