The Washington times., 1901-10-19

suggestion he described the killing of
I Ellis i'm great detail, and graphically pic
tured the appearance of Ellis dead body.
Mr., Ryan Got some scratches from the
| shell. -a
| Under recross-examination by the judge
| advocate the witness said that 2.4OO yards
| was the first range given as the Brooklyn
stood in toward the harbor entrance. The
range l.fO0 yards, as given by Ellis. was
1 aiter the turn. The Court made clear
! the testimony of the witness by these
! questions, which are followed by their re-
| spective answers:
| Q.-Was the shortest range given be
| fore or after the turn made by the Brook
| lyn on July 3?
| A.-The shortest range that remember.
/ l.l0O yards Tor. as l unaerstood II az the
/ time, 100 YARDS, was made after the turn
| Q.-When was Ellis killed-hefore or al
| ter the turn?
! Ale was killed after the turn.
| Lieut.. b. w. Wells tag secretary 10 Az
miral Schley in the Spanish war ana nov
on the flagship KcarsarEe, was the last
| witness of the day. Most of his testimony
| concerned the reconnaissance OF May 81
and the receipt Of important orders py
! the admiral Before the Brooklyn lelt
| Hampton Roads. he said, he had received
/ a. little print of Santiago Harbor from d
! naval intelligence official and there Wa
certain information printed on IL Wnlcn
/ he did not remember, but whlch leu h hlIl
| to suppose that the fortifications were
| formidable.
CAPTAIN LemIy objected TO the witness
! telling what impression had peeh ,,iS III
! upon his mind by document that conlQ
| be produced. He said that he dld hot
want to be technical, but he thouSh1I, 1I,, ~ l
! better to have the document rus
| brought Mr.. Rayner to his feet with some
| remarks in favor of letting Mr.. Nelis
| tell what his impressions oi the doCu-
! rdent were and ended up with the reiiialA mar.
that this objection Is a mere qulDple, Ilct
| rising to the dignity of technlcdllty.
| Captain Lemly responded warmly, max
ing one of the scenes or the day.
The Range Given.
Mr.. Wells said that the range given for
the reconnaissance of May 81 was f0oe
or 1900 yards, and he recalled that while
on the Massachusetts with Commodore
Schley, who directed the operations from
that ship, Lieutenant Commander Potts
came up and reported as the Massachu-
setts steamed in that she was then the
distance of the range from shore.
Mr.. Wells said: IF my recollection
serves me right. that was signal made
to fire at the Notifications The fire was
returned by the Colon and the batteries.
personally thought there were a number
of modern guns used. The commodore, at
that time, made number of Joking re-
marks about some of us lodging when
the shells came toward us. l don't think
he lodged. He was not showing any PER
turbation that l saw. He was in per-
fectly natural frame Of mind
As flag secretary to Commodore Schley
Mr.. Wells mad charge of the official cor
respondence of the Flying Squadron, and
was examined by Mr.. Rayner with refer
ence to the receipt of orders He said
that, SO far as he knew, the Iowa dld
not deliver any dispatches to the COM
modore at Cienfuegos. Mr.. Rayner pro-
cured the original or copy of the Dear
Schley'' letter and asked the witness If
he wrote what was on the back. MI
Wells said he did. and read 1t, 9th,
came ON the I'D, >, which evidently meant,
he explained. that the letter was the same
AS one received on the 3D. Then Mr..
Rayner produced another edition of the
Dear Schley'' letter and Mr.. Wells read
what was on the back ''23d, concerning
movements. He said he thought this
meant that the letter had been received
Mr.. Rayner asked: ITO your knowledge.
where are Commodore Schley's papers?''
Il m sure l can't answer that, said
the witness. They were all boxed up
and given by him to ME when we left the
Brooklyn. | don't know what became of
them"
This was apparently in reference to
missing papers, which Admiral Schley
claims to have sent to the Navy Depart
ment, and the Department claims to have
not received.
Mr.. Wells identified copy of the orders
from Sampson to Schley to proceed to
Santiago, and said it was received May
q, and that q copy produced was re-
ceived May "a. He said ne remembered
Brooklyn on May q during the retro
grade movement, and again on May 81
but didn't remember that he brought on
either occasion the despatch from Sec
rotary Long, saying positively that the
Spanish squadron arrived at Santiago on
May 10, and that he didn't recollect seeing
such a despatch.
Mr.. Rayner made some remarks. in
which he said that his was the despatch |
in which the Navy Department fased its |
''disobedience of orders specification"
and called on the Judge advocate to pro- |
duce it Captain Lemly responded With /
an assertion that all he knew was that /
this despatch was not among the papers !
turned in by Admiral SChley. and that I
although search lad been made, It could !
Mr.. Wells said in answer to questions |
from Mr.. Rayner that he didn't remem- |
ber Admiral Schey saying anything |
about white uniforms being conspicuous. |
He said he recollected that Schley did |
not take refuge behind the coming tower |
OF the Massachusetts and he did not re-
member any signal from Schley to the |
other ships do not go in any closer |
He could not understand how it was pos
sible he said, that such signal had been !
exchanged.
At this point Mr. Rayner announced |
that he did not want to have Mr.. Wells /
tell the story Of the battle. as It was so
near the hour OF adjournment. He sug- !
gested an adjournment until Monday. and !
said he hoped TO finish his case next
week.
The Court is very happy to grant your
request" said Admiral Dewey. as he an
nouuced that the Court stood adjourned |
until Monday.