Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-21
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]. ". Causlsnd, chief mate OF the
American ship Santee, was tried IN tns
United States District Court last week
for cruelty beating and %wounding two
bsys and ~inhictinT unusual punishment
mon them. George Golding, one OF
the boys, il about II or 10 years OF age.
he testified that he had been placed,
with two other lads, on board OF the
Santss by Q lady in New York. and IN
charge OF the ships former Captain;
Osuclsnd, who was chief mate, treated
them in the most brutal manner, whip
ping them with ropes ends and making
them drink salt water. On n occasion
he had made Golding eat . large piece
of tobacco, which made him es,ni
sick, causing him to vomit terribly.
The salt water, also, had a similar
effect. The mates principal smuss-
msnt appeared to DO to force the boys
to drink salt water in large quantities,
telling them It was ''good for the
lungs;n they must 'sgivs the ship q
good NAME" On one occasion be was
made to drink two quarts Of salt water,
and the usual punishment for any real
or fancied grievance wal to send the
boys to the side, compel them to haul
up q bucket of sea water and drink IN
til they could take no more. NO owl
dsnce but the boys was taken, upon
which Q nolle pro,egui WAS entered as TO
beating and wounding, and . verdict OF
gsilty rendered on the count for inlet
ing unusual punishment.
Tho defendant, Causland, was then
tried for similar practices on a boy l6
years Of age, named John Bowers. 1t
was proved that he beat the lad with q
ropes end almost continually during
the voyage, until the poor boy was COW
cred with welts from head to foot; also
beat him with q stick Of wood and with
. Delaying pin, and when not beating
him wal compelling him to drink salt
water, One of tho witnesses tsstined
az follows: az have been going to sea
81 years ; I know the boy, Bowers, and
tho defendant, Causland. On the 9Th OF
july the ship left New York two or
three days afierward the mate began to
fog the boys; he logged them hourly,
daily, weekly, day and night, well or
sick ; It was flsg and drink salt water.
and il they would not drink enough b
Aogged them. On the 10th of Auguft
Bowers was logged three times ; after
half past four o'clock in the afternoon
he was beaten with ropes on the bsck
and hands-ssverely beaten. On Osto-
Der 23d l law the boy come out Of the
hold !; he had been beaten by tho second
mate. l did not see the beating. |
went to the Captain and said Captain,
this must DO stopped, the beating OF
the boys. These boys were given into
the charge Of the other Captain, and l
cannot bear to sec it, He sad, 1T
shall be stopped said, 1T must be
stopped at once He called the second
mate and told him that it must be
stopped. The mate, Causland, did not
stop beating them. They were heaten
repeatedly and severely after that.
They were covered with marks from
their calves to their necks. I have q
piece Of wood on the ship, q piece OF
ships plank, with which Bowers was
struck by the mate"
Joseph Citsy, one Of the boys, testi-
fed. saw Oausland beat the two
boys, Bowers and Golding, several
times /; nearly every day ; saw him mako
them drink salt water several times ;
sometimes twice in one day | saw him
mako Bowers drink salt water nearly
every day"
The testimony for the defense simply
corroborated that for the prosecution,
nearly every witness testifJing either to
the salt water drinking or beating. The
case was submitted without argument,
and, after q charge by Judge Hoffman,
the jury, without leaving their seats,
found the defendant guilty Of fegging
and CT cruel and unusual punishment
IS. +. Chronicle.