The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
LOOKED FOR A FIGHT
AT CLOSE QUARTERS
Schey Made Preparations to Close n With the
Spanish Fleet at Santiago.
Lieutenant Wells Endorses Statements That the Admiral Was
Brave and Fearless Under Fire.

actly which one cannot ais-lnc ti3 rec
oIlect.'
What was his general bearing. con-
duct and manner on any day III whics
there was a battle or any other time
so far as my observation went le
was thoroughly fearless and selt-pos-
sessed on all occasions
was he at. any time within your
knowledge laboring under any mental
Excitement?
mo, sir"
Mr.. Hanna cross-examined the Wit
ness. He told Of the meeting 81 tins
flying squadron and the Aiarbienea1
while the former was en- route to Cieu-
fuegOS and the signals that had BEEN
exchanged. Respecting ths. correspond
ence while the flying SQUADRON was
C1entuesos, tbs. witness stated tnaC they
kept no special book OF letters received
He said the letters. as received we're
briefed. stamped, and fled He never
had any trouble, under this system in
finding any letter the conimodore want
ed. The witness also stated that ntver.
to his knowledge, was q single paper
lost.
Mr.. Hanna exhibited to the witness
letter dated May 30. 1895 and written
by Commodore Schley, which contained
a reference to the dispatches that had
been brought BY the Dupont and givinE
a general account of the operations 81
the flying squadron He sought by this
letter as stated by him. to show that
the No dispatch. known as the Dear
Schley letter, was received on the zzn1
of Nay and not the 23rd. The witness
said:
1.-The conjunction of this letter ana
/ the changed endorsement in ieadF7enciies
on the back of one of the dispatches
would seem to indicate that the DIS
patch might have been received on the
/ 22nd.'
Admitted by Schlev.
/ After the examination ha6 pr6ceede
along this line for some tirne 4lr- Ray
nor addressed the court as fonows-
May it please the court. we ADMIT
9 ~
I Joined the flying squadrou. of c.ienfus
gos on May p. 1898 and we admit tlsa-
we got No BY the Hawk and rls
/ Marblehead. Now. the trouble IS 1bcur
the other No. z. Where dId-the 1Epli-
I cate of No go2 We caunot ada -
got it by the Iowa, but we agral 49, ~.
/ three propositioas: The Dqecft CARRIED :,
/ No Z the HatVk @o.s1 t.qd Sne Harbli--
4 head, No. s. we adrutE Ihe recei,.1 %
I this memOrandrm fro-u CaEtiin Me-
I Gala by the Hawk. hut Thal haVc
not been abs TO fra ott aa5 cannot
admit is that the Iowa carried 40
Mr.. RaynOr turned 10 admiral Schlev
! and asked: You admit that. don you.
admiral2" TO which the admiral replied.
/ Certainly; we admit that
! When the court met this afternoon
Mr.. Hanna continued his examination
| Of Lieutenant Wells.
How do yen account specifically for
the absence Of the receiving stamp inn
! print on che dup1ica te 'Daar Schley'
/ dispatches 90 he asked
/ 1t is possible that Z jOtted down
that note on them when they
handed to me- OF course ID was the
custom TO put the receiving stamp on
! letters generally.
Can it be possible that the conmo-
dore retained them for some time2
/ 1T IS possible, but not probable. lie
sometimes held dispatches IN she cabin
for time, but he generally sent them
I down as soon as received
Did Not See Dispatch
In rnrIx~ fr frrrarrirr4et Vii. 1srf4r4.aa
said he Remembered Absolutely notl
ing Whatever "a bout the receipt of dis
patch No. from Agnirat sampson 10
Commodore Schley saying that the
Spanish feet WAS pro bal iy at SAINTS
ago except that was revealed ny tt8
receiving stanlf endorsement i5e
said that on this disp9tcb Is on the
Dear Schley letter tnerc had 3 DSt
been an endorzfarent Showing its
ceipt on Nay -. and subsequently ans
other written over IL drst iudicttips
its receipt On thei rs that mcutr
Your pencil niaff-s tu,9r 80
as a very clear irti-6tiol as TO nn-1
these papers were received Ques-
toned Mr.. Hanna. bist the witness re-
Piled that they could be. saving
Generally, 8 should say yes. DIS
jeet'
But the Dear SchIey letter yuu
say would seem to have been recstFe
on the 22d of May ~
yes sir
so that. although actuanv recelv
on the 22d, it bore the endorsement
-23d' ard 24th1
One bore a GATE sd ana anosh
bore a date 24th. as i fet.tileci
Mr.. Hanna then put ia - fsne.
dispatches Nes. : and s. both frem
! miral Schley. dffecting strics f1c
ade at Cienfaez0s. and the latle
closing the AIcl,aiisi ueIilulsill q 1-II-
witness was agaln Questioncd c1ues
ing the receipt Of more than one
OF the Mc-aiitl. lfeililts FAN ctf1- rt4