Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-26
FOR TIME;
SUTTONS SET BACK
Continued Hearing May Force
Mrs. Parker to Testify Be-
fore She Is Willing.
REQUEST FOR RECESS
Is REFUSED BY COURT
Utley, Cook, Kennedy and Victims
Sister Still to Testify.
T0DAY'S SESSION WASTES TINE
Lieuts. osterman and Willing ana
chauneurs Owens and Griffith
Recalled-Testimony
Is Reviewed.
Utley, Cook, Kennedy and Victims
Sister Still to Testify.
T0DAY'S SESSION WASTES TINE
Special From a star Correspondent.

Special From a StaR Correspondent
ANNAPOLIS. Nd. July 96.-Attempt on
the part Of Attorney Henry e. Davis
to get postponement OF the Sutton in
quiry until next Monday was blocked by
Commander John Hood. presiding officer
Of the court, this morning.
The object Of Mr.. Davis. 1t is believed.
was to keep Mrs. Rose Parker from GO
ing on the stand before Lieut.. Utiey and
Surgeon Cook. who are on their way from
Europe. have given their testimony. The
sister Of Lieut.. Sutton is counted on as
a star witness by her attorneys. They
want to save her until the last.
Davis Asks for Recess.
Mr.. Davis asked the court to take a
recess at the close of today's proceed
ings and let those witnesses who are here
in Annapolis. and who would not have
been reached today, await the arrival of
Cook and Utley. This plan would be
preferable. Mr.. Davis said. to the original
plan of exhausting the list OF witnesses
on hand, and then, after necessary recess,
coming back just to hear two witnesses.
Commander Hood. in reply to Mr.. Davis
request, said that the court would meet
every day until the inquiry Is brought
to q close.
| III there are no witnesses on hand. the
court will meet, as usual. at 10 O'Clock
every morning, il only to adjourn for the
day.
Few Witnesses to Be Heard.
! 1t is thought by the Sutton attorneys
that all the remaining witnesses can be
heard by the end of the morning session
tomorrow or perhaps this afternoon, even.
Those on the list are Mrs. Parker. Mrs.
Sutton. Frank Fogg of Washington. who
will probably not be called at all: Private
Charles Kennedy and DIR. Mccormick.
who was present when DIR. Cook per-
formed the autopsy upon Sutton.
| It is not at all certain that Mrs. SUIT
| ton will take the stand. Her attorneys
see no reason for 1t. as she knows MOTH
ing Of the affair except by hearsay. Nc
ICormick, Mr.. Davis said at the close OF
the morning session today. knows little.
Thus. with Mrs. Sutton and Fogg elm
mated. and the probability that little time
will be required for the examination OF
DR.. Mccormick, only Kennedy and Mrs.
Parker are left.
| No definite announcement has been
made as to the time OF the arrival or
Cook and Ttley. The original opinion
was that they would land In America
about August l.
Mrs. Parker to Be Sensation.
! The appearance Of Mrs. Parker ON the
stand will be the signal for everybody at
the Naval Academy and in Annapolis to
go to the courtroom. For days the reg
have watched Mrs. Parker.
| Her seat faces the audience. She has
drawn more attention than the witnesses
themselves.
| But when she comes to testify she will
! take the regular witness chair, which Is
| opposite her seat. Then she won't have
| to face the feminine audience that Is sure
| to be on hand. This is pleasing 10 Mrs.
| Parker-she says SO herself-but II will
dfsappoint the onlookers.
Mr.. Davis said today that he will decide
tonight about putting Mrs. Parker on
the stand and will make formal notifi-
cation Of his decision to the court tomor-
row morning.
Today's proceedings were marked by a
waste Of time more than anything else.
Witnesses Are Recalled.
Leuts. Osterman and Willing were re-
called and questioned as to their knowi-
edge and OF how Sergt. De Hart got pos
SESSION OIL tne SInltn q WeSSOn TevOfveI.
which he subsequently threw away, and
later told Lieut.. Utley about Neither
Willing nor Osterman knew anything
about II.
Owens and Griffith. the chauffeurs, were
lalso called back to the stand. They added
Ito the former testimony by saying they
had known Sutton we'll, and had liked him
because he always tipped them.
Griffith said all the officers tipped him.
Owens said the others were not SO nice
about ii Sutton.
Then a lot of time was wasted in read
ing over the testimony of the various wit
nesses that they might pass upon its cor
rectneSs
The morning session came to close
with the examination of j. F. Anthony, a
clerk at the Carvel Hall Hotel. who on
the night of the tragedy. was tending bar
at the hotel
He said he sold Sutton bottle OF
whisky. The rest OF his testimony cor
roborated immaterial .facts regarding the
appearance of sutton and the other Off
GERS at the hotel prior to their departure
for the barracks