Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-16

EXAMINATIONS OF YGTTAw.-Julius Yattaw
tho sailor arrested on Wednesday night fol
sIabbing the Captain Of the schooner Ellen
Williams, was yesterday afternoon brought
before U. S. Commissioner White for sxami-
nation.
The indictment, charging the defendant
with unlawfully, wilully, and by force re-
sisting the lawful authority Of the master Of
the vessel and stabbing him, being read TO
defendant, he waived an examination.
The testimony of Capt. Mcdonald was
taken. His statement was in substance as
follows:
My name is James Mcdonald; I reside in
Chicago; | am captain of the schooner Ellen
Williams the vessel is registered and own
ed in Chicago was on a voyage from Mil
waukeo 70 Buffalo; left Milwaukee August
Sd; Yattaw shipped as q common sailor at
Milwaukee; was stabbed on the morning
Of the l4h about 9 a o'clock; vessel was nc
the time about ten miles above Rondeau, G.
W., and distant from the Canada shore ten
or twelve miles, thus being in Canadian
water. Al t5H O'Clock on tine morning of
the l4th | went on deck, and at 8 o'clock
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work scraping tho deck one man proceeded
to todisoharge the duty, but the defendant stay
ed forward; asked the second mate why be
did not put the defendant TO work; the mate
called 10 the defendant, and the latter carle
TO him and asked in surly way, "What do
you want ?" mate told defendant that he
wanted him 10 take a scraper and scrape
the decks; defendant said he'd be damned
if he'd do it; defendant then asked me if l
had ever been before the mast; l said had
not; defendant said he could tell me the
rules Of the deok that he would not 60 10
work before eight o'clock, the rule of the
deck being that no work should be required
of a man before breakfast; / then called
him forward and asked him if be did not
think he was doing wrong; he replied that
he did not; that / was a mean s--n of
b-h to work for any how; then struck
him in the mouth; he ran at me, aud we
clinched, and while grappled he inflicted
the wounds; the Captain was not sure how
many wounds he received, utindicated the
places Of three-one in the back, one in the
hip, and one in the lower part Of the abdo-
men. l did not realize that was stabbed
for several minutes; while fighting the de
fendant tried ID gouge out my eye; [it was
the right eye, and looked as if it had geceiv-
ed pretty severe treatment; we were finally
parted by the I'd mate; remained on deck
for at least half an hour after we were sepa-
rated, not wishing to let the men know that
had been stabbed; l was finally, however,
compelled 10 retro from fatigue and loss Of
blood.
The Captain said further that when the
defendant descended into the cabin he re-
marked to the men that he had whipped
tse Captain, and could whip any other man
on board.
Commissioner White set the trial for the
second Tuesday in November in the U. S.
District of Ohio, and placed the bail of the
defendant at s., 900, in default of which he
was remanded TO jail. Thelaw in relation TO
the crime with which Yattaw is charged
prescribes as q punishment fine not to e1-
ceed $4,000, or imprisonment at hard labor
for period of not more than ten years, ac-
cording to its degree. NJ. s. Castle, Esq,
appeared for defendant.
The weapon used in inhicting the wounds
was an ordinary pocket knife, the longest
blade not to exceed three inches. The blade
.whi h it is supposed was used was broken
off about the middle. The wounds are not
now regarded as very dangerous, the only
one causing any apprehension being thatin
the abdomen.
The schooner sailed for Buffalo yesterday
morning.