Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-26
Quizzed About Revolver.

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Did you see Sergt. De Hart there
Il have a faint recollection of it.
Was revolver handed to the ser.
seant?''
Il have a faint recollection Of it,
When did YOU learn Of it,"
Either that night or the next morn
ing"
Before the court of inquiry"
Yes"
You are sure that the revolver was
not handed to the sergeant by your
II saw nothing of any revolver that
night
You never heard who passed the re-
Il never did
How did Utley before the shooting.
order Sutton under arrest? What did he
do or say"
''He called out: Sutton. you are under
arrest"
Osterman's Fight With Sutton.
Was anything said between you and
Adams rega riding Sutton's encounter with
you?"
Il don't remember 1T.
mo recollection of your saying that
his encounter with you had pricked the
bubble of his reputation as fighter
Il don't remember any such thing be-
ing said"
ibid you not say you had found SUIT
ton easier than you expected!
II don't think did. / don't remem-
Der the conversation at that time
Were you marked with blood after the
encounter"
Eyes. some on my hand and"
Considerable on your shirt?'
Yes. a good deal on my shirt.
Was that your blood or Suttons!
Il believe it was Sutton's.
The blood on your shirt came from his
face
Yes. / think IL did"
MY shirt did not touch his face while
he was down / think the blood from his
face came while we were in clinch.
Possible Source Of Stains.
Mai. Leonard then took Osterman and
asked him several questions tending to
make him testify that the information
evidently in Mr.. Davis possession regard
ing Ostermans doings after the fight
could have come from many sources.
Witness said he might have told it to
fellow officers, but denied that he had told
Mrs. Parker.
did you asked Maj. Leonard, mot
bind up Adams finger:'
Yes 1 did"
Gould you not have gotten the blood
from Adams hand on your shirt?''
Witness thought directly that this was
very possible and would no longer say
that the blood was that OF Sutton.
Willing Under Crosshre.
Lieut. Willing was called.
do YOU" asked Mr. Davis. recall see
ing any one hand the revolver to De
Hart?'
IT do not
'or hearing that some one had done
so?''
some one had passed a gun to the SER
geant.''
was it that night or the next daye"
Il think it was very likely some time
was it before you left the scene Of
the shooting?
II don't know 1t may have been"
Mai Leonard interviewed:
one-that any one at all-gave the revolt
Yer to Sergt. De Hart?'
II do not know whether any one did"
Owens Memory Revised.
Will Owens. the chauffeur. was called
back for few final questions. Maj
Leonard squared the score with him for
several small defeats sustained in the
previous Tits with the young man.
Owens now thought it was Sentry that
one Of the officers cried after leaving the
automobile at the start of the scuffle.
How did you come to change your
mind?' asked Maj. Leonard. You for
~ thought it over" explained Owens.
when I said that before I thought
both meant the same thing
And now you know tina. they are DIFF
ferent?'
YES. sir.
NO one told you they were different"
No, sir
Then that was just a piece OF spon-
taneous knowledge that came to you in
the night. so to speak?'
eyes. SIR" admitted Owens. with
pleasant simplicity.
There was laughter and smile from
laughs during Owens testimony had
mostly been.
Incident Comes Back to Him.
Owens. who seemed pretty well mean
ing witness remembered for the first time
that Griffith had come up behind him in
the second automobile as they left the
scene OF tie scuffle and had passed him
on the College Creek bridge. This made
possible the dialogue with the sentry,
which Griffith did not recall and in which,
said Owens, the sentry had remarked:
Sutton can lick them all
How Is 1t that the witness in his pre-
.ious testimony failed TO remember such
an important part of the story?' in
terposed Commander Hood
All Pick on Owens.
Mr.. Birney also tried 20 take fall or
two out of the witness. 1t was plain
that the judge advocate. counsel for
Adams and the court were ell bent on
assailing the credibllity Of Owens. Mr.
Davis sat quiet, refusing to come to the
defense or TO make II appear that the
boy was the Suttons' protege.
At last. however, Maj. Leonard tried
70 trip Owens into admitting that he
had told different story about the Sec
ond automobile on Friday.
Excuse me-" put In Mr.. Davis But
the records show that Owens said moth
ing at all about Grif1ths return in his
former testimony"
The record was looked over. Mr.. Davis
point was admitted to he correct.
Sutton Liberal With Tips.
You liked Mr.. Sutton, didn't you?''
Asked the judge advocate.
Yes, sir
Liked him very well?"
Il liked him first rate
Why did you think so we'll OF himg'
Because. whenever hauled him he al
ways gave me a good tip.
And the other fellows did not?'