The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-27
TESTIFIES.
.. T.. Uemis Tells Paris Embassy
lie saw several Drowned.
special cable Despatch to THE SrS'

PARIS, March 26.-Samuel Flagg
Dcinis OF Medford, Mass. II OF the
American survivors of the Channel
I'cdmer Sussex. has made n deposition
wing that he saw several persons
rrpwned. He knew nothing regarding
80 Americans aboard nor their fate.
lie was q good distance from the place
%. The explosion, but AT once Thought II
ssriou and placed himself in a l!feboat
v ..ch was lowered and Tended from the
SIDE Of the vessel. The boat contained
TOO many persons. Mr.. Bemis says. and
W IN IL reached the water he swan to a
> It. on which he remained until tugs ar
rived and rescued the passengers. n
number of badly wounded remained on
INC Sussex. MIR. Bemis says.
Mr.. Bemis is 20 years old and recently
left Harvard to come to France to take
IN research work or ambulance work.
\ Belgian army officer who was a
passenger on the Sussex. SAT- that a
belgian steamer. the Newport Mn.
which n been seized by the Germans.
approached the Sussex just before the
explosion. and I; is his opinion that this
vessel vas used as a screen TO prevent
--a submarine being seen. The steamer.
the ot'icer said. sailed away after the
explosion without Offering aid.
JOHN II. Hearley of Albany. y. Y. was
gong to the Rome office OF the United
Press. He made a deposition saying
H., In his opinion the cause OF the ex-
-'rs.on was q mine. He said that he
sd not .n,l the wake of a torpedo al
~ uCn he had heard aboard a tug that
- wake OF Il torpedo had been seen.
-" saih mat lie saw no one who had
s,er the wake.
h'ro,t all those saved. he said. were
- he stcr~ # the sussex. watching an
l~,~Gl'sh dirigiblc which accompanied the
vat. Ills impression of the explonsion
vas 2 slight. dull sound.
iievterart-co Commander W. X. Sayles.
- VA a~ttlc'e of the American Embassy.
- inspecting The camp for German pris-
0ncrs nj La Rochelle. hence he cannot
20 20 Inspect the sussex. Lieut.. X. l..
r'ni,h. another attache of the embassy.
was delegated tn make the investigation.
re embassy received confirmation to-
Cay that Il ". Bliss. secretary of the
embassy, and his wife. who were re-
,nrted "a missing. left London on Thurs
CIV for Southampton. There was no
t1a' rom Southampton for France
either Thursday or Friday. and il is he
believed that Mr. and Mrs. Bliss are still
a. that port.
An English woman passenger told the
correspondent OF THE SvS that she re-
milne aboard after the explosion and
thai the captain, who was saved. told
her and others that he was certain the
sussex was torpedOed. lie was on the
tGidg" and said that he distinctly saw
the torpedo coming. The woman said
the forward part Of the ship. which suf-
fored from the explosion. was filled with
huo metal and a tangled mass al wire.
winch was explained as being often
found after a tcrpedo explosion. She
aid many Americans were aboarl-she
i"'"gniaed them by their voices and the
''Ecrness they showed in snapshotting
Ne scene.
Miss NJ. Hale 'Nliss Edna Hall?), an
American resident OF London. said she
Tad been talking with an American
'hoard named Baldwin. who was swept
INTO the water and was lost. His daugh-
'ei. she says. Was blown to pieces by the
explosion. Miss Hale dill not know
whether the Mr.. Baldwin she was talk.
'1c with was Prof. Mark Baldwin or not