New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-02
DENIALS BY EVANS.
HE DTSOWNS ALLEGED SLUR
ON CAPTAIN PHILIP.
Captain sIGsBEE SWEARS BE DID NOT
TELL, SCHLEY HE BELIEVED THE
SPANISH FLEET WAS NOT
IN SANTIAGO.
IN SANTIAGO.
fly TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l

-x--,,noton Oct before the naval court
= ,.,,,,-z Rear Admiral Evans was mistaken
=. ccblev's counsel on cross-eXamination, al
xob he WAS skilfully quzzed as to certain
.+ar,ents of his which Schley is anxious to
controvert
Erorts were made to bring out discrepancies
h.tvveen charts and reports and the testimony.
18th indecisive results. In addition to the dam
oo4ne criticisms of the campaign which he made
yesterday Rear Admiral Evans explicitly de-
- sevaral statements ascribed to him as hav-
- haan made to Commodore Schley in the
-aouIzn's cabin after the destruction OF the
crorisb feet. He admitted that he was anxious
80 coaIing his ship off Santiago. and that the
,o1,o5a was further off shore by night than
by day.
.fter Evans the Acting Judge Advocate pro-
,-oa5 the first civilian witness who has taken
-. +and since the trial actually began The
- ,es visibly disp!eased with this action,
81 y turned out the evidence adduced was
80 great moment. From notes made at the
- on the lower bridge of the Texas near the
..nrine tower the witness related certain Things
cnr+ain Philip had said in the critical period
s.,o great battle from the time when all the
.a...-,es of the ships were firing their hardest
% the alleged disappearance of the Brooklyn
- sesu,ard after the loop that had given the
rexss such close shave.
roh,av,s counsel handled him rather harshly
.bout subsequently, falling to make use OF MS
notes.
IT,. GREATER part of the day was devoted to the
-.,no+;on of Captain Sigsbee of the St Paul.
-, whose contradiction of a statement by
go an letter to the Senate Naval Commit
,ob stress had been laid. He proved very
It's IN all his recollections of facts, but was
a..ire that he had never told Schley he be-
- tbs spanish fleet not in Santiago
dramatic incident occurred during Captain
c,rsbees cross-examination. Schley's counsel
-.od the following extract from hitherto I'M
nub,;sbed report sent by Rear Admiral Sampson
tr,m Cane Haytien, May So to Secretary Long:
an informed by Captain sigsbee OF the St
f aut ~ vassels near the mouth of the harbor at
Sanfisgo Yesterday, when he passed that point
Al Inc bT1 ST distance of twenty-five miles to
the westward Of the harbor
The acting Judge advocate objected to further
reading but in reply to a question from Schleys
counsel as to whether he had ever told any enc
ANYTHING Of the kind. Sigsbee declared positively
that he never had. In Rear Admiral Simpsons
magazine article, which the court refused TO
admit several days ago. a similar statement &C.
CURED to the effect that Schley's blockade was
maintained twenty-five miles to the south of
santiago QaIDOT
Another important document that became
public for the first time to-day was what is
called THE red ink letter." a hurried scrawl on
sheet of note paper, which. it is promised, Will
have an important bearing upon the strained re-
Iations existing within the Flying Squadron and
the lack Of confidence exhibited in its COM
rnender. It was written within twelve hours
after Sigsbee left Santiago mission which
has not yet figured in the case. and is as fol-
lows:
L. s. s. s. St. Paul, Mole st. Nicholas evening
May %, 1888.
Ny Dear Commodore: There were kilograms here
for you but none to force to return TO you.
Do you doing and you will be right The
department expects you TO exercise great efforts
10 keep in coal Also golfers have been ordered
here for your vessels. Department says you may
coal slngly here or in Gonaives or leeward OF
Cape Cruz. Department does not understand your
limited force, Of course. have left kilograms here
under care for next visiting United States man OF
war / leave in few minutes my mission as
cut out by you. Hastily and respectfully.
C D. SIGSBEE. Captain, L. s. ~.
Commodore Schley, of Santiago.
Z. Shave cipher telegram department.
The last witness to-day, Yeoman Becker, of
the New-York. Real Admiral SIMPSONS writer,
tried to tell how dispatches were sent. but went
all TO pieces on examination.