Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-24

| in your testimony" continued Mr.
Davis. you say you accompanied
Lieut. Sutton to the place where tht,
| fight occurred for the purpose of get
| ting his coat while you show that you
had some knowledge of his relation to
some affair when you asked him to
| use his fists instead of the revolver"
The witness said he went with SUIT
ton because the lieutenant ordered him
to go and did not remember of having
any other reason for accompanying
| Sutton. He couldn't remember wheth-
err they found Sutton's coat or not. SUIT
ton ran on ahead of him, DeHart said.
1t was said that he heared the shots.
DeHart could not remember haw many
| shots were fired, but he was certain
they all had been fired before he reach
ed the scene and saw Sutton's body.
He could not remember how many or
| what officers were in the group about
Sutton when he came up
| Mr. Davis wanted to know why the
sergeant took the revolver handed hin,
| when he was out of place with the Off
GERS there and had previously been Or
dered away.
81 took the revolver as anyone would
take an object handed to him sudden
ly. l suppose 1 was nearest to the man
who had it, replied DeHart
1T didn't occur to you to say to the
| officer, Sir, l am not the one to take
that revolver"
mo, SIR
But it did occur to you to throw the
revolver away, didn't it?"
Eyes, SIR
DeHart said he reported that night
to Lieut.. Utley that he had thrown
away the revolver. Utley told him to
go out and get it early next morning.
1t was on the following day that he
| asked Utley who gave him the revolver
the night before and Utley said he did
not know the witness testified He did
not FIND it next morning and Lieut.. Ut
lev afterward told him it had been
found.
did you go down there with an idea
of protecting Mr.. Sutton from himself
or protecting him from someone else,
or trying to keep him out of trouble %
Major Leonard asked the witness
''Well, sir, a man running about with
two revolvers certainly did not need
protection" was DeHarts reply.
He added that he went down be-
cause Sutton asked him to get his hat
did you take the revolver from Mr..
Suttons hand?" Commander Hood. the
presiding officer asked Sergt. DeHart.
mo. sir"
William l. Owens, the chauffeur who
drove Lieut.. Sutton and his brother
officers out to the camp on the night
of the shooting, was called to the wit
ness chair.
Owens told of taking Sutton, Lieut..
Adams and two other officers in his au-
tomobile from Carvel hall toward the
camp. Lieut.. Adams sat on the seat
with him and Sutton and the other
two officers. whose names he did not
know, on the rear seat.
This was about l O'Clock Sutton
and his two companions talked and
seemed to be friendly on the way out.
Adams did not have anything to say
They went through the Naval Academy
grounds and nothing happened until,
they got across the cemetery bridge on
the dump when someone told him
to stop. Lieut.. Adams jumped from
his seat and threw off his collar and
coat and made a rush at Lieut.. Sutton
as the latetr got out of the car. The
witness heard no argument which
might suggest trouble before that. The
other two officers grabbed Sutton and
the witness heard Sutton say: Coo
away Adams. l don't want any trou-
ble.' Then someone told him to "Best1
it." He turned his car around and lin
gered.
why didn't you go then2' asked
Major Leonard.
II wanted to stay and see the fight
VI there was to be one," said the wit
ness.owens said he saw Adams make
another rush at Sutton and heard Sut.
ton say IF he wants to fight. I will
fight him. 4
Then one of the officers called "Or-j
Derby. Owens was sure they didn't
say Sentry" or Patrol" and he
started back with his car He told the 4
sentry on the bridge about the trou-
BILE and the sentry said: eff they give
Sutton a fair fight he will whip them
ALL"
He did not hear of the shooting un-l
til the next morning, the witness said. /
He did not think any of the officers
had been drinking or that his car
made enough noise to drown the low
est voice.
Questioned by Mr.. Bigney, Lieut. |
Adams counsel, Owens said he did not
think the two officers We're holding
Sutton to restrain him from attacking
Adams, but it was his impression that
they were trying to make it easier for |
Adams.
On cross-examination, Owens told of
taking Lieut.. Sutton. another young
man and a lady (Miss StewarD from