The Washington times., 1909-07-19
Mrs. Sutton and Her Daugh-
ter Are Only Women
At Proceedings.
PRINCIPALS TO
HAVE WITNESSES
The Crowd at Opening Necessitates
Moving Into Larger
Hall.
By THEODORE H. TILLER.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd. July Is.-With
Lieut.. Robert Z. Adams. one CT the
principal actors ia the midnight hight
! that cost Lieut.. James y. Sutton his
life nearly two years ago, on one side
of the inquiry table. and with Suttons
mother and sister on the other. a naval
investigation board began d second in
vestigation today to either approve or
reverse the first verdict that Sutton
died q suicide
That Adams or his attorney is TO bs
allowed the same privileges OF examine
ing and producing witnesses as Mrs
James n Sutton and Mrs Rose sutton
Parker. who are endeavoring to clear
Sutton's name, was one Jf the first
surprises Of the second inquiry. That
Mrs. Parker. who may be called as a
witness, and Adams, who is also to go
upon the stand, may be excluded from
the hearing under the rules of evidence
is a fact that seemed rather to dis
concert all concerned.
The court, which adjourned after a
half-hour session until / o'clock. is to
announce tts decision later as 10 wheth-
er these two principals can hear the tes-
timony of the other witnesses, at least
a score ia number. It was Mrs. Parker
who in her role secured from Adams, it
is claimed, nearly two years ago the
admission that ne and other officers
hated her brother and had beaten him
terribly in the midnight brawl OF Oc-
tober Is. 1851. The same Mrs. Parker,
the recollection of that inters lew still
in her mind. watched alternate, ~ today
the face Of Adams and those o. the Of
largely the product OF her making.
The FIRST session of the court was
brief. Owing TO the number of lawyers,
principals and newspaper men present,
II was at once decided that the small
twelve by twenty i've administration
building assembly room was inadequate.
Major Leonard, judge advocate general
announced that larger quarters would
be secured in the academy auditorium
and that at o'clock the inquiry proper
would begin.
Reads Depart nent's Orders.
Then he solemnly read the orders
from the Navy Department ordering a
second inquiry into the manner in which
Lieutenant Sutton left Carvel Han in
an automobile with three feliow-oficers
at midnight. came to his death at the
dump during a general fight few
moments later. The mother and daugh-
ter who have worked alone for nearly
two years to prove that the young lieu
tenant did not kill himself. So. on the
opposite side of the table from the
officers constituting the court. Major
Henry Leonard. MajoT ". \. Nevius
and Lieut.. II. n. JensOn-
These two were the only women IN the
The mother DrOnaDtE after the
inquiry gets under way. viii De alone
as regards feminine companionship II
the rigid rule of excluding all prOspec-
tive witnesses is applied 10 her daughter.
Mrs. Sutton, whose face y as especially
grave during the prellminaries, wore a
suit OF black. donned after her fav-
orite sons alleged dishonOrable death.
Mrs Parker. an extremely attractive
young woman, was attired in a checked
tailOT-made suit. Her ,arge brown eyes
were fastened first on one object then
on another but most often or Lieu
tenant Adams, the only one Of the
officers involved then in the court room.
The two women sat between Attorneys
Henry +. Davis and W. II. and w. =.
Dan Eyke. Lieutenant Adams sat next
to Attorneys Birney and Brown.
Names Made Public.
It has been decided to make the names
of the proposed witnesses public. said
Major Leonard. They are as follows:
Surg. George Pickerell, u. S n,
Charleston ). G; surg +, :: Cook U,
=. y. on the North Carolil-a; First
Lieut.. Harold II. Utley, L. S. " c., on
the North Carolina; Second Lieut. Ed
ward S. Willing, L. 5. N. c, Phila-
delphiai Second Lieut.. Robert E. Adams
T.. S. NJ c., Washington; Second Lieut.
TeEplin NJ Scott jr., u. s. NJ. C., An
napolis. Col. Charles A. Doyden, Z. 5.
NJ c., Naval Academy; First Lieut.
William T. Bevan, L. S. NJ. c, on the
New, Jersey; sergeant james Il.5s-Is De Hsrts sss
T. S. NJ c., Naval Academy; Sec
ond Lieutenant Ward A. Ostermans
L. s. VI. c. Portsmouth, n. h; Prof.
Gilbert p. Coleman, Naval Academy;
Edward p. Rocker, Washington, d. c.;
William /. Owens, chauffeur Annapo-
lis; Edward Griffith. chauffeur, Annap-
ellis. and Frank FOgg, the GafTick Club
washington. All the witnesses are her9
but Utley and Cook, who are on their
way here from Europe. and Rocker,
who cannot be found. Rocker was dis
missed from the Marine Corps for in
toxication ana has disappear 20. Fosgs
the new witI Iess, is expected 10 testify
that he knew sutton well ana that he
was not The kind Of man 70 Kill him.
self.
The court viii proceed as if no pre-
vious inquiry had been held. Mrs. Sut-
ton and her daughter and their at
tOrneys. Henry Z. Davis and II. ".
Van Dyke, are allowed In the court room
only by grace and not as right. Lieu
tenant Adams is also accompanied by
an attorney 20 look after his interests
in the case
The court consists OF Commander John
Hood q. s. N; Lieut.. Henry y Jen-
sen l. 5. n. ana Major W. C. Nevil,
u S. NJ c. The judge advocate, who
will conduct the case on behalf OF the
Government. is Major Harry Leonard,
Of the Marine Corps.
Ct was found as soon as the court
convened that the board room in the
Administration Building was too small
the court was organized an adjourn
ment was taken until O'Clock. to re-
convene in the Auditorium this evening,
where there is room for everyone
Asams was accompanied by Capt. Al