The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-18
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mlansnnB tue question was uluofonty
5"Did you not youch for him as a competet.
pilot from sleubenyllle to Darlington 2, 81
Witness said be had at one time, with
Others: He employed him as pilot shortly
1868. n ji5ii a + - =
lie HAS NOT EMPLOYED lliN As PILOT aEou.
WI 4ai LARLY y y,
on the Maud g., or John Tomas, though he
was Oh both boats by his request. Mr.. lfolE.
man was the regular pilot OF the Lomus In
her trade between Wheeling and Martins
Ferry. lie considered Long the pilot IN
charge OF the boat on her excursion trim on
the Fourth. He considered him skillful
and competent pilot or he would not have
been there. The LOInas did not run In her
regular trade on tho fifth or sixth. On the
nth the boat was Uttered up and needed
cleaning, and on the next two days the Gu.
ginner was sick. On that evening u little
excursion was taken up tue river, but Long
was not aboard. Witness was asked il in the
time the boat was Idle ho had not executed a
mortgage on his boat, and replied that he
didn't know but he did" lie had also
made a mortgage on his property ut
Martins Ferry TO Gray 4 Smith, OF 1.-THE Com.
mercial Bank Martins Ferry. The Smith
OF this firm was Captain Hiram W. Smith,
who had testified In the case. This testimony
was objected to oil the grounds TINT It was
irrelevant, but Mr.. Doyener explained his
object, TO show that the testimony OF Cant.
Smith was that OF n directly Interested per.
son; also that Capt. lnslebrlght showed, by
making tho mortgages thut lie believed or
at lcast feared that he would be responsible
pccunlarily for the ace ident. MIR. Gray re.
ssponded that the mortgages were demanded
by the creditors, ind the Captain Ind moth.
Ing to do but give them. lie also cited the
evidence OF Smith, to show that
IT Din NOT EXHIBIT ANY HAS,
ny 1t sometimes VA 8 more In favor OF the
Sci0to than the Lomas. 81
Tho witness continued that the mortgage
given to Gray & Smith secured between ST..
100 and 81 $50. The mortgage to his father
was for 5000. A portion Of this sum was
borrowedto help pay for the Tomas.
There had been some complaint lodged by
the Little Anna's officers against Long for
occaslonng collision. lie had had two
collisions with that boat In one day when
Long was IN the pilot house. lie gave an
account OF two Others. One Of. these occur.
red the day after Long got his license, and
the other the fourth day utter. In the first
case, il Long had not stopped the Little
Anna would have gone TO the bottom Of the
river. 80
"Yes. and II Capt. Seamon had not come
out with shot gun and said he would blow
his head or II he ran into him he would not
have stopped, would her,
The witness admitted that some such an
occurrance did take place. In the other
case the Anna had attempted to pass the Lo.
mas on the shore side and he toll!
Long to crowd her to the shore, which he
did. Capt. lnglebright had no knowledge OF
conference between some OF the paSseil.
gers oil the Tomas, IN which they compared
notes rs to what they should testify, and one
man said he would swear In any court In
Chflstendom that five minutes elapsed be.
tween the Tomas first signal and the Sci
0tOs response. Others made the time two
or three minutes, and one gentleman took out
his watch and called their attention TO how
long minute was.
Have you heard OF amy such confer
ence" Mr.. Gray asked Dovener.
"fes; and when one OF your witnesses
comes OH the stand will prove it"
In answer 10 n question by Mr. Gray, Capt.
lnglcbrisht sad that had the Scioto answered
the lomas' first blast with one blast, and
stcered accordingly, there would have been nc
No'isioui Cuiiislul NUulu HnVe Deeu I'M
possible. lie also said that descending yes
sci could within G0O feet Of the bend above
the collision see boat approaching within
that distance below the bend.
SAMUEL CAMILLE,
OF Moundsville, was called by Mr.. Cracrait,
He keeps the St Cloud hotel. He said TIM,
Pilot Keller. OF the Scioto, came 10 his house
on the Fourth Of July, ind came back
through the hall 10 the kitchen door and
asked for the proprietor of the house.
Gamble told him lie WIS the man, and Keller
said he was drowsy und would like to have q
drink; that his name was Keller and he was
the pilot Of the Scioto. Gamble told him he
had nothing but n little birch beer, and
Keller said he did not care for that, and
after some other remarks about the weather;
left.
Being asked II they allowed them 10 sell
liquor at Moundsville. he said, ave do sell
it whether they allow us or not"
This was the last witness examined and
ut The conclusion of his brief testimony, the
investigation was adjourned till . 4. ~, TO-
day.