The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-03-19
was also a corpse

was also a corpse.
The mate saw me at the fime these cru
elites were being perpetrated, sitting ut
the wheel eating some Cruel, which had
been given ME BY one of the passengers to
warm met was all intensely cold dav-.-
i--and, because | was induging in as he
thought ought not TO indulge, he made g
kick Il. me, but missing ME struck the top
OF The w!ieel-house. ust then the sap
tain came up and did the work which the
mate had undertaken. He kicked mo
about the body until was ipsens:b!e. I
have since had reason 10 believe that l-
VAS enraged because OF ny having been
witness OF his conuct TO the murdered
, u Hoadsard anl n Cal On Thursday
last, While aici;, engaged In shortening
sail my band cot frost bitten, and | was
o. ced 10 couIe down. The doctor told nls
| to rub Nv hands With s.3a. A few min
u;c. atlers Ii i. ti.e caatswaln called me ou
the ioreca=tie, an told ne 10 90 to unbcnt
| the jib. / tod him eoUli not ase my
hand. Then he 90. : lclaying pin and cut
a cash i'll uiy head 81 inch and halt long.
When the captain was told chat vas not
able to go aloit, he ordered me aioft, aud
directed that / obey at all hazards. |
could not go. The boatswain then took
Delaying pin again aud beat me about TIE
body until | was unable to stand. A sim
liar aSslat was made upon mc oa Sunday
last, 10 narrate all that WAS suffered
would fill volume On each of threc
successive nights we buried three u,ea
killed by our officers Nor did tie crew
alone suffer. The passengers shaied our
| ulseries. Ihey had not coal to cook their
vlcutna:s with. They did not set their
full allowance either of water or OF; tood,
aud were So weak when We arrived in port,
that they could scarcely walk about thu
deck.
Louis Wilson another Of the crew, said
Cne day when was on the mast with tho
boaLSwaln, that officer ordered me 10 Gu
down the ropes and bring up the sasket
the carpenter, when reached the deck,.
cut my head severely with q belaying pin,
for hsVing come down. To save myself
from he'pg killed, ran up the ropes again
having ju.t sufficient strength LETT IN my
body to save ,nyself from falling. When [
went on deck asln The third mate took a
billet 0! wood, SIX feet long anu iour iuck~
q thick, and stretched me senseiess upon
the deck. As soon us lad recovered ths
,aatc took bit of burning VOID and would
have TIM ust 1t IN my hair, but for my run
nlng away. Another time | was chargei
falsely, with dereiction Of duty, and ia
consequence beaten SO badly that tor two
weeks | could do 30 more work. On an
Other occasion failed TO do my work as
quickly as the captsln thought l might
have done IT, and as punishment WAs
beaten, and aiy chesk eTuelly bruised with
knuckle ring On sill saother accession,
for trying to save an Oil skin jacket, which
the captain had ordered 10 Be- llsrewn ovc,-
board, was struck over the head with
be!ayIng pin, repeatedly. On Very eoit
morning not long afterwards, | wore Il
monkey jacket Tor warmth, and was beaten
tor having worn it, and b!ed from d!fer
eut parts OF my body.
Another incident related by the seamen
is OF William Co!ason, compo.itor, who
was SAID to be a man of respecta bil;ty and
intelligence, Ii Is said that one day ho
helped 10 get coal for the passengers. He
went TO the coal house some one was in
there, aud whlle moving backward to les
the person pass out, he slipped and kuock-
ed Iantern ovsr. The light was not put
out, nor was there any oil spilled TIE
carpenter was standing by at tie time.
IA sing into the coal house, he cuEe ous
with thick billet Of wool, and wlih it
beat Coleson about the body. The beateu
man Was never himself after that. A few
days later he was l4ld W, ond went into
the hospital. He was kindly provided with
food by his fellow pass engers. He had not
been sick long belUre others got sick, and.
ill as he Was lie Was made to leave his
bed and wal, upon those others. He grow
worse each succeeding day but, notwith.
standing this, he was In little time takcu
tiom hospital a,.d required to 20 lu.side
work. Chllis soon set III upon him, AMI
be tecame very low. One morning, when
he was literally in dying state, he was
turned out upon the deck to labor anew.
Cail.d upon to hold can by one of tha
others, he was by sudden lurch of ths
ship thrown against wall near by, Tho
carpenter, engaged upon the other side OF
that wall, jumped over 1T, and administer
cd beating even severer than the first
which he had inflicted. At ! clock tba
cooks took tie dying man lnto the pass
enger cooks room, aud laid him on
bed. No signs Of consciousness were ap.
parent after he mad been placed there, and
early in the afternoon he died. These are
but samples Of many like in tances related
by th. men Of their suferlngs, and the al
legged inhumanity OF their officers. The
whole affair, viii, however, be imputed
10 without delay.