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night. replied the

witness.
Anybody have hold of Crowley?"
asked Mr. Turner.
NO one" replied the witness, .NVn
came running up like somebody was al
ter him As soon as Captain Randall
went toward MIN VIII turned and ran
&c the side of the boat with Captain
Harry close on behind him, The captain
chased VIII until he jumped overheard"
Witness said he thought the steam
ers Harry and Estelle Randall were too
Tar apart for a man TO jump from oEe
to the other.
Jefferson said he. heard Captain Ran
dali say distinctly, If l see him uhere'u
be hight Witness then said that
Captain Randall was the ne%rest person
10 Crowley when the latter jumped
overheard. Asked If he had ever heard
Crowley say he could swim, witness re-
Piled in the negative. Jefferson saw no
blows struck.
Asked for Crowley.
Testimony was then heard from
Thomas Dorsey, who said ne lived in
Anacostia. He said he handled freight
On the steamer Harry Randall. and
was on the boat on Friday night. Wit
ness had known Crowley for about two
weeks. Dorsey testified that Captain
Randall came aboard the boat on which
he worked and asked for Crowley. Wit
ness and Jefferson were asleep on box
Dorsey said he heard Captain Randall
say:
What I'm going to do to him If I see
him will be plenty
Jefferson went 10 look for Crowley but
Dorsey. remained where he was Wit
ness said Captain Randall sent two men
Crowley. saying: Bring him up. dead
or alive A moment later Crowley ap-
peared at the head OF the stairs with
TWO men near him. Witness saw Crow
haa ri s,1- S6 IL,
the water, as If something had fallen
IL.
Coroner Neyltt then called Mahron
Diggs colored boy, fourteen years
old. on the stand. Witness is dish
washer on the steamer Wakefield, He
said this man Crowley was on the
him 10 stop and he swore at Captain
Randall Then Randall came down
stairs and says. w here's that sucker
who was railing me- Some man said
Crowley had run away Captain Ran
dan then told me 10 get 81 lantern and
look for Crowley.
Told Randall Wanted Him.
-'One of the men went to the head of
the engine room steps ard told Crowley
that Captain Randall wanted 10 see him.
Crowley says, No he don't and then
went and hid in the fremaa's hole.
Then he got out OF the hold and went
TO the deck, On boa the Harry Ran
and Dorsey if they had seen Crowley.
Both were asleep and they said they had
not seen him
Captain Randall told me 10 go look
for the man and ] called down for
Crowley to come up,
Witness then said Crowley came up
on the deck Of the EsteIle Randall on
which he had been hiding after run
ming ION the Wakefield and jumped
toward the steamer Harry Randall
Diggs said Crowley struck the water
q efrT rr4Tr -rzI in
Randall said look at him swimming.
Witness said no blows were struck
by either Crowley or Captain Randall.
The next witness TO testify was Robert
Bruce 4 cGlored fireman on the steamer
Wakefield. He said he was sent down
III the fireman s room of the Estelle and
tod Captain Randall that he did not.
Witness said Captain Randall told him
not TO tell lie, but go and tell Crowley
10 CONE UP. Bruce said he hesItated
Crowley was down ~irs, because he
thought he IRAN ,- l. inlended beating
the fireman Tor airing.
Eugene DOdsOn, 7 1915 FOur-and-a-
Half street sOuthN- I, saw Crowley
run to the Estelie Randall and later
saw him disappear IN The fireman ;
hold. He said Captain Randall ap-
peared in the pilot house and informed
him that the cOlored man had struck
him IN the ear and jumped into the
river and swan ashore.
On rOss-examinatIon the witness
admitted that he and Captain Randall
had Deen out together from 4 O'Clock in
the afternoon on Friday until about Il
o'clock that night.
Jesse Parr. coIored, then took the
stand He was in the pilot house Of the
Wakefield with Captain Randall. The
latter invited Dodson downstairs 10
hear the colorcd men below cursing
Captain Randall. The captain said:
I'm going down after that man to see
what he's got TO say" DOdsOn said
Crowley was cursing Captain Randall.
and the latter came downstairs and
asked for the one who had been talking
SO loud.
Had Warned Crowley.
Parr said he had warned Crowley not
to make so much noise or curse. be-
eause -2andan did rot allow II aboard