Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10
CHAPTER XIV.
Turner's Story.

| Singleton able to free himself as be
! wished the attack on Burns and the
/ disappearance of the Ak were easily
! enough accounted for 1t would have
| been possible also to account for the
I white figure that had so alarmed the
men on the same hypothesis.
Cross examination of Tom by Mr.
Goldstein, Singleton's attorney. brought
out one curious fact. He had made no
dark soup or broth for the after house.
Turner had taken nothing during his
illness but clam bouillon made with
milk. and the meals served to the four
women had been very light "They
lived on toast and tea mostly" be said
Turner went on the stand the next
morning.
Your name?"
Marshall Benedict Turner"
do you own the yacht Ella?"
YES"
do you recognize this chart2"
Yes 1t is the chart of the after
house of the Ella"
VIII you show where your room is
on the dra wing?"
Here"
And Mr.. Vairs?"
Next connecting through a bath.
ROOM"
Where was Mr.. vairs bed on the
chartY"
Here, against the storeroom wall"
with your knowledge OF the ship
and its partitions do you think that a
crime could be committed, crime of
the violent nature OF this one, without
nF
ing heard in the storeroom?"
Violent opposition developing to this
question, it was changed in form and
broken up. Eventually Turner answer
ed that the partitions were heavy and
he thought it possible.
Were the connecting doors between
your room and Mr.. Wallis generally
locked at night?"
Yes. Not always"
Were they locked on this particular;
night?"
II don't remember"
when did you see Mr. Vail last?'
AT midnight, or about that III
was not well. He went with me TO
my roon.''
what were your relations with Mr..
Vaig'
I'VE were old friends"
Did you hear any sounds in Mr..
Wallis cabin that night?"
None. But. as say, 1 was-flL 1
might not nave noticed"
Did you leave your cabin the night
of Aug. IL OF early morning OF the
12th?"
Not that | remember"
THE steersman has testified to see
ing you without your coat in the chart
room ut . O'Clock Were you there?"
Il may have been-I think not"
'Why do you say you may have !
been-I think notY"
al was i'll. The next day I was de-
iirious. 7 remember almost nothing or |
that time"
Did you know the woman Karen |
only as a mail in my, wife's en-
ploy'
did you hear the crash when Leslie |
broke down the door OF the store
room?"
mo. ] was In q sort OF stupor."
Did you know the prisoner before
you employed him on the EIla?''
Yes; he had been In our employ
several times"
what was his reputation-I mean.
IS a ships oficer?"
Good"
do you recall the night of the S1st
IF July?"
"Quite we'll"
please tell what You know about
t"
81 had asked Mr.. Singleton below to
lave a drink with ME. Captain Rich.
Irdson came below and ordered him
N deck. They had words and he
Knocked Singleton down"
Did you hear the mate threaten to
get the captain then or laterT''
He may have made some such
hreat"
els there a bell in your cabin con-
lecting with the maids cabin off the
hart roomT"
mo. My bell rang in the room back
f the galley, where Williams slept
The boat was small and / left my
nan at home. Williams looked after
ne"
where did the bell from Mr. Wallis
Dom ringY"
.'In the maids room. Mr. Wallis room
vas htSi@Ecu lOT AiTS. i W lH0 |
Ie asked Mrs Johns 10 20 with Us
IRIS. Turner gave Vail her room Ii
'as a question of baths"
did you ring any bell during the
ighty"
NO"
knowing the relation OF the bell
bove Mr.. Wallis berth 10 the bed it,
elf. do you think he could have reach
/ it after his injury?"
(Slcwly.l After what the doctor
as said, no; be would have had TO
Use himself and reach up"
The cross examination was brief but
} the point:
what do yon mean by flr?"
THAT night | had been somewhat
|; the next day l was In bad shape"
did you know the woman Karen
ansen before your wife employed
arT'
No"
"a previous witness has said that
le Hansen woman. starting out of her