The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-04

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"In MsGuirs's tar room between eight
and nins O'clock on that Saturday."
"Did you and the captain drinkf''
"Yss. We both took two drinks In that
place"
"when did you nsxt see himP'
"About an hour Afterwards"
"wbat did he say to you thsnf"
"Hs asked me II would 20 mate for
Captain Lawson and told him that
was going 10 work ashore Thsn Captain
Baisisy went down water street, and be-
tween twelve and one o'clock met him
again at the end Of the wharf .
"whsn was the next time that you saw
himf'
ION boart the schooner"
"Uho were on the schoonhr when ron
wspt onf"
"MOIntirs, Campbell. Bailey and John
NJ. Driseoll."
.whas was said when you went
aboardf'
"Diigcoll said. Here's our man. 1
said no that was not going 20 New
York with them."
''Then what did you dot"
"I went mp the wharf,"
Then In answer to other questions by
Mr.. Antboine, the respondent stat d that
he went into another bar room and that
the next iecoIlsction that hr bad was In
waking up on board the Schooner Van
Dussn sometime thst evening. when the
steward came and woke him ard sad
that the captain vented him TO sign ar
tioles. The captain came In soon after
wards ard asked me to sign, the articles
bat l said that there was plenty Of time
| But the captain thought that the papers
should be signed then as tomorrow was
to be Sur day. The captain then went
out but he came back not long after into
the galley, caught hold of me BY the
right arm, pulled me out on deck and
struck me on the ba OK Of the right ear.
fell but got up and again the captain
threw ms down. He pulled me into the
forecastle.Across the sill, pulled the door 10
ar d said that he would kick the heart
out OF me. After he had gone I kicked
OPEN the door and IL fell down. Then /
started TO 60 up the stairs and when 1
lad got to the first one. from the top, the
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more fight, ain't you l don't remem-
bar as made any reply. With an oath he
raid that be would kill me. Then he
struck me four times In the face an d
blaoked beth Of my eyes. had hold Of
his neck and right shoulder. He struck
me and said: Damn you, I'll throw
you overheard / had my heel over the
side Of the galley. Then fsIt knife In
my pocket and whsn the captain had
broke his hands from me took 1t out. I
told him to let 60 OF me or I'D out him.
Then struck at his leg two or three
times and also struck at hi IN several
times, can t tell Just where. The cap
tain call Campbell to come IS had q
knife and when Campbell took hold Of
my hands the captain got up. Campbell
let go Of me and then put my knife
back into my pocket. Campbell came
along to me and said that this was rum
and that there was no need OF US fight
ing. Campbsn went forward. and as
bed an Idea of what he Was doing this for
l followed him. heard McInsire say,
He isn'5 here Then heard Snowden
say, Hes overheard Thsn they got
into the boat and saved him. That wal
the last that saw of him. There was
blood on my face which was on account
of out in my cheek. Then 1 went into
the cabin. Snowdsn csms up TO me
and aaksd what to 90 and told him to
ring the hell and blow the horn. asked
SDowds n how long We had been laying
In that place and he said that he didn't
know. Snowden looked at his watch and
SAID that 1t was twenty minutes to eight
and that we had been there for about an
hour and q half. He said shat we would
wait until 1t wss eight o'clock. Snow
den put the wheel UP, we anchored and
lowered sail ard remained In that plaos
until Monday ofning when Mr.. CLARK
OF st, John, came aboard and ARRESTED
me.
The model OF the schooner was then
taken by Mr.. Anthoipe and shown Max.
,li. who proceeded to explain In detail
the diff srent parts Of the Van Dussn, es
rscially the parts where the quarreis &C.
CURED.
District Attorney Dyer next proceeded
TO oross-sxamine the prisoner who stated
that he had known Captain Baislsy fol-
ten years and that he had first met hin
at ST. John. Three years last fall he had
gone to ssa with him In the schooner
Mary n. Foster sEd the last trip he hat
made with him was in August last yea
when he had shipped at Bangor for NJ
limited time fer New York and an east
ern port.