The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-22

o.,' 'no captain strike Ehuis with rope and sitI
saek-aiso Kick him with his bare feet, NJ,
watch was pot the same as Creigbten's Ia!
sSen tue second mate beat Ennis very often Ssya,
%" the captain kuock EDnis down The cantsir
was on DECK at Tho time the second mate did so -
! Don Know that he saw IT, Some of .ha ha.,in.
We're severe. The captain eaye him one 49,
eeaahg. Ehhis was then put in the held wen,
va the mold, and saw him there chaiued Saw tbf
o2y carry hlma biscnt aud pot of water Enni,
was no Kind of sailor Heard the csntsir ssv
kunis shipped an able sRiIor and tont 1o5 81
vance anu could not do hts work, and this wa.
I '"e eause ai bis beating bin. Never strnck Euni.
| myself nor saw any Df the crew strike him Ha
VAS taken out of the hold either at Ua,nntan
Roads or City Point--put down araiu-and tn,
VuS ~ hIchMond. Aiter his beating his condition
VA t&a lie was crazy when We got to Hampton
! hoauS. lie was not attt nded to as a sick msn by
I the captain OF mate saw the captain giye him
some "hiie medicine ouce. when he had sore leg
heIioVe kuuis vas Scotchman.
| CfoSs EEdmlhed - am a native Of LOndOu-baye
/ u%eeh % a. sea seine years-went from London III the
sh'p hscas Of Valparaiso which we took fnn,
iouiSn 10 Rio. / wss regularly discharged A
man nanfed WIN. Osborne ASKED me 10 "a in his
P'aee IN the uctavia, and answered TO his name
6ot my discharge if0n the Nacas by asking for
= H. got Osborpe's advance nay speut it. and
shipped under bis name The caUtain said rnust
senhis name or Osborne might come on him arain
Tor ihe psy.
Think It was the first or second Sunday cut when
/ hGst saw the captain whip Ennis 1he ceptaiu
called him t. II he could steer Il was nav
watch on deck. The captain was trying to show
MIN, and he let the sails shake in the wind, when
tie captain hat him with rope. 1t was the spank
eF sntet rope, about * inches round He coutiuu-
Ell 10 steer after his ow fashion until the csntain
sent MN a@ay. The next time ] saw the captain
whip Ennis, was when he WAS scrapinS b!tt IL
was week afterwards. II was not = difficult lob.
was looking down from the mI2Zan rigging at
tAe time. DUu't know who was a. the wheel The
captain beat EuEis with a stick aud saw him
pass by with blood running from bis neck. TIE
utAV tlthe saw MN beaten by the captain, he was
seized up 20 the main rigging when lie was tarriDg
TIE main swliter. ] was OF, deck. near the tore
rigging, selzIng off the lanards. The mate passed
IIe roLe around his waist aud he sWlfIer aud
tAe captain dogsed him. fhe captain called him
43"h, ihen seat him up again to tar the SwiIter
dud they had q sklrmIsh Oh the main deck which
cou.d uot see Heard Eanis boiler for hIs pistols
ana knite. Heard the clptain telling bin to get
up rms was two or three days after the second
HLEglhS suppose u was about fortnight
; before we got t. the cipes. At the time ne was
IirTIng the SWfter he did it very awbardiy.
idrop.lng tar all about the deck. II is u very
easy JOB which any one eau do. / taIred It
II Afterwards lnyscI-it had nus been done proper
y. This was the last time 1 saw the captain whD
hin. lie was then put in the hid. Was told by the
crew that lie " is lowered Gown--couldut seI down
himself saw him afterwards running Up an.
down tha deck Ia the forenoon without auy ciotht
on. The captain bad nothing to do with this al
i.ir- The matches we're kept open during the day
went down on duty on different occasions. Saw
'+LAio tHClt' AEt bIlthutSe were oxen LBtFC.
saw the chains Ennis can't say Wheth-
| he was chained TO any thing or not. | got
iAy food from the steward others got il rs
they could DID not complain, because II would
DO no 5000. lie nasCts had got into the
bread, but had plenty Uf every thing else. The
captain told me that ii iidu'I have enough u
| let him know None of the crew cOnpiaLed to
The captain; the rortuguese could not speak Eng-
lIsa, aLl the others got enough to eat. such as II
| ~as. VI Z bad som" sickness on the first of the
| passage. | "as sick. aud others. The captain
| sent ntdIcue 10 me by the mate. Ihe captain
also attended to otheTs-inCiudiuS a Porf ue.e.
tan'tsay how long Enuis was in the hold. saw
h!n. On deck after be tiist went down. He would
come Up IL the afternoon and 90 back at night
I8e yUuaSster Solomon used 10 carry him bread
and water. generally saw il carried at uiEhI--
| He would take one biscuit and pot II water.--
Ine bl.cults we're wUrny-Euch 40 had to eat
myself. When l saw hiin Ia the furecasIle told
hInl about tls distress, but never threw him out.
nor SAW any Ci the crew throw him cut. Never
! cav ahy one strike him except the captain and
second mate. never laid my hands upon him
Just - We were making the Capcs. SAW in the
hrid pan OF something which had heen placed
there tOf Ennis 10 eat. Inc last tine saw Ennis
| vas at Hampton Roads City Point. He was
staggering about on deck. lie went down in the
hold afterwards; but when reached Richmond
| saw hiIn in his bunk, miserable. Some one had
drawn hIIu up fJonI the hold. Creighton askod
linn II ha vas gong ashore aad he -aid-"what
to dUt' He SAID nothing more. Creighton said
The man WaS dying. / did not 10 t. See the mau
OF look ftf MN al ali CCulu eI4G!t nan. II Is
quite enough for one man to dc aboard ship to
| 10, out tor himself.
The hour of hallpa5t > O'Clock having arrived.
lLe Court adjourned over till Friday nCruiuG at 10
o'clock
FRIDAY, May II, 1858.
| The Court vas re-opened st IL oclock, i. M
| Eh" first witness called was
/ BtchrgI -l!eru, sworu-Have seen the prisoner
1t the bar en board the lark Ocsavia. Caue from
| Rio iu tlaE vessel She American vessel
and sailed under tho American flag | knew Il
man on board by the name Of Nm. Euuis. Have
seen the captain strike Ennis. Saw him beat aim
only on two OCcasiUus-Ouce 'seiZtd' him up III
the rigging, Il gsed him, when tarrlng the main
sRif,eT-wds =. beaten that he could not stand
Afterwards saw him beat HIM at the bits. He
was severely beaten.
Q--uaye you ever seen the second mate beat
| Ennis when the captain present?
The counsel tor The defence objected to the tor'u
Il This gUestiUu-beIug a compound questiou-the
defence assuming that il mast first be asked
whether the secoud mate did teat tie deceased-
and then whether The captain was present.
The District Attorney having 10 objection TO
the change, the examination proceeded.
[ have seen the secoaI mate beat Nm. Ennis
cannot Sell how often. Have seen the second
nate make him run ua.ed up and down EEe
deck. beating and kicking HIM. The captain was
OF deck at tue tive / cane il the vessel to
| Richmond. Ennis WAS fed more than half the
time GA iTeaL and water. lave seen hlU C0nnucd
| with chain and handcuf hAud and fasteued
. . J+,,,rl,..o,, in tt,a roI1 Fnris cana IN Rich.
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