Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-17


The witness said he heard Capt, Randall
remark that Crowley swan ashore.
No Efforts Made.
No efforts were made so far as Jefferson
knew. to find out whether Crowley had been
drowned or not.
Assistant District Attorney Turner. who
appeared for the government. ELECTED from
the witness that Crowley came running up
tsirs from the hold ahead OF the men who
lad been sent in search of him. As soon
IA ne reached the deck Capt. Randall start
d after him. Capt. Randall had previous
iy said he was going TO have a fight with
Crowley when he found him.
The witness caused an outburst of laugh
ter by stating that Capt. Randall did not
chase Crowley after he jumped Into the
river. Morguemaster VIII Schoeneberger
threatened to clear the room IL such IN
seemiy conduct was repeated.
The attorney who appeared for the fam
lily Of Crowley presented a diagram of the
river front at the scene of the tragedy and
three pasteboard dummies of the steam
ers Wakefield Estelle and Harry Randall
to show their positions on Friday night.
ON cross-eSamination witness Jefferson
said Capt. Harry Randall was the nearest
person to Crowley when he made his fatal
leap into the Potomac
Thomas Dorsey's Testimony
Thomas Dorsey. coIored. of 40, 10Th
street. Aracostia. who is a trucker or
freight handler on the steamer Harry
Randall when called TO the stand showed
considerable ignorance about the parts ard
localities of a steamboat
What do you call the front part of a
boat" asked Coroner hewitt.
You calls 1t back aft" i believes. sah
but / don't know much about boat sab"
Don't you know what the forward part
of the boat is?" persisted the corooer rs
that part the stern?''
Yes. sah." came the prompt reply.
that's the STERN
Witness testified that he was on the
steamer Harry Randall and saw Crowley
go overheard from the Estele Randall
He dded that Capt Harry and two other
men were after Crowley at the time
Witness was lying down with another col
ored man named Jefferson when Capt. Ran
dali came along and awakened them.
Il would Ike to catch that fellow the
captain said. and what l will do to him
will be plenty
Capt Randall added with an oath. ac-
cording to the witness II am going to
kill him"
Capt. Randall sent two men in the hold
with lighted lanterns and told them to
bring Crowley out, dead or alive.
Three or four men were after Crowley at
that time.
Attorney Turner examined the witness
and ELECTED the statement that he did not
at the time know who had gone overheard.
Mahon Diggs, a colored boy, who gave
his age as fourteen years and said he was
dish washer on the Wakefield and lives at
80 Wolf street, Alexandria, was the next
witness He testified that VIII Crowley and
others were on the deck of the Wakefield
drinking beer on Friday night. Crowley
was swearing. Witness advised him to
stop using bad language or Capt. Randall
would come after him. Crowley then
cursed Capt. Randall. and the latter went
down on the deck ard asked:
Where Is that man that was cursing
me?"
Crowley then ran away. and the captain
repeated: Where Is that sucker that
cursed me?' Randall then ordered Diggs
to get lantern and find Crowley. They
found him. but said witness. Capt
Randall didn't hit him. Crowley then
ducked and ran overheard"
Coroner hewitt asked Diggs IL Crowley
swan after jumping into the Potomac.
Il saw him making strokes like this" said
the witness, illustrating with his arms
Capt Randall saw him. too. and said:
Look at the sucker swimming
Diggs said he was with Capt Randall all
the time from the start to the finish of the
disturbance Friday night. He was certain
Crowley jumped from the steamer Harry
Randall
Robert Bruce, colored, of 1OT Quander
street. was next called. Capt. Randall
came down on deck where the men had been
drinking and asked for Crowley. Address
ing the witness he said
Don't tell me any lie but go and
find that that cursed me- l want
him"
Crowley was found in the hold The cap
tain called to Crowley to come out of
there" Witness then went away. He did
not see deceased go overheard.
Eugene Dodson Called.
Eugene Dodson. a young white man who
had been about town with Captain Randall
before the fatal occurrence, and who spent
aNf. ,frvN,s
was next called He gave his residence as
1915 IL street southwest
II heard the niger downstairs cursins
Captain Randall" said Dodson. "and the
captain invited me to go down there with
him. Captain Harry then went on the other
boat after the niger When Captain Ran
dan returned to the Wakefield twenty min
utes later he informed me that the niger
had jumped overheard and SWAN ashore
He said Crowley had struck him on the ear
ana showed me skinned place, the result
of the blow"
When asked how he and Captain Randall
mad spent the fore part of the evening he
said they had been car riding and had only
taken three or four drinks.
Jesse Parr OF Oak Grove. Westmoreland
county, Va, deck hand on the steamer
Wakefield testified that when Captain RAN
dan was searching FOR Crowley Friday
night he heard him ask:
Where is that yellow
Lanterns were procured and a search In
stituted. The boy Dggs said: Here he
comes. captain"
Then witness heard the sound of mon
running and some one shouted: "A good
jump Then there was a splash in the
river. As the captain came back from the
Estelle Randall he remarked: HE was
swimming like a son of bugger"
There was a f1utter OF comment as Deputy
coroner Glazebrook told OF finding coagl-
lated blood clots on Crowley's head be-
tween the skull bone and the scalp
Deceased was a man OF light complexion
C0i0red, about twenty-five years of age;
weight from l4j to 100 pounds.
I found considerable hemorrhage be-
meath the scalp" he said but no evidence
that the skin had been cut. Crowley had a
very thick skull. There was no hemorrhase
inside the skull The lungs and stomach
were filled with water. and" added the
deputy coroner. in my opinion the mans
death was due to drowning"
Public Work Ordered.
New sewers and water mains have bean
ordered cOnSf rlcfed nv ha ('nypp,fSstoro-,