National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-25
Testimony Of George A. sheksii.

or is;af A, No, ar: couid not swear, because
,,I never looked !" inc "s'e on 'no 'er'ncs'e a.
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Testimony Of Georse a. s"eke"'
BY Mr. Rose R, Q. Where do you reside, A. No
7ta sey.n,b strest southUest
n wna, "a sonr occnn.,lon, A, ,oo, III,
S y, w. ..,non po,on,ss 80. s,.,,,, oep INV
RESTAURANT saloon, fotomnc Terry building.
q. VIII you please state what You know re-
spectlng the certificate and the nn,nher M M
senrer allowed to be carried, A An tnow 1,
what heard Mt. saville say. On Saturday morn.
ing AFTER the burning OF the Wawaaet, Mr.. Sa.
vile was sitting In the Potomac Ferry Coinpapy' 4
ONCE. I went In tnoro Insa,t r,nnr ,h.t
ina boat was n,,x .mn, - nea.u c,, ~ s.n.
gers, and as soon A. ssw M sa,liie Went 70
Wawase was aonsu ~ Snl, NV ~,
and any" / thought Il was Something p s,pange
fifty passengers I isoosht I, conld moi he worth
J much to Inc company,
| o. IL that inc extent Of your knowledge? A.
was IN nm m, Mace az sas,n.s shopt whlis Alter,
wards. I len perfectiy satisned after hearing
that, and walked out lie stated positiyeiy that
Of iiitv. and men wa,rea out, He saii tnst N
answer 10 the question put to him. lie said
that IL was mistake that she was allowed 10
Ia carry in, hundred AMI ffty gu
o. Then You ieft Tor your own once, A. I
went out shortly afterward,, aud went bacE 10
my place OF business. There were othefs in
there besides me and him, disremember who
they were. think Mr.. Wolf was In there.
Nj. ssyiiief A. Yes, AZ 'ou "Ao WIN
By Nj. smith: Q. Have you any knowledge Of
your own IN relation TO the matter whsteyer. a.
70 the exact number OF passengersf
witness. That she WAS allowed to carryf
N Ss W: a ae what w. 7 ,,,nrs,
o. Have Won ai,y snor,ea.,. =. all n, an. ,,.-
| aat. hat m
sir;
ocs',,rrsaN,h,s rnn .Ss Jay was .ns wnen tnis
spoken OF, A. Before IN o,cioct. i ,hinS' IN ise
day. IL was in the early part OF the day, ]
| tninh. Know had been nome TO breakfast.
Nome irym Srest,a. ~ oe'ock' anu nad come
o. Was ms Gentlemen WIN w.s nm IN. alan,
q little while ago present at the same time that
you remember OF, Mr.. CoxT A. I forget the
name now. DO not remember whether he was
| In there at that time or not
| U. You do not remember A, No, slr I lust
heard the rumor outside that she was only al
| q. Wasn't Il before II oclockY A, I cannot
| say positively as to the hour.
Y. somewhere between 10 and 1877 A. II was
before 10 In the day.
Q. That Is a matter within your own know,.
| edge, and that you ought To be able 10 answer
positively. A. could not swear to the hour
exactly. I can swear positively to the CONVEX.
| sauon.
Y. That IL q wide lalitule-between Q and I2-
| Wheh you breakfasted nj y. We would ike to
| have you nN the hour pretty closely, as IL NAV
make difference In the further testimony on
the subject A. would not like to nx the hour
positively. ,..
| q. But you say positively between Q and IN
A. l think 80, to the best OF my knowledge. he.
fore 10 O'Clock In the day.
| Testinnsuy o Frank Wolf.
| Fran, Wi, svo,n
| N. NJ. ~.
ny M hose' Y. Wnat your occupation A.
am keeping dining saloon on the ferry boat.
street southwest.
| o. win Won Give ma . s,.,.u,o,, n, ~s.,
know regarding the number Of passengers
allowed to be carried on the steamboat Wava.
set? 1 know nothing N INV own rnovI.d.o :
~. .,,,,a. M" :, " ,sn a,, y, my own knoNIeose.
was sNuhs IN tue once the day following the
disaster.
