Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-11

graceful and self-possessed, narrated the
results of her efforts to clear up the
mystery of her brothers death and an.
noyed the solid rows of white froeked
woman spectators. Her testimony was
given in so low a tone that, crane tneif
necks they did to the stretching pom
and strain their shapely ears as they dio
not one ten feet away could hear fve
words consecutively.
Mrs. Parker Under Cross-Fire.
The Judge advocate did not ask Mrs.
Parker a single question. Mr.. Birnes
asked great many, but did not SeXfraet
anything of value from the young woman
She said she had talked With all the
officers concerned in the fight In the ma
rine camp. Adams was embarrassed, u
ley she had no confidence In; Ostermanil
was friendly and sympathetic. and ssid
he was sorry for his connection with Tue
affair, but gave her no Information: Pot's
was drunk and could not give any
Shcarer she liked. but could not get any
thing out CT him.
Mr. Birney wanted 10 know all about
her interview with Adams IN her apart
ment at Carrcl Hall.
Question (by Mr.. Rirneyl-How did YOU
act during his call, what did You 90 !.
Allow would you act. what would you
do?
III ALI ASKING ~ w. ="
talked about many things that | wanted
to find out about
Q-Is that allo What did YOU do:
Al don't understand your question ana
wont answer ii.
Sentry Record Produced.
Mrs Parker was succeeded on the
stand b, Scrgt. Mai. Henry Lewis Hurl-
burt. every inch a soldier. grown gray III
the service. his mustache twisted to a
stilletto point in the German style.
In his hand Inc carried . hook. one for
which counsel for al sides have been
looking. In ii was tho record of the sen
tries on duty the night Of the tragedy
Sergt. Mai. Hurlburt in tho most pre-
else English and husinesSiike directness
produced proof that confirmed the state
ments of Private Kennedy. who testified
he was on duty the night Of the fight and
who says he saw Lieut. Ctley pick up
from the parade ground the revolver
one of the officers in the group about the
PROSTATE form Of Sutton gave him and
which he threw away.
The wonderful book also disclosed the
name of tho other seDtries, traced their
present whereabouts and Indicated a
much more intelligent knowledge of the
rules and regulations of the service and
the duties of officers and men than that
possessed 10y some of the officers of high
er degree.
Ques' ioned about the reliability of Pri-
vate KENNEDY, fhe sergeant major laid at
first it was good and that there were only
two minor offenses charged against him.
Pres ed by the judge advocate. the ser
seant major repeated some OF the goss p
of the barracks about Kennedy. Among
some of the men his reliability was con-
sidered "a Little below par Some of
the men thought Kennedy was more or
less crazy
He had heard some of the men say
Kennedy had bugs. more or less
Willing and Adams Recalled.
Lieut.. Willing was recalled to explain
why there were no powder marks on the
b3dy of Sutton. He said IT was because
the weapon carried smokeless powder.
Mr.. Adams will you take the stand 2"
asked Mr.. Davis.
Adams, in white duck. this time seated
himself and averted his eyes from the
face of Mrs. sutton, who faced him across
the table.
BY Mr.. Davis-Mr. Adams, did you give
Sergt. De Hart the revolver which he
says was handed to HIM after the shoot
ing? A.-No, sir.
Q.-kn1w who did? A-No, sir.
Q.-Will you kindly illustrate for the
Court the position in which Lieut.. Sutton
wac iSihS WHICH Ire sliot HiiilSe.i. A.-SeF-
tainly.
He then started to change the position
ot the chairs to re-enact the tragedy as
he had done when first called to the stand
by lying on the floor.
Use the table, suggested the presi-
dent of the court. Adams threw aside
his duck coat and stood in decidedly
undress uniform, his sleeveless under
shirt barely concealine the sineWy
of his deep torso.
"a n full
table, turned the right SIDE of his face
downward. his left arm stretched out
ward full length, his right doubled up
under his body. the hand. clutching
heavy service revolver. being directly be-
meath the fifth rib
Shows How Shot Was Fired.
With a motion quick as lightning he
ierked the hand and weapon free and.
reversing the position of the revolver
with a flashing overland motion, pointed
the yawning black muzz,e directly at his
head and pressed the trigger. once twice.
thrice, each of which was accompanied
by a click
Every person in the room was on
his feet watching intently. He had no
sooner sprung backward from the table
and resumed his Jacket before Mr.. Davis
discerned some discrepancies in his de-
scription of the manner in which Sutton
had fired the fatal shot Then he was
requested to repeat his illustration
on came the jacket again, and a
fusiilade of clicks" echoed throughout
the courtroom as the finger of the officer
pressed the revolver
Later on ne used matches TO illustrate
the relative positions of himself, SUIT
ton and Willing. Utley Bevan and De
Hart. One or twice he seemed 10 re-
sent the grilling storm of questions hurl-
ed at him by Mr.. Davis. who seemed to
be seeking new light on the tragedy
In the main Adams stuck to his first
story. He was very nervous when Mr.
Davis let him go.