Evening journal., 1914-01-10
SEAMEN
FOUND GUILTY
OF MUTINY
After 90 Minutes DeIibeTatiOn
Jury COnVlCtS But Recon-
meldS MerCy !
DEFER SENTENCE
UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY

The Jury in the. case of thc seven F,
mutlneers of the crew of the bark
Manga Reva returned I'M United States
Court al l2.5 O'Clock this afternoon
with a verdict of guilty. and with a
recommendation of mercy. The Jury
was out less than 80 minutes. The
seven men found guilty are John
David Reed. X. ID. Williams, Alvin An
derson. Joseph Horsfal, Charles
Lyons. John Edlm and William Joyce.
Judge Bradford announced that he
would pass sentences on the men 'at
o'clock on next Tuesday
Many interested spectators crowd
ed the court room toCay hlling all
/ seats and many were rorced to re-
main standing 1
Judge Bradford in mis- cnarge,
stated that the jury shonld take into
consideration the entries made in the
log books by Williams and Hosfall in
determining how they were effected
by the conditions aboard the ship in
sofar as their testimonyst to the effect
that they were I'm constant fear OF
their lives was concerned.
The charge occupied exactly SO
minutes. the jury retiring at 1876
o'clock
The evidence in the case was con.
cluded yesterday afternoon. and In,
oase summed up before the iura.
surprise was sprung during the af
tcrnoon when District Attorney Nield.
nollc prosequicd the case against -iN o
the defendants who had no active pari
in the mntny The men released wcrl
lWillam Stewart William kngels. Al
bert Johnson. William Anderson, Rnlpl
Anderson and Antnniu Alaska.
Philip R lmNer, the secretary oi ih
ship Manga ReNa company. was irs
lrccallnd 20 the stand m the Afternoon
land testified that the water tanks of th
Manga Rcvo hold slightly over 1000 gal
Ions.
Captain Edward Tracy. au old Sc
captain. oi Lcwcs. Del. was next callc
Itl the stand. llo has nt one time bee
master of a sailing vessel lle testihe
that hc went aboard the Manga Rev
lat Lewcs and took account of the sni
land provisions on hoard. Tie state
lthat the sails were IN good Ccnditio
r. land further stated thnt there we
lplontV of provisions and that the qua
y litv was ro0d he stated they h'
trsted some oi the provisions by eatl
them The Witness declared that +
lh nafOelsions on board the Manga Re
lH were sufficient 10 lrst the crew on
al round trip 10 san fra i-co and retn
a. Tie made the inspection on November
Il Napoleon D. Register. of Loves, ID
In wrccking agent. who has lived ths
i- thirty seven years. was next called.
or testified that he is familiar with
b. outfit of sailing vessel. and that
Of lhad gone aboard the Manga keva "A
=, made an inventory of the stores.
iu declared that hc had tested few OF [
OF provisions and that the quality
ne good Hc declared the condition OF
ir provisions was Zine. and was more ih
-, Sufficient TO last the crew ON the voya
TO Frisco
se The counsel for the government a
DE the defense then announced that
lss teyidence in the ease had an been -
ne. mittcd.
ii' the counsel sum tp The cn-e ia
be quickest possible lime. express
In the hope that tae case bc e.
his clnded before the day ended e'
should it Doc necessary 60 remain
rnurt am hour or two longer.
ect counsel agreed TO hurry the case
lde much as possible. Judge bradford
me clined To set % limit ON the time
it. the counsel 10 sum up the ease.
tax ~ 'n', l,,.ao5 lu"e," ,bat he wished
les na,i. ,,,,'' oroseori the ease against Will
ght stewart. William Engels. Albert ia
ors SON william Anderson, Ralph Andef
urn land Antonio b. Alaska. the latter
lint cabin boy.
is Iudee Bradford informed these
r a that they were free To 60, ana win
the fni expression. upon their faces {
was arose and filed from the court room.
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