The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-11-02
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mined effort to secure the prisoner.
The following day the men said
they would return to- work. il they
were not compelled TO deliver up
the prisoner. The chief and second
officers were then detailed to- ask
the men to come out and hear the
statement of the trouble of the
previous day read from the log
book. This they refused to do. All
the men understand English. The
only orders since were to the bos'n
and carpenter, but none to the men
since the trouble. Witness threat
ened to stop their provisions and they
threatened that, il he did so, they
would make the iiremen quit work.
The younger Ogura and Mr.. DUAL
were passengers on the Naushan.
Ogura Il Co, the charterers, had a
lot of saki on board for sale To the
passengers. The captain had OBJ
jected to this without avail. Yashu-
da was under the influence OF liquor
on the date of the trouble. There
was no liquor on board belonging
to the ship. The captain then went
on to state previous trouble he had
had with the defendants in Hong
kong and Kobe, viz, insubordina-
ticn.
Mr. Druall, sworn, stated that he
was passenger on the Nanshan. He
was aware OF the trouble on Oct. ~.
He identified yashuda IA the man
who was put in irons and Ogawa as
the man who took the wheel. He
was standing on the bridge and the
first time he saw the captain was
when he came out OF the forccastle
with blood flowing from a wound on
his head. He examined the captain
and found two cuts crosswise on his
head, from which blood was flowing
profusely. He administered balsam
and court plaster, the hair near the
cut having to be shaved. There
were five bruises on the back and
breast, two on the shoulders. two on
the side and one on the elbow. Knew
that charter company. Ogura " Co,
had saki on board for sale TO the
passengers. He spoke 10 them.
saying that saki selling on board
might interfere with discipline. Wit.
ness was the owners representative.
He steered the ship several times
after the trouble on Oct. ~.
&. +. Focken, chief engineer.
sworn, stated that at the time Of ia.
assault he was on duty in the engine
room; was called by the 81 engineer
To come aud assist the captain; ON
meeting the captain witness saw
blood trickling down his face, also
noticed scar on his head; witness
asked what was the matter and he
said the crew had attacked him; he
had the quartermastcr in irons; this
| quartermastor was released by the
crew. The captain said with wit
ness's assistance they would try and
get the man back again. Thcr"upon
they went forward with loaded re-.
yolvers, but found tn. forccas,l.
door barred. The captain knocked
at the door, il was opened, one Of
the men standing with a hatchrt in
his hand; on seeing all the Euro.
peans armed they Immediately
closed aud barred the door again
Taking the number of passengers on
board the ship in consideration they
came 10 the conclusion on consulta-
ton that the wisest thing To do
would be to leave them alone. From
the time the disturbance took place
the engine room crow have been
very obstinate, but witness could
not say that he noticed any direct
Interference with the deck crew.
The ship was navigated by Euro
pran officers with the assistance Of
the engine room store keeper and
donkey man, the former European
and the latter an Arab.
A. Cameron, third engineer, and
Green, store keeper, also gave eyi.
dence, but il was substantially the
same as that given by tho former
witnesses for tn" prosecution. Tho
court AL journ-d until 10 o'clock this
morning, tho prosecution having
closed.