Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-22
GRAHAM ON IR[ Stand
Associated Press Correspondent
On Board the Brooklyn Testi-
lies At Schley Court
Festive That sissbee Told the
Admiral Spaniards We're Not
at SANTIAGO.
Details Conversations Of schley
With Sitsbee. Hisfinson and
Others.

washington, Oct. 22.-Lieut. Wells re-
eumed the witness stand when the
schieys court of inquiry was called TO
I srder today and continued his narrative
Z e6 the events of the Cuban campaign
4 followed by A. ". Mason, log writer on
4 The Brooklyn. The early attendance
upon the court today was somewhat
larger than on previous days, indicating stll
increasing the attractiyeness OF tne
! court So q public spectacle.
Lemly began the examination of Wells
by asking him whether there was kept q
book of records, showing letters received
ON the Brooklyn as Lieutenant Com
mander Sears had testified there was.
witness replied there was no such book
kent. but there was q record OF letters
sent to and received from the vessels OF
the squadron. Wells was also ques-
lioned concerning the department or
Sders concerning the risking of Aneri-
can ships to a bombardment from shore
batteries.
The first orders Of this character
stated: ..The department does not wish
the vessels of your squadron to be ex-
posed TO the fire OF the batteries at Ha-
v1na, Santiago or other strongly forti-
fed ports in Cuba, and others were re-
garded as notifications Of these The
last OF these was dated May and the
\ department said: The department is
Ssrerfectly willing you should expose your
ships to the heaviest guns of land bat
teries II, In your i opinion, there are
Spanish vessels OF sufficient military im-
portance protected by these guns to
make the attack advisable. your chief
Z aim for the present being the destruc-
fion Of the enemy's principal vessels"
After having read these different dis
r.atches witness was asked, Can you
separate your knowledge with regard to
conversation with Schley SO as to dis
tinguish between either of the other two
orders, or both of these orders, and aas to
whether or not any thing was said with
regard to the receipt OF information in
relation to these letters here which you
have before you, at the interview on
Mayzi8 at Key West?"
& .sNo,. sir. I do not distinguish between
any OF them. i have given my general
remembrance, which Is the order not to
risk the ships.
In reply to questions by Lemly witness
said there had been no written or
prlnted order OF battle, but that on the
day before Cienfuegos was reached some
special restrictions were sent to the
ships by the Scorpion. This was, he
said, an order relating to signals in case
the enemy should be sighted. Witness
answered several technical questions
rut by the court and was then excused.
J Albert ". Mason was called. He had
made the entry concerning the battle of
santiago, and he produced a copy of the
rough log which he had made for his
own use. Witness said that as the ldg
giving an account Of the Brooklyn's turn
had been at first prepared 1t read: I'VE
engaged with the port battery at first,
[ but lust as soon as the enemy stood to
westward We put our helm to starboard
1t drvt. then hard aport. so as to bring
our starboard battery to bear, and
swinging clear OF the Texas fire we stood
parallel with and to the entry This
entry he said, had been changed later.
ct the instance Of Lieut.. Hodgson, so as
70 make 1t read: AS soon as the enemy
rtood 70 westward we put our helm
aport. swinging clear of the Texas, ETC."
George Edward Graham, Associated
Press correspondent was then called.
He was questioned by Rayner and said
he had been on the Brooklyn from
\ March p to Aug. 20.
Graham was then questioned concern
Ing conversation between Schley and
sigsbee ON the occasion OF the captains
visit to the Brooklyn on May 26 as fol-
lows: ~
Did you see Capt. sigsbee on board
{ the Brooklyn on May 26?,'
Yes, sir,
Can you give us what the conyersa-
tion was r.
After he had reached the quarter
\ deck gang-way he stopped and Schley
Caid to him. Have we got 'em, Sigsbee?'
The captain said: No, they are not
here / have been here for week and
they are not here.
us that the whole conversation. as
4 you recollect 1t 2"
'..No, cir. we went aft, and continued
the conversation. Schley said: Are you
cure they are not in there?' He said:
have been very close to the harbor eu-
e trance two or three times. Capt. Cotton
has been in and cut the cable and they
are not there
You heard sigsbee say that?"
Yes, sir. took some part in the con-
versation."
did you record the conversation and
did Sigsbee know you recorded it?"
y sSigsbee knew was a newspaper man
and was there looking for information
and he later took the dispatch written
by me and advised by Schley, aboard his
ship, and was to deliver 1t to one of the
4 small boats or else take 1t over himself.
The dispatch was open and detailed the
fact that the fleet was not there"
DO you remember the reconnaissance
of May 81 1?''
eyes, sir. / was aboard the Massa-
shusetts."
Were you present at any conversa-
tlon between Commodore Schley and
Capt. Higginson in the pilot house Of
the Massachusetts?v
"Cn the Brooklyn I had heard they
were going in to lombard, and the flag
would Sbe transferred to the Massachu-
sets. asked permission to go aboard