Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-13
THE oHssApHAKH ourRAar,.
The u. >. Grand Jury Suggests ThAt
Revenue Gutter ne Used.

MeNchuc outer He Used.
special from Baltimore SAYS; The
United STATES grand Jury OF this district
Monday considered the dredging ontTaoea
on the Chesapeake bay, and sent this ieifes
TO Judge Morris OF the United States district
court: 's'
The grand iury. inquest Of the United s,ateE. Al.
sire 20 call the attention q the court 10 te fnaiiv
board Of dredaiug vessels and VINO n anSss
tho pay on them 70 dredsa Tor Oysters during tho
fore US, IS well as those heretofore heard Nv the
hs Ts err sa s tSs oRG
!peans placed A. lis dsposal 70 make tho arrest II
presetment. made We therefore, bes 70 e nh a H.
Attenton o. tue court 70 this eta,e Of affairs aud
itisa 81 Washington TO this matter, and rsu,ies,
themtn place at the disposal of the marahn a. ihe
ne reen Of and to 6 used b " n,ed under
whensycr y may DO necessary TO execute the sum
Judge Morris, upon receiving the letter
said that he would at once send a COPY OF
the grand jnry's report to the Attorney
general at Washington and would ur1e
upon the authorities the need OF vessel 70
enable the marfhal to serve the processes
OF the court In this claes OF cases.
Gases OF cruel treatment continue TO be
reported to the United States authorities
I Yesterday William q. stickler an intaIlI.
gent lad OF II, testified before Commits.
sioner Bond that he had besn hafshly
treated while down the bay on board tia
oyster boat r. Rasmussen, Jr,, which he
said worked In connection with the u.
Beachamp and the Mark Stevens, COM
manded by Captains "rnt, and NED
Beaehamp and John Wallace. Htickler said
be worked In 1885 for the Buckingham
Club In New York. Being out OF loo, he
came to Baltitnore aud while down near the
wharves was asked to 10 down the baV
oystering. The man told him that tnen
always did the rough work and the boys,
like himself, got a soft berth, chilling
oysters. He consented TO go at Si2 d
month. He said that dredging generally
began after sunset, and from the flfst he
was kicked and eufYed about by the captain
and mate. On one occasion "Tutn Ben
champ took the quilting hammer ont of his
hand and struck him with II several times
and kicked him all over the deck. Tho
men were not allowed to go ashore for fear
they would get away and at night the small
boats were kept locked. Ono stormy night
the colored man, with himself, tried to get
In one OF the boats to get away. but the
boat WAS upset. He did not know that
anybody had seen them, but the next day
Captain Wallace, after kicking them around
the deck, tied them all up by the thumbs
20 the boom end then hoisted the boom.
Theywers kept hanging about four minutes,
he thought, but at the time It eeemed four
hours. After that, as he couldn't work, on
account OF his thumbs, he was put ashore at
Magotny. with only rs cents In his pocket.
He walked to Baltimore. He also told the
commissioner about one OF the men who
was drowned In trying to escape from the
boats. This complaint of Stlckler served to
corroborate the story Of John Steiner, the
German. who made complaint on December
9th, of which Sticklar had evidently heard
nothing, as he expressed surprise when the
commissioner told him he had heard tho
story before from another man. Siickier
supplies the names OF the alleged offenders,
which Steiner, VINO has no knowledge oil
Engllsh, could not do.