The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-28

Hawk any effort Was maze " commhhiNae0
with the insnrgent Cuoansf
The witness then testified that ths
re Rl AaS, 9ha PaSsp GABLE ear report Mad
been received Bt Kingston on MA{ ~ sly
Ing that ms sPsnish sS mrsl s SSh rue re-
port OF this occurrence was also read. ms
was his statement discreaitinf the inios,m i,,
non oe a. rssnfue sg bsrfor All these re-.
ports have heretofore been published
Mr.. Raynor began MS croSs eJ nd hS9
not proceeded far when the court took
recess for luncheon. . -
zion, Mr. Raynor continued HE ess-exami,
nation Of Lieutenant Hood. The latte, snld
his recollection was that he bad oTllv-
IN his (schiey's) cabin, but u might be
that ne had handed them TO ldeutenant
Wells and hdd , okSa tbsra %a snf no one
In the cabin when the conversation between
himself and the commodore had taken
Mr. Raynor was proceeding to question
tho witness concerning his conyerSat ION
seb sp Teamed iaaned over " and warned him that
this conversation bad been ruled ont.
MIR. Raynor then changed his line OF
whether in this conversation with Commo.
dore Schlev upon this occasion. he did not
tel YOU that Admiral Adm sgm2soG h9d In n
satisfy himself that the Spanish feet was
not NJ Cienfuegosi'
The reply was; u gathered from his
conversation that he had that Information
in some Of the dispatches which were
written previously to the dispatch ! f Il,.
ried IN him, which was Of considerably
later date and, therefore, Of course, an
nuled MI the others
Mr.. RHynor questioned the witness con
corning the report of the presence OF ths
Spanish feet at Santiago and attempted
40 read quotation from n magazine etti-
Gle alleged 10 have been written by Al
fUN al To
the Adula had reported that the fleet re
manned at Santiago only one day Mr.
Hanna objected 10 the Introduction OF the
article as Testimony He said among other
things: Il have written magazine articles
myself for prominent gentlemen whose
names were signed to them.
He said, however that he had no doubt
that the article was Admiral sampson $.
The question was ultimately Withdrawn
Captsln Lemlv then asked: WASN'T It
your understanding that the Adula in com
hcers Of the Brooklyn to believe mat the
Spanish feet had arrived at Santiago one
day and came ont of the harbor the next
day? Wasn't that the impression 1t lett
The reply was THE impression made
on my mind was no lmprcs sion whatever;
knew tie eeet was IN Santiago
Captain Lemly questioned Lientenant
Hood concerning the dispatch delivered hy
him to Admiral Schley, eiclting from MN
the statement that while he carried two
dispatches to the admiral from the CON
mander In chicf no knew that the infor
nation contained IN one Of them was later
Than IN the other. because one was dated
NJ Havana and the other nj Key west
The Havana dispatch RaI cuulilhy,d NOR
positive Instructions about proceeding 100
Santiago
Lieutenant Hood was then excused and
CAPTAIN Bowman II. McCaila. who com.
manded the Marhlehcnd during the Spanish
war. was called Witness had FIRST come
into contact with the 6ylug squadron Oh
MAY ~. 1893. when he was proceeding
from the south coast Of Cuba TO Key West
he met the squadron on iis way 10 cuba
Witness said he had not beon asked to
come aboard the BROOKLYN for the purpose
Of making report on conditions IN 'NbH
but had made full report 70 Captain
Chadwick. Admlrul SIMPSONS chief Of
stan, when he arrived at Key West IN
this point ne suid In addition IN VIII
ten reports or dispatches which carried
explained to the chief Of stan the secreI
code which I had established with tho
Cuhqns near Ctenfqesos mat vas mo-
proceeding TO Cienfuegos
What was that secret code briouyF
ON the 18th and 10th Of May la,
had been in communication with tnrc
Cuban officers and two privatoE on tn
Niarbehead and had arranged With Lieu
tenant LavHrez, who spoke English vcr
well, a system OF signals In case the
wished to communicate with the Marble
horizontal lights at night and three horse
in line 10 the day
70 whom, 4, the best Of your know
edge dld YOU communicate TINT seCrc
code of elguas?'
only TO Captain Chadwick, chicf .
captain McCaln told Of bis return +
Ceuiuegos on the 2lth Of NAV With de
patches for Admiral Schley lie said II
West on the 1gtn Of MAY and when aniic,
on the afternoon Of the 2lst Of MAY tina
the Spanish squadron was still nj Sgntl
And you communicated that Information
10 Commodore SChieY YerballyT
Commodore Schley teld me he though
the Spanish squadron was in Cienfucgos
that he had received newspapers from th,
steamer Adula some days previous, that on,
Of the newspapers contained cnhle dis
patch from Santiago and fr4m that h,
gathered that the Spanish force under Al
miral Cerverg might have sailed from
Santiago in time to reach Cipnfuegos JUS
before the arrival Of the force under hIi
command l said that had brought arms
ammunition and dynamite for the Cuba
camp to the westward and that II he wOulC
let me 60 / would find out at once wheth
or they were In Cienfuegos. He immediate
~ Hssented. | asked him II he had seer
sny lights on the beach. He said he had
] asked n be saw three. He said he had
] then said the lights were from Cuban
irving TO communicate. / may have sskct
MN n be saw three horses In line on the
Captain McCalla then related how Ne ha,
gone ashore near Clentuegos and found tn,
Cubans drawn up Ia line. He gave then
food and ammunition"
I'VE found" he added. that Ceryeri
was not inside the hHrbor and that In fac
the situation In Clenfuegos was exactly al
It was when left Il on the 18th If tn,
same month"
Captain McCala said he sent the Informa
tlon aboard 10 Admiral Schey by tn,
Eagle, signaling that vessel 10 proceed a
full speed and report 60 the BROOKLYN tina
Cervera was not In Cienfuegos Captaii
McCalla followed with the Msrbehesd
reaching the Brooklyn someW what behind In
Eagle.
When did you go on board the Brook
lynn"
81 steamed under the quarter. Of tn
Brooklyn and after some conversation witt