The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-15

and habits Of the man did mot make cay post
sminston: the reasou did not ske any further sxam
patton ives from what had heard have often seen the
men in the same state all bat dead fr00 exhaustion
cannot say how many have 90 In Two years, but
have frequently sseu them puse'ess o. ehs wst sni
perfectly particularly 10 the month OF August
but 1 many If them broken down from ex-
Prostitution that voyage; Que cause ssg"
"a mans death besides his excessive drinking OF
rum Was that he he'd as Ihesrd, ut Of vomiting ia
the morning; Il I had not heard nythng about hin
shonld have attributed hi death to have be-n c.assd
exhaustion from excessive heat and tho state Ia
which ihose men generally came on board
TO Nj Morrril IL |, the habit IT these men to come
board noxicstsd and the hea h,s amoro prejudcis
Eject then than Others they less able TO resist
heat Or colo than men Of Temperate hasits.
Jss. Wotton. capiain OF the Frankiin. examined by
BIZ horrell aepos.d that he remembered the dsath OF
FORTUNE know nothing ii hi, deih osoeot as reported
to NE that he Odd from axh.u.ton and excessive neat
do not know anything q bis bsb but as msster of
the ship " ported at no excellent
man II liquor kept from him th,ss some dim
euty between II Q men l paid $50 for prison
lee. them in Hare.
Hr aorIel ssain asked for the di.ohsrga of Mr. Wood
hull the only evidence against him that h threw
bucket OF wn'er on b. d.cas.d
Nr. kidgeway "a tbat accelerated his dea n
His 'honnr the Comm sione did not tbisk that thors
sufficient evidence to hold MIR. W00dbU TO
III. charge and therefore the complaint a against nim
waa o,pnse,d
FrYakn, depo,ed ,ha. no Jonu Fortune lao hsi
been the ship for SIX Voyages; that would
0iunkea HAD the ship, he drank the IN ,st,
sttGnt getting drunk, OF any msn ever saw ab,ui
;hr hs OF the drnox before left the
COX; l bad Ia hire four drunken on the do tue
having left the ~bp, Fortune va drunk tbs day
before be board called fr him anoat fous or
hve O'clock and / told he in bet whom he
up said John, you have been drinking" Ia de-
MED H. md sent him back TO his berth Or on watch
fnIc which, tbink IL wacn; tho greatest
trouble OF ,Dg,b.ers in starting from New sotk -
account OF drunken men, tortans wa 30 capable
of dI,sking that yon couldn't tell wh,thsr ha was
wei not he seemed to lie able To till himself
like u cssk; Mr. Rhodes came u sod tcd inc thas
tortuie dead hr told the state no vas ia and
that be thoox him and cent him upl saw nothing
ds-oesstds face neok marks Il violence ON
his head took trouble in Looking fearing there
might be difficulty abont it, Mr.. Rhodes said Ss
lad shpDk him where Fortune Mt work IL appears
b! the log book produced that the heat wa 100
degrees the average heat in from ninety to ninety five;
times tina Gre tsenty degree hotter on
leaving the port before leaving New YORK that day the
thrnoneer stood l23 degrees ia the engine room aud
lt6 in the ere
much intoxicated as man Is when he r,aaot walk
talk strsight be did not walk or talk straight
to me Rcseraily ] could not tel when he WA
drunk, but capable Of teiEg what drunken
mamie be VAS drunk on That occasiou; when shipped
bm, be ted mo he had been lick | snd did not be-
lsye It; be then acknowledged that be hst ben
spree began to cry about tho dosth OF his wife,
the Thursday before Ne sailed sailed
Saturday
Mr. Morreu produced the log book In which II is
WRITE that John Fortune taken sudden III LA the
ere room no taken from the tire aad died.
Witness to the Com missioner The men frequently
get III suffer from cramps In consequence OF drinking
greet quantities OF ice water on the day borS For
;Das dta,h there ave taken that Asd on
the day Afterwards there were ee ht affected
The oss.jvas then adjourned till eleven clock this
morning.