The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-25
CRUELTY AFLOAT.
Outrageous Treatment of Ships Mate
by His Captain-Forty-N ine Days in
Irons.

November Is, 1888, forty. nine days In
irons" in letters an inch and q half In
length, carved with q piece Of tin on the
bulkhead Of the lazaret on board the ship
Northern Light, explains the sufsrings
which the terribly emaciated victim of the
inscription was compelled to undergo on a
tempestous voyage Of about sixty Ave days.
Early Tuesday morning the American ship
Northern Light, Captain Joshua Slocum,
from Manila, via Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, entered this harbor making signals
of distress, and the revenue cutter Grant
responded Capt. Slocum hurrisdly came
ashore, and made his way to United States
Commissioner Shields Office, where
HE MADE AN AFFIDAVIT
TO the effect that on September 30 Henry
Arthur Slater attempted to shoot VIM.
McQuade with pistol. The Captain sub.
mitted to Assistant District Attorney Eos.
ter in support Of his charge, the log OF the
ship, which set forth frequent arrests of
men during the voyage for nutiny and In.
subor dination, and after glancing over 1t,
Gen. Foster remarked:
'Why, Captain, you must have had
hell atloat, judging from your log"
Eyes, that's so, replied Capt. Slocum,
81 have had trouble all along"
A warrant was issued and Deputy Mar
shall Bebel was
SEMITIC AlnusT SLATER.
81 am native OF Rhode Island, and al.
though am only 20 years old have been
following the sea for fourteen years. My
father has also been In the merchant SER
vice and In the American navy, but now
lives in retirement in Boston. | arrived at
Port Elizabeth In the British bark Lord
Tredegar from Port Adelaide, as first mate,
but wishing to 60 home, and the Northern
Ligh. being in port, shipped on her as
second mate. Soon after leaving port
overheard Capt. Slocum say to the chief
officer that he would rather have had
Dutchman in my place, as he did not like
that American chap | felt instinctiyely
that there would be dlscord during the voy.
age. All went smooth until September,
26, eleven days out Of port, when gave the
uren
SOME ORDERS IN THE RIGGING,
and while they were being executed the
captain came up and asked me why I did
not obey his orders. had not heard hin
give any orders, and a worldly conflict en-.
sued, when the captain called me by filthy
name and said 81 will knock your id
brains out" at the same time striking me
on the head with some instrument, cutting
my left cheek and temple. That same
evening was preparing for supper when
the captain said, 81 don't want you In that
cabin any more. Keep your id carcass
out Of that cabin
AM AN OFFICER
on board Of this ship, Captain I said,
and occupy room. You can send me to
my room.' To which he replied: Take
your things forward In the forecastle. l
will soon see about this then went for
ward and the first mate came to put me In
irons, but l objected, saying l have done
nothing to merit 1t and that would not 60
aft, as feared treachery. On October II l
was too Ill to work and the Captain forced
me on deck. where | was surrounded by
the first and third mates, the carpenter and
captain. The latter told Mitchell, the first
mate, to put the irons on me. Il do not
deserve this, Captain ! cried, and ran
back towards my quarters, when the cap.
tain pulled his revolver and
SAID WITH AN OATH,
put two pa irs Of irons on him and put
chain around him. A chain Of ninety
links, each of which weighed half pound,
was riveted on my right ankle and to the
ring bolt on the deck until 3 O'Clock In the
afternoon, when was removed to q box
which the captain had ordered made In the
lazaret. 1t was five feet long, four feet
wide and four feet high. In this hole,
without light, l was kept chained from
October until yesterday. During all OF
this time | was out of the box only four
hours, to admit Of Its being cleaned. Dur.
ing the first week was given one sea.bis.
cult, or cracker, and some water day,
and after that got two biscuits a
day.
FIRED TWICE AT NE,
but neither shot took effect. I had no soon.
er got into the forecastle than the first and
third mates and came with cutlasses and re.
volvers and brought me aft on the poop
deck, where the mate put the irons. The
captain shouted, that's not enough, taxa
them off and put bis hands behind his
back and put two pairs on was taken
under the half deck, four feet high.
Through some defect In the irons man.
aged to free myself during the night and
went to my room. But on the following
day, at 9 o'clvk, was again surrouncd BY
the officers, with cutlasbes and revolver,
and the captain
IgELT TOO ILL TO EAT
anything on October 10, and the mate gave
me dose Of something which purged me
so that was 10 a emi.conseious condition
for five days. had been keeping track Of
the days by marking on the bulk. head with
a piece Of tin, which Frank, who brought
me my rations, gave TO me after the attack.
He told me was Ave dap behind In m,
count. was 10 weak that ~ bsd to holA
Nhe water to ny MOUTH