Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-23

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sWhat weso ~ rolat1ons between
~. Turner and the captainf'
Il don't know whit Jon near
Were they fr3sadlyy'
mo; not very
.Did Jon ovsfhsar on tie night q
Turner and NJ. van2"
yes"
what was II. natursr
They were guarding"
what did Williams. the butler, i've
you to hide that night?"
'Mr. Turner'S revolver"
"What did he Say when hs gave it
10 your
"He said to throw II overheard o.
there would b trouble"
"An. Sloane, do you recognise these
two garmennr"
He held up . mans dinner shirt ana
white waistcoat The stewardess,
who had bsen calm enough. started
and paled.
II cannot tell without examining
them" They were given to her, and
she looked at them. "Yes, / have seen
them"
what are thsyr
"A shirt and waistcoat Of Mr.. Tur.
nef'a"
"whsn did you 80 them lastT'
II packed than n my trunk when
~ left the boat They had been To-.
gotten whom the other trunks wseo
packed"
"Had yeu washed thsmr
"No."
"Wers they washed On shipboardr
They look Ike It They have ne
been ironed."
who gave them to you to pack =
your trunkr'
"Mrs. Johns"
what did you Do with them -
reaching New York;
II left them in my trunk"
why did you not return them -
Mr.. Turnerr
II was Ill and forgot ia IKE -
know what right you have going
through Q persons things-and tahdng
what you want!"
The stswardess was excused, the -.
tense having. scored percsptibly. Il
was clear what line the youns Jew
intended TO follow.
Oleson, the Swede, was called nsxt
and after tho usual formalihes:
Where were you between midnight
and 4 q. m. on the morning Of Aug.
1872"
"In tho crows nest Of ths Ella"
State what you saw between mid
night and o'clock"
IL saw Mate Singleton walking On
the forecastle head. Every now and
then he went to the rail. he seemed
to be vomiting. Il was too dark to see
much. Then he went aft along the
port side Of the house and came for
ward again on the staRboard side He
went to where the AZ was kept
'.Wheee was that7"
Near the starboard corner Of ths
forward housa. All the Turner boats
have IN emergency box. with an AZ
and other tools, IN easy reach. The
omcef On watch carried the key"
Gould you zee what hs WAS d0lugr'
mo: but he was fumbling at the box.
heard him"
-wbere did be 90 after thatr
'-He went Aft"
..You could not zee himr
Il didn't look. ] thought I saw
something white moving below me-
end | was watching II"
This white thing-what did It look
like?'
Like dog. / should say. 1t moved
about and then disappeared"
"HowY
Il don't understand"
lover the rail7'
"Oh-no, sir. Il faded away.
-Had you ever heard talk among tho
men Of the Ella being q haunted Ship"
Yes, but not until after I'd signed
on her,"
WAS there some talk Of this white
thingr" -
YES"
Before the murders!s.
mo. sir; not till after. guess saw
1t 6rst"
what did the men say about It!
They thought It scared Mr. Schwartz
overheard. The Elias been uniucky
as to crews. They call her q devil
ship"
Did you sec Mr.. Singleton on deck
between 2 and 8 o'ciock?'
mo. sir"
Tho cross examination was very
short:
What sort Of night was it7''
"Very dark"
Would the 6rst mate as ohacer on
watch be supposed to see that tho
emergency case you speak OF was N
order?"
YES, H."
Did the onlcer on watch remain on
the forecastle head?'
Mr.. Schwartx did not; Mr.. Singleton
did mostly, except when b went back
to strike the bells"
Gould Mr.. Singleton have been o.
deck without you seeing himr
Yes, II be did not move around g
smoke. could see his pipe lighted.
did yon 80 his pipe that night1
no, SIR"
III you were dck, would you b
likely to smoker
This question. believe was ruled
out
.In case The wheel Of the vessel
were dashed for . short time. what
would happenr'