The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-27
Revolver Incident in Sutton
Case Not Cleared Up
CHAUFFEURS CONFLICT
Hitch Now in Stories Told By Owens and
Gnfith--May Not Exhume Body.
Inquiry May Halt Pending Ar
rival Of New Witnesses.

Annapolis, July 27s-The court Of in.
quiry that is investigating Che death Of
Lieut. James n. sutton took under adj
visement yesterday the question Of tax
ing a recess from to-day until next Mon
day when the remaining witnesses are
expected to be on hand
Major Leonard, Judge advocate, and
Henry Z. Davis, counsel for the suttonst
agreed that the witnesses still to be
heard, excluding Lieut.. Utley and Sur
/ geon Cook, still absent, and Mrs. Parker,
who was to follow them, would not DO
much more than FIJI the courts time
yesterday. Mr.. Davis arose at the open.
ing Of court yesterday morning and pro
posed that court should take recess
from the close Of proceedings to-day I'm.
Ill Monday morning next
Commander Hood made the ruling
that the court should sit as long as there
we're any witnesses present who were
to appear before the court. This Is like.
~ to force the premature testimony Of
Mrs. Parkr, who was not intended 70
take the stand until after utley had told
his story No mention Of her was made
in Commander Hoods ruling. and Mr.
Davis made on argument on this point
Lieut.. Osterman was put on the stand
yesterday He was the FIRST to be re-
called Of the number OF officers Of whom
Mr.. Davis asked the qeustinns whether
or not he had handed Sergeant Dehart
the revolver 81 which Dehart could not
recall the donor
Major Leonard then took 0sterman IN
hand and asked him several questions
tending to make dim testify that the
information evidently in M. Davis pos
session regarding Osterman's doings al
ter the fight could have come from many
sources The witness said that he might
have told it to fellow officers, but he
denied that he had told Mrs Parker
The suttons are anxious to prove that
all that Osterman confirmed this time.
as wen as in his last session on the
stand. came TO Mrs. Parker from the
interview with Lieut. Adams, which She
- to relate later, and which Adams de-
nios in toto
Lieut. Edward s. Willing Of the ma
rines also was recalled ana question "a
spectine the revolver incident He, ike
0sternan, denied having handed the
weapon to Dehart. RE said he heard
afterward that somebody had given De-
hart a revolver but that he never heard
who the officer was who did 50.
William ]. Owens, the chauffeur who
drove the officers to camp On the night
Of the tragedy, was recalled and cor
reeted his testimony He desired to say
that lie had heard one ii the officers
call for the sentry instead Of orderly
after sutton aud his companions got out
81 the ear On Che dump
Young Owens said that he thought
orderly and sentry meant the same
thing when be previously testified 0w.
ems said be had been told since be tasti
fed that they were Of different ranks.
Major Leonard closely questioned 0w-
ems on this point when the chauffeur
testified last week AT chat time Ovens
insisted that the call was for an aor-
derlye
Owens said he knew sutton and liked
him very we'll because be always gave
me a good tip while the other men
gave him nothing.
Edward Griffith, theo Their chauffeur.
was recalled and testified be heard the
cry 81 sentry Owens and GrifBth's
testimony did not agree about the rela-
tive locations If their cars on the night
III question.
Mrs. Sutton, the mother Of the dead
officer, win probably be called as wit
ness 1T is understood she will be able
TO identity a written challenge and a
subsequent apology from one Of Sutton's
fellow officers in the marine corps, writ.
ten q short time before sutton's death
The young officer who challenged Sutton
to a duel has not yet been suhpoenaed
as a witness. but it Is expected he win
be summoned as result Of Mrs. SUIT
TONS testimony.
This, it is Glade, would tend to show
that young Sutton was not Of quarrel
some mind, and after receiving chal-
lenge be persuaded the sender to ex
change mutual apologies, instead Of hay-
ing any open trouble.