Evening journal., 1890-09-09
GUILTY OF MurlNY.
Five Sailors Tried for Disobedience on m,
SchoonerAda Bailey.

rive Sailors Tried for Dfsobedience on the
schoonerAda Bailey.
The United States Court sat in the
Federal building, Sixth and King streets.
at 10 o'clock this morning wish Judge
Wales on the bench. The commission oi
Henry Q. Mahaffy as United States Mar
shall for Delaware was read The grand
jury was sworn with j. Parke Posties! as
| foreman and retired.
Lewis Pohl, Anton Nicholas. George
Lascan, Oscar Dedrickson aud August
Osterman, charged with mutiny on the
schooner Ada l.. Bailey on the Delaware
river, in July last, were brous ht into
court. the grand jury having found a
true bill against them. None of the
men, who are Greeks and Norwegians.
canld understand whether to plead guilty.
or not guilty, and the court decided that
they should be tried.
United States Shipping Commissioner
Henry johnson of Philadelphia, testified
to shipping the five men as seamen on
the above named schooner, on July z.
Inc customary contracts signed by the
men were offered in evidence. First
Mate Edward Plunney testified that the
men came aboard the schooner on July s.
and worked all night until
July ~, when they were ordered
to turn to, at o'clock that morning
They refused to do SO, some saving thai
they would not turn to" before thew
were given coffee, others saving thai
they were Christians aud would moi
work on Sunday. The captain asked
them. individual ly, to 60 to work. and
upon the refusal of each, the case was
reported to the U. s. Commissioner
John B. Adams, managing owner of the
schooner, testified to paying the men
advance wages. their contracts proyid-
ing that they should receive $50 per
month
Oscar Dedrickson, spokesman for the
sailors, made statement to the effect
that sailors were never obliged. on apv
boat, to perform an unnecessary duty On
SUNDAY. They had washed the decks
down on Saturday evening. 1t was Gus
tomary everywhere, he said, to give the
sailors coffee, when they were to perform
a stated duty before breakfast. We
were not asked to do any
thing else, and the refusal
TO do duty was not con.
tinued. We knew that unless we com
planned about coffee and Sunday duty
while in port, it would be useless to do
so at sea. We received no further
orders until the arrival of the officers. f."
District Attoi ley Cooper addressed the
jury, and in the course Of
bis remarks he stated that cases
OF this kind We're becoming FREQUENT
Sailors after receiving advance money
woHld work few days and before get. |
ting ont into sea, would refuse to work |
because they were cruelty treated or
some other excuse which Is not allowed |
by law, thinking that they would be re-
leased and allowed to ship
again in month, to re- |
peat the same proceedings. The |
jury returned after fifteen minutes de. |
liberation with a verdict of oguiltv y
The court stated that the extreme pen- |
atty for the offense was six months i'm. |
prisonment and forfeiture Of wares
In view Of the fact that you have al. I
ready been liz prison for two months.
the sentence Of the court is that YOU be
from now until October Is
Charles Mullin Of Wilmington hun
ired was fined $40 for contempt of court
u railing to appear after having been
summoned as juror. The petit Jurors
we're then discharged from any further
attendance at this term of court.