The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-01

anything of what you have here testi-
Al can tell you right here that it does
Captain Parker. Of Admiral schIey-s
counsel tried TO make IL appcar that the
witness had said that Captain Philip had
ordered the helm hard a-starboard when
lhe Brooklyn was ON the port bow Of the
Texas. but Admiral Dewey interrupted 90
say that the witness had not said any
thing Of tho kind The Official reporter
then read the testimony. showing that
Admiral Dewey was correct
When Mr.. Hanna asked AIr. Dieuaida
why hr had not mentioned these things in
his report Mr.. Eavucr objected % the
question. on the ground that The wit
ness had stated that he had written the
account Of the DAYS battle and had not
mentioned it then He maintained that
the newspaper report was the only evil
d'nce that should Doe admitted on that
point
Wanted His Report to BE Nice.
After a lengthy argument between Mr..
Rayner and Nr. Hanna. in which the
former declared that this was not an i'm
p'achmenJ of the witness Admiral
Dewey overruled the objection aud SIR
bl'u8ide was permitted 20 tell about the
omissions.
The reason why did not write it, he
said. was because Captain Philip not iu
SO many words asked me not TO- He
said 20 me on the afternoon OF the battle.
Make everything nice for everybody At
the same time Z did not want 20 write IL
myself II was in time Of war and did
not want TO criticise any commanding Off
Ger"
Ey Mr. Reyner.
Q-How did you make IL nice2
A--By not saying anything about IT,
The witness said ne could not remember
what he had said about the Brooklyn in
his report Of the battle.
He was then asked if he had written
report that appeared in the New York
sun under the headline: 1T was SchIey-s
Victory"
The witness said he was not responsible
for the headlines
Mr.. Hanna objected % the introduction
Of newspaper articles. and after some le-
sal argument it was agreed that Mr
Dieuaiae should bring the story OF the
battle 20 Mr. Rayuer, VINO expressed his
intention not to offer il in evidence II he
round nothing important 10 the case in IT,
SiE~bee Takes the stand.
Capt Charles y. Sigsbe-. who com
manded the scout St Paul. then took the
witness stand In answer 10 formal qr-es-
tiols he said he had fallen In with tbe
FiyiHg Squadron on May -6. twenty or
twenty-five miles of Santiago. He had
received at Cape Haitien from the depart-
ment word to the effect that the Span
iards were supposed To be at Santiago and
was directed 70 go there. He was The
first TO reach there The Yale. Harvard.
and Minncarolis came aftcrward
BY Mr. Hanna
Q--WhiIe YOU were before Santiago did
You see anything Of the batteries
Al saw some batteries east and west
Of the entrance.
Odd YOU make any examination Of
A--Nothiug special could not see
anything Of rhCm- I was close % the
entrance but could not make out the
Q-Wsre YOU fred upon2
A--Nsvtr
Q--How long did YOU remaiu2
A-Eight days and eight nights.
No Confidence in the Pilot.
Q--Did YOU have on board a piIote
A-Ou tha morning Of MAY - we recefv-
90 local pilot sent by the United States
Consul at Kingston for Commodore
SchICy2
Odd ne give YOU any information
A.-Hc gave his opinion that the Snan-
ish ships could not get into Santiago:
that vessels larger than so tons had
never entered the harbOr- Afterward ne
modified his statement and said they
might get in but only by using tugs
Eim2
A-No. 7 was not so sure. particularly
as the letter which be had did not bear
the seal 0f the consul ar Kingston
Q--WEen YOU approached the squadron
did you 90 on board the flagship
A-Tha BROOKLYN made signal for me
20 come on board I went on board about
i'm tho evening
O--What report did YOU make respect
ing the whereabouts Of the Spanish fleet
a; that time2
Al knew nothing positive about the
Sra0ish fleet at that time ] reported the
situation generally 20 Commodore SchIey
] reported by orders I a'So reported the
condition OF the weather. for record. for
several days previous. 7 told him where
] saw tho batteries and also about the
pilot.
Q--What was YOUR belief at that time
about the Spanish feerr
Mr. RoEDor- Just moment The wit
ness has stated that he did not have any
positive knowledge about IT,
Tho question was not pressed.
Here recess was taken. at O'Clock.
Uuil 2 o'clock.