The evening times., 1901-11-08
REVIEWED BY Mr.. RAYNER.
HE Maryland Attorney Discusses
the Court Of Enquiry.

the Court of Enquiry.
BALTIMORE. Nov. S.-Att0rusy Gen
eral Isidor Rayner. Admiral Schleys
counsel in the famous trial. which closed
yesterday. arrived home last night after
/ having spent tn. past three months I'm
/ Washington In the preparation and con-
/ duct of the case. He Nus busily engaged
with his SECRETARY i'm the work of answer
. ing the hundreds Of letters and tal. grams
received when a newspaper man called
He stated he did not think il proper To
refer TO m" character OF the messages
or to their sgEders beyond stating that DE
was highly sratided ut the expressions
/ contained.
Mr. RHyner chatted pleasantly regard
Z ing tho personality OF those engaged ia
/ the trial In reply TO question as To the
/ impressions left upon him by the trial
and tho Uersonag-s concerned ia it, he
said.
so far as the Court was concerned. Il
was admirably constituted cannot
speak with too much praise Of Admiral
Z Dewey and Of his colleagues. AdmiraIs
Esnham and Ramsay The quick and
,mineuLy just decisions upon some Of the
most embarrassing questions of law that
arose almost every day were simply phe-
uomCuaL Admiral ID wey told me he
came from n family OF jurists and that he
had heard a great deal of law before go
ing t' sea This was in answer TO my
question as to how ha could decide 50
readily upon technical questions OF law
had no idea that the hero of Manila had
| the qualifications Of great judge with
/ out perhaps ever having read a law book
Admiral Benham piled the witnesses
I with the most pointed questions on every
/ branch of the enquiry The intelligent
face of Admiral Ramsay Ilumined the
. court room, as for eight long weeks with
/ unabatsd attention he riyeted his mind
1 upon every word of the testimony. These
/ three men are remarkable. ] can never
/ forget them. I told them today that while
4 ! was heartily glad the case was over.
/ ! parted with everyone Of them with the
. deepest feelings of regret
+ Mr. RayHer was then asked what he
I Thought OF the counsel for the Govern
/ ment. and in reDly said
J We had one expert. Mr.. NJ &. Teacuc.
+ whose assistance was simply IuvaluH1 BILE.
. and whose labor has been iucessaut
I Throughout an the details Of this com
Uiicated case The other side had all the
. resources OF the G0verumeI of the
Z United States 10 draw upon at Il mo-
msutS notice. and upon call everything
was at their bidding. from every officer
. and subordinate employe OF the Navy
. Department
/ Mr. Hauna. the solicitor in the Judge
/ Advocate General Office. tried the ease
: admirably. At all times dignihed and
/ courteous. he eviuCcd marked ability and
. judicial imUartialiJy-
Captain LemIy. the Judge Advocate
Z General. had an exceedingly delicate duty
. 10 perform He was personally very
/ friendly To- Admiral SChlcy. and il fell
I upon him 70 conduct this case against
+ him He acted with becoming degree OF
impartiality ! believe
/ Lieutenant Ward was the genius OF the
4 prosecution If ] may cali the trial by that
. name Tor want of a better one lhlS
young lieutenant and brave auc fearless
officer furnished the munitions and re-
I sources of war 10 the opposition There
[ was not a point in the case with which he
was not thoroughly familiar. lie had al
ready written up in the Government aD-
I Ueudix the whole history Of the spanish
? American war. and tciegrams- orders
. documents. reports and charts were all
. corrected in his mind and produced by him
I al moments notice me Navy Depart
7 m-ut made no mistake when tn-y selected
4 him for the work
. What impression did Admiral Schiey
: make upOl those connected with him IN
. the case was then asked Of Ar- Rayner
. He replied
. .'IIe could make out one impression He
+ is AS brave and fearless a man as ever
4 Dreathed the FIRE Of battle. He IS Ereat IN
. every quality that constitutes greatness.
# Tn this battle Of words and thoughts ne
~LHtA -arHa.-t.a-A tt.a l4lH I'ALatN
. or deeds at Santiago HIS presence. his
+ firm conviction that he had performed his
. duty for his country and his eNulta0t
. spirit I'm every moment Of this trial be-
. came an inspiration 10 us. Schisy Is not
. only great naval hero. but be Is a
. scholar and man OF the most brilliant
/ accomplishments. His journey 20 and
. from the courthouse was an ovation anu
"a triumplaI procession from the com
. meugemeUt Of the trial 20 its close
. Although I have but one opinion and
in rUrH "a
. uyr. il answer 20 a question as 10 whether
. he would discuss the probable outcome OF
. the trial, II would not care to give eN-
preston To IL now ] have such abiding
. confidence IN the Court that I can only
feel that it's verdict will reach the verdict
. that is now throbbing in the hearts of the
Mr.. Ravncr+s work IN connection with
the case Is already famous lie took
. charge OF the case IN mIuSummsr, and Tor
The. past sixteen weeks has devoted his
entire time and attention 10 IT, He work
. cd iGess-aUtly az the rate ul go least af-
. teen hours day ana +" as constantly en-
# gagged for eight weeks iC its trial
For two months prior 10 the beginning
. of the trial. Mr. Kayu-r resided al the
. Shur,ham I'm Washington. and when he
. removed his family % Washington went
. 20 tho new Willard Admiral SChley met
2 him every morning about o'clock and
they were together until about in the
. evening. They met again at 3 O'Clock in
. the evening, and We're together until mid
night Nearly I11 witnesses were exam
. iued I'm Admiral SchI-y's behalf
Mr. I.ayusr seems 90 have stood the
. strain wonderfully. He said last night
. that h- only wanted q few days rest
. and n little sleep. and then he viii be
. ready to resume The trial Of cases which
. Judges and lawyers had been kind enough
b 10 postpone for him while the Court Of
. Enquiry was iu progress.
10 is understood that Mr. Rayner's speech
. AT the enquiry is % he published as soon
. as ne revISes the proofs of IT, IL viii aD-
pear ia pamphlet form - covers lJ0
. pages Of closely written matter Il is q
. review Of every episode from thr time
. Admiral SchIoy left Key West until the
. destruction Of the Spanish fleet of san
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