The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-10-05
TIE scHLEY INQUIRY.
Dsnasing Evidence Of Rear Aduairsl
Z. Cetton-Death Of Judge Wilson,
schley's Ceunsel.

Washington, Sept. 25.--Rear Ad-
miral Cotton, now commandment of thu
Norfolk navy yard, who cnmmsnded
the auxiliary cruiser Harvard during
the Spanish war, was the MOST promi-
nent witness at the Schley court of in
quiry Wednesday. He told of meeting
the flying squadron under Commodore
Schley on Santiago on May 81. 1898,
and said that on that date he had de-
aivered dispatches to the then commo-
dore from Admiral Sampson and the
navy department. He gave some dam
aging testimony against Schley, de-
claring latter had disobeyed orders Of
navy department and had made no eff
fort to locate Spanish fleet.
Washington, Sept. 27.-Testifying
before the Schley court, Capt. Wise,
OF the scoutship Yale, says that,
while che had satisfied himself that
the Spanish squadron was in Santiago
harbor, he did not deem it necessary
to communicate directly with the
commander in chief, Schley, having
given the information through Capt.
Sigsbee.
Washington, Sept. 2s.-In the
Schley court at $3.50 o'clock Friday
afternoon Judge Advocate Lemly
read letter from Admiral Sampson
dated at Lake Sunapee, N. H., Sep
TENDER 2, asking that Messrs. Stay
ton and Campbell be allowed to rep
resent him in the case. The court
decided that they could not appear.
Capt. Wise, Lieut.. Hood and Capt.
McCalla were the most important. wit
nesses of the day.
Washington, Sept. IS. : Jeremiah
Morrow Wilson, principal counsel for
Rear Admiral Schley and one of the
leading lawyers of Washington, died
suddenly in his apartments in the
Shoreham hotel shortly after IL
o'clock Tuesday. Heart failure, SUI
perinduced by an attack of acute in
digestion, coupled with Bright's dis
ease, caused his death. Although
somewhat indisposed Monday night
and Tuesday morning, the end came
unexpectedly, as he was in conference
with his associate counsel in the
Schley case scarcely an hour before
he died. He leaves a son, Charles s.
Wilson, who has been associated with
him in the law, and daughter, Mrs.
William Haywood, of this city.
The death of Judge Wilson brought
the Schley inquiry to sudden ter
mination for the day 10 minutes after
converting Tuesday morning. The an
nouncement was made to the court
by Hon. Isidor Rayner, assistant
counsel
Judge Wilson was a native of Ohio and
was 70 years old. Early in life he removed
to Indiana, where he served with distinc-
tion on the common pleas and circuit court
benches. He represented an Indiana dis
trict In the Forty-second and Forty-third
congresses. serving as chairman respective
ly of the house committees on judiciary and
the District of Columbia. After his re-
tirement from congress he formed part
nership with an associate In congress,
Judge Shellabarger, and the firm soon took
rank at the very front of the Washington
bar. Among the well-known cases In
which Mr.. Wilson was counsel were the
star route trials, the Holt will case. the
Breckenridge Pollard breach Of promise
case, the trial Of Capt. Howgate for en-
bezzlement the court-martial proceedings
against Gen. Swain, the Oberlin Carter
case and the Venezuela, Alabama, French
spoliation and La Abra Mexican claims
cases.