The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-21
STICKS TO NEW TALE
Tells Of Interview He Had With Sister
Of Officer Who Was Shot.--Pointed
ed Question Bared--One About
Murder Charge Not Allowed.

who was mysieriously shot on the bar
racks grounds here on the night Of Oet.
Inc. 1907, met again this morning. Lieut..
Robert r. Adams was again called TO
the witness stand Meut. Adams, who
admitted that he was not on friendly
terms with Sutton. told yesterday how
the lieutenant died and he declared that
he had killed fellow officer Lieut..
Rocker, since dismissed from the ser,
vice. Today Lieut. Adams faced the
eross.examiuation Of Henry E. Davis,
counsel for Mrs James \. Sutton, the
mother Of the lieutenant and Mrs.
Rose sutton Parker his sister. Il was
due to the untiring efforts Of Mrs. Sut
tono and Mrs. Parker that the second
inquiry was brought about.
Lieut. Adams was cslmer and more
self possessed than on the day before
At the outset his position was changed
to another place at the long inquiry
table al the request Of the Judge advo-
cate. His new seat was exactly across
from those 81 Mrs. Sutton and Mrs.
Parker and their eyes were fastened on
him even more noticeably than on the
day before.
Counsel started yesterday cross-ques-
tioning BY bringing up certain apparent
discrepancies between Adams account
of the death Of Sutton As given Mon
day and his version at The previous in
quiry. Mr.. Davis pointed out that
Adams told Monday Of meeting Sutton
alone near the edge Of the parade
ground. when Sutton threatened toI
shoot him. while formerly Adams said
that Lieutenant Ostermau and others
were on hand al that moment. Mr.
Davis attempted further to show that
Adams had formerly said that bystand
ers had disarmed sntton Of the revolver
I III his left hand after Adams had thrown
him to the ground. Monday Adams
testified that some one jumped On SUIT
tons left hand, but he did not know
lii sutton had been disarmed Of the re-
yolver III that hand Of not.
eon these points Mr.. Adams, your
recollection now i a. you testified Mon
dayls asked Nr. Davis.
it is absolutely said the witness.
"Then You think that your testimony
at the previous inquiry was wrongw
@If testified as you say that was as
| J remembered the matter then. Now ]
remember it al told Won Monday
Don't you think that your FIRST &C
count. given only short while after
tie event, was the more likely 70 bel
exact4''
| eAn can say q now remember the
levents lust as have been telling them.
counseis intention was evidently 10
give The impression thai Adams was
now trying to color his narrative 50 IS
to suppress the former impression that
Adams and sutton had left the auto
mobile on the night Of Sntton's death
to fight a pre-aranged duel.
| The witness, Adams. fell into asnum
Der 81 discrepancies, IN bis testimony
on cross examination. which his counsel,
Arthur +. Burnie, former United States
district attorney at Washington, win
endeavor to clear Up. Mrs. Sutton's law
yer began to question Adams yesterday
about an interview he bad with SUIT
tons sister, Mrs. Hugh A. Parker, short
| " after young sutton's death. Mrs.
Parker, who Is attending the hearings
with her mother, had wanted to ques
ton all the young officers who were sup
posed to know something about her
brothers death She had asked Adams
to grant her talk alone and tell the
truth about the matter, according to the
testimony
Lieutenant Adams was excused and
Lieut. Edward a. osterman called as
the next witness
fNd1tN WIZ NaW anu WNtt VETS YOU 1
doing from eight p. m.. to two a. NJ,
on Oct. 1913, 1907 was the first ques
tion Major Leonard asked The witness.
Osterman told substantially the same
story Of the Incidents Of that night as
told By Lieutenant Adams
We were in room At Careell hall
about y o'clock when Lieutenant snt
ton appeared at the door with bottle /
Of whiskey in his hand and asked us
to have drink began the witness.
I'VE told him we were not drinking
whiskey and 10 went away. About %
minutes later he came baek and said he
had an automobile outside and asked
if we did not want to ride to eamu. I
don't think anyone made an answer but
We al went out and Lieutenant Adams,
Utley. Sutton and myself got into an
automobile ana started for the camp
From That point on, Lieutenant os-
termau told Of Che fIst fights with sut
ton By Adams and himself near the
marine camp and later running down 70
where the shots we're fred he found