The sun., 1910-07-30
WAS I'LL, SAYS LIEUT.. BEALL
TELIS COI RT-HiRII M EEFT
TO>T ~ DtZED fON DITsON.
Nune>srs IsrrObOraIe E' Et-nre OF NaNaI
Onseer accused of BeinE Asleep
When Tie should HAN Bern on watch
tAs~ Taken nIler AdN t>rment

\kwPoRI. X ! July - \ plea of MOI
guilty Was entered TO-DAY bv Lteut
Grafton \ B-sll I = y ~ the battle
shtp DelaNare before naval court
which r~conNened at the \Aval framing
Station here Lieut. Beall had h.,en ac-
Cused Of leavlng his station as offlCer oi
the deck while his snip was al anchor n
Hampton Roads on the morning Of July
) without having been regularly relieved
and also of being asleep whiIe his watch
continued
The naval court adjourned ON las,
Tuesday to allow Lieut. Bealito get Coun-
sci aud to-day Arthur X Lafar OF New
YORK appeared to r~presen, h,m. with
Lieut. " = Anderson. L y y and
Capt Frank Lander. [ y VI E as naval
counsel
Lieut. Beall besldes pleading not guilty
testified that illness had caused him TO
leave ms post and go to his quarters
before it was time for him to bc regularly
relieved
Testimony in the case has been COM
pleted and the case was taken under
advisement by the members Of the court
martial. Of which Capt Roy & Smith
L $ y is president.
The prosecution put three witnesses on
the stand These were Lieutenant & ON
mander Walter Il Gherardi who was TO
have relieved Lieut. Beall as officer of the
deck He said that he found Lieut.
Beall asleep in his room and that after
arousing him he had officially relieved
him Of the deck
Commander William VI Crosse. eNecu-
tive officer Of the Delaware. and Midship-
man James II Glennon. who preceded
Lieut. Belll as officer Of the deck. also
testified as to the makeup of the watches
and the conditions aboard ship at the
time II also appeared from the ts~ti-
mOny Of the-s witnesses that there had
been some question a. 90 who was to bn
offcer of the de"k after Mld~hipman
Glennon and u seems that Leut Beal had
offered to take tho watch
Lieut. B~all was the first witness on his
side ot the case He told the court that
soon after relieving Midshipnan Gl.nnon
he had hcCom" naiIsaated while lighting
"A cigarette and was violently ~ After
this have no definite remembrance
~ what happened he testified until
was called hy Mr. Gherardi about SIS
After some further testimony he was
asked " he recolleCt.d placing himself
in a position voluntarily tn 90 10 slaep.
and l.IalIt Beall again s.Iid that h" had
no clear recollection Of what happened
after he had been III IN one ~ the ships
toilets The l.IaItenant vas asked many
questions Nv 'he members ~ III. court
before he finished his testimony.
The testimony of Seaman James l..
sheridan. acting quartermaster Of the
Delaware on the morning In question
was IN all Appearances n strengthening
point for the defence. l.i@ut Beall was
Cnrrohorated IN his testimony SEAMAN
sheridan testified to noticing that Lieut.
R~all appeared H. 20 having gone and
got him n cup " cphee. 10 seeing hlm
leave the quarterdeck and so forward
and finally To- his room
About as said seaman Sher dan
! I went and asked him If I should call the
master a. arms and huglers Ne was then
sitting ~ his room. his head down. hiS
arms folded his eyes closed and he was
very pal" He answered me- IN a peculiar
sort ~ voice
Shsrldon lef' ~ call the master ~ arms
ard huglers. and on returning no ter'i-
ned. IiSu' Brall WAS m the same
position and answered him ~ the sam"
peculiar waV
Lieutenant Commander l. VI over
street. ordnance ofi'pr IN the Delaware
testified 10 Lieut. Reall's competency -
AN oNicrr and IN. def"nc" rested ~ ease
after waving the right - infrodu"" the
/ fitness record Il the accused uf1Csr