The New York herald., 1869-03-16
THE FEVER SHIP.

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| The investigation, which had been adjourned from
saturday. was resumed shortly after twelve O'Clock
yesterday before Commissioners McElroy ana Kspp
at Castle Garden About half Q dozen convalescent
passengers OF the James Foster, Jr., wer0lbrought
| down from Wards Island, and the testi-
| meny OF those examined was In the main cor
| roborative OF thai ellcited from their fellow
| sufferers on Saturday and published IL full
| In Sundays HERALD. Mr.. HUBBARD the counsel for
Marshall Co., introduced one or the crew OF the
James Foster Jr., as witness towards the close OF
the proceedings yesterday, whose testimony, given
below naty contradlcted that Of the passenger wit
| nesses In many respects.
TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL oALLAGHAN.
| am from county Cork, Ireland and q laboring
man; was passenger on board tine James Foster,
Jr; the carpenter beat me twice aboard the ship.
(The witness here corroborated the preceding Wit
to the bad quality Of the provisions the short
supply Of ranons and water, &c.) The captain used
to order the carpenter to beat the "Irish sons OF
-" II we did not 60 and pull the ropes and TO stop
the water AMI give US no Goals or provisions until
we did Work; the carpenter compelled me to pull
ropes and all the passengers besdes II they would
not they would get nothing to eat; had to work
every day on deck; one day was going into the
galley to cook q little oatmeal, and tne carpenter
with his nst and threw me out; / was
in the galley apotner day and the boatswain
was going into the galley 70 warm myself; sigued
the pelltl0n that sent to the captain. and the
captain said we could nos get any more when the
carpenter used TO come around he would throw wa
| ter On the Goals and put the 1re out. ..
Cr0ss-examined-fne Germans were kept as short
OF provisions ~ we were; never heard oI any pas
| sengers sellng their food to others. t
TESTIMONY o. ABRAHAM MEYER.
This witness was RUSSIAN Polish 'e", and was Was
| odessa, on the Black Sea, Aud was passenger Oh
board the James Foster, Jr, from Liverpool; the
the Hour meat coffee, tea and sugar were tolerably
far; the water at rst was good, but Afterwards 1t
with ram we sUt very e Sl M
hungry; the carpenter beat me once for cot being
quick enough to take my waler away; the captain
| sgned tho petiton TO the captain; he
gave Us no answer at all the carpenter
s Of the work had % %
during the night; we refused to WORK the captain
would not give Us our allowance OF wafer or any
| thing.
Cr0ss-examncd-I took some nsh and sausages
and meat on board with me at Liverpool; also some
to other passengers; bought provisions OF other
paSsengers bought about ten pounds OF meat during
| the voyage; bought the meat from the jews VINO
would not eat pork; went on deck three or four
nights 10 work tue ship; never heard the captain
| give orders that the passengers should have no
TESTIMONY OF BARTHOLOMEW ToBIN.
am from the county Cork and laborlng man;
was Q passenger COOK on board the JaMes Foster,
Jr; paid two pounds passage money In Liverpool;
they told me would have nothing to do only 10
cook for the passengers aud keep watch, like the
sailors, every lour hours; the provisions got on
board were not half enough; l could eas what
vctuals got for week IN two days; the carpenter
MT me WIN hammer aw hou5n IN the a mead tp u wsta
on me out OF the can he served water
out or; almost every day during the whole
and jumped the top OF my face with his boots; he
was an awful man; understood ne was an Ameri-
cana don't knOw.
FHc witness cross-examination did not vary In
any material point IRON his direct.
TESTIMONY OF JAMES BURKE.
am from the county IIpperary, Ireland; my bus
ness Is groom to gelteman; was passenger on
board tins vessel; the provisions were pretty fair
but could use III three days the quantity got, and
l should do for week with one meal
a day; had q little money, and only for that
and bought things from the Germans; brought
with me starting fourteen pounds Of nour, twelve
cuit brought half pound or tea and about three
pounds OF sugar. often gave one snliitJg British.
70 Of the Germans for one biscuit and was verY
glad 70 ges it; / gave slxpence for mourhfui Of
water TO the Germans; the carpenter often gave me
shove to go out OF ms way but he never struck
saw the carpenter aUuslng the sailors; ! have
complaint to make against the captain; had to
work for six weeks; there were about twenty or
cane here to try TO get paid for my work that did
BOARD the vessel; they used to call me up at
night to look at whale. or ior something else TO
Commissioner McElroy addressing Mr.. Hub
bardp-Mr. kapp and myself think we now have
sulncent evidence and have come 70 the conclusion
| to duisn the examination.
Mr.. Hubbard-I would suggest that It would be
should be examineI. Nearly ali OF these men are Of
nation and perhaps IT would he an act OF JUS
tlce to examine the Germans to see what they have
~ say
Mr.. Casserly-M Mr. Wells tho Governor Of Wards
Island, slased 70 me that he sent down the only Six
that were able 10 come. The others are not able 70
Mr.. Kapp-The man IRON odessa on the Black
Sea, who vas examined, corroborates the other wit
| Mr. Hubbard es, but one OF the witnesses said
on saturday that the Germans were In with the
pent, =. and that he gave the Germans more wafer
Mr. Uasserly here real letter from Mr.. Wells,
stating tuat taere were none other OF the passengers
ht W leave tine hospital yet. few families ON the
island very SICK indeed and able to give in
formation. Mr.. Cassery also stated that there were
| two women In hospital on wards island vino COM
planned Of nayiag been kicked by the carpenter, but
neither one OF them was abe to be moved yet.
TESTIMONY OF GRIFFITH RICHARDS.
by leave of the C0mmlas.o oners Mr. Hubbard called
this witness on behalf OF tue defence AMI he tested
| as follows:-lnm o sailor and nave been soior the
last sixteen years. y Welsnman; was one Of the
or the James Eos er, Jr.; she had tnirty-hree
or thirty-IOur her last trip; not than
| six or seven OF them could do anything, although
| they were shipped as able seanen; The passengers
anu got the same Kind VI provisions; the pro-
| vlsiols saw on board were as gooo as any ever
saw on any snp; tue.e were two kinds OF bread IN
the snip; never saw the provisions served TO the
passengers: the passengers received just about the
same quantity from the time we left Liverpool till
| we came here; think the carpenter did not give
| them tns same quantity N water; the water TANKS
were bored to seal water. but we could not prove
woo did It; about four days before we came here the
captain called some Of tue passengers and said he
| would give them so many glasses VI gro2 day II
| they would nelp to lead u hand; twelve
/ OF them volunteered 20 do SO; never knew
| any but those Twelve TO be called upon; they were
caI.ed up at night after the plot came on board
had hard tune working; the carpenter would mt
me once twlce saw liquor gwen by the captain
to Of the passengers self 10 distribute to those
| who volunteered " work; II was very bad weather
| all the time; almost all the 9piiOrs were sick
| except myself seventeen or eighteen, | think,
| died; the passengers were never called up at
| nixnt; sometimes tho carpenter would strike
| the passengers win Delaying PIN and
sometimes with his nst never saw MIN strike pas.
| senger with hammer; when wa lay IN the Mersey
| the captain shipyed one crew and sent them back
agan because lhey were sli0emakers and talors and
the ike he sent them ashore aAd got another; the
captain never touched me; heard the captain tell
the carpenter aud boaswain not TO beat the passcn-
| gers many times.
The investigation was here adjourned until such
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