The Portland daily press., 1893-07-20

| and then IOllOWeu HIN up ana KlCked
him. He said that while the captain
was kicking him the second mate struck
him, Three times he tried to get away
from the captain, and was knocked
down every time. Then the captain said
to him as he lay on the deck, ssWhy
don't you get up?"
because you won't let me. You
keep kicking me-"
.'Get up" said the captain, 81 won't
kick you again.
| Then the captain allowed him to get
up. but said to him with an oath ''I'll
kill you yet" The witness said he did
not refuse to do duty. He simply did
not think he was wanted on deck before
the coffee was served.
Cross examined he described how the
second mate chewed his thumb and re-
| peated the observations said to have
been made by the second mate to Hans
Then Edward Haynes, the lone good
man of the crew." according to Mr..
W hite, and the "Ned' of the first hear
ing, was called by MIR. Freeman. He
said that when the second mate called
them he said: Wake I'D, we're going
alongside" He got mp and dressed, but
did not go out as he thought coffee
would be served as usual. In three OF
| four minutes the second mate called
again, and then the captain looked in
| ~, oo;J. 70 Iyac ,ro,, n 1oro
time to get out. What are you waiting
for?"
To that someone replied: ''For our
coffee, sir,'' and without further cere-
mony the captain seized Jack, and took
him out of the forecastle. The witness
said they were not refusing to do duty,
but only waiting for the cook to sing out
'Come and get your coffee"
| After he got on deck he saw the sec
-ond mate pound Hans, and heard Jack
when he said: "Let him up, you'll kill
him" He saw the first mate hold Jack
while the second mate struck him from
behind. While Hans was going aft to
help lower the boat, the mate followed
and struck him several times. He heard
the mate say: "I'll fix you before we
get to Philadelphia He said to Mr..
Reed: ''Let him up. You'll kill the
man if you pound him like that He
said he heard the captain say to Jack:
''Tll kill you yet"
Mr. Freeman next called Louis Ander-
son, who said he was not struck by the
officers. He asked Capt. Steelman to
give Hans show, and the captain said
to him: ''You step back or I'll serve
you the same trick He did not under
stand that he was ordered on deck when
the second mate said ''We'r going
alongside
Mr.. Frank said, ''Were you ordered on
deck?n ~
mo. The first thing l knew was when
the captain pulled the man out on deck.
Cross examined BY Mr. Bird he said
that there was no resisting of the officers
on the part of any one of the crew. He
described the way Hans held the water
bucket at the time the mate knocked it
out of his hands. The government here
rested. and Mr.. Bird called his first wit
ness.
John E. White was sworn and repeated
what he said at the first hearing. He
Couldn't resist the temptation to bite
jack One of the witnesses said that
when Hans got up the blood dripped to
the DECK This was after he was
knocked down and kicked by the
witness, who said that he did not
see any blood on Hans ''until he went to
the quarter deck Mr.. Bird questioned
him at length, and was at last inter
rupted in his direct examination by a
shower of objections from Mr.. Frank,
and there was sharp passage between
the two gentlemen. At last Mr.. Bird
said, ''He is your witness Brother
Frank and the ex-Speaker of the House
started in on sharp cross examination.
Mr.. White said he had been for six
years at sea, and that he had been an
officer six months. Mr.. Frank asked if
he had previously had trouble with any
man under him. II object" said Mr..
Bird, but later withdrew the objection,
and Mr.. White said he had trouble with
one man on foremaster, and .'paid for
it,
SIS there" asked Mr.. Frank, "such an
order at sea as all hands on deck?''
YES"
.sWhat does that mean?"
THAT all hands shall come on deck"
us there such an order as all hands
turn top
Eyes,
''What does it mean?'
''That all hands shall do what tell
them to-"
ssWhen the men are in bed does the Or
der all hands turn out mean that all
hands shall come on deck?"
No"
ssWhat does it mean?'
ssThat all hands shall dress and get
,,aoJ,, +o 90 on dacl, -