The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-02
CRUELTY ON THE SEA.
Why Seaman Nan Preferred
Death 70 Life
No. W. Iavua Ten Hsw nv Wsre
Dsuesa ana Tortured b. -
Nseo.


Ths ssxht seanea a ths Amefs-aA shaR
Ben3a-.In sewa-l. swo Of whom rreserEea
charges against Capt Seval AIS
xsxts srusfh az crue,ry and % causing tie
xusrsas Of Martin MAJ. the seaman vho
;aznpea ovsxsoArd vAtie en- rcsfe 70 sAas
port from Shanghai. vers. with the nae.
brought 20 this city yesterday from For
Townsend hy Depusy Unlsed States MAJ
sh2is Qutlser and Curtis and so1se1 n
the county ian. pending the hearing OF
the eass BY Jadxe Harto-d-
The men are an rrcommoniy god took-
Ing lot OF sailors, and are quite inteiiS ent.
They tel . story Of extreme cr1fiy.
Ga the part Of the FIRST AID secosd
mates parsicuizriy. and exhias mAsAs
csUeA By the cruel blows inatred
GA them With either . teixysng rim
or capssAn bar. When tod that re-
porter would Ike to hear What they haa
20 ssy In regard to the reported severe
treatment as the hands Of Mate Snish.
the men were reiurtAnt aeout Saving any,
thing, bat when assured thar Il wousd
DO them no barn. each one told % some
particular event that insfiiled ttsef isso
their minis. and especially when she CO.
yect OF attack happened 90 be thes1ssSveA
In speaktng Of the death Of Seaman ~ al.
VINO. IN order 20 avoid being illuminated
ana c&Are1 Dy SfEe TIC my fS@k@1a 1~*%-F~-
overheard ard was drowned. the eronzec
fellows spoke In tones Of sadness as they
rscaHed some Incident In which the IN
fcrsuuase was the victim Of a beatin<.s
The names Of the men are Reginald L1s-
courf< Charles Francis. William Jones'
Georxs 81 Cair. Robert Thompson. WIZ
tam Patterson, James Iannigan. Antoine
FRANKIE and II. Hannah. the frst tvo
being the ones TO make the complaint
All OF these rsen. with the exception OF
Francis. shipped NJ Port Townsend tAst
December for . trip 10 Shanghai CnSnA-
ana return. Capt Sewali. owner OF the
v~xse,. Was In command. the other os5scers
being William Smith. FIRST mate. and q
man named Mcdonald. second mate. AZ
corfing to the me1, the mate began 70
beat them At Port Townsend before the
shsp sailed The first man on whom ne
vented his sp,een was William Jones. .
co,ored sailor Of considerable experience
yea" said one OF the men. "he knocked
Jones around good ara then made nim
stand on top Of che cabin ia the cold with
nothing on him Amt that 50. Jones. 70
the coioree man who looked tn "Ies. II ~
A short time after I went aboard at Port
Toxnssnd he. put me to work pil.ng some
lumber on tbs deck. and pretty soon called
mo up 70 where he and the second mate
were standing ard said. sYou hack scoun-
drel. pie that different At the same time
hitting me on the head with his Est ard
knocking me DOWN 1 didn't say anything
to him, ana wen. to work. but he wouldn't
let me, and again began striking me IN the
face. making the blood Hy all over the
deck. He then made me get on top Of the
pilot house and stand IN the cold with moth
ing on but Q Hight shirt. and placed = man
10 watch me. When got . chance pulled
on my shoes and jumped overheard. maxi
Ing up my mind to make shore II could.
and II not to drown rather than be knocked
a boat OF and threw me a life buoy. which
I held on to until the boat picked me Up.
They started toward the ship with me. but
= boat from one Of the revenue cutters took
me away from them ana put me in the hos
pitai at Townsend. whore I stayed for
eight days. my face all swollen from the
beating got and the cold A boarding
house runner came for me with a hack and
took me 10 ths wharf. when an officsr took
me aboard the ship. Ny face was still
bruised ana I was weak. but after the Of
fcer left the ship the mate made me 60
TO his cabin. where he and thu second mate
knocked me from one side to the other.
after Handwriting ma thought they would
XIII me- Finally the crst mate put me In
Irons and tied me alongside the donkey
engine boiler. where he kept me until the
NIP sailed. when was put 20 work When
We reached Shanghai went TO the Amer
lean consurs ONCE and tried TO see him
several times. but got put In jail for
eighteen days for my pains because I re-
fused 70 20 back TO the ship on the promise
that ! would Be better treated was are-4
back all the sams. ana when I was maid
OF At Port Townsend the captain cockea
ne eighteen days pay for the time I was
In IAN az SaAngha, and for seventeen DAYS
III
hare as any one on the boat
Charles Francis. who Joined Tire shin q.
Shanghai, also told 4 story OF how he wa
oessen on the head and face with A b.
laying PIN because he had a few words
with ire cock about coffee. Not or,v wa.
% badly beaten. but n this condition wa.
suspended over the side OF the vessel. vi.h
The rope half iiitched around his necs.
!" nile II this position he was supposed "a
.cFspe ne saip's side. ana because he tried
20 loosen tns knot he was pulled up hy
the mate and beaten over the heaa s.s,,
with Delaying pin. Ts~ss s,or.e. a..
Fouchec FOR by the other men
In speaking Of the death O. Man ana 81.
causes leading up 70 81 tire men ,.f, .
story which. II true. - mos. haar,t.s
rhey say that Mate Smith ,oo,x , sss,sy.
10 Aaa because he was rot as GOOD = .e.-
nsn as ne ought 70 Be. ana tortured h.-,,
e'eF cay he lived aboard He
-o,la peat him with the capsssn bar ara
- eeiaylns pins and then make hin,
france ABOUT tire vessel IN rro.esor,. ,.,.i-
ions 50 as to r;dIcuie him NJ -. -
Ah 'n'ei'Sent fellow ard unused "a sea
Says on the day he threw a,-nssi, oxsr-
oosra the msa say that the MAJ. va.
peeiany severe with him After hes.,--
I'M he maze him put On fare. .,,s.. -
-.o,aes' and over these eewed on : 10
s cape and then made I'm r,n
ane eapssan un;l tire poor fellow
,ouie stans. ana AZ n. srx. a-,s - ae
se threw himself overheard 20 = r..ay
yrave. su; happy release.
Tnese saslors to't their story :. ~
lnitef states commissioner a. p,-. IS S
ead ana saccee6et IN having ~. ~...-
NC nrss mate bound over for ira, 800 -,
hAn'ora- The second n.,a -.