Evening journal., 1913-11-11
22 Men Accused of Mufiny on High
Sea Brought Here for Hearing

tnelT neeuS.
Captain Townsend said he did not
see anything Of Second Mate Snob-
ohm during the early days of the mu-
tiny. although he supposed" the Sec
, ond mate was implicated in the mu-
tiny.
First Mate Trip, in a statement to
the reporters, said he had heard no
complaints of ill-treatment or of cut
down rations from the men and did
not know of their intention to mutiny
until they chased him from forward
and caught him at his cabin door on
the morning OF October 25 and tied
him in his cabin.
( He said he was kept there three
days, and then was called out to as
sist in navigating the ship. When he
was not navigating he was forced 10
return 20 his cabin. said Mate Tripp
was not placed under arrest, al
though his name was included in the
warrant, and when the twenty-five
were arraigned in court early this af-
ternoon, District Attorney Nields
asked that Mr. Tripp be dismissed.
He was releasen on his own recog-
nance, along with Captain Town
send, as a witness to appear Monday
morning next.
I Second Mate Snobohm, however. is
under arrest, accused of mutiny, and
is one Of the men who pleaded not
guilty. Snobohm's story. however, is
that he was not a mutineer but was
overpowered along with the others IN
the crew when the revolt occurred
Il didn't know anything of the in
tention of the crew to mutiny," said
Snobohm, until they grabbed me at
the door of my cabin and tied me in
my berth with ropes" said Snobohm.
They kept me in the cabin for seven
days. The first or second day the
crew made a proposition to me to 90
/ over on their side and to navigate
the ship, but | refused. and they kept
me in the cabin. Finally they let
me out for awhile and made me take
my turn navigating, after which they
would take me back to the cabin and
keep me in irons. was In irons
until the ship reached the capes, and
{ certainly am not guilty Of mutiny."
Second Mate Snobohm was shipped
in Philadelphia, and he says he did
not know why the men revolted.
Gathered forward on the Onandoga,
the sailors told their side of the
story. j. A. Hersfall and John A
Reid, two English sailors. seemed to
be the principal spokesmen, but all
the sailors who could talk English
and that included all but three or
four-would chime in at times with
an explanation.
Il have been following the sea for
twenty-nine years and never had such
treatment as we got on this Manga
Reva," said Reid. 81 never heard such
language from a skipper as the cap
tain and first mate used toward us
and they also struck some Of the
crew. No, was not struck, but We
heard that some of the men wer,
struck by the captain and you know
that news gets around a ship.
"The captain and mate were drum
most of the time, and Mr.. Hersfall, Wi
liams over there and myself kept 10
Of our own of the voyagt from the da
we left Philadelphia that will show j
We have two or three log books W
, kent. which We turned over to the lieu
ttnant OF this revenue cutter, and whic
. will bear out our story. The captain
ordered the rations cut down, and "
had to work long hours, and jus
. couldn't stand it any longer Rei'
and Hersfsll joined in this statement
Redi proudly showed a certificate o
honorable discharge from English nav,
) as hoatswain many years ago. They
referred reporters to Tongler, the cook
who had remaintd loyal to Captain
Townsend during the mutiny, to ash
about the rations. Tongler said that tn
sugar and coffee rations had been cu
down, and Ihe understood from Antol
Balssca. the mess boy.-that the captain
ordered him TO cut down the rations
Balascs to reporters said the captain
} had ordered part Of the rations Gu
about in half. and he said the direction
from the captain Oh the sugar and coite
cans on the ship would bear out hi
statement.
! William Engwalls. one of the
sailors. said he took the gun from
the captains cabin I'VE were afraiC
the captain would shoot himself OF
some Of us" said Engwalls.
/ 0ol VI w 'N-
South Front street. Philadelphia, saiC
he had been following the sea To-
43 years and never had heard sucf
language used toward the crew as was
used by the captain and mate on the
Manga Reva. MY meals we're al
right and | had plenty to eat, he said
but I ate alone"
Reid and Williams. Of the crew, -sai'
that Captain Townsend had SOM
trouble in New York in September
after a trip from San Francisco, whel
the crew preferred charges agains
him. Captain Townsend denied he hal
any trouble there, but First Mat
Trip said that the men made SOM
} complaint that the captain had over
charged them for clothing. The mat
ter was adjusted by lawyers Mat
] Trip said, and no fine was imposed
The sailors said the Manga Reva wa
ashore for five lfours of the Breakwate
on Saturday night and Sunday, an'
charged the captain was responsible TO
that They said ten of the crew ar
Englishmen, and that all but three cal
speak the English language.
Reid and Hersfall said that they onl,
kept the captain in his berth a half dal
and 1rapp was released after the seconC
day. They urged the captain TO 60 Z
Fayal, an island, they said, and he tool
the ship there, but did not care 70 land
and then they suggested that the shiI
be taken TO Bermuda They thought th'
captain was taking it there, they said
but had no objection TO returning TO thi'
country to face the charge of mutiny.