The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-16
NATE GOT THE hot End
ONE or THE CREW LAID HIN
OUT AT SEA AND ASHORE.


with q Capstsa mar az Sea and m Court
Here Trouble Over the ChaFmers
Calm hoy. Whs was the Mates VIE
sailor Men swear % the GolnEs On.
Hitherto unreOorded tumult on tho last
voyage Of the old American bark CharmeF.
in on June from Port Elizabeth. Algoa
Bay. came out yesterday before Judge
Holt and a jury In the United States
District Court. Able Seaman Thomas
OATES was on trial for aasaulting the
Charmer's mate. Harry c. Worth. with
a eapstan bar. with intent 10 kill the
said mate. The mate was not present.
but the cook. several able seamen and
Oatss's lawyer. Clark n. Abbott. we're.
and they turned the tables on the mate.
Judge Holt ordering ths United States
Attorney 10 have him arrested and prose-
outed. when last heard Of he was In
Boston.
The mate's wife was one Of the causes
Of the frequent clashes between the
mate. the cook and other members u
the crew. The mates wife had shipped as
cabin boy and Il was her duty 20 take
Capt. Killman's breakfast 20 him. The
cook. Tom white, gave the cabin boy
a hnshet Of hot food and told her 70
carry lt an. That was on March ~, the
day the boat Waa 10 sail from Algoa Bay
i The cabin boy was not IN shape 10 do the
errnnd. according n the witnesses, all
OF whom when describing the Consump-
/ ton % alcohol on board referred 10 her
with much solemntty az the cabin boy,
never mentioning her by name. lite
cook left the basket and went 10 the fore
I castle 20 breakfast.
preuentIv the mate called into the fore
castle 10 the cook 10 take the shippers
breakfast 70 him. The cook came 20 the
door and found the mate standing guard
over the basket Of hot food. including
scaldinR SOUP. The cook said Il was the
duty 81 the cabin bOy--that Is. the mate e
wife-to take the skippsr his breakfast.
1hereupon the mate threw the contents
/ Of the basket in the face u the cook. who
grabbed up a pot o. hot coffee and emptied
Il on the mate.
20 the forecastle, inviting the cook out h
frht The cook vent out and found that
the mate had a big stick in bis hand
Al the twelve seamen IN the fOrecastie
resoonded % the cooks cry for hello and
forced Vhe mate 10 drop bis stick. Then
All hands went at and told the skipper
they did not want 20 90 10 sea with the
mate. The skipper said be could not get
another man at that hour and asked
the men 10 bear with the mate and avoid
trouble.
me mate then ordered the men q weigh
the port anchor Oates went into the
poFt locker 20 stow the chain. He was
there a few minutes when he heard the
rnata's voice swearing and the voice
Of Able seaman Read saying. Lego
my legel- The ship was then under way.
Oates testified:
II rushed 10 on deck. and whsn got
there Read had his haok turned 10 the
mate, who had a knife Ia his hand. The
mate said IN tx himv running toward
Read. and / shouted 20 him % drop the
knife. He aaid he wouldn't. ard then !
picked up a oapstan bar and struck the
mate tWice on the head. did not strike
him hard. a. the rigging prevented me
from swinging the bar ! knocked the
knife out Of his hand with my knee, The
captain ran forward and asked what
tho trouble was. and after they had talked
a bit ITO captain yelled Man 20 tho Wheel
and went 20 the wheel Then the mate
started giving orders about the starboard
anchor. He was sitting out on the cat
head. and ths ball Of the anchor struck
him and he fell inboard. He lay down
In the how Of the ship about twenty min
utes and then got up and tried 20 start
another row with the men. The cap
tain told him 20 stay In his room and hrs
wife fixed him up next morning. lie
was four days in his room
In a statement drawn up by the crew
Of the Charmeraiuat after she EFT AlgOa
Bay there Il this passage about the mate:
we also had 70 90 aft and protect the
captain. for on the night before he wa.
shaking his hst In the captains face and