Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-29
[[MLY CONTINUES
HIS QUESTIONING.
uoes Over Many Points, Elicitng Little
That is New Schsy Remains Calm
And Composed.

washington Oct. 29-Judge Advocate
Lemly resumed the cross.examlnatlon
OF Admiral schley after the court con.
Vened at II o'clock today when the
court adjourned yesterday he was sim
questioning the witness with reference
to the cruise from Clenfuegos to sann.
ago and he resumed today where he had
LETT OF yesterday, asking number of
questions relating to the condition ar
the weather on May Is and Dc tho
dates Of the voyage. He also reverted
10 me detachlng Of the EAGLE for,
wy h!lhs squadron and brought the
Ni'HeSS 10 the consideration OF seyersl
other minor details OF that movement
Detore coming TO the meeting with fhe
scout boats Twenty-Five miles south III
santiago on the evening Of Nav N
when the rstrograde movement toward
kty west In search OF coal was beepn
Inc intention was to go into this zorro,
grade movement later In the day and
also To consider IN minute detnil ire
reconnaissance OF MAY 81. the ooallny
question and the famous loon of ia
Brooklyn on July 3. Cant Iemly was
hopeful Of completing his questioning
today but admitted that the outlook in
that direction was not altogether prom.
Using.
scHLEY REMAINS CALM
As on yesterday Admiral Schiey was
calm In his demeanOr and deliberate m
his answers, apparently weighing an
questions carefully before replying. ON
cross examination he does not raise his
voice as high as he did In his original
statement, and as a consequence what
he says Is not heard throughout Inc
courtroom. The knowledge OF this fact
has had the effect Of somewhat dlmln.
ishing the attendance.
The largest attendance has been In
the past four days, and eager as was
the Interest manifested the utmost
discipline and good order has prevailed
about the courtroom This condition
OF affairs has been due In large mea-
sure 10 the presence Of dozen IN more
OF the members of the marine corps who
have been untiring IN their attention
TO their duties. These men have been
under the direct charge Of Capt. Henry
w. Carpenter, L. 5. NJ c., and those
whose duties have required their pres
ence at the court unite in testifyine to
his excellent capacity as an executive
officer and to his untiring courtesy as
we'll
Before resuming the cross-examina.
ton of Admiral Schley. Judge ADVOCATE
Lemly enncunced that with the assent
nj I'm ~ he. odd a n
books OF the New ' otk for May rs and
10 and July and july 3 and the Brook
lyns for May IL 10 June inclusive,
and July and would be included II
the record. He explained that May Is
and 10 were the day before and the day
on which the New York left Key West
The first question the judge advocate
asked was In connection With Admiral
Schley's examination IN chief regard
ing the meeting with the Eagle after
the flying squadron left Key West.
CAPT. LEMLY BEGINS
You said YOU had DISTINCT recol
lection that the Eagle passed. within
hail in the Yucatan channel and thai
she reported no news"
Not in the Yucatan channel. W.
passed the Eagle soon after leaving
Key West"
"she passed within hail|
"That Is my recollection"
And reported no newsy'
yes
"As you sent the Scorpion to corr
municate with her do you not think
you were In errors"
mo, do not think ] am mistaken
did the Eagle report anything elsev
mo, only that she had no news"
The Judge advocate then jumped e
Clenfuegos, examining him upon l&
statement that upon the arrival OF tbe
squadron there the Scorpion was sent
IN as a picket boat and asked him 10
reconcile that statement with the en-
try in the log Of the Scorpion 20 Tie
effect that from laidnighl 10 I a. q.
"drifted in company with the fleet for
the remainder OF the watch"
The admiral explained that entry I'D
lot necessarily mean that the ScoDaon
vas absolutely In touch with the feet,
AS he recalled it all the ships wee
drifting.
did you regard her under these df-
cGmstances as q picket boat
Il did. She was drifting In shore
How far inside?"
THAT would be a guess; perhaps
miles"
ADULA INCIDENT AGAIN.
Gong back 70 the Adulas appear
anCe az Cienfuegos Capt. Iemly asked
about the war bulletin brought by hat
,essel and tskcd n II had not s.aN
that the Spanish feet had left the
on May 20. This the witness admitted
was true as he also did that be bad
said the distance from CleniuegQs 70
Santiago was from SO 10 IS hours. Then
rapt Lcmli asked. Would not us,
fact that from SIS TO IS hours was nee
,ssay IN covering this distance have
brought the Spaniards q Cieniuegs
after your arrival thereg II
Il did not wish 10 be Understood hrt
that time would have been Necessity
Tor the Spaniards 10 make the voyaee.
! meant SIMPLY 10 give The TINE co.'s
umed by tie dying squadron IN nni'-
ing the voyage
Reverting 90 the blockade Of Cienfu.
egos. Capt. Lemly asked the wines /
how he obtained the distance OK the
blockading fleet 20 be between three |
and four miles from shore.
IN the day time I took a bow go
beam bearing This. together With ne
surf and the land. seemed 70 confTn
that that distance was correct"
The admiral In answer 20 an0tsr
question by Capt. Lemly. said he had |
plotted the distance on chart for hls
own information lie DID not Know
THIS would ever become matter Of |
such Importance, otherwise he should |
have kept the memorandum as ne |
would have kept a great many Other
things.
KEPT CLOSE WATCH.
Admiral schley said he kept close
watch al dag and at night while awake
while OF Cioniuegos. lie said be bad
seen no auxiliary cruiser or gunboh
near the entrance TO the hsrbor a.
testified 10 by Lieut.. Griffin. The W.T.
ness had an indistinct recollection Of
having seen the mast or perhaps the
TOD Of a pipe over the hills he saw
nothing larger coming near the mouth
N the harbor than an ordinary STAN
launch.
In response 20 a question from capt
Iaunlv the wifreae read attracts ffom |