Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-22
HOW DID SU7TEN
NEE HIS DEATH: |
Surgeon General PickereIl, U. s..
NJ, Testified That Wound Could
Have Been Self Inflicted.
1T. WILLING RATHER TEsTY'.
Couldn't Remember What Everybody
said-ThinIis Tic Said to Let Adams
Knock sutton's Head on.

X C. i I i 3
Annapolis Md July 22.--Lievt. ed
ward S. Willing. resumed the stand to-
day. Lieut.. Willing Is said to be re lated 81
\ to the 4Astors of New Yorll.
Maj Leonard, the judge advocate.
issued an order nor to allow anS.s'N H.
ness who had testified within 4 90 ffef III
! of the auditorium door, where the s.
Iicourt is sitting. i9s }54
4 Iii answer to the request Of tho '
4 judge-adpocate counsel for tho =
tons announced that they had one "
ness outside OF those already st
4 naed by the government whom they.
4 would like to call. He is Charles
|ISennedy, private in the marine marin
corps at Norfolk. Va.
Mr.. Davis read from the records 'r4tl
4 OF the former inquiry, bringing out Il
4 4scme discrepancies in Lieut.. Nillinsfsj
l#testimony The witness said his pre-
y sent testimony was correct. l ny
q former testimony was given o., " ! "
what reckless was the lteutenan.,sS
A cSplanation. Willing was some tiItles5
Il defiant and answered the Lawyers cues Y
I tons in an difrerent manner AZ 5olihet
times cam per e az, -, i,
q Lodyf snjdn he declared. IN Q "a on On e
could Mi. Davis handed a rusty ltsl 3, Z = :
81 ai;hc,.Q revolver, rs the witness and
z asked rim if She could identify AZ; ms
the one he picked up on the eesp4.5 ~,
q the parade grounds the nlGilt s9 ~
Il | was $lwhot, az he testified.
4 Willing took the revolver loo ofs
| Is over carefully and said it might ne
the same one, as the calibers ana Mp Y, :,
nearance or the weapon were lt 1i.s
Sane The members Of the board also
exanined the revolver s NJ r. ifllf y,
. Il Adams counsel. questi one
4 I,icut Willing at tho cpnclu 4I;,
nander Hood showea 81,
tained 4 TO- VIKINGS duties as once =
sor Tie day AT the time of tn 81 sn oe..
! inp and asked linn II heidi not 9k ,,.,,m
I lie should rave al'resteu ~ h
3 ,%ns unru,y Lieut.. Wiling s hiu, M,
I din not recall whether or not; be kis Y,
. tbe 'rnIe at that time ~ Did You ts II
= nna NJ the officers to let ADAMS I. ~ :,
!. ahead and knock Suttor's head OIL
VI asked Mr.. Davis !, f N i. 4,
It Yes, / think made suGsil y lhGs'.'f y
- lieut. Willing anslYefeus $ggf5s,
e1yp eEoN5 GENERAL sICKER ELL Eli
Surgeon George Piekerell, VI =, 4, a ].
who was in charge Of 1le L.. .y,a, .,at
a INC. t,er, testified # DR. Pick z, y
- thas shots and hurried to. the seems ~
examined Suttons Injuries and, lli ,s',i1..,
CAREFUL examination OF ny Z. ,.a p nv.
buIlet entered sutton's head nea a,,+ -. ,,e
i,.i.Ir no witness said. This mig lbs Y.
N = ,iisn,,ted point as other persons nays az.
tcstifiet, that the wound was 9usI ", ":
III hind the ear. Dr. Plskerei,it M
A. the shot was fired WITHIN w \,
q ss.a ~ Sutton,s head, and y,
X ,lis'.5 snninion could have been SCI y
+ inf1ictetl He said that sutton, p IN
Is showed no other njuries WnicIi DIE I,i.s,.
B. have caused his death. w ;s.,ts N
VT nra,, said that he treated Lients ~ =
le an5s Iosterman, Rocker, and RoL W., =
Is a. ,osnitnl8 shortly after the shpolin /, =
a. ,rhat ali had insignificant INJURIES y
" said They were all very naucaa ~
i, cited and talked about nv as 10 re-
AZ aniIati n fold him about the tight ai u
St;{ VI, s,,,tton had shot himself VIII
"a Wing on the ground me .ii,s 4, a., I
tif;e6 a belt and holster when le e. |.
4 was strapped on Su ll1 ? i '4s,
10 Il OF the shooting. ,,,rpoon 4,
nd ,,,s'tatet, With the revolver the man az,
ac ,.tI. IN which he believed Sutton mig =
az nave shot himself. N
w. COLONEL DOZEN,
IN c,,,or,.s D,yen, senior officer :, 9
ne 4 -, ~, ,,i,ie corps at Annapolis az ",
e ti,ne a. the sutton affair, and VINO .s.. NJ
"a, a holds the post, was the hees y - II
~ called. 8 ri ,,s,,+ Ittfjey-3 an
IN ,,roachi,tg him that night ana ae t,,n
him sutton had killed RoeIkel aiis "a, Il,
he shot himself When Col Do y q, ~, sIlt
lis "A the scene he said he ptefeu w
tons right hand WhtS ih h was e ana fe
= s sa,. HI pulse. He found he h "a +,
lie for. ms ~ pl ordered one of the officer
IN palssb an to hurry set the nay1
res academy physician, pr. McSi =,
M sutton was dead before they ,o s9ala sai s,
he him e the hospluasa til the shooting
't IS S Sas p been reported him BY IT, II
lie said the officers had spe ths b tess
lie on that night on account i; o. c an AT Il
the but we're supposed 70 & Is -