St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-14

the rules of the navy. He did not think
the officers of the ship were derelict in
their duty. At CrOnstadt much
LIQUOR WAS SMUGGLED ABOARD,
and men became drunk OH duty. 1t
was the worst offense q man could
commit. A number Of the crew sent
ashore for target practice got drunk and
threw away their arms. A seaman
named Sutherland attempted to Jump
overheard to escape punishment. lie
was stopped by members of the crew.
The Enterprise was not as clean a ship
as some ships the witness had been in.
He thought the men had too much
liberty. At Plymouth liberty was given
to thirty men at | o'clock in the morn.
ing. DR.. G. G. HerndOn was the next
witness. He is the surgeon of the
Enterprise. He told of the cutting
down Of Walker. A little be-
fore midnight he went on deck and
was told that Walker had been cut by
the commander. The witness dressed
the wound on Walkers head, about an
inch and nalf long. Later the man
became noisy and was given some NOR
phine. This was repeated at = o'clock.
Witness did not see the gag in the
mouth OF Walker. The treatment the
man received was the best that could be
given him after he was wounded. The
wound was not dangerous. The witness
said no stitches were required to bind
Walkers wound. '.What was Com
mander McCalla's bearing as TO treat
mept of the officers and crew." asked
Lawyer ChOate. "IIe treated them
with every courtesy" the witness an
swered. The surgeon said the sanitary
condition of the ship was good; as good
as the average Of all naval vessels.
Assistant Paymaster John A. Mudd
testified that at the time of the Walker
incident the ship was in a very quiet
condition; that
SUDDENLY A ROW AROSE
in the engine room, and Lieut.. Muligan
ordered it stopped. Walker came on
deck and spoke in an insOlent manner
to the latter officer. The commander
struck Walker three times. the first
blow being light, and the others were
severe.
In cross-eXamination the witness said
he did not think Walker was very
drunk; in fact, he was not sure that
Walker was drunk. He thought it was
necessary to discipline Walker, as the
men might want TO take charge of the
ship. He was glad to see McCalla re-
duce Walker to submission by cutting
him down. Things were getting seri-
Gus. In his opinion there were only two
things for the commander to do; first
to quiet Walker, and next to assert his
authority. This he did at the right
time. That night after everything
was all right he was surprised to see
Walker with his head bandaged.
Assistant Engineer f. NJ. Bennett next
took the stand. He said the first case
of cruelty that he noticed was that OF
Assistant Oiler Thomas Whalen. At
launch to which Whalen was detailed.
and the launch was disabled. He
WAS PLACED IN IRONS,
and later had to shovel coal and had his
rating reduced. Another case was that
of ArmOrer Kennedy, who was cursed
on deck by the commander and relieved
from duty for the accidental dis charge
of q revolver. He saw Walker the
morning after he was cut down. Walker
was lying on deck covered with an old
tarpauin, and had basin with bloody
water and rags near him. He knew Of
Swaglich being kept for some days in
straight-jacket, and also knew OF men
having sheen dashed to Jacobs ladder.
Under crOSS-eXaminatiOn witness said
he saw Walker at Southampton in 1889.
ullOl lIlc uCoCi llOl' w ulhtI IOlu MIN
he was sorry for having deserted, and
laid the blame for doing so on Lieut..
Lemly. During the cruise witness sat
on large number of court martials.
The witness was asked if he had writ
ten, or caused TO be written, any state.
ment relative to the cruise, and the
court went into executive session to de.
termine whether or not he should an
SWer the question. ii decided that he
need not. MIR. ChOate said he wanted
to prove by the witness that there was
a conspiracy to iniure the commander.
and unless certain letters that witness
had written were produced lie could not
gain the necessary information. The
court ruled that his private corresponds
ence
WOULD FAVE FULL PROTECTION
Ill. X. White. lieutenant of marines,
was the next witness. He had been
fourteen months on the Enterprise. but
was not able, he said, to tell anything
relative to the ship, her officers or her
crew. Chief Engineer EntWiStlG had 4
general knowledge of the punishment
administered by Commander McCalla
Oh the Enterprise, and cOrTObOrated
previous witnesses in statements about
straight Jackets, etc. Ensign q. w.
Kline said he knew Of ten or twelve
men to be chained in pairs and made to
march on the quarter deck for hours.
He said the commander seldom if ever
Investigated complaints made by the
officers. He said he was friendly, not
hostile to the commander, but was not
grateful for the treatment he received
from him.