New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-23

wordy contest with the Assistant District At
torney. advised his client not answer.
Y cannot take your advice" Mr.. Barnaby re-
Piled. II want TO answer every question"
Mr. Garvan said he purposed 10 show that
Mr.. Barnaby had not acted in good faith that
he had tried 20 make the jury believe these new
ife preservers were bought for the Slocunl.
.You could have found those life preservers If
YOU had wanted to- he declared, turning to the
witness
Detectives from my oFce went aboard the
Grand Republic ard counted them all The
statements made here we're not made in good
fair"
SAYS WATER DID NOT REACH HOSE.
william W Trembley. who was waiter in
California. but who got a job deckhand on
the Slocum. said he ran 10 the fire when ne
heard the alarm. He found the assistant en-
gineer. Brandow. trying TO straighten out the
hose
BRANDON had testified that he was in the
engine room when the alarm was given. ana
shat ne stayed there until the boat was beached.
TTembley said he did not see the mate or the
captain. Nobody gave any orders. but every
body did his best There was only smoke show
ing. he said when he and BRANDON started TO
get the hose He could nor tell how long Bran
dow was there. but he and some other deck
hands worked at least three minutes trying to
get the nozzle on the hose. No water came ne
said and the hose did not burst. They gave up
the job when the flames drove them away
Did Won save any lives" juror asked
Il think ] did I pulled down thirty OF forty
life preservers and threw tnem to the people"
Did they seem all right
Many Of them had holes I'm them"
The witness said he found one faulty pre-
server on the Slocum week before the fire. He
reported 10 Flanagan. who had him take it out
OF the rack
CAPTAIN PEAsE on THE STAND.
After recess. Captain John A. Pease. master
Of the Grand Republic ever since she was built,
went on the stand. He had superintendent the
equipment Of the Slocum at the beginning of the
season. he said. but didn't have charge Of the
life saving apparatus which was under Captain
Van Schaick's charge He had not examined
the lifeboats or the life preservers hut saw them
casually he went around the boat
Mr.. Caravan said he wanted TO prove that all
the life preservers billed TO the Grand Republic
went 10 her and were on her now.
"Wiu YOU let US send man there to take
the dates on those preservers?' asked the As
sistant District Attorney.
You sent man down there the other night
and he stole the vessels log" shouted Mr.. Nc
Manus, and the District Attorneys office has t
yet"
Coroner Berry ordered that a man with an
order from him be admitted 10 the Grand Re
public 10 obtain the dates stamped on the life
preservers.
Were there valves from the boilers into any
part OF the hold" asked M Garyan.
Yes" answered the captain; into what I
considered the most dangerous part-the
kitchen"
Did you ever buy any good fire hose at rs
cents a footT'
No" said he. slowly. and I don't believe
anybody kin. either"
Walter Payne, the negro porter whose story
was told in Mondays Tribune. denied that he
had ever used matches IN the dark forward cabin
or left a lighted lamp there. The witness de-
MED both actions.
Thomas Dyap. a waiter, had never seen n FIRE
drill on the Slocum, although this his
ond season aboard. He told how he helped
eral children TO escape.