, 1915-03-04

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a. IN, see any one in the chart room
besides the matey"
"Yes-Mr. Turner"
You say you cannot see into the
chart room from the wheel at night
How did you see him?"
HE turned on the light. He seemed
TO be looking for something"
"Was he dressedT'
Eyes, sir"
"Can you describe what he woref"
Eyes, sir. His coat was off. He had
a white shirt and a white vest"
Were the shirt and vest similar to
these l show you?"
Most of them things look alike to
me. Yes, sir"
The defense had scored again. But 1t
suffered at the hands of Burns, the
next witness. | believe the prosecu-
ton had intended I call Turner at this
time; but, after a whispered conference
with Turner'S attorneys, they made a
change. Turner. indeed. was in no con
dition to go on the stand. He was
covered with sweat.
Burns ~corroborated the testimony
against Singleton-his surly temper,
his outbursts of rage his threats
against the captain. And he brought
out a new point-that Jones, the helms
man. mad been afraid of Singleton that
night, and had asked not to be left
alone at the wheel.
During this examination the prosecu-
ton for the first time made clear their
position; that the captain was muir
dered first; that Vail interfered. and.
pursued by Singleton, too refuge 10
his bunk, where he was slaughtered;
that the murderer. bending to inspect
his horrid work. had unwittingly
touched the bell that reused Karen
Hansen. and. crouching in the chart
room with the ak, had struck her as
she opened the door.
The prosecution questioned Burns
about the ak and its disappearance.
who suggested that the ak be Aept
In the captains cabiDT'
Leslie, acting as captain"
"Who had the keyT"
81 carried 1t on a strong line around
my neck"
Whose arrangement was thatT"
"Leslie's. he had the KEY to Mr..
Singleton's cabin. and / carried this
one. We divided the responsibility"
Ibid you ever give the Key to any
oneY'
mo, SIR"
Ibid 1t ever leave your
mot until II was taken away"
"When was thatT"
"on Saturday morning, Aug. %. short
~ before dawn"
'"Tell what happened"
81 was knocked down from behind
while | was standing at the port for
ward corner of the after house. The
key was taken from me while 1 was
unconscious"
Did you eve see the white object
that has been spoken OF by the crew.
mo, sir. / searched the deck one
night when Adams, the lookout, raised
an alarm. We found nothing except
go on
81 threw down a marlinespike at
something moving in the bow. The
spike disappeared. We couldn't find II
although we could see where 1t had
struck the deck. Afterward we found
a m~arlinespike hanging over the ships
side by a lanyard. 1t might have been
the nj we looked for"
Explain lanyard
"a cord-a sort OF rope"
ut could not have fallen over the
side and hung thereT"
ut vas fastened with a Blackwell
hitch"
SHOW us what you mean"
On cross examination by Singleton's
attorney Burns was forced to relate
the incident of the night before his
injury-that Mrs. Johns had asked to
e the ak and he had shown it to
her. He maintained stoutly that she
had not been ear the bunk and that
the az was there when he locked the
door.
Adams. called, testified to seeing a
curious. misty white object on the
~forecastle head. II had seemed to
come over the bow. The marlinespike
he threw had had nc lanyard.
Mrs. Turner and Miss Lee escaped
with a light examination. Their evi.
dence amounted to little and was prac-
ttcally the same. One of the judges
showed the wide and unbiased atti
tude of the court by a little speech
after an especially venomous contest
Gentlemen" he said. I'VE are at
tempting to get to a solution of this
thing. We are trying one man, It is
true. but in a certain sense we are
trying every member of the crew.
every person who was on board the