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

Sailor JOHN +. MALAEki late OF VIC
U. S. S. Enterprise, the victim Of the grCss
brutality and iuhumBn treatment fer
which Commander MCCALLA Is 10 be
court martialed, has been found and
has made sworn statement Civ
ing an account Of the whole
affair. IfWALKSR, who is described a. 3
man with a frank and honest face, is not
psriurer Commander MCCALLA should
not only be summarily disnissed from the
service, bat severely punished BY imPris-
onmeni, Il is q tale q unhssrd Of brutal
ity and cowardly tyranny that is dis
srscs to the United States Navy, which
eanno. be wiped cut too quickly or teo
clean.
WALKERS story Is, that be was request
ed by one Of bis mates to stard watch for
another sailor, who wss drunk, to prevent
biz condition becoming known 10 the Of
6eers He consented. The drunken man
was making a great oise. An Cfi,sr put
his head down the haichwsy and asked
who was On watch. WALKER replied 1t
was be, and the officer accused him Of be-
inc drunk on watch, and ordered him for
ward and put in irons. He was double
ironed to a gun and his hands chained
behind him. At this time Commander
McCA1LA came aboard. WALKER tells
what followed in these words;
He wanted to know what was the mat
ter. Lieut.. Mulligsn said that had been
drunk below and raised distui bince
He also said that he had ordered me
brought on deck, and tina. l bad resisted
having irons put on me. l said; Mr..
McCalls, let me explain TO you. want
Al proys that / am not drunk. Mr.
Drsper came out cato the engine-roon
platiorm q half hour sgO aud asked II
was on watch. said, Eyes, cir, F" and be
told me to call all the FIST division at 1
o'clock, as we were to get the nfes ready
10 gst under way
'sThis was q true statement Of what had
happened. Mr.. Drspar bad asked me II
I MAS on watch and had given the order
for the first division to be called, saying
that we were to sail early in the morning
Mr.. Draper had hardly gone away when
Mr.. Mulligan put his head down tie hatcn
and wanted 10 known who was on watch
1 answered him, and after asking II n was
j who was talking be accused me OF being
drunk. This all happened within twenty
FIVE minutes.
II was trying to explain all this TO
Cant MeCslia. bat he was drunk himself
having iuat come from q ball ashore. de
Maid no attention to what l said, but or
dered the officer Of the watch 20 cut me
down. His order was not 0beyed, and
Cant NcCalla sent bis orderly for bis
sword. At this time / was chained hand
and foot 70 a 9-inch gun in the starboard
gapgway. near the starbOaTd ladder. The
irons were the latest pattern Of prison
shackles, with spring locks, three pairs OF
them being on ms-ohe pair on NY legs
another on my hands and another chain
ing me TO the gun.
capt. McCAllA shouted. 'SsaDd clear
while cut him down he then walked
behind me. was chained in such posi-
ton that could not see what he was do
ing. he dealt me a terrible blow on the
back of the head. My cap had fallen OF
and the blow cot deep into my head
Blood instantly began to ioI in a torrent
down the back of my neck.
"'You should be proud OF this, l said,
after he struck me; you sre splitting the
blood Of 3 gO'd Southerner. As said
this Capt. McCalla ordered the marines
standing by to gag me, and one Of them
put his bayonet in my mouth and tied 1t
behind wits a piece Of hemp. l did not
curse McCalla, but after was gagged ne
struck N q second and third blow. As be
slruek the second time First Lieut.. lugst-
soll called ont, For Gods sake, don't Kill
tbe man. and turned his head away 50 as
not to see. As Capt. McCalla struck again /
and brought me to my knees 1 heard some
ID INV mates forward shout, NO" you
have done it, to the Captain.
"sYes,' surg out McCalla- Then ne
added speaking 10 the watch, Get that
man the =, and l will do him the
anne way.' The officer OF the watch ran
forward 10 get the man, bat he had got
away. Before 1 became unconscious the
captain orderd the msster-at-arms to bali
up salt water. As the buckets were
drawn up and plscsd on deck Capt. NC
Gala himself took them and threw tne
water on me. By The time be finished