New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

Among the statements was ~. =,
lowing by the cabin boy, L. A. Sn;,l
son:
Il hereby confess to all have A..
IN disobediencc. signed on tho an
on the fourth of April. left hoc,. =
Vancouver and last thing my fa,h,,
said was be careful of yourself a.,
the same thing with my sister h,t !.
place of that | have been doing eve,r
thing wrong, first | had trouble w,.
the first cook and thought ! NO,
smart and knew it all, and I ia. :.
give him calling down whensrs,
there was one thing wrong till AZ Ia,
he couldn't cook at all.
No Breakfast
"Then on the 23rd of Nav he S;d,.
have any breakfast ready and 7 vsr.
down and helped him, but | called him
down and at half past ten he jumped
overheard. Then the other cook ram,
in and then stole some stuff fror
the captain, such as pair Whit.
Pants, Packages Bull Durham.
package cigarette papers, pairs socks:
bar soap; 1 undershrt; pair hand.
cuffs which ! was going to take hom,
but | got frightened and threw them
overheard and | stole some candy from
fI
"And then ] got chummy with tn,
new cook and we planned to run aw,v
IN Cape Town, and he started to talk
/. w. w. and | fell out with him and
then | told the captain and then tn,
cook denied it.
Then one day | put some milk on
the table that was not fit for any on.
to use, as it was poisonous. and | YVES
put in irons till my disobedence was
gone and | apologized and promised
not to do it again, and | was let loose:
the captain and mates were extra good
to me; they helped me in my work;
they told me time ana time again how
to do it, but | was so stupid to under.
stand, the captain even warned me
against what | was doing, hut didn't
seem to pay any heed till | got so far
into trouble that | made it impossibb.
to get along, but l have TO suffer, a.
1t was my own fault.
another thing | did was to put
tobacco in the beans and tried to ge
the cook in trouble, but the tobacco
that | had proved that a piece had beer
cut out, which compared with that
which was in the pot. The only thing
that ever planned was to run away
with the cook in Cape Town.
81 don't know anything about this
work, as / never worked only on the
farm for my father. and at my trsds
as dentist, and another thing, | rur
down my father, but when it CONES
down to the fine point, he is one Of
the best men that ever lived, and my
sister the same. and | never stole 8
thing in my life before until | CANE
on this ship, and my sister thinks the T
world of me. and if she ever heaEa
that | was such a criminal and DO |
such thing it would break her heart |
What I want to do is to get my
work done and keep things clean IL |
living conditions.
"On the morning of May 20 | ana
the cook planned to kill the captain, the
way | planned it was that the cook was
supposed to come back and supposed 10
be after something from the store room
and | was to give him knife when he
asked him which / did and then he was
supposed to kill him and then We were'o
throw him overheard and then we were
to get the second mate and then ger :"
mate and make him take us to shore.
Il hereby close and sign this paper
this tenth day of July 1918.
al. A. SM1THSON.
Although acquitted of the charge o.
murder by the jury last week, the cap
tain and both his sons have now 10
stand trial on charges Of alleged cruel
y to other members of the crew during
he voyage.