Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-08

with this, the loss Of blood and the shock
Of the cold vs. &c had driven me entirely
ous Of my bead
After that l remember nothing until
two days later. The men, however, told
me thst after lost consciousness the
ships doctor Wss ordered 70 give ne soue
thing to quiet NE. Tee men also showed
me bloooy tarpsuiirs tia, had been put
under me Sfter ths captain cut me down,
and told ne thst ire chips deck looked
like n slaughter house. After became
conscious the first thing remember was
that the Doctor was puupiDg beef tee into
10y stomach. / vas 50 weak from loss Of
blood and from not having been able tc
take food that bad hardly got 10 the TOP
gallant foTecsstle before had spssRl and
fsieted. Then Capt. MeCAlls or tbs first
officer, dom know whieS, ordered s can
vas strait jacket made for me and was
put ia il WAS in this FOR thirty nights
Every day I Was released, ard though l
still had fits Wss forced to do nay work.
At night the strait icket was put on me
and laced up so tight that l could not
sleep.
"AtOut the end Of the thirlieth night,
gheu / wa tnrued TO-, gOirg 20 work one
Sunday morning, was put 10 scrubaing
the fronts Of boilers, and, heirg very near
IL dead from loss Of sleep, l cfAIled up
into the coal bunker. l bad been there
about two hours, fast aslsep. when was
discovered, dragged ont and brought on
deck. Commander MeCalla thee called
me a dirty hog, and told ths 1asser-at-
Arms 10 take me out and scrub NE.
'sTne Naster-at- Arms took NE away
from, the ship we were at Cronstadt At
the time-and let me wash my own face
When l sra brought back on board l was
tried up in the port rigging for eight
hours. when was taken down | was pat
with 8 ear 2 Of men who hsd broken lib
ertv in Cronstadt and wss made to march
M and down the deck and take the same
uruishment they toOk, though had moth
iog II ali 20 DO with their Otfspse.
WAfsr thsse men had all been released l
Was each n'gat put 10 mons t,r sixty to
seventy nights, and was made 10 sleep on
der the iopgallant forecasts on the deck
blanks withou. anything to cover myself
and during 81 that time l Tss not permit
ted TO rest IL my hammock. l; took near
Iy three months TO recover from The cut
tirr down and the shose | hsd received.
When 1 sot straight The officers were al
against ne. IL look d 10 ne as If they had
sll been set upon lie aud author zed to
torture me GO as 20 compel ne 10 leave the
shin l bad had such a c'ose call for
death that l tacucht e-3 bl.tSr leave
Bat inside o. ny MUD 70 mako The Osss
Of it snd 70 % sll oolld Ia ea'n bstser
treatment They would not lot me though,
ard I vas foally forced 20 run away for
fear Of beIog killed.
"Oaly ihs day before / Tao away Lieut..
Lemlsy ordered the sergeant Of marines 20
shake ne ID AID show ms a rope. be
had ordered rough treatment for me be
fore. The officers Of the ship were suxious
to have me desert, and the captain gave
me all the money hsd ON the ship's
books a. varioas poTIs, thinking Hould
20 each lime. did not 10. and although
I did not break my liberty at any tine l
wa treated badly for coming back, when
othsr men were punished for staying
,wsv. After a year Of this l was simply
iorced 10 run away from the life Of tor
nent hsd 10 lead, aud az Southampton,
10 the ship"
Commander McCALLA has already adj
nitted enough to prove his guilt and brand
iina "a oas Of the mes. cOwsrdly iyrants
N earth.
A pocr sailor, nanacled to n RuD, with
rons on his ls g and bis hands chained be
lind him, utterly helpless; man wearing
he unitorm Of a commander in the United
States Navy, sword in hand, slsshiDg his
lsfsnseless sailor Ike a butcher and then
pouring 81, watsr in bis wounds.
That is the picture thst rivals any that
Russian Siberia can show.
This case coming on top Of that OF
Trooper WILD would seem to show
.hnt DOR military and naval services need
looking into.
1t is said that the courtm'risl will
wbitewesh McCALLA. The President Of
the Uoitsd States should SEE that It does
rot. This blscS stain mast not remain on
our Navy.