The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-24

send Capt. Pendleton to his Office
| When the captain came back he weni
to witness galley and made the most
humble apology that ever was made. He
declared that everything would be al
right on the return voyage
Mate Parse also apologized, said thai
he had quick temper and couldn't helI
it and promised that there would be NJ
trouble on the trip back and said thai
they would have glass of beer together
and call it square.
| Witness continued, s'We had no moro
than got outside when the same abuse
began again. They didn't strike OF
kick him but they harasssd him in vari
Gus ways.
| just before they got ONE, the captain
came to the galley and offered him g
| half chest of tea and told him that he'd
better not make any complaint when he
got ashore and told that story about the
Masons again and that it wouldn't dc
any good for him to complain of them.
Witness refused to take the tea.
THE CROSS EXAMINATION.
Cross examined by Mr.. Thompson.
The crushing of his hand by the mate S
heel was on the morning of the 10th OF
January.
Witness did not dare the mate to come
| into his galley.
| The other men did have trouble with
the mate Almost every day somebody
complained to the captain about the
mates severity. Witness and the men
were in trouble about the food till they
complained of the food to the captain ana
| the matter was settled.
Witness did knock down the colored
steward, because the latter came at him
with knife and a Delaying pin and he
had to knock him down to save himself.
The steward complained to the captain
and the captain told witness that he did
not blame him for knocking him down.
The steward is a West India negro and
when he gets mad is crazy.
In regard to witness being paid OF
there was difficulty about the change
for pair of rubber boots. Witness told
the shipping commissioner that he
wanted to get his pay as soon as possible.
Witness was positive that he did not
90 to the collector of the port about 1T.
Witness did not settle just according to
the captains figures
Witness could not remember positively
whether he told the story OF his abuse TO
the shipping commissioner OF not during
the last week that he has been here.
The testimony for the prosecution
stopped here as there were no other Wit
nesses. District Attorney Bradbury SAID
that witnesses for the complainant IN the
case hurried off to Boston. He didn't
know Just why. 1t was intlmateo Uha6
Mcnamara wasn't smart enough to keep
them. He would like to see If he was
smart enough to get them. Commission
rer Bradley continued the case till a.
m. next Friday.
SOMETHING OF THE DEFENSE.
Tn their defense Capt. Pendleton and
Mate Parse make denial in toto OF any
abuse. The captain says that he ala not
Law hands on the cook. at the time OIL
the alleged beating and kicking the COOK
had been impudent to the mate and after
the conversation of the mate with the
vounp man George, the cook had SAID
e.Tbe cooks all right" in an impudent
manner.
The captain interfered with the mate S
resentment of the impudence The cap
tain only went into the galley to paclfy
the cook who was screaming "He1l kill
me He'll kill ne!'' He put his hand
on the cooks shoulder and said that he
shouldn't be harmed
Capt. Pendleton has sailed four years
in the ship Conner and this is the 1lrst
time that the crew have ever complained
of the food. 1t has always been just the
same as he could prove by his books.
The salt meat for himself and wife was
cut off the same piece as that for the
sailors. 1t was hardly probable that he
would order meat that was UNBEATABLE for
his wife. He had sailed long voyages for
something like 20 years and this was the
first complaint of cruelty ever made
against him.
The young man George who fell over
board, was the captains own nephew.
His name was George A. Beach.
Cook McNamara's testimony was given
with rapid utterance and some excite
ment of manner.