The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-14
FATE Of SUTTON
NAkE: WITH COURT
Arguments of Opposing At
torneys Marked With
Bitterest Attacks.
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she is now more determ ned than ever,
no matter what the verdict may be, TO
exhume the body of Ter ooy. which now
lies in a grave in Arlir gton Cemetery.
Her peace of mind in after life. the
mother declares viii be worth the or
deal of elimination, and in addition she
believes that this win furnish the proof
to substantiate the claim she has made
that her sons skull was crushed, his
forehead knocked ia and an arm broken
In that campus fight on October Is. 1897.
No date has been decided upon for
the contemplated eXhumatiOn. Attorney
Henry z. Davis. for the Sutton family,
who deemed this move Unnecessary
heretofore. confirms the fact that Mrs
Sutton had now become more insistent
upon this point, and that there was a
possibility that Sutton's body, now
twenty-five months in the ground, would
be brought to the light of day
Clean-Cut VerdicE
As positive as the mother that the
boards verdict must be q clean cut
one, Lieutenant Adams. one OF She six
defendant young officers who were tech
nically aTraigned because of their con-
nection with the fight in which Sutton
lost his life, said:
II, for one, must have absolute ex-
oneration. 7 have heard predictions that
perhaps there will be verdict of &C
cidental death. This isn't going to do
me. If accidental death should be
found. 1 would want it worded so as TO
let me out on the accident theory, too.
If the verdict is yelled in any way l
have the right to demand. and I certain
II will demand, that the case be re-
opened in my behalf. I'll do this If I
have to forfeit my commission in order
to obtain hearing for myself"
Adams, at his request, is now doing
temporary duty at the Naval Academy
IN order 10 have time to study for pro-
motion.
Although not so emphatic in their
promises, IL is understood that the other
young officers want their military rec
ords cleared OF all possible suspicion
satisfied with q verdict Of accidental
shooting. Now, they have plainly indi-
Gated they believe that young Sutton
met foul play, 62d their attorney has
charged that he was murdered.
May Take Compromise.
IN the meantime. the opinion grows
here that the naval board may take
a compromise attitude and declare that
in some way Sutton was shot in the
scrimmage beweeu officers. This, it is
now revealed, will satisfy neither side.
The board, composed of Commander
Hood, Major Neville, and Captain Jen-
son. held its first executive session this
morning with the mass Of evidence be-
fore II several dsys viii be necessary
fer their deliberations, the precept re-
quiring that the board shall not only
make its recommendations TO the Navy
Department, but shall set forth the
facts brought out iI the Investigation.
The second INJURY, which has
dragged along for nearly month now,
ended as dramatically as IL began. Yes
teTday was devoted to the pleas of
counsel Henry r. Davis, attorney for
the Suttons, pleaded, in the name of
mother and sister, for clean slate.
With effeCttng scOrn he held up to the
world the conflicting stories that, he
alleged, have meeu told upon the Wit
ness stand as TO how Sutton met his
death He demanded, not only a verdict
reversing that one Of suicide, but one
beyond the pale Of COmprOmise-One
that would fix upon some person or per-
sons responsibility for Sutton'5 untime-
~ end.
In like manner. Attorney Arthur
BlTneNs cOuHSei Tor Lieut. kODeTL r.
Adams, and taCit attorney for the
other defendant officers, urged just as
sweeping a verdict in favor of those
he represented. They, too. he said.
would not be satisfied with a Scotch"
finding. Complete generation of any
In the tragic denOuemeut
of the now memorable affair was
wanted. A military reputation. he
urged, was as important as a mothers
plea.
Complete Exoneration.
''I want procurement Of spotless.
ness" he exclaimed, that shall con.
vince a public opinion that has here
tofore been poisoned as TO the facts and
Of this case. A Scotch
verdict will not answer. I want a YER
dict that will throw upon these de-
fendant young men not a suspicion Of
guilt"
The course Of all the officers con-
cerned on that eventful night said Mr..
Birney, had been a natural one. The
course pursued by adams, he urged,
was such as that any father might want
his son TO take-he had resented an in
suit. II there was any criticism to offer.
he argued, il was not that they had