Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-07
THIRD WEEK OF
INVESTIGATION,
interest in Schley Case Unabated CAPTAIN
LemIy has Dozen Witnesses Yet
-HOdgsOn on the Stand.

1 said' Wen, ! am very glad 10 sra
hei' The Oregon was al that time
ABOUT should say, four or FIVE humid.
req yards of our starboard ouarter AZ
lull speed, We continued I'm that nosi'
uon until the Brooklyns speed beean
70 increase as We got steam ana prob-
aDiy drew little farther ahead from
tle oregon. She never was that closa
70 US again as ! remember. The Oouen'
90 very shortly fell out and went
ashore The Colon gradually dew
uhesd and also went inshore. | re.
member very well the time that The
,Mlscaya blanketed her from our Are.
rms chase was continued in that On.
iIeeeuon until when OF Aocereaderas the
Nlscaya asserted her helm anu ran
lhshOle. The Colon at this time Mad
gained speed and was inshore. | sun.
pose some seven miles After PASSING
tue Nlscaya we steamed ahead and
ceased ilrlng. The men were allowed 10
come out Of the turrets one at a time
10 gel a breathing spell, although OF
course all guns were manned and
everything ready, out the gaining upcn
the colon was very slow, in fact. She
gained apparently on us. This was about
lI'lo when the Viscaya stood In for
Accereaderas. The chase was continued
then after the Colon. knew Il must
be six or seven miles away until we
gradually began 10 gain. / remember
Keeping the stadlmeter al work on her
although the 1900 yards would not
register on the stadImeter. / remem-
Der az one time telling Commodore
Schley that 1t was within about $4,000
yards, and my recollection Is he told
some one 20 signal the OREGON 10 try
one OF nor 'railmnd trains. AT anyrale
shortly afterwaId the Oregon fred one
OF her lS-inch shells. which fell short.
Ihen we tried an s-inch sheil and il
fell short. The Oregon was signalling
to US the fall Of our shot and we sig
nailed 20 her the fan OF her shot. We
continued occasionally TO fire, the Ore
gon her 10 and S-inoh guns aud we our
S-inch guns.
y remember seeing one Of the l3.inch
shells on the OreEou fall wen ahead "
the colon and one % our S-inch shells
apparently fell In shore OF the Colon.
AT that time the Colon ported helm
hard Gport. Previously to this she
had ported her helm once or twice. ap-
parenuy seeking soft spot on shore.
She tired her lee gun and hauled down
her Nag, | pulled out my watch. Il
vas exactly l.l5. We then ceased firing
and slowed down, and orders we're Civ
en- TO get out q boat. The captain was
ordered to 81 on board to make terms
with or tell the terms u the command
ing officer OF the Colon"
How Gar was the Dragon from tho
pfookVn%
From i.eol 70 1900 wards On Che star
board quarter"
The witness, IN reHy 10 questions,
continued his report OF the battle. lie
said that az the Beginning Of the hent
he had given the range al Loo yards,
hut that after the loop Il was ABOUT
2 400 or $500 yards.
sCHLEYS BEARING.
Mr.. Raynor-What was the bearing
Of Commodore Schley during this en-
gagement or any engagement IN which
you saw him?
His bearing and manner, with fe-
'pect to an officer Of his rank and sta
lion in the naval service. were 3 tural-
Y those Of q o. Id.4 o.. hicf OF a
naval force On that occasion"
The witness said that the commodore
lad occupied place on a platform
round the counlng tower during the
Engagement This, he said, was a POSI-
ion OF danger as the commodore was
here always In full View Of the enemy's
hips
1T has been stated here" said Mr..
that the Brooklyn ran 1000 yards
way from the enemy's ships in making
er loop"
The witness replied: ANY witness
'ho made that statement, although he
Jay have stated what he thought had
ccurred, was absolutely mistaken"
How far did she 80 from the enemys
essels?"
"she must have gone about GOO yards
, the southwark, as that Is about the
lctical diameter OF the Brooklyn at
vat speed"
Did this turn interfere with the
rooklyn's ability 10 keep up her fire.
1T aid not; she continued 10 fire from
Or aft turret."
Ibid you ever see the Indiana during
IL engagement"
u did not. The smoke was very dense
the direction Of the Indiana"
On THE TEXAS"
At this point Mr.. Raynor questioned
Ie witness at length concerning his
ported Colloquy with Admiral Schley
ring the battle OF Santiago In which
e Commodore was reported TO have
30 Damn the Texas"
Mr. Raynor asked the witness II IL
rs not Capt. Cook who had given the
der 20 port helm" The reply was
al Capt. Cook might have given the
der 10 the man at the wheel.
Mr.. Raynor then asked. did Com
odore schley give the order TO port
G helm2"
'He did" was the reply.
Was the helm already aport?'
II gueas so. Capt Cook saws so"
objection was made by Capt. Lemiy
the use Of the word guess" by the
tness. but Admiral Dewey said the
nm Of expression was immaterlal and
ked that counsel should not inter-
pt
Continuing his statement IN response
Mr.. Raynor's question the witness
IA that when his conversation with
mmod0re Schley had occurred on the
ooklyn the commodore was standing
the platform around the coming
ver. and two or three feet from him
4 Ohe Witnessl and that Capt. Cook.
part of the time, stood In the door OF
, coming tower four or FIVE feet dis
H.
Ie sald that Capt Cook had taken
n IN 'he conversation
In. Ravror then questioned the Wit
Is very closely In regard 20 the lang
~ On which this c0lloouv was re-
tea hv the rewspancrs aud the lang
h used by Mr.. Hodgson IN his CORE
.ndcnce with NJ schley. He said
newspaper version Of Commander
drson's statement % Che colloQuy
e a. follows;
srhley--Hard-a-port"
mean starhoard."
schlov-No I don't We are near
ugh to them tthe spaniards) al
dy."
Hoarson-But we win cut down the
.as"
schley-Damn the Tovas. Let her
/ ont for herself"
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