The Washington times., 1909-07-15
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ant?" she was asked. Where had he
There was a dance that night" she
replied promptly.
AT the Navy school"
And were you and Lieutenant SUIT
ton there?"
Then was Lieutenant sutton
Mono; he was with me.
Where were yOu!
AT the hotel.
Did he have dinner with your
81 don't know. Yes, / tnink so.
Had you been with him earlier IN the
day?'
At Football Game.
yes; we were at a football match in
the afternoon, and he went to the hotel
with me. Then he went to the barracks
and got his evening clothes and came
back. and we had dinner together; then
we spent the evening together"
"Where?"
In the reception room OF the hotel"
What time was it when he left?"
About a quarter after eleven, when
the others came home from the dance.
Had YOU been invited to the dance2"
Yes, but we didn't need any Invita-
ton; they were informal affairs.
why didn't you go2'
well. it seems rather a foolish rea-
son, but, as matter of fact, / did not
come down 10 Annapolis intending 70
stay, and l hadn't any clothes 10 wear
10 a social function"
Did Lieutenant Sutton refer to any
trouble with any OF the other officers.
or did he seem melancholy or out OF
sorts2' she was asked.
mo. He said nothing whatever about
being in any trouble, and he did not
appear to be melancholy"
Had he been drinking when he left
Not that know Of His mother
asked me that, too. All l can say IS
that If he was drunk when the Thing
happened he got drunk after he lett
me-
"Had he ever introduced you to any
of the other officers q
Yes. L think I met a Lieutenant
Adams
''Did YOU have any trouble at all or
any uUpleasantn6sS with any Vne out-
ing your stay at Annapolis previous 10
the death of Lieutenant sutton
None whatever I didn't know any
one there"
Not the Cause.
"Do you think it was in a quarrel
over YOU that Lieutenant Sutton met
his death, or because OF you?"
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| Stewards emphatic reply. WHY / had
only known him two or three days
And with the exception of the rather
unconventional way in which you met
| him you feel that your acquaintance
with him was not open TO the slightest
| criticism, Miss Stewart"
Miss Stewart said she went to An
DapoIis 10 take her young brother 10 d
/ prep" school. She intended TO remain
only a couple of days ana knew no
one in Annapolis. Through chance
acquaintance formed with some girls at
Carvei Han. the hotel where she was
STAYING she met Lieutenant sutton and
her STAY was heightened TO several days.
Most of the time she was IN the lieu
tenants society. for she found his re-
spectful attentions agreeable,
The whole thing is, said MISS Stew
aTt, more at her ease by this time, Il
happened TO meet Lieutenant Sutton and
was out with him three or four times
and then most unfortunately ne ol sz
suddenly. His death was unfortunate for
me, too; had not IL occurred my name
would not have been spread needlessly
all over the country
How did IL come that you wrote 10
| the Iieutenants MOTHER Miss Stew
.'Because she wrote and asked me TO
tell her all / knew Her daughter,
/ Lieutenant Sutton sister, came 10 see
me in Annapolis, but 1 was too Ill to
talk
Later her mother wrote, and from
what she said she seemed TO have got
a rather favorable impression of me
from her daughter She begged me 10
tell her all I knew Of the death of her
son and said she had been told il was
in a quarrel over me that her son was
killed.
Answered Letters.
ct answered her letters. although my
father advised me not TO keep up the
/ correspondence. never volunteered her