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officer. Mr.. Moody.
I'VE filled lfeboats H. Is and 16 on tina,
side" said Lowe. land filled them with
women and children.
MAN DRESSED LIKE WOMAN.
"Therc was one man passenger in a.
an Italian. and he sneaked in. He was
sort of dressed like a woman. I didn't find
him ont until 1T was too late. went ir
that boat myself, There were IS people
in it when we left the davits"
Lowe told of tying five of the lfeboats
together. transferring the passengers from
his boat. and then called for volunteers
to row back to the wreck
We rowed back and around the
wreck" said the witness. and we picked
| up four men who were struggling In
the water Three of them survived, bu,
the fourth, Mr.. Hoyt of New York. died
shortly after we took him out of the
water. I did not know the names Of tho
others. There was a number of bodies
floating around. but didn't see a single
female corpse"
What time was this?"
1T was Just breaking dawn"
The witness said he then sighted tNe
!
| was the fastest boat. He was afraid. he
said, that the Carpathia might miss them.
You said moment ago that you wait
ed before returning to the wreck until
things Quoted down." said Senator
Smith. What did you mean by quoted
down."
Until the cries ceased
THE cries of the downing?''
SUICIDE TO Go IN AT FIRST.
Yes, sir. We did not dare go into
the struggling mass 1t would have
sunk us. We remained on the edg ;
of the scene and would have taken
every one aboard that we could but
1t would have been suicIde to have
gone in
! The senator asked how long it re-
quired for the cries and screams of
the drowning people to cease.
about an hour and a half"
IF any persons had asked you to
take them in. you would"
certainly. l was Watching for ev-
erybody anybody" said Lowe but
to have gone into the drowning mass
would have been useless. All would
have been lost"
How many persons were on your
boat when you went alongside the
Carpathia?"
About As. took them off a sinx-
ing collapsible boat"
Twenty-one, Lowe said were UP to
| their ankles in water and would have
sunk in three minutes Then he sailed for
the Carpathia and unloaded his boat.
What did you do them" asked Sena-
tor Smith
Nothing, sir returned the witness,
sharply. what was there left to do?"
Senator Smith wanted to know about
the shooting on the Titanic while she
was sinking. Lowe said he had fired three
shots into the water to scare away some
immigrants on one of the decks, who he
feared We're about to swamp a loaded
boat by jumping. He was certain the
shots struck no one. Lowe was then tenn
porarily excused.
SECOND OFFICER RECALLED.
c. II. Lishtoier, second officer of the
Titanic, took the stand after recess.
Senator Bourne inquired if the water
tight doors were arranged to protect the
vital parts of the ship. The witness said
he believed not,
Llghtoler said he couldn't testify to the
value of searchlights in finding icebergs
though he thought one might help"
The White Star was the only line Of
which he knew that kept six lookouts on
each ship.
Senator Burton asked the witness 10
relate his conversations with Ismay on
the Caipathia. Li9htoller said he and
his brother officers talked over the sailing
OF the Cedric and had agreed it would
have been a Jolly good idea" If they
could catch the vessel. II would result
in keeping the men together and let
everyone get home
Mr.. Ismay when the weather thick
ened, remarked to me-" said Lghtoller,
that It was hardly possible that we could
catch the boat, He asked me If thought
1t desirable that he send a wireless N
hold the Cedric and l said most Ger.
talhN' Inc telegram was sent. We were
all agreed that II was the best course
IsMAY IN MENTAL STRESS.
Lightoler declared that when the tele-
gram came from New York saving tina
Cedric would not be held. he urged Mr.
lsmay to insist upon the Cedric being
held. Il Will say that at that time Mr.
lsmay was in no mental condition to
transact business" said Lightoller. He
seemed to be possessed with the idea that
he ought to have gone down with the
ship because there We're women who went
down. ! tried my best to get that idea
ont of his head, but could not. l told him
that there was more for him to do on
earth and that he should not let the idea
possess him that he had done a wrong
IL not staying back to drown.
THE doctor on the Carpathia ha trou-
Bile with Mr.. Ismay on the same ground
II was told on the Carpathia that Chief
Officer Wild, who was working at the for
ward colapsibe boat told Mr. Ismay
there were no more women to go. Ismay
stlll stood back and Wild. who was Il big
powerful man. bundled him into the col
lapsible boat"
"Who told you this powerful officer. Mr.
Wild. ordered Mr.. lsmay into the boat?"
II don't know"
MEMORY SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Senator Smith said that in previous
testimony the witness had declared he
had not spoken to Mr.. Ismay, This
Lightoller denied The chairman piled him
with questions
THAT Is all In my previous testimony"
said the officer.
II know We can find it there" retorted
Senator Smith with asperity Your
memory however, seems to be better to-
day than 1t was last week"
Senator Smith then endeavored to dis
cover how long II took to get out the
lifeboats and kept after the witness who
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