The age-herald., 1901-09-27

 18th and the squadron came there on the | 26th.
 Did you not direct Captain sgsbee to | give to Commodore Schley the informa- | tion that you had received from the Navy Department with regard to the whereabouts of the Spanish squadron?"
 "I did not"
 Cotton Makes Correction.
 At this point Captain Wise was excused and Admiral. Cotton was recalled to make verbal corrections in the testimony given by him.
 Admiral Cotton was questioned con- corning some points of the Santiago campaign. He said that on the morning of May 31 after arriving from Kingst on, he had gone aboard the Brooklyn with dispatches for Admiral Schley.
 Asked by Captain Lemley to relate his conversation with Admiral Schley on the occasion of that visit he said
 He informed me that it had been as- certained that some of the ships of Ad- miral Cervera's squadron were within the harbor of Santiago; that they were seen and were in sight, and as a matter of fact one of them was then In sight at the entrance to the harbor. In language as near as I can remember he said: "Af ter dinner I am going to hoist my flag on board the Massachusetts and take
 
 pot shot at those fellows
 Mir Lemley-"Anything further?'
 There was of course some further conversation. I cannot recall the words nor aside from what I have mentioned, the particular subjects"
 Machinist Gives Testimony.
 William c. Gray, who was chief ma chinist on the Texas during the battle off Santiago on July 3, testified that on that date he had been on duty at the throttle of the starboard engine of the battleship. He said that when he went to the engine room the vessel was going ahead. The next signal he said, was to stop, and a minute afterwards to re- verse. The engines were then re- | versed''
 The witness said that the reversal was l very brief, the revolutions not exceeding I one hundred and time being short. He | had, he said, heard afterward that the reversal was because they were passing | the Brooklyn.
 Lieutenant Spencer s. Wood, who com manded the dispatch boat Dupont during the Spanish war was the next witness. Lieutenant Wood related the particu- lars of his mission as a dispatch carrier from Admiral Sampson lying at Key West to Admiral Schley who was off Cienfuegos. He had left Key West on mdy ~, carrying ulSpdlCDeS Ol WHICH the Iowa carried duplicates, and had reached Cienfuegos several hours In ad- vance of the Iowa.
 "On my arrival" the witness said, T went aboard and personally delivered the dispatches which I carried from Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley in his cabin at o'clock. He asked me Admiral Sampsons idea about where the Spanish squadron was I told him I did not know them. He told me he thought the Spanish squadron were there. He had heard firing and was almost convinced that they were there. The conversation was on the line to endeavor to find out from me what Admiral Sampson's plans were. I could give him no information" How long were you on board the flag ship?"
 Until just before luncheon
 Have you anything further to state with respect to this interview, which will bear upon the subject of this inquiry2" Scn,ey Was Nervous.
 "The Commodore hesitated some about giving me coal. He did not think he could spare coal at first. I said it was absolutely necessary; that we were al- most out of coal, having made the run from Key West. He said: Very well, go below and I will think it over
 q went below to the ward room and was afterward called up and informed that they would give me. coal. I had never before met the admiral and he impressed me as being very nervous. He would get up and walk around. come back and sit down, and a number of questions he asked me about Admiral Sampsons intentions I was unable to answer"
 "If I understand you clearly, you had no knowledge of the contents of the dispatches which you delivered?"
 Admiral Sampson did not tell me what was in them. He simply told me these were duplicate dispatches he was send ing by the Iowa. These duplicates, he said, he gave to me because he thought the Dupont could make better speed. I left after the Iowa, passed her off Cape | Antonio and arrived in Cienfuegos some | three or four hours before she did. I left | Key West at Il 80 a. m. on the 20th." During this interview in which you | made some statements with respect to the admirars manner. had he read the dispatches? Did he read them in your | presenceg
 "Oh yes"
 Did he advise you of their contents then?"
 "He did not tell me positively what they were. I gathered while I was aboard the flagship what they contained, but whether 1t was while I was in the
  know. I never saw their contents and Admiral Sampson never told me what they were.''
 "I wish to ascertain exactly the par ticulars of this interview"
 "All the dispatches seemed to be of an important character. judging from the admiral's manner upon receiving them. As I stated, he was very nervous"
 Heard No Signals.
 Asked by MT. Rayner if Admiral Samp- son or any one else had informed him before he left Key West for Cienfuegos that code of signals had been agreed upon between the American forces and the Cuban insurgents. Lieutenant Wood replied in the negative. He had not, he said, received any such information of flcially. but he added that 1t was strong talk at Key West that the Marblehead on a previous trip had established com munication with the Cubans. If. how ever a code had been arranged he did not know of the fact.
 Before Lieutenant Wood had concluded his testimony the court, at 12:45 ad- journed for the day to permit attendance at Judge Wilson's funeral.