New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-27
A MARINE MELO-DRANA.
Poisoning en- the High seas-A m"inf'o'
Revengc-ExiraOrdipa Instance oi
Phystcal Sympathy.

The examination before Commissioner Us |
Norp in the case Of the United States agt Michael G
Eemniary IN which the defendant sc charged WIN az
mri,teIpe poison TO William Brow fortunately with
ont fatal effect on board the ship Edward LYMAN
vas commenced on Saturday. The ed Is, appa'
Nntly Mexican muatto OF rather siL-pe eppeafaace'
The testimony taken was substantially as foloWs;
7 William Brown the poisoned mar, was examined on
Board the EDWARD HyInan, on which the accused va,
eouk and testified that he was taken SICK on ooau;
torget the CAPTAINS name: wes at the wheel from
so O'Clock the .ith October; We got or conee pc
tween and O'Clock o. m, about o'clock. sometimes
aNttie earlier; Harry Cole TO relieve me between
Sand o'clock went to tie galley and asked the cook
for some coffee: be don't answer me; thel so ihlV
sAe forecaste and the eoeepot When e"is s oso seS
asked me a. the same time Whetheri IKE 70 has 70
SOpe SUGAR in it; he gave me the conee'po' tne
1as coffee in it; said don't want any sugar then
went to rhe forecaste and drank the coffee When
Srsnk the coffee went back 10 the wheel; drank al
Of lit; there a small tin pannIkin not more fiaa
half full; il about the size Of the ibkstand when
rot 10 the wheel L had TO heaye up; when got re.
Geved went forward and had to heave up all day tii
the dinner.me; was confined 10 my Ded ior TWO
says the vomiting stopped in the afternoons one
eise drank of the Coffee the coffee was IN small TN
unnikin standing the stove when L went for 1T
asked the cook whether he put any thing in my coffee
he said no; on the 22d 24th Of the month had diff
6cuty with him; i belonged TO the starboard watch;
ISss sitting on the main hatch with the watch telling
stories; in the evening, and the cook came out
of mis- bunk and commenced cursing them; the whole
watch was there except the at the wheel and the
lockout; he said Cd d-n your eyes and other
shings; asked him who he meant then he said mean
veu by God &C.; then i called him out on the deck
and asked him if he wanted anything Of me TO come
ouf then he told he don't fight fair he said he
watch me when he lind me sleeping, then be XII me
then: had no other conversation with him; next
morning asked him If be would fight fair be said he
keep here (pointing 10 his breat; had no further
conversation with him.
Cross-examined-The COOK talks broken English; I
don't know what countryman he is; don't talk good
English; be don't talk Dutch when first went 10 the
svalav he Of
galley the cook himself was sick that day. he was sick
from the morning when was sick TIL came into port
be LETT the ship sick don't know whether be was sick
before that; the other had their coffee before me-
j took stuff the steward gave me; i don't know
what they call il; there were IA before the mast and
with the officers BOYS and captains family &c all told
the starboard watch got their coffee before did; there
was nobody with me when got 1t; put the pannikin
wien had drunk my coffee behind my bunk; 1t was
NV evn pannkin; got my coffee every morning In IT.
IL was about O'Clock when we were sitting on the
hatch telling stores the cook was not sick then; we
might have been laughing sometimes the COOK dd mol
strike me and did not strike him wanted 10 fight
him; don't know exactly whether hit him; be did
not TO lch me; he had big fork he wound not hght be
ssd he would not fight fair after this the cook dld not
9ve the coffee OUT be put IN lrODt after we found
the stp in the pannikin: began TO throw up abont
so'c0ck; got the medicine about or 0 O'Clock;
We found in the bottom Of the Pannila fine stuff like
Harry Cole told me be carried the pann.kn 10 the gal
ley; be got from under my bunk; the captain kept
the white stuff in the pannikin; Harry Cole was the
CGpt u. w. Rhodes, the captain OF tbs vessel test
Ged TIA. te remembered Browns swelling up and purg
Sng snd vomiting after drinking the coffee; his eyes
were protruding and be looked very pale; the mate
broughf him pannikn aud they examined it; thought
~ first the white stuff might be jeap anc he poured
Oohee tn some jaap taken from his medicine chest 10
zee lit w01ld baye the same appearance; the mate
took charge OF the pannkin and brought 4 to New
York ,hese he took IL 70 j. c. Pohle who sRsyzed it,
but would say nothing Sbout to him.
ross exauined-Saw tue p;Inikin hTst ~ The mates
,nd, fbe e2Sk had not complained that morning, but
"a afterwsId but bot until he was eonh1cd the crew
ID cficers iai cOmplainN that they were AFRAID N
ling POISONED BY the cook ,hc COOK was taken sick
at morning bst not with The sane symptoms though!
vas yoit,1g; if er two days, tie cook being sill
ck. he tOof him out OF irOss; Brown yomited aud
rained good deal; could not say ihnt le usie s'on
a. ierfecig veil before fD8t; he sent m
ge,ic 10 Brown by the steward; bis wife
king q from D medicine chesf Do hnu no hfHtic or
yyerine in inc chest; three DAYS after, Brown went
,sjps,o lis yori. the cook joined a. UamDdig ana ,
okeS for them W 10 ibis time; they were eight days
IN Hsnbufg 10 Shields. month at Shiolds' anc =
vG,Dy d,,{ from there bere after this affair the
ware cooled for siYem; be did not see me pannlkn
er ciVina IL 10 the mate till ho cane 10 New hofk
out The NH Of November; during tLat tbe NC COOK
IS kept IN ihe hatch honse; Kept nm Oh bolid Two
~ alter his arrival when be gave bin permit from
hospital; he was very sick on the Yoy1gc. ana VII
Is scarcely thought the COOK wOnd me 10 f'hch L
%. witness t0Ok tie panuikin ~ TWO on three ebem
, an Eroodway WHO would have nOthlng 10 40 WIN II
ono TOOK II into his back room 20 les H. ana pose it
K telling un it was poison, anG sending INN 10 h.
Chiffon; he took II there ana lcf ~ SOW ~ t@o G.
ibree DAYS asts. tho contents wore in 'dli mo 0
lukin was not in the ygl he had. seai'Acu ue ~
t', chest and galley bnl had fOnud 20 poison. II
T. h Ando.eOr 1fst mate testified O. MYing "a / q
rye u the papniAip and mat no ~ nt'' hl5 nlf'
ness 10 tie Dogning wanted ip COOK to come on' -
light.
a ogOss.ezamination I've testified tiGi he had no II
uDle viii him and no rats in be ship. N
ibsft ScheD the secOgd niote. raw th' "har I" WS'n