New-York tribune., 1873-06-21


coffee made him sick; too sweet for hmi "t made mo
SICK aud ~ von."
Q. lie said 1t vas 100 sweet for hint A. Us; that
was ala j used s0 maAe III for hip ald tea ho sal
ho AN t1ng l&c The coffee ho took on comns
board
q. bid he Say arythng to you about anybody having
poisoned him 4. When something was Ihe matter
viii. ais head, ana he was hanOoing aud talking. he
spoke of ,aneb,dy having poisoned lin hut ouy when
hc wac crazy.
O. D. yol believe anybody bad pois sJnci him a.
No; I cd not believe it
@. Did Capt. Hat lave any Qnauelf A. No quarrel
that know 0f
Q. YoI were With him every day wmio sicH' A. hos'
ST.
o. Yoa never heard him accuse anybody OF having
uoisnn ,a hin except when dchriousi \. No.
a. Dii Cpt Han speak to Won after ms nrst sickness
REGARDING iis lccnGsi A. Capt Hall told me after bis
ars sickness that his stomach was all right, ana thought
be wou.d better
O. Did no toll you anything about his raporsi A. o,
yes lo To take Of the papers, get them home
ana give them to the Secretary; II anything had hap
pene to the ecreLry, to give them to SOM one elSei
auor Hls doath toiI Capt BalLugon OF this charge
several taos he Sail lao wound gave them 10 mo by
auJ-bv,
o We're you with him when he dlpdi 4. Y's, Sir.
u How was he when he diedi A. Very bali woud
loOo; he wanted Capt Buddngton TO come up stairs;
J0a cot up; all the rest got up; did not know us them
he Thought be- was dreamingi / asked what no was
abot; DC dId not what be was slyinr be l"okei
az and wanted to know where HANNAH was; d.d not
know then, tn shp came south, Joe was hunting
AMI rcMul-d Oh board.
q DO YOU think the ship all night now A. o. yes;
Is saie isis ia very good place there are 10 ice
bcrcs thee. they behind little iland taey VIII
be able 70 z5t ont 10 tie summer tino
O. Do yuu thiuk they nave plenty Of prov sonsi A.
o. yes E'qumauK there; they eau hunt for Iresn
meat Esg come 20 them Gs soon a. the Ice Is
nadc We ).tcd % this cake OF ice We wcro On II
nearly 1yi 1vntls then v3 Travelled from piece 10
ptact.
@. Who 7'4. IN command Of the party on the icei A.
Nobody.
@. Was nJ Capt. Tyson In commanii A. Well, he
did have lac could not control thom; ne tired
to 30 ever, he could; he was sool man. We have
known him good many years; he tried TO 40 every
thing for Il. best: sometimes they woIlI not mind
him / SOFT, aud Joe very too; some time little pro
visions leit; ust before we were taken Of about
week. we teht were going to starvo. hut the bear
saved u.s. tl btIT across the p2Ck-ce; be smelt
the seals, tae people; Joe chased him; he m'n LAID
dOwu uIt %. sl-n; these animals somrimes ~ "ut on
ht ice iu thai way have seen L~qui u1uS 'rIZy some
times; no docyor; OF us take care OF him; some
times uou, aud sometimes vononi don't know what
MAKES &C.
TESTIMONY OF FREDERICK MYET.
Q When yop up 40 thai l%Ieai point, you know
that you passed Repase HArb,ri A. BY the dead reck-
onng W. knew VIVA course We steercl from the highest
point get 20 pUse bay, aud tlat was 10 nc sJdth-
ward and eastward; there could be no mistake about
It, for there was northern current the current and
the sweep carried us so1thwar5 AM there could ne no
mistake i'm tc reckoning tccouut OF current when
Capt. Hall turned 90 tho ship alter his sledge
journey, Ec planned about sickness ID the bowels,
aId went TO bco. &c complained as soon as he came
home; the NIX. day no was found paral.z on the
left sidc he ained in ts sate for three days. then
he got The his limos again. and got little hettcfi
soon aftcrvarC became delriOus, ~ remained So
more or less i lc died he died two weeks after hls
return. toe l, ,u hoard stated chat 1t Was case
% applies. 20 un ierstaud, % va, ap lpleXy
from On. t.., i. " paralyzcd three days, l know
from actla. arvan - he dcd and Vas buried on
the shore SOU sas tho anchorage OF the ship about
half 4 lnIle. a sina Aog sct up 20 mark tue |
place o.. h.s .ormCut az the time iUthu- else could
be put up; tl, OlO frozen 5o :. AM 1t with
great difficult tncv could dg into the grouud the |
place was ou marked with small nIg at the time, |
with the intention to rePaoo It by board
the Summer Ia that was done afterward.
car. HALLS SICKNESS.
O. How SOU s yDp sec Capt, Hall after he returned
from his slrigo 80 ..lavf 1le shore there is very
ow and we couf rive observatory 10 the ship,
and could -cc anv ra-soD sing from the ship to the
Observatory. og to '-e shiri We saw Cant Hall
aud party Ic;lr..i.,. met nim nall way between
the obscryat5ly a ~. 30, had some conversation
with him; 40 lJ. know whether ans body Sas with him
then; believe Capt r. 7on, bat l am not certain;
somebody was with him, nut could
not say 40 It was; the conyer-
saton was sucI az is usual asked BIN how he felt
snd was LaUpy % bm TACK he told me az the time
that he iot yey well; a.torWarl came back to the
ship ard found Mr. Morton busy IN getting Capt Hall
20 bed he bad already complained about being SICK and
while wac test le wont 70 p-d. then returned TO the
Observatory az we nad regular witches then. and
10y watch Icsd, only heard he sick at his
bowels wlel came on board every time came on
board ship saw him. because lived in tho same cabin
Dr.. Bcssels pud the engineer, schumann, and
The steward md cook slept there also had only one
conversation with CAPT. y 1ll while he SICK that
vas after be became delrous; daring the time that he
was delrious he had the idea that somebody intended
o murder ll AMI he accused iJ his deliriOns talk
ne son after another Of irvi such intention; was
very busy most OF The tInr. hrapr Dr. Bessels had TO
stay on boar1 aud at"n "a Can. H. and so had the
whole labor 1t Inc oD,e-gasl 7'if Mr.. Bryan only
attended " the astronomical observations; Capt Hall
called TO his d-iGe and aid that be knew that some
persons on board tho shin intended to k him, aud he
wanted me 70 stand ny DIE side hc did not mention any
name at that time, but M different times he msntioned
most OF the persons b.tri; he was iusensble the
first three day he ScA which think was caused
by paralysis and he did not k for the last hours
either before he died, understand the only
sation ever had with him after he sick was waat
have stated ne did not mention any names then.
sUsPICIoNs OF MURDER.
Odd you at any tune hear him assuse anybody OF |
an intention to murder him A-Yes, sir; when / was
about the cabin could hear him person might be
attending to him, sitting by his SIDE and he would be
talking very pleasantly. and al of q sudden he would
say: What Is tins b'ue smoke what is that there
ali blue3" He thought 1t poisonous vapors, he |
said
O. Did you ever hear him anybody TO other |
peoplei When one sitting by hin would he speak |
of other peopei A. Yes. Sir he would accuse other
people and the protection Of the sitting by his