The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-19
AMY'S CAPTAIN
 REPEATS STORY
 TOLD BY DAVIS
McDougall Gives Corrobora. tive Testimony in Sophia
 Hearing This A. M.

| Idpl E. A. MCDOuSdl1, Ol lHC S"s | boat Amy. was called to the stand
 this morning by Proctor Martin, at
 torney for claimants in the present | Sophia proceedings. Mir McDougalI declared that in his opinion, it was entirely feasible to have removed all the passengers from the stranded | boat at any time after he arrived on the scene at 10:30 a. m. unt1l he left for shelter in the lec of
 Benjamin Island about o'clock that same afternoon.
 While giving his testimony, Capt.
 McDougall related in substance a short conversation which he had with
 the skipper of the Peterson during
 the afternoon of October A. 1918 in which he was asked by the latter what he thought of the situation to which Capt. McDougall said he an- swered: What in hell is that fellow over there (meaning Capt. Locke) thinking of?"
 Sent By Lowle
 The witness related his connec- tion with the proceedings saying
 that he was called by the watchman
 and was told that Superintendent
 Richards wanted him on the phone.
 Mr Richards told him to call agent
 Lowle This he did and Mr. Lowle
 told him that the Princess Sophia
 was on Vanderbilt reef and he want
 cd the Amy to go there and render
 my assistance possible. Also that
 MT. Lowle insisted on his immedi- ate departure when Capt .McDougail
 said he would start as soon as he
 could get something to eat and have
 some food supplies put aboard the
 Amy. MT. Lowle told him not to
 wait for anything as the passengers
 had taken to the boats. The witness
 said that he called in at Sentine'
 Island and asked if any of the boats
 had been seen, learning on arrival
 It the wreck that no passengers
 lad been put off.
 The Amy, said Capt McDougall
 rived at the scene of the wreck
 tt 10:20 on October "A, first ap-
 preached the Estebeth moored to the
 buoy, but did not tie up alongside
 )f her His idea, he said, was to
 get some grub from the Estebeth
 rut owing to the wind he was un-
 ,ble to make them understand his
 leeds. He then cruised around the
 princess Sophia in readiness to give
 my help needed
 Not Much Sea
 His description of conditions there allied substantially with that given " Capt. Davis, of the Estebeth nd J. c. Readman. who was aboarJ he King and Winge. The sea, he said was choppy with a slight swel nut was not rough. Boats, he said ,ould have been launched and hand ed the passengers from the Princes | Sophia to the small boats standing by. The wind, during the day | vas blowing between 20 and p mile | Der hour, but increased about , D. m fter the tide started to ebb. A this time he said Capt Locke sie | nailed for his to come closer. Al l preaching to within 50 or 75 feet, tn | master of the whecked ship halle | him and told him he had better ge | into shelter.
 l Returns To Juneau
 | He then took the Amy into shelte | at Benjamin Island. From there h | went to Tee Harbor and then o | 0 Juneau. He did not leave, how | ever, until sufficient boats to talk | ,are of all the passengers or to rer l Ter any aid needed had arrived O l he scene During the entire tim l Capt McDougall and the one ma l 'le had aboard with him were with | put either food or water, this covei l ug a period of 2S hours.
 F. E. Griffin of the naval radi | service. was recalled this mOrnin further identify station log sheet | and messages offered in evidence 2. w. Day, Weather Observer a ! his place, was also recalled to giv estimony regarding weather cond 1 ions at SkagwaY at the time of tn l wreck. The records of the loca l station from which MT. Day req | on the stand show the Skagway ol | server to have reported no wind O | October 23, light wind on Octobe | 24, and strong on the day following | Slight snowfall was reported on al | .hree days.