Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-04
INQUIRY IS TO Co ON
Mrs. Sutton to Continue Tes-
timony Tomorrow Morning.
CHANGE IN PROCEEDINGS
Expected That Examination Will
Take an Aggressive Character.
UTLEY IMPORTANT WITNESS
Surgeon Clark to Explain Nature Of
Wounds of Dead Marine

The court or inquiry into the circutTl-
stances attending the death of Lieut..
James y. Sutton. United States Marine
Corps, will recon.ene tomorrow morning
at III o'clock.
Attorney Henry r. Davis has received
official notice of this from Mai. Henry
Leonard. judge advocate. AR. Davis eN-
poets that sessions Will be held every day.
including Saturday. until the hearing is
completed. which will probably be about
the middle of next week.
Mrs. Sutton and Mrs Parker. mother
and sister Of Lieut.. Sutton. with Attorney
Davis went TO Annapolis this afternoon
aud will remain there until the court adj
journs.
At the resumption OF the inquiry, the
examination OF Mrs. Sutton. mother OF
the dead lieutenant. will be taken up
again. 1t was Interrupted by the abrupt
adjournment Of the court more than a
week ago.
Utley Important Witness.
The examination o. Lieut.. Utley will
have a material bearing on the outcome
OF the ease. lie is regarded as one OF
the NEST important witnesses.
He vas an eyewitness Of Suttons
death. II is expected he will tell OF see
ing the flash Of the pistol In Sutton.e
hand that sent the bullet into his brain.
thus corrooora ting the testimony OF
Lieuts. Bevan. Willing and Adams.
Lieut. ttley may also know who il vas
that gave the pistol to Sergt De Hart.
who became SO concerned that he threw
the weapon away in the weeds later In
the night. Jtley will have to meet the
testimony OF Private Charles W. kenne-
dy that the lieutenant ordered him not
n 1Syf n IN at,f.,.t -y,n$ L4 l.I
OF the fight.
Doubt has been cast by officials Of the
Navy Department upon the report that
the records showing whether Private
Kennedy was on duty on the night Of
the shooting have been stolen.
Lieut. Utley is reported to have testi-
fed at the inquest that a sentry going
to his post came past the spot where
from the automobile when the lighting
first began. This is thought by some
TO corroborate kennedy's testimony that
he passed just as the lighting started.
Cook to Describe Wounds.
Surgeon Cooks testimony will be mere
~ description OF Sutton's wounds.
The Ave lientenants and Sergt. DE
Hart will b. parties defendant and rep
resented by counsel. The examination is
expected to assume a more aggressive
character than before adjournment
Capt. r. NJ. Gibson OF the Marine
Corps arrived in Annapolis last evening
and held consultation with Capt Ar
thur Brown. VINO is assisting Attorney
4. y. Birney as counsel for Lieut..
Adams. 1t is said that Capt. Gibson.
Capt. Brown and Attorney Birney will
appear for all the parties defendant in
the hearing.
Mrs. Sutton said last night that She
knew nothing of the investigation into
the hazing OF her son Roland at West
Point. and had nothing to 90 with in
stigatng it.
My son told me nothing about 1t in
his letters, Mrs. Sutton added. L am
glad the investigation is started, and 1
nope they will break up this hazing
Roland is still in the hospital.