Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-07-22
Mother of Young Lieuten-
ant Of Marines Announces
Her Intention to Press
Charges.
WILLAsK FOR
4 INDICTMENTS.
Missing Witness Rocker
Rep@ted at Kittanning,
EPennsylvania.

D Annapolis, Nd July Mrs.
sutton. She mother OF Lieutenant
James Sutton, today announced
her intention oftappealing to the
civil courts for redress and viii try TO
indict the marine officers who were
engagedan a fight with her son when
he waskkllleds ..i.,.
Tie testimony Of Lieutenant Will
ling was completed today and Col.
Doyen Hext took the stand. He tes-
titled ID substantially the same ef-
feet as Ahe other officers.
A letter was received by the Judge
Advocate from Miss. Mary f. Stuart.
the yohag Pittsburg lady who was
with Sutton on the night of his death
She says she had an engagement with
Sutton 30 meet him the day after his
death. Mrs. Sutton says this fact
refutessthe t1eory of suicide.
The snissins witness Rocker is re-
ported located at Kittaunflg, Pa. A
new Witness has been found in the
personSbf Marine Corps Private Chas.
Kennedy, who has been summoned.
Eieutenant willing was subjected
to most rigid cross-examination.
Both the direct and cross exami-
nationsof the four young officers OF
the mkrine corps who wsre present
at theHfght when. as they have all
testifsa. Sutton shot himself, has
been lengthy, and the hearing is
likely 10 drag along for several days
In a. few MINOR points, Mr.. Davis
succeeded I'M showing discrepancies
in Lientenant vikings testimony at
this and the former inquiry. In es-
sentiais 1t differed little from that of
his brother officers.
Wiling, who was officer OF the day
at the jmarine camp and was routed
out bs Lieutenants UtIey and Bevan
when kSuttol was running wild in
camp with two revolyers prior TO the
tragedy, as former Witnesses testi-
fed. was the first man to say that
he reached he scene of the tragedy
in time TO see Adams punching Sut-
ton. Lieutenant Bevan testified
thar be saw 40 blows exchanged
AsALieutenant willing on cross
examtnation described Sutton, sIther
standihg or on his knees with Ad-
ans boldi1g' one hand and punching
him With the other, It was too much
u IL
posite the Witness She smiled in
creddiously aa Willing apd turned to
Mr. yanDyke one OF her counsel,
said Ind gnahtly:
"Iuagine "a wild man. as they de
scrlbA my brother to have been,
standing up. with revolver in each
hanE and taking a punching like
that.3gt is Wholly incredible"
The Judge advocate asked willing
n he thought the punching Sutton
got wDuld have killed him or Il the
witnsss had any way OF knowing
whether sutton was dead before the
last Shot was fred II was known
that 9Irs. sqtton impressed upon Ma
JOT feohard her Deliet that her son
va Destel to death and artcrward
sbotM
TIE witntss answered thcse ques-
tionkin The negative and said there
was 90 doubt I'm his mind that sutton
pulleg he trigger Of the revolver
whea he was shot. willing testified
thatlhe took the Ss caiibre revolver
fiout Suttohs right hand after the
shodtns, but could not remember
What became Of It after that. u was
surpassed q have got into the hands
Of 8rgeant De Hart, who threw it
eway Tie will be a witness. willing.
whoF stood within two feet Of SUIT
toa'a head saw DO other revolver
a. tDp time, he said