The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-13
DAVIS SUMS
Up CASE
Sutton Investigation Has
Reached Concluding
Stage.

! Annapolis, Md Aug. 1S.-The SeS-
sion Of the court OF inquiry inyesti-
eating the death of Lieut. James n.
| Guiding stage today when Henry f..
| Davis, counsel for Mrs. Sutton. the
mother of Lieut.. Sutton. summed up
his case The announcement of the
| judge advocate, that he would present
no argument. Mr.. Davis said. placed
| on himself a burden he had not eX-
! pected TO be called on TO bear He
| would review the testimony only In
the broadest manner. he said
Mr., Davis went back TO the coming
of Lieut. Sutton TO Annapolis. and al
ludcd 10 him as a mothers Offering
TO her country's service" He refer
red TO the lieutenant's hopes and as
pirations, as shown by letters to his
mother and brother and to the events
of the day prior TO the tragedy, his
companions, etc. arguing that every
thing tended 10 negative the idea thar
Lieut.. Sutton contemplated suicide
He criticised the composition of the
original board of inquest OF which tho
recorder was Lieutenant +. S. VIII
ing. but for whose dereliction, Mr..
Davis said, Lieut. Sutton might still
be alive. The board OF inquest he
said. acted with indecent haste. with
no notice To Lieut. Suttons family.
placing upon him the brand of sui
eide. and consigninG him 10 an uncon-
secrated grave; stripping his parents
OF hope of a reunion with him here
after and condemnlnG him. as they
were compelled TO believe. TO eternal
punishment.
Tho speaker alluded 10 the Inter
views had by Sutton's sister, Mrs
Rose SurtonParkor. with her broth
er's fellow officers. to Lieut. Utley's
brutal assertion of hatred" OF Lieut..
Sutton and to her plea TO Lieut..
Adams for help only to remove the
stigma OF suicide from her brothers
name
He said the only recourse OF the
family was an inquiry such as the
one just closed and he outlined the
months OF effort on the part OF SUIT
tons mother and sister TO bring this
about Mrs. Suttons suspicion. he
said. grew With the delay Mr.. Davis
said the tragedy did not follow a
drunken brawl. that this and other
matters should have never been
brought into the case. He sketchcd
the events OF the evening and night,
as shown by what he declared was uu-
cOntroyerted facts. and criticised that
part of the first board OF inquest say
ing from a thorough investigation
and from the evidence before IT, which
I,I f.s oil h.,
able" declaring that vast amount
of testimony had not been brought
out by the board of inquest, though
easy Of access.
Mr Davis declared the fights. inn
mediately preceding Sutton's death.
were not fought by Sutton but by
the others who have on the witness
stand acknowledged bitter enmity
against Sutton, He pointed TO the
marked difference in the testimony OF
Lieutenants Adams. Utley. Osterman
and others and declared Sutton after
going to camp and arminG himself
Cor self-protcction, returned TO the
scene of the fight merely TO recover
his clothing He ridiculed the idea
chat Sutton Killed himself because h
thought he killed Roelker, saying the
evidence shows there was 40 2ppIo-
ciable interval between the eXcalma-
ton He has killed Rocker" and the
firing OF the fatal shot Mr. Davis
declared that parts of Lieut. Adams
testimony were pure Inventions. and
pointed out conflicts in the testimony
OF others OF the young lieutenantS.
Adams, he insisted, had TO all in7
tents and purposes, admitted his
guilty relation TO the death OF Sutton.
Sergeant De Hart, he charges, COM
mitted before this court the most
ilagrant perjury. The mystery as TO
The Whereabouts and possession Of
the weapon belonging to Sutton. be-
tween the time of the fatal shooting
and its coming into possession OF Col.
Doyen. proved its close connection
with the crime, and he declared the
unidentified hand that gave that re-
Volver to Sergeant De Hart was
stained with blood. According to De
HaYt's testimony, only Lieut. Adams
OF Lieut.. Willing could have had
handed him the revolver. the lawyer
said, There was. Mr.. Davis declared,
manifest conspiracy OF suppression
and falsehood to help the living and
blacken the dead. The only thing
sought 10 be established. by the wit
nessos involved. was the suicide of
Sutton. which Mr.. Davis said the evi-
dencc wholly allied to SHOW
ToLipo ,in the dGsCrfDt ion of tho