Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-25
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against Singleton-his surly temper,
his outbursts of rage. his threats
against the captain And he brought
out new point-that Jones, the helms
man, had been afraid Of Singleton that
night, aud had asked not to be left
alone ut the wheel.
During this examination the prosecu-
ton for the drst time made clear their
position; that the captain was MUIR
dered nrst: that Vail iuterfered. and,
pursued BY Singleton, took refuge in
his bunk. where he was slaughtered:
that the murderer. bending to inspect
his horrfd work. had unwittingly
touched the bell that reused Karen
Hansen, and. crouching in the chart
room with the ak. had struck her as
she opened the door
The prosecution questioned Burns
about the ak and its disappearance.
who suggested that the AK be kept
In the captains cabiD?'
leslie, acting as captain"
who had the key?"
II carried it on strong line around
my neck"
"Whese arrangement was that?"
"Leslie's. He had the key to Mr..
Singleton's cabin. and carried this
one. We divided the responsibility"
Did you ever give the key to any
one?'
mo. sir"
"Did 1t ever leave your !;
'Not until 1t was taken away"
when was that?"
ION Saturday morning, Aug. %, short
" before dawn"
'"Tell what happened"
~ was knocked down from behind
white was standing at the port for
ward corner of the after house. The
key was taken from me while l was
unconscious"
Did you ever see the white object
that has been spoken of by the crew ??
mo, sir. l searched the deck one
night when Adams, the lookout, raised
an alarm. We found nothing except
''Go on"
HE threw down a marlinespike At
something moving in the bow. The
spike disappeared. We couldn't find II
although we could see where 1t hnd
struck the deck. Afterward we found
= marlinespike hanging over the ships
side BY lanyard. It might have been
the one we looked fof.''
Explain lanyard"
"a cord-a SCOT OF rope"
lit could not have fallen over TIM
side and hung there."
'.It was fastened ,with~a Blackwell
hitch"
''Show rs what you mean.''
On cross examination by Singleton's
attorney Burns was forced to relate
the incident of the night before his
injury-that Mrs. Johns had asked &c
see the az and he had shown it to
her. He maintained stoutly that she
had not been near the bunk and that
the az was there when he locked the
door.
Adams. called, testified to seeing q
curious. misty white object on the
forecastle head. 1t had seemed &c
come over the bow. The marlinespike
he threw had had no lanyard.
Mrs. Turner and Miss Lee escaped
with light examination. Their evi.
dence amounted to little and was prac.
tically the same. One of the judges
showed the wide and unbiased atti.
tude Of the court by a little speech
after an especially venomous contest
Gentlemen" he said, I'VE are At
tempting to get to q solution Of this
thing. We are trying one man. it u
true. bot IN certain sense we are
trying every member Of the crew.
every person who was on board the
ship the night of the crime. We have
curious situation. The murderer is
before us, either in the prisoners dock
or among the witnesses. Let US get at
the truth without bickering."
Mrs. Johns was called. following
Miss Lee. watched her carefully on
the stand. had never fathomed Mrs
Johns or her attitude toward the
rest OF the party. had thought at
the beginning Of the cruise that Vail
and she were incipient lovers. But
she had taken his death with calm.
ness that was close to indifference.
There was something strange and in
explicable in her tigerish champion
ship Of Turner-and It remains mex
plicable even now. / have wondered
since-was she In love with Turner OF
was she only 6ery partisan? Won
der!
The arst questions were the usual
ones. Then:
: do you recall the night Of the 3lst
Of July?"
Can You be more speclfc?"
Il refer to the night when Captain
Richardson found the prisoner in the
chart room and ordered him on deck"
!. II recall that, yes"
/. "Where were you during the quar-
relY,
II was behind MI. VAIL
Tel us about It please"
{ ut was an ordinary brawL The cap
tain knocked the mate down"
did you hear the mate threaten the
captainr'
"No. He went on deck. muttering;
I did not hear what was said"
Is After the chimes. what did you dor
1--WE established q dead line at the
foot Of the forward companions. The
other was locked. -.
''was there guard at the top Of the
companionr
.Yes; but We trusted no ONE.