The Evening critic., 1882-12-14
NEwooMR, THE NATURALIST,

OF the Jeanette Expedition. Tcsti-
nes Hcf0rc the Board Of IuvcstIga-
tion To-Day.
1t was II o'clock day before the reading o
Nor6s testimony of yesterday was concluded
Ninderman and yoros were I'm the room dur
Ing the reading. Raymond II. Nowconb was
then sworn. He said he rated as seaman on
tho Jeanette, but his special duties were
those OF n naturalist and tnxidermlst. He
toined the Jeanette at Mare Island In July,
1870. He had no statements 90 mako OF the
condition or OF the management and loss of
the Jeanette, nor Of the arrangements made
for the
Retreat from the Wreck,
nor Of the efforts Of the officers to did those In
different boats.
The witness was asked whether he had any
Individual charge to make under any head
against any one connected with the oxpedi-
tion, the condition OF the ship, the general
conduct OF the party, &c. His answer was, " I
have none"
In behalf OF
The Lntc Jerome j. Collins
the witness was then cross-examined. He
knew nothing of any trouble between Dc Long
and Collins. He was asked what Collins had
said TO him on the subject. The Judge.Advo.
cate objected TO the question as likely TO bring
out hcarsay evidence and the court was
cleared.
When the open session was resumed It was
announced that the objection was sustained.
The witness was asked II he had not had
This was objected TO by the Judge-Adyocate
on the ground OF lrrelevancy.
The objection was sustained.
The witness, In answer to n question con.
cerning the
Loss of Collins Notes.
said he knew Of no notes beyond n large Jour
nal which Collins kept, and which went down
In the ship. In the. opinion OF the witness
Collins t had every every right to rescue his Journal
"whnt did Collins say to YOU" tho witness
was asked, "whon you showed him your note.
book, as to what he proposed to do when he
reached landT
This was objected to by the Judge.Advocate,
who claimed that II would be hearsay owl.
dence, and the objection was sustained.
The witness was then asked whether he had
not had
Trouble with ChicEEugInccr NIc!-
Vile
after reaching tho Lem Delta. Tho question
was objected to and the objection was sus-
tained.
The witness, in answer to questions, said
that he had no knowledge that the retreat was
at any time delayed by De Dong feignlng sick.
ness. He said It seemed TO him, though, that
the time occupied in reaching and staying at
Bennett Island might have been used In max
Ing way south.
He could not say whether tho delay ut Ben.
nett leland 10 repair the boats was necessary
or not, as he was not able TO judge, not having
examined the condition OF the boats. He could
not say what induced the commanding officer
TO delay the retreat In order TO land on Bennett
Island. During their stay at Januavealak, no
party OF any size could have been sent In
search OF the first and second cutter, owing to
the physical condition Of the men. Lieutenant
Danenhower made one trip, but witness did
not know how far ho proceeded. He remom-
bered that Danonhower attributed his failure
TO the bad condition of the Ice.
The witness had never had any experience
in the Arctic regions prior to Joining tho Jean =
nette Expedition, and the only opportunities
he had OF observing the amount OF food on
board, the condition OF tho men, boats, etc.,
while travelling over the ice were tho same ma
those that might have been afforded to any
person OF ordinary observation. As naturalist
OF the expedition he was not SO well qualified
TO observe matters referred TO so closely as his
commanding of1lcer.
In response TO other questions about Collins
the witness said that Mr.. Collins was respect.
ful toward the other officers. The crew
treated Mr.. Collins with tho respect due an
oflcer, and he In turn, as compared with the
other officers, was respectful toward the crow.
Tho witness had no personal knowledge Of any
trouble between the officers Of the Jeannette
and Mr.. Collins.
AT this point Lieutenant Richard Vain.
wright, U. =. " who was present In the room,
asked permission TO be allowed to ask the wit
ness few questions on statements mentioned
In letter, which he submitted TO the court
Hc made the request
On Behalf OF Lieutenant Danen.
hover,
who had written the letter TO Commodore