The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-17 00:00:00

Landon cry out, " For God's sake don't put me
down there, T can't bear the heat." Mitchell said
that if he would not go down he would kick him
down, and chain him when he was down until he
did his work. Witness saw no more, as he had to
go forward. About half an hour after the last oc-
currence saw Landon carried forward from the after
stoke hole on the port side to the fore stoke hole.
His legs were then placed over the combings of the
hatch. The chief engineer was standing close by,
looking down the stoke hole. The deceased at the
time was tied to the ladder by the waist, and was
crying out for mercy. Saw the man carried up to
the forecastle on the starboard side. Thii was
about half-past five in the evening. Landon was
placed on the forecastle deck, when the doctor felt
his pulse, and gave orders for the man to be rolled
on the deck, but without effect, for the man was
dead at the time. In answer to one of the jurymen
the chief engineer said, " I ordered him to be tied
up in order to keep him to his work." The man
was buried shortly afterwards—thrown overboard.
Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall—The dotter and
chief engineer looked down the stoke hole for about
five minutes, when the man was tied there.
In answer to Mr. Tyndall this witness said that
the man was tied to the ladder about five minutes.
Robert Grainger, a seaman, examined by Mr.
Tyndall—Knew the deceased, who had asked wit-
ness to exchange places with him. Witness con-
sented, but the officers were not agreeable, as the
deceased could not go aloft. The day they left Rio
the weather was so hot that a number of men had
to knock off duty. The deceased appeared much
exhausted, and was lying on the deck between the
aft stoke hole and the funnel. He heard the head
engineer order the deceased to go down below to
his work. Heard him cry out, " Lord have mercy
on me; will no one save me?" This was at the
time he was tied to the ladder. Saw the chief en-
gineer walk backwards and forwards past the stoke
hole. When deceased was brought up he appeared
to be "in his last breath." The doctor asked him
to speak and tell him what was the matter with
him, but the man was unable to speak. It was
about a quarter of an hour after the man was put
down that he (witness) heard him cry out.
Henry Hewitt, examined by Mr. Tyndall, said
he -was an ordinary seaman, and joined the Bogota
at Valparaiso. Remembered the 25th of January,
the day they left Rio ; it was very hot. Heard the
chief mate remonstrate with the deceased, and ask
him, " Why he shipped when he was unable to do
any work ?" Saw the second engineer tie him to
the ladder, and the chief engineer hand down a
rope. After the deceased was brought up to the
forecastle the doctor felt his pulse and said it was
" good."

John Langdon, boatswain's boy on board the
Bogota, knew Landon, and saw him tied below on
the day they left Rio. Heard him cry, "Lord have
mercy on me! God save me! Oh, my wife and chil-
dren !" One of the firemen, Wilson, went down to
fire up, when on opening the furnace door deceased
fell against it, and it was only by Wilson placing
his knee against him that he was prevented from
falling into the fire. After this the second engineer
came out and went to the chief engineer's room.
Saw Landon after he was brought up ; he was
gasping. The chief engineer was standing by, in
company with the doctor. Heard the doctor say
he thought the man died from apoplexy.
James Lawson, stoker, examined by Mr. Tyndall
—Heard the deceased complain several times that
he was not able to stand the heat. He saw the
deceased after he was brought from the stoke hole.
He was present when the doctor ordered him to be
rolled about the deck. (This witness's evidence was
principally a corroboration of that adduced by
other witnesses.)
Robert Paisley, a coloured man, heard the doctor
ask the chief engineer who ordered the man to be
tied below, and the engineer replied, "It was I."
His evidence, too, was corroborative of the other
witnesses.

Terence Magnaghan remembered the deceased
complaining of the heat. This witness's evidence
was also merely corroborative.
John Shreeves, fireman, got the deceased's shoes
after his death. They were not burnt nor did they
appear to have been near the fire. They were not
burnt in the least.
Charles Thedore Schmitz, surgeon on board the
Bogota, said he joined the ship at Valparaiso. He
had formerly been on board the Callao on her
voyage out to that port. He took his degree last
July, After dinner on the 25th of January he was
attracted to the after stoke hole, when he saw the
deceased. He examined his pulse, on the chief
engineer telling him that the deceased (Landon)
would work no more. His pulse was regular,
and
he told the man he would get accustomed to the
heat. Sometime after, when pacing the deck with
a passenger, the chief engineer came to him, and
told him that his presence was required in the fore
stoke hole. He went there and found the deceased
lying down, surrounded by several of the men. He
told them to carry the man up on deck. Heard the
chief engineer tell the men to take the deceased up
gently. The man was carried to the forecastle,
where he felt his pulse, which was quick and feeble.
He then ordered the men to bathe his head with
cold water and to keep a watch over him. He
went a second time, when the man appeared
much worse, and he then ordered artificial respira-
tion. In his opinion the man died from apo-
plexy. lie denied having been near the stoke hole
while the man was tied. He was in a different part
of the ship at the time. He did not make a post
mortem examination, principally because there was
no convenient place on board the ship, and because
the heat of the weather might have made it dan-
gerous. He should have made such an examination
only for his own improvement—not because it was
necessary.
Dr. Inman stated that intense heat, even when
the sun was absent, would occasionally produce the
symptoms of snustroke, and cause death, either by
inducing apoplexy or asphyxia.
The prisoners were committed for manslaughter,
bail being accepted for both.