Evening journal., 1914-01-07
MUTINY CASE
BRING OUT SAD
TALE OF SEA

The mutiny ease IN Federal Court is
nearing an end the defense having
about fni.hed
William joyce another OF the al
legged mutincers. was on the stand early
this afternoon, telling one of the most
graphic tales that had yet been related
n bv the dfendants Joyce is young
American seamm and is the first of the
mut~,er witnesses to be called who
gave his testimony in clear English
Joyce related the tales of brutality
that had already been told by the pre-
cedinp witnesses, and stated that on
one occasion. when he was in the fore
castle the first mate came in and or
dered him out ON the deck As he was
goine out of the door to the deck. he
declared the mate threw monkey
wrench at him which narrowly missed
striking him. lie believed the wrench
would have killed him had it struck
! him.
joyce told the story related by the
others OF the cut in the provisions and
water Of the men, lie declared he had
witnessed the incident when the mate,
who was intoxicated. struck Horsfali
4, twice in the face with his fist without
r any reason.
= Witness declared the captain was
! so drunk on one occasion that ne
5 slipped and fell down and he, the VII
0 ness. picked him up.
The witness told of the manner IN
I which the captain treated the secon.
4 mate of the vessel, calling him fou
!, names and abusing him because he
showed little friendliness toward
the men. He said the second mate
took this in good spirit and tried e
excuse the captain by stating that tn'
latter was intoxicated. witness salt
that on another occasion whlle n'
4 was obeying an order given by IN
second mate the captain came up .
him and struck him a blow in tn
e back of the head.
l. Witness said that the captain
breath was so strong Of whiskey tina
il smelled like a saloon. " II you pu
- whiskey bottle to my nose it wo.l
n not smell any stronger" he declared
Witness stated that at one time IN
,r mate gave his orders with a belayin
I, pin in his hand. with which he on
|, forced his orders.
- He declared that the mate struc
N one of the men with such force tha
i. the latter had to wash the blood froI
n his face.
~ Witness declared that the molasse
- given TO them to eat was unfit q
food. He said on one occasion
looked into the barrel where the mo
lasses was kept and found It line
80 with dead flies. He declared the ode
of the mOlasses was so bad that II
~ cook threw overheard a bag that ha
81 covered the barrel.
W. He repeated the testimony Of th
W. previous witnesses concerning I'll
" cutting down of the allowance of foe
~ and water given the men. He sal
Vi the meat served TO the captain VIZ
III much different than that which q
men received. his meat being muC
better than theirs. Witness said thi
what meat they got was i'm the has
and il was mot much He declare
lS that the soup they got was more III
hot water than soup.
In telling Of the short allowance
~ water the men received. witness sa
an the men would be so thirsty VIII
les the end Of the "a hours arrived al
IRE their allowance OF water was givl
an. them, that they would immediate
he gulp il down and would be forced
"a wait "A hours before they got al
.od more. He declared that he had oft
ew tried to drink salt water 10 relic
OF his thirst Witness stated that
i'd they had continued on the voyage tn
re- when they got way down near Z
Horn that the men would have becor
re- desperate and murder would ha
25 been committed by either the men
Igo the officers He said this was
ow reason he Joined in the effort to ha
IL the ship brought back TO port.
Witness identified entries he h
my made in log book containing an q
yer count of the trip of the Manga Re-
This was the only question asked
not Mr. Nields owing TO Judge Bradford
ed. ruling upon the defendants bel
.er. icross-examined on discriminating tes
me lmony.
Charles H. Lyons was next call
his He was the second of the two Anne
can members of the crew of the Man
vas Reva, and his testimony was al
ate given in a clear, concise manner.
me Court then took a recess until ,
rem O'Clock.
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