New-York daily tribune., 1865-09-26
THE vrLLAFRANCA CASE.
3he Evidence for the Defense "no
ting Testimony-The SUMMING W
Counsel To-day.

The examination into the charges oa prcseivus was
against Anderson the captain OF Ihe Cnmmjssioner
continued yesterday NOR nx for she proseoa
s,oU a,. n,esent beside about half dozen ioi
captain and the crew OF the ~ snp. prc.,Iyp
lhs lied and examined by Mr.. bene
The meat was served out on tne & Mo nrovjsiops
We arrived; we arrived on IhuIsu'!'
we're taken on o" "r wuIiAMs THE THIRD MAZE.
N Williams testified that he was InIG l. ai"s
on the Villaranca for the at MV ,,e sprar and tea
ferveu .d ou, ont nv one OF the men; always sesu
che bread and potatoes; commenceu ~ I % in these
out on .ne ,b seven hounds IL was necessary tha'
sSv sbond mark eight explained TINS 10 tne passed.
gers; the officers ate the same 4sS none of
~ ~ os Wv nntrd. saw no bad tea, but the last time W."
served ONT Ouintock said there were maesots III ~, ned
examined the cssk and there were some beef
cvsyboard the passengers treated very kinu! "
the captain , . ,-ood and potatoes |
..n me second serving out i always gave Two
nonnds in weight of potatoes, and three pouus any
fsif Of bread 10 each passenger; do not NaeN Inv nU"
much biscuit weiened aWay itIe more; have no
Idea how many buscults went TO poundi geo ~, ~
ful weight he said something about the scro @ d not
was wronp. told him 10 come and see IL nc . Wv 80 ~
iSa hhs came, made the same explanation 10
O. How do you know that the officers ate sre ont
~ A. 4.
=. ,bo cohn ont of the same cask; the carpenter tooA
from there on one occasion heard one OF the Pessen
gers tell the carpenter that the meat was nos "a
Rave heard them say that they were snort Oh pIen'
or basr5 them say they were short OF water;
hoard them saw they out OF water ana tnat ue!
wanted drink used then give IL 70 mem ,HS at
passengers had liberty TO 60 on the quar-
ali times; the meat that was served OUT 10 lhe
cor, was kept between decks forwards the captain
allowance was served out whenever no wanted H. 'ne
5Fract some provisons were taken in at Ply.
mouth; i do not know that they were broached during
the voyage. uur. ,,,oo,-n ,,,,p
BENJAMIN F. Pease testified that he was second mare,
and had the provisions served outi lug so,cs o
taken in at Plymouth were placed on uec1i m saU l os
vsong served out to tne passengers were ine sae a.
those given to the captain; saw no putIld meat anu
never heard any complaints SwartZs condnct Vas
very bad on the voyage; he called the captain .nei
and iar have seen him busy with other passengers;
Mr.. Bell-Now rou have answered the question; say
no more; YOU ore 100 willing already m
Mr. Benz nedict-The witness is willing to tel the
trpth; no. like some Of your scalliwags,,
Mr. Bel-Hs flce shows IT. you oall my wtuesSss oIn
Who have paid their honest money and been starved
by these scoundrels. ..,> .-
Henry Jones, coored man. was the next wiiness
Mr.. Benedic-O. "wen darkey you was cook in this
phip was you Z" A. Yes, Sir have been 10 sea
years cooked in this ship for the captain, crew anu
second cabin; the provisions which cooked were
good cooked for some of the steerage passengers De-
o. Did Won see sinking meat served out' A. Yes.
Mr. DeIedict (surprised)-Did you see sinking meat
Mr.. Bel-Now, object he has said distinctly that
he did.
The witness then corrected himself and said e No
saw no Iotten potatoes served out; the provision,
were much better than on any ship have been on
have been on the Liverpool packets do not know the
name Of tie line did not hear the passengers com
sfne.n OF
salIey to Tse. and said, What fine meat it is"
Crcss..xsmin ned-o What was your business on boar
that ships A. was cook for the captain, ships crew
and for three families, second cabin passenger;
seHcers, A. They hired me; they brought their me
and other provisions to me every days they never coi
plainod to aboCs the meat; saw the carpenter al
third mate serVe out the provisions saw the me
served nearly every occasions never heard any COZ
plants; never saw any meat thrown oveIboardi
cooked for the sailors, aud never heard them complain
1never sent any Of the sailors who mace compliant
Q. You are sure about thats A. am; nevt
heard any of the complain about the wate
or any other article cifcod.
TESTIMONY OF VIM. BBoCKwAY.
wm. Brocsway testified that he was not passenger
INT he heard Robbins TO his wife that he pei
fecy satisfied with the treatment he received ON boar
the snip.
Cross-exarned-Tbi conversation occurred at Ca,
te Garden. in the presence of WIN. kempler, ON to-
next Monday morning after the ship arrived; my bus
ness is that of mariner live in Virginia and do ne
belong 10 any ship; j walked down 70 Castle Garde
on this morning TO Get the seabreeze; saw Robin
standing here and went up and spoke to him
Robbins-I told you
Commis sionor-RObl ms keep quiet
Wtness-I asked Robbins what was the matter wit
him; he said he did not know; that the passenger
were not satisfied asked him If he were satisfied
he said yes but that he was brought INTO TINS 10y %
other passengers; that all that was said; lei
shortly after in about 20 minutes; during that time
not standing alone; L saw great mply ONE
people. bat talked TO none; went 10 my boarding
house when left the Park, bnt did not speak to
one in the meantime; this about noon went ou
again that afternoon TO the place; several OF th
Other passengers spoke TO ne, but never said wor
10 them; do aot think that saw any one that knew
that aternOoni remained there probably until or
O'Clock. when went back to my boaruing house;
have known CTDt. Anderson for the last 20 years
saw him, believe the very day lie got b. he told III
that he had long passage, fine weather; said nOthn
about any troubh or difficulty on the ship nor did
ever have any conversation with him or any OF th,
officers Of the ship relative to it, never spoke TO an.
one else, except kobOins, about II.
Witness-I do recolcct having conversation will
two VI the passengers the first morning we camc
here; / recognize of them in Court Thomas
Keleher.
q. What was ytur conversation with Mr.. Keleherf
Mr.. Benedict object; be is not a witness =
Mr. Bell propose 70 call him. want to show that
this man was nothing than SPY; he paid to
go round and inquire Cf the passengers.
The ComnlssioneT said he would permit the question,
provided Keleher subsequently called ~ a witness
Examination connnued-I do not recognize any one
else that had conversation with; had no converSa-
tion with any one about the Vlafranca except Rob.
bins Keleher and oD other person whom should not
recognize stopped Keleher coming round the
10 this building; Wa coming here myself
q. WHAT were you coming up here fori A. came
up here to hear the evidence given in; had nothing
else TO do; saw it advertised in the paper that they
O. What paperf A. Tie Herold and The San, / re.
NAMED here until the adjournment; then went 10 my
boarding house.
came here and was called; 1 have been here every
day; knew that was 10 be called az q witness;