Q. In what oflcef A. In the Potomac Ferry
SayiIe had lust come over from Rs,,Imo,e III.
said he had seen an account of mis- tbIng in the
paper, and that he had been already 10 yisit
where his wife was, hut that he mai nnt tbat ~,
aud had come over here. lie was tnIting ahoni
what trouble no mad had TO Keen inc passsn 70 re-
on the Baltimore boats on excursions. lie said
not allow ell TO 10 on boarI. ia SAN somc m,n,s
wife would get aboard with the dinner basket
and he would be left on the wharf.
| q. You had better come 10 the conversation re,.
alive TO this pointf A, While ms conversation
was going on Mr.. sheckells was Ia the room. and.
! think, Mr.. ParEhurst. Mr. Sheckelis smoke IN
l u
heard considerable talk out here about Inc IVA.
waset being allowed to carry only nifty pas
that Is MISTAKE The Wswsset was ssp allowed 70
In reply to some other Gentleman M tne room" nI
do not know who-he said ~ recoliect Gedney
calling my attention to that mstake:" and |
nm no o nsr,.,n .noaSna naa been rectined"
rectined or NOT But bs sa,a ba nsa pee IN
tinctIy Of Gedney calling bis Attention In that
mis'ake, aud u was mistake.
,,S WI ivu unaerstoou nun positively TO state that
and nftyY A. Mr.. ShecteIs asrsd hin NJ III,
was so, aud he said, "No, IL Is q mlsiake"
| Wont say positively, or whether he said It was
hnndraI enn rt,s sue Whs showed 10 carry one
allowed 10 carry ouly nity and no a.,d ,sa, W.
a mistake; Int whether he s.iS n ~. ~. w M
| preston or said positively that it was IA son,a
| thing do nor Know ~. y, ,'i."iar , ~ soue
| to his answer for the reason maj / hal haa ~
| this Conversation. and sunnoseI wbatsv.r m.
| O. WHAT time of the Jav "a. that, A I,o,,,
| not say: Know II was before 10 n,riocr 'Nou''
Q. You cannot tell ina exact fins, M al,
| D. Was N before ia n,,incr ,n ~. ~ ~.
some w6ere-Iet me see: went a. klsnanar,a was an
before 10. know Il was before IL. "''"'' " was
Can't Won "am, .,sr W. ,ha h hn,, aug tweHey
Somewhere bat xeen iSose ,nra nJ MIL ~ MINK
g; DID You at any time yourself see the certl-
was thai 90. MA, Wiz, sne numoer OF passengers
read than yas I Ran v u sa.I a. have never
glancaa nvor ,ba, at ssa then, 70 , out Just
IN the unmIa s"e'A' anu eanhot say Anythlhy as
| O SnihinS ., ,o,, o.,, .,-,.,
.Irf ""s VI 'oui oNn hnoWleuseT \. NO,
o All Won r,ov NJ int. ,.,,.r =, ,,
sln,ni, t.om III" -, ts nnntet OF numbers Is
h"yy rum P "na' you heafu IN thls Conversation
80 u.s. s"'
| Testimopy OF n, n. IIox,i.op.
| Ss Uowtsnn sworn,
r. N, p""o' NH
~ n'' hose' v "here DO you reside7 A.
| reside In Alexandra, Va.
Q. What Is your occupation, A. I am presI-
| dent Of the Potomac Ferry Cnmnany
q Won da.I,a o. - sp''
ou uee.e 70 give statement In regard to
tne burning OF the Wawaset, understandf A.
rana Ia a.. ,.-,,a -. -. " ' uns N
ssrs aoWet 10 he ca,r y. 'ne humoer OF passen-
% We will he nisasnh ~ ~ 4
visn m staie ,bs, Can,ot neas youI a. mercy
general super,ntendent az nv Seaney, oeing me
me- : nr.c,ic., . a .. my company, and be-
matters, leave ali tnese IN Itters entirely AMI
exclusively to him. will state that on the occa.
| sion OF these papers coming over from usorge-
| Town, ne called my attention to manifest DIS
| cfepancy between the one he had aud the Gus
toni-house copy. told him to have 1t rectined
s soon rs ne saw sayllle. He called my stten-
| ZION 70 ". ulu not see the paper after IL came
| thein up, and brought them over. Knew the
Wawaset had increased her facilities for carry
| .ng passensers; anu mat the certificate allowing