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the Frankfurt had given me. sent II to


the captain.
o. Did the Frankfurt say anything about
having received aC o u from the Titanic
right after she struck? A. No.
q. Did he say anything about having
received "a rcbun from the Titanic!
No.
o. Did he tell you how he obtained his
information about the Titanic? A. No.
O. DO you know! A. No.
Evans then told of his own circum.
stances and said he received SEQ a month
from the Marconi company as wireless
operator of the Californian. This, he
said. was the regular wage for a beginner
He WIS questioned as to whether nc.
thought the Titanic received his full
message warning her Of ice at II O'Clock
that Sunday night
Must Have Heard warniuE.
"lcs. he must have received my
message" he said. My signals came
in with a bang and probably drowned
out Cape Race. II couldn't hear Cape
Race myself
You are sure that the Titanic operator
received all your message before telling
you to shut up?" asked Senator Fletcher.
Certainly he did"
senator Smith then questioned Evans
as to Gill, the donkeyman of the Cali
fornian. who had appeared before the
committee earlier in the day and verified
n statement made by him and read before
the committee in which IL was charged
that the Californians officers ignored
signals Of distress from a neighboring
ship at the very hour the titanic was
sinking. Evans said he knew Gill and
had seen him on the ship.
Did any one tell you he would receive
or had received a5W for a story about
the rockets seen from the Californian
that night" asked Senator Burton.
Yes. sir The donkeyman said to me
standing outside the North station.
'1'll make $500 on this, referring to the
matter Of the skyrockets. He said he
had told the newspapers about it..
q. We're you offered or did YOU receive
any money for informa,ion in your posses
sion about the sinking of the Titanic? 4.
No. sir,
@. Would vou receive money for such in.
formation as happens to be in your pos
session? A. No.
y. why? A. Because I have no right &c
receive money for such information.
THAT all" said Senat or Smith. That q
just what wanted to get at"
Senator Smith and other members Of
the committee spent considerable time
with Evans. trying to yet at the matter
Of he rockets seen from the deck OF the
Californian and the opinion formed on
tho ship "a to their source and meaning
Evans made it clear that the matter Of the
rockets attracted great deal OF attention
ON the Californian and had been the sub
ject Of conversation on that ship ever since
the night the Titanic sank
He failed. however. to give any def
nitcness to his reports Of the talk about
the rockets. beyond the fact that he had
heard one of the officers say that rockets
I had been seen and that Capt Lord had
been reused three times and told about
tho rockets. An apprentice who was on
the bridge also had told him that rockets
had been seen from the bridge and that
the Morse had been used in trying to at
tract the attent ion of the ship from which
tho rockets seemed to come. but that no
reply WAS received.
Some said they thought the rocket =
had come from the Titanic" said Evans
and some said they didn't believe the
rockets could have been sent from the
Titanic"
Evans was excused. but was told by
Senator Smith to hold himself subject ia
the wishes of the committee.