Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10

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threw the empty bottle over the rail.
He said he was still sick"
The cross examination confined itself
TO one detail of Charlie Jones's test.
mony.
Did you. between midnight and 4
a. H.. see any one in the chnrt room
besides the mater
"Yes-Mr. Turner"
You say you cannot see into the
! chart room from the wheel at night.
! How did you see bim?''
He turned on the light. He seemed
TO be looking for something"
Was he dressed?"
Yes. sir"
"Can you describe what he wore?'
Yes. sir. His coat was of. He had
! a white shirt and a white vest"
Were the shirt and vest similar to
these 1 show your
Most OF them things look alike to
me. Yes, sir"
The defense had scored again. But it
7 suffered at the hands of Burns. the
| next witness. 1 believe the prosecu-
| ton bad intended TO call Turner at this
/ time; but, after whispered conference
with Turner's attorneys, they made a
change. Turner. indeed. was in no con-
dition to so on the stand. he was
pallid and twitching. and his face was
I covered With sweat.
Burns corroborated the testimony
against Singleton-his surly temper,
his outbursts OF rage. his threats
against the captain. And he brought
out new polnt-that Jones, the helms
man. had been afraid of Singleton that
night, and had asked not to be left
alone at the wheel.
During this examination the prosecu-
ton for the first time made clear their
position; that the captain was muir
dered first; that Vail interfered. and.
pursued by Singleton. took refuge in
his bunk, where he was slaughtered;
that the murderer. bending TO inspect
his horrid 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?"
81 carried 1t on a strong line arounS
my neck"
Whose 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 10 any
oneg'
NO. sir"
Did IL ever leave vons"
mot until it was taken away"
"When was that?"
ION Saturday morning, Aug. %. short |
" before dawn"
Tell what Happened"
- was Knocked down from behind /
while 1 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.
No. sir. 1 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 it
although we could see where it had
struck the deck Afterward we found
a marlinespike hanging over the ships
side by a lanyard. 1t might have been
the one we looked for"
Explain lanyard
"a cord-a sort OF rope"
1T could not have fallen over the
side and hung thereE"
1T was fastened with a Blackwell
hitch"
Show US what you mean"
On cross examination by SingletOu's
attorney Burns was forced 20 relate
the incident or the night before his
Mrs. Johns mad asked TO
see the Ak and he had shown ii to
her. He maintained stoutly that she
had not been near the bunk and that
the Ak was there when be locked the
door.
Adams, called, testified to seeing a
curious. misty white object on the
head. IL had seemed 10
come over the bow. The marlinespike
be threw had had no lanyard.
Mrs. Turner and Miss Lee escaped
with a light examination. Their evil
ience amounted TO little and was prac
.icaily the same. One of the Judges
showed the wide and unbiased atti-
-ude of the court by little speech
after an especially venomous contest
Gentlemen" he said, 1--WE are at =:
empting TO get TO a solution of this
hing. We are trying one man. 1t Is
rue. but in a certain sense we are
trying every member OF the crew,
very person who was on board the
hip the night of the crime. We have
curious situation. The murderer Is
before us. either iD the prisoners dock
IT among the witnesses Let US get at
he truth without pickering"
Mrs. Johns was called. following
Hiss Lee. | watched her carefully on
he stand. bad never fathomed Mrs.
ohns or her attitude toward the
est or the party. 1 had thought at
he beginning or the cruise that VAN