The herald., 1893-06-22
THAT WAR between MARINERS.
The Redondo Sailors Battle
Brought Up in Court.
The Trial Yesterday of Charles Pc
ters0n for Assault.
A Resume OF the Episode-Adolph Wan
erick, n Jolly Sea Dog, Tells HIS
Story of the Affsir-Csptain
Rice's Testimony.

The trial began yesterday morning in
department one OF the superior court OF
Charles Peterson. He is the sailor ac-
cused OF assault with a deadly weapon
upon Capt. Peter Rice OF the schooner
Halcyon at Redondo several weeks ago,
when crowd of sailors, supp sed to be-
long to the Coast Seamen's union, at
tempted to forcihly carry off his nom
union crew.
They were foiled in the attempt by
the plucky resistance of Captain Rice
and his officers, and battle took place
in which many ahots were fired and the
midnight marauders were driven from
the vessel with the loss OF one of their
number, who was found dead in boat
at San Pedro next morning.
Charles Peterson was captured while
attempting to leave the schooner the
morning after the attack, and is alleged
to have belonged to the attacking party.
He claimed to have come aboard that
morning to see sailor, but his claim
wae considered very thin, and he was
arrested upon the charge for which he
is now being tried.
The empaneling of jury occupied the
greater part OF the forenoon, and the
prosecution put in considerable testi-
mony during the balance of the day.
Earl Winsor and Second Mate @. E.
Dosker gave their version of the fight,
and Deputy Constable Foyer, who stood
on the wharf while it was going on and
fired several shots himeelf, also told
what he saw. They could not see very
much and could not distinguish any of
the men who boarded the schooner.
Adolph Wanerick, frat mate, jolly
sea dog, was with difficulty restrained
from interpolatin9 testimony not called
for, but gave his story in clear man
ner, and especially that portion relating
to the defendant He said, in SUBJ
stance:
After came out there Was shooting
going on. / took little hand in it my
self. Captain was out on deck. ] heard
him tell some people on deck to get off.
Then shooting began. Soon they began
to go down the side and get into their
little boat. was in my room first. |
heard call to come on deck. I went
there as quick as could getthere. The
first thing | saw WAS flashes and shoot
ing. | saw Captain Rice at the after
part OF the houee, and afterwards on top
OF the house. The shooting was from
the forward part of the vessel by the
people who boarded the vessel. The
shooting WAS not high enough for me to
consider myself cafe. | saw flashes from
the top of the wharf, from the house and
from the main deck. [ heard the re-.
port OF gun from the top OF the house,
where the captain went, but don't
know that he fired. think there was
shot or two after that from the top of
the house. When the captain came
down into the cabin the first time he
had shot gun that there wasn't much
in, and he got another gun. | didn't
hear the men say anything, and all I
heard the captain say was for them to
get off the ship.
saw the defendant about 10 O'Clock
the next morning over some lumber. |
had him arrested, heard tho captain
ask Peterson what be was doing on
board the ship. He said he came on
board to see Pete, and that he came over
on the breast line. There was no breast
line. He esid be came about 0 O'Clock.
| did not see him come on board. The
defendant made no response when he
was told there was no breast line. /
went to bed between 7 or O'Clock the
night of the shooting. The defendant
had black streak across his back of tar
OF crude petroleum, and there had been
some in the hold.
Captain Rice briefly stated how he
had been aroused. and going on deck
found crowd of strangers there whom
he ordered to leave. They refused and
he went below. He came up again and
they still refused to go. The third time
he came up he brought q shotgun and
when fred at shot back. Then he went
below, got his rifle, and going to the top
OF the house opened upon the men who
were firing at him. They finally re-
treated over the side and went away in
their boat. The captain could not tell
who the men were.
There was some further testimony to
the same effect as by the preceding wit
nesses and the court adjourned the trial
to be resumed TODAY.