Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-11
SAMPSON AGAIN DENIED !
SIMPSONS Attorney Again Appeals to
the schley Court of Inquiry for
an Appearance.
Mentions Several Instances where Di-,
IL rect Allegatio Have Been Made
Against sampson.


Court refuses to Permit Admiral
Sampson Il Be r represented AT
Hearing ~ Counsel.
Washing ton, Oct. .S11 liam H.
Slayton, the New ork attorney who.
some time ago asked To be allowed To-
represent Rear Admiral Samp be-
fore the Schley court of inquiry and
whose plication was denied BY the
court. presented another letter during
the day, specifying several instances
In which the name Of his client was
mentioned and direct allegatio
made against his (Sanps con
duct during the Santiago campaign
A reply was sent to Mr.. SIayton to-
the effect that dmirsal Sampson was
not a party to the inquiry and that he
would be notified when the court con-5
ssddered him as interested. s8.s #5,
Washingt tom Oct AT the open
Ing Of the morning session Of the
Schley court OF nq,liry Captain Isemly
resumed the que tioning Of Lieutenant
Leiper by asking him concerning the
blockade of Santiago BY Commod
2Schley The witness said that when
the New Orleans Joined the blockade
the vessels were wing in column from
six to eight miles OFF sh ore, little to-
the eastward Of directly south Of the
mouth OF the harb AT night they
steamed slowly back and forth in
front of the harbor 500 yards apart
They were SO far out, witness said,
that It was imp possible to distinguish
points on the shore or TO determine
where the shore line met the waiter
line. He could disting guish the vessel
nearest to him ahead. On the first
ndght Of the bio ckade he had not been
able to distIng uiish the / Brooklyn and
the Vixen. The IarbI bIehead and the:
Vixen had occupied places between
the blockade line and the shore, but
he had not been able to disting guish
bhem. ctically the distance Of the
main vessels from the shore line was
the same in the day as at nigh He
could not say how far east or west OF
the mouth Of the Sharbo the fleet had
steamed as he could not see the har-3
hor
On cross exa andnat tion M RaynerI
called the attention OF the witness tos
the statement Of Captain F.olger who
had been In comm and Of the New Or
leans, that the fleet was nearer the
,shore at night than In day Dime and
asked whether he agreed with his
commanding officer. The Witness re,s
piled
Differs With Captain i ger. s#5=@ &
As a feet Of squadron do not
agree that they moved closer to- the
shore at nigh have an ind iistinct4
recollection that the New Orleans, the
first evening, was lying q little fur
ther off shore than the BROOKLYN.
When the Brooklyn took up her course
east the New Orleans had to 60 In
probably 81 quarter or possibly a half
mile to get her posi- ion In rear of the
Brooklyn, but 1T was no more than
that ut was simply to stand Id. IT.
may have been that that gave the cap
tain or commanding officer the impress
sion that we were closer lii at nj ight. q, 4,
NIr. Rayner called attention to the
fact that the log of the New Orleans
placed the distance OF thatsYessel from
the Morro at IA ~ miles and the viii
ness said this was true. .s
Lieutenant Leiper said Iii reply to 81
question that his estimate OF the dis
tance out was entirely due to visual
observation.
Asked whether he agreed with Cap.
tain Folger III stating that the recon
noissance Sof May 81. when the Colon
was bumbarded, was success In de-
yeIOping the strength and number of
the shore batteries witness replied
that ne thought Ii had been success
to that extend, but he could not agree
with Captain Fo1ger In all that he had
said. He found that the IRE OF the bat
Steries was slow. He also found that
the greatest calibre probably was al
6-inch gun On the Zocopa battery; that
there appeared to be- only two or three
galns there not of that cali ibre; that On
( The battery east of the MORO there
appeared to- be four or five gums fired
and from the volume OF smoke and
the range attained u appeared to me
tilaE they were light guns, less than
f-snch alibTe,
lieutenant Leipeg was then excused
and Lieutenant Bristol led for the
purpose pf correcting his testimony ofs
Il the previous day.
ioWa's ~ axlgator Testifies.
lieutenant Commander william H.
Echuetze. who, ais lieutenanf, was the
ayigator of the bat les1lip Iowa dur1
/ i1lg flla summer OF 1898 and who Isl
now superinte end ent OF comp passes ins