The Portland daily press., 1890-03-18
"rLL DASH YOUR BRAINS OUT"
Lieutenant Ingersoli Apparently
Copied His CAPTAINS Manner.
Another Chapter In the Voyage Of
the Corvette Enterprise.
One Witness Who Was So Fright
end That He couIdn't Testify.

New YORK, March 17-The sixth dav Of
the naval court of inquiry, which is inyesti
eating Commander McCalla of the corvette
Enterprise, was ushered In by the calling Of
Paymaster's Clerk VIM. @. Waldman. Ar
morer Kennedy, Private Kelly and Serpt.
Calkins. Judge-Advocate Gorst asked each
man whether he had anycomplaint to make
and each replied in the negative. Sergt. Gal
lagher then came and made some corrections
in his testimony, as did also Sergt. Monroe.
Sergt Isaac Calkins was the first witness.
He is now stationed at the Boston Navy
Yard. He served on the Enterprise from
September 80, 1887 to December 6, 1889. He
was then master-at-a rms The witness re-
lated the Walker incident, and corroborated
the general storyHs published. after the
captain struck Walker" he said, "he or
dered bucket Of water brought l found
bucket of soapy water on the foTecastle
deck and brought it aft.
"Don'tuse that" said Lieut.. Ingersoll,
tits lime water"
81 went to the gangway and got bucket
of salt water. | handed it to the captain,
and he threw it in Walkers face. Walker
acted as though he was crazy"
Witness related the case of one Fitzgerald
aid, who came on board drunk, He was or
dered to put Fitzgerald in irons, but the lat
ter resisted. Witness then, by order of
Lieut.. ingersoll, shackled his feet to the
"Three men took the catamaran at Rouen
and jumped the ship. They were ir0ned to
ring bolts. At Kronstadt, Russia, lot Of
men went ashore for target practice, and
loaded themselves oftener than their guns.
They were all brought in during the night
and ironed together. One seaman named
Quinn weighed about so pounds. He said he
, could whip M any man aboard. We gave him
At Oran, Stettin and other places, the wit
ness said, it was the same crowd that was
always in irons. Zone man jumped the
ship and in attempting to get back was
''Do you know of any other cruel treat
ment or harsh words being used"
II was cursed several times by officers my
SELF"
1t looks queer to outsiders that lie was not
asked to give details. Witness saw Lieut..
Mulllgan strike boy once more. At st.
petersburg gang of men came aboard and
Lieut. lngerSOll said:
What did you come back for, you-?"
'Don'tcall me a -" said Norris, one
of the men.
"Lieut. Ingersoll then took a Delaying pin
from the rail, and, branishing 1t, cried: "If
you don't go forward I'll dash your brains
out The men went forward.
JIdge-Advocate Grrst cautioned the SER
geant not to give details in any case against
Lieut.. IngersOll.
The witness also related the Meyer Incl
dent and corroborated testimony previously
taken.
Armorer Kelly was called next. He was
the man who was soundly rated by the cap
tain for accidentally discharging revolver.
He was plainly too frightened to talk Boat
swain's Mate George G. Ross, one of the men
who were confined in a strait-jacket. was
next brought into court. Ross said he de-
served what he got. He got drunk on duty.
lie was in the strit-iacket only one night