, 1915-01-07

In spite of myself l choked up. |
tried to tell them what their loyalty
meant to me-; but ! could only hold
out my hand and. n by one, they
came up and shook 1t solemnly.
1--WE think" Mcnamara said, when.
last of all. he and Adams came up.
that 1t would be best. lad. II we put
down In the log book all that has hap
pened last night and today. and this
Just now too. It's fresh in our minds
now, and 1t will be something to go
BY"
BY unanimous consent the task of
putting down what had happened was
given to me. | have a copy Of the log
book before me now. the one that was
used at the trial. The men read it
through before they signed 1t.
This morning, tive $50 and 3 o'clock.
three murders were committed on tho
yacht Ella. At the request OF Mrs. Johns.
one of the party on board. l had moved
to the after house to sleep, putting my
blanket and pillow in the storeroom AMI
sleeping on the hoor there. Mrs. Johns
gave, as her reason. a fear OF something
going wrong, as there was u between
Mr.. Turner and the captain. l slept with
a eyolver beside me and with the door
Of the storeroom open.
At some time shortly before . o'clock /
Weakened with a feeling Of suffocation and
found that the door was closed and locked
on the outside. l suspected a Joke among
the crew and set to work with my PEN
knife to unscrew the lock When l had
two screws out a woman screamed, and
/ broke down the door.
49, .ngn ahIa uyaa AarE aaW no
one and could not tell where the cry
came from. l ran into Mr.. Walls cabin.
next the storeroom. and called him. His
door was standing open. heard MIN
breathing heavily, Then the breathing
stopped. l struck a match and found
him dead. His head had been crushed In
with an ak. the left and cut on. and
there were gashes on the right shoulder
and the abdomen.
1 knew the helmsman would be at the
wheel and ran up the after companionway
to him and told him. Then l ran forward
and called the frst mate, Mr.. Singleton.
who was on duty. He had been drinking
/ asked him to call the captain. but he
did not. He got his revolver, and we hur-
ried down the Onward companion The
body Of the captain was YIN AZ the
foot Of the steps. his head on the lowest
stair. He had been killed like Mr.. Vail
His cap had been placed over his race.
The mate collapsed on the steps-
found the light switch and turned II on
There was no ono in the cabin or in the
chart room. l ran to Mr.. Turner'S room
going through Mr.. VANS and through the
bathroom. Mr.. Turner was In bed, fully
dressed. I could not rouse him.. Like tht
mate. he had been drinking.
Tho mate had reused the crew. and
they gathered in tho chart room 1 told
them what had happened and that tn,
murderer must be among u.s. 1 suggested
that hey stay together and that tneS
submit to being searched for eapon
They went on deck In a body. and
reused the women and told them. Mrs
Turner asked me to tell the two maids
who slept in n cabin on the chart room
l found their door unlocked and. receiving
no answer. opened 1t. Karen Hansen. tn
lady's maid. wal on the floor. dead. witt
her skull crushed In. The Btewardess
Henrietta Sloane. was fainting In ne
bunk An az had been hurled through tn
doorway as the Hansen woman Tell an
was found In the stewardess' bunk.
Dawn coming by that ume l suggeste'
a guard at the Two companionways. an
this was done. The men were seArehe.