The Washington union., 1857-04-25
From The New York Evening Post.
ALLEGED HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF SAILORS on
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ALLEGED HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF SAILORS on
sHIPBoAID.
The captain and first and second mates Of the ship Cu
tiyator just arrived from Liverpool arrested yeste
day for cruel treatment Of sailors board the vessel
The third mate included in the warrant but, while
the officers were engaged with the ohers dropped the
side and escaped in small boat.
One OF our reporters this morning visited the wnesse
aud took the following statements. The appearance Of
thr sailors truly shocking they bear abundant marks
of abuse from somebody
last Sunday morning they ordered him to sing the
braces. He began to sing The Bolcn, sailors song
in which they say anything they want to- But when
he singing this he put in the captain is growing
and the third mate knocked him down spcechless with a
bucket and the second mate fell on him with another
bucket and pounded him with it when he sensels
We thought he killed. One night heard him cry
ing murder and couldn't think who it was. ] ran up
and found they beating him again, and he thought
they would kill him. He has been knocked down and
whipped about every day since We left Liverpool"
Patrick Mccoy an Irishman, twenty years Of asc
made the following statement
a'coYs STATEMENT.
was first whipped about the 22d of March. was
down in the hold shifting passengers boxes. There
one box which had been broken, and when moved
the lid bounced oil. The second mate came down and
ordered all the passengers on deck The passenger thai
owned this box said he would not 60 but would stay and
look to his box The mate told him there wns no iea
foy his box and he said of the sailors had broken
The asked VINO il WAS, and he said it was me- Then
he took me by the comforter ] had on my neck, and
hauled up deck, and locked Inc up in water
closet Then he in and said lit was you who broke
that box OPEN; and ] says No, sir, didn't break
open. He SAYS 'sFl whip you you son Of q b-h
Then he hauled off and struck me three times Mhs
fist in my face; then took out steel knucles and struck
the back of my head and cut me twice There hS
ID tho l
blows
He then locked me up in the waterclosct and keptm
there till half past five the next morning near as can
recoect II between ten and twelve in the daytime
when WAS locked up during that time he did not give
me anything to eat TO drink and nobody came nigh
me; my wound bled all the closet the next morn
ing about five and half clock the second mate took me
out and put me to work the windass without any
thing to cat and didn't have anything till between sc'
en- and eight O'Clock
About fifteen DAYS after this was watch deck and
about twelve clock came forward to get drink
water The wanted to brace the yards forward and
the third mate forward and found me in the fore
castle this between twelve and two clock at nght
AS was coming to the after house bic struck in the
face and cut inc, because was forward He then cut my
head again with sharp instrument which seemed
be steel
About a week ago ] was painting mastlcads, coming
in, and the second mate called down from the loft @
tween five and six o'clock in the evening. He ordered
me to put away my paint-pot and brushes; as va,
coming forward, he stood at the end OF the forwaa
house he hauled out "crown-cracker and struck me
over the head as was coming forward. He never toa
me what it for but suppose il was because Dc
thought hadn't painted enough. ram forward on The
gallant forccasto and he followed me then he hit ne
again with il, and knocked me down scnseles nc a.
most knocked inc overheard don't know how man
times he then struck me when / could get up cane
into the forecastc bleeding.
JOHN JonNsoSs TREATMENT.
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hands and head covered with bruises and sores mu
he is lame and stiff from constant bcatngs as he a.
legos by the officers, that he scarcely walk lie Ga"
our reporter the following statement I:
When about ten days out the first mate cam
along raising the foretop stanchcl, and calra
me SON Of b-~b, and knocked me down with be%
ing pin, and gave me mauling with bclaylng pm ~
deck another time he knocked down with behl
ing pin and cut my head. tont know how many uma
have been knocked down and mauled and my coat we
almost cut of Of me with dirk.
William Smith, another of the sailors, nterruptins
| said
"It was nothing but knock down and knock down an
maui with that fellow and none of the men couI
look at OF those officers without getting knocku
down have been eight years ON the sea, and nc'0
saw such rascality in my life
William Thomas said
Two DAYS before we came in that is, on SATURDAY
the first mate ordered John johnson to bc taken for"
TO shave his wbskcrs off and disfigurc him was o
dercd TO get grease and slush him down I'LL the a
shaved him. dare not do any other way, OF have Hu
to me. Then he sent the boy Jim to get bucket o. ~
While slushcd him down with grease, the mate sns, %
all the whiskeis off his left side and part off his rg' AZ
left the right. He then ordered me TO ruo
ON the whiskeK that were left, and took and ooNu ~
them with tar. After that ordered to brlhs
carpenter up and serve him in the same way -
. ! am the only that not whipped Jusl =,
fore in had maet in my hand, and INC nT rn
said D-n YOU YOU don't get off without molk "A