Evening journal., 1914-01-08
MUTlNY CASE
MAY GET TO
JURY TODAY
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and would frequently drink from it. The
witness held up three fingers which he
said was the amount the captain would
drink in an ordinary drinking glass.
Witness admitted he had a hand ia the
turning OF the ship and said il was be-
cause the captain treated him so badly.
he ala not take hand at tying up the
captaiu and mates
AIR. Niolds in eross-examination,
held up the revol-er which had been
admitted rs evidence early in the
case
when did you frst see thisg he
asked
y saw that first when the captain
pointed il in my face and threatened
10 shoot me" was the earnest reply
Witness denied that he had taken
the pistol from beneath the captain $
pillow and given it TO the men in the
f0recastle.
Ralph Andersen. Norwegian
member Of the crew. the thirteenth
and hnal member Of the alleged mu-
tlneers. was the next witness called.
AS he could not understand English
his testimony was obtained through
the services of former Magistrate
Lawrence j. Broman, who acted as
Interpreter
Andersen, who is only nineteen
years old, declared that he has gained
ten pounds in weight since being
confined In the county workhousc. He
declared that the day after he joined
the ship the mate put him TO work on
The sails. He did not do il fast
enough to suit the mate. and the lat
ter said Get to work there you
-- --. -. you're on an
American ship now. and I'll see that
you work lie declared the mate was
drunk
ON another occasion when witness
was on the lookout. the mate came up
10 him, still drunk. and asked him
what nationality he was He replied
Norwegian. and the mate asked him
ST he could speak English,
no sir. ] cannot speak much Eg-
lish. SIR the witness said he replied
Then what the are you do
ing upon this ship2' shouted the mate,
and taking the boy by the shoulders
he shook him until his teeth ratified
and at the same time calling him
foul, obscene names. He threatened
TO throw the boy overheard before
they reached the Horn.
The Young witness declared that on
the day they left the Breakwater he
was forced TO work from O'Clock in
the morning until . o'clock in the af.
tcinoon without getting a mouthful to
eat. and when he did get food there
was very little Of it and what there
was was SO revolving that he could
hardly stomach il, hungry as he was.
Witness declared the captain and mate
continually called him - -
and a -. never speaking TO him with
put cursing him.
AR. Ball held up the glass trmblcr
used at the water cooler in the court
room and asked thc witness how many
.insse. OF water OF that size he got in
% hours aboard the ship. The court
lOQm glass contains less than half a
pint The witness said be received only
about one and a half glasses OF water
that size in the "a hours.
The witness declared he got two
small biscuits each day and he declared
the pork TINY got was SO bad that they
went hungry rather than eat IT. An
dersen declared that the lack of sulh-
cient food and IN treatment SO weak
aned him that he could hardly do amy
thing. aud yet the mate continually
urged him ON 70 work with curses and
blows. Witness declared he had no
hand in taking hold OF the captain and
mates and tying them up, but declared
that the reason it was done was TO take
tho ship back TO the nearest American
port and get justice. and more to eat
and drink
Alr Niclds had no questions to ask
the witness, Judge Bradford having
rulcd yesterday that the witnesses Who
also arc the defendants. could not DE
compelled to answer discriminating qnes-
lion..
Mr Ball explained to the court that
hc had asked each witness the ques-
ton as 10 the reason why they took
part ia the trouble. ana the court re-
piled that be understood these 1ues-
tious we're for the purpose of lusth-
cation
II understand that they might have
committed murder or jumped over
board. on something of that kind,
lle court said.
llr Balls contention was that the
men were justified IN taking possess
sion OF the ship TO obtain justice. and
Il 0as not mutiny as they had not
harmed the officers.
second Nate Recalled.
Second Mate Snobohm was recalled
lo The stand by the defense.
Tine mate admitted that the captain