THE ONECO TRAGEDY.

Evening Star, Issue 3628, 8 October 1874, Page 2

THE ONECO TRAGEDY.

The investigation hitlr in which John Green, late a seaman .on board the American barque "X)neco,~met' his death on the voyage to this port from New York, was commenced at Pert Chalmers todav; before Mr Maniford, ‘ E M; /The small courthouse was crowded throughout the day. a m ’ Chai;leß :Seoo»ido®eer of the barque, was pjaped in the.dook. The information changed hid, 1 'at '** tob-ini 1 mate of the bargue Oneoo, noVTring at Port u shbj eCt ■•yt' the t Q|ie.on. ifor hq,con|the i 873, did wilfully, frpd of malice afprethoughtj .kill and murder one John Green, y ' a seaman beiohgmg -the said Stout defended. . 'prawonteapmer Mr

- Theiollowimr evidence was given i Bartihokmew dames Henry f l *ffi jMtster i-of thfti barque Uiwco t .-whiqk/. arrival# here from New York on September 27. Vftebdd filteennor sixteen of-a crew, all toid. The accused ihwrsecoadrttffiotoc ,d belteteTffiAs an Anferipan, and hails from the Cjty tsWw York. ■ He ihy artSclpiqipiaaolnifa It .strikes me-that he told- me ha pam ° -from sojnxe part Scotia. <: -.ill byj| chip a seaman earned Jah4' Grhfcf who was or htoiddk' abhut thirto-«k or thirty-aeven-rr-at all events, between thirtycomplained of ul-health tdnring-= ; the ...early par-i qf the voy age, but’ apparently waa weli tho; : ÜBtth W nippthq. yl.Wpaw Septpmbqr 17 I wjiat%art of the ship. We were then about I43dee. lo V^r^ifeWc i<; 4Sd-g. i^the miles off At Abqu| JJIC n. m., was scraping the poril _ deck aft,"_and fldpn’t 9?eiag afterwards., Hawaa < &TOfe^^ r ! B<wa' 8 < wa '^ 1 W ll tlfSfflur fe;w a #>f^froT'right p.m. till *l2 p.fn.; and frmn tour ’W aeo? ‘ill Occasion Hiat Infef*sgw]Greec Uiad p.m. : ' <&’

Mao, : beMthp hadieffd nothing mg the night. I wenb on deck. -On reaching, the deck bands were mijhaf®on aspqsajble. lfdf> not tnuik more t(jantwq,or three minuteCr-Tper-rtainly mpra th being called until ad baudsWjßpe «n dock. On arrival on depk I thought X heard Green}* voide calling; from the wattt' hstern. f Iran .up to the migentopto look ;if ioould we him. but could.net. .*The night was quite d&rk, Wowing strong.^from! the sail was set, the windibfeing ab6ut twdywnts abaft the beam* The ship would haVe been going, about eight nr nine knots when underway. J. had the mainsail hauled op, land the lighteails WeW.;. Thf :Y**ebw« now all ahpph* and*! if any W the. go sA ftw ' ’W, 1 * W Iftwemd, hotkey all imWttm m§ Ji?Jt* wa& blowim? fresh tught <3Utfk, ‘T rj net 'aatewyg if i MtriKM •now,, iffi© had .ordinary hfo-huuys on board.' Wit c»nn9 * were thrown leyerboad. l V e still the samenmnbteron board: i alwayahad. there were no lights to the buoys, nor have I ever seem snch'Wbdard merchant vessels i vv . h y/ I< l yo'i bear away after waiting jfteen tmntites(Mr Stoat objected/ ahd his the.inferehce to be was thkt it was nb use stopping any I ascertained froW accused, noon after‘l‘ came on deck, that the man overboard w&k : John ween. Dodd told me Green hiid slippVd out ; pfafmm vl'detft r*. whether he said port chain n&fes or biut 1 rather thinkuTwas rigging. He said nothing more oh the subject atthattime, J>ut again referred to it that night, or M?t day—l father think tbs next day, reinepiber whjob, J don t remember who,commenced the Ksonversation, bnt„l think L asked hum. , how it occurred.. He then said accused had i&mned overboard. _ * > Mr Stqqt.jsubmitted that these conversations between,the captain, sand;accused were inadmissible, bfoanse cl their relationship, the former haying the power,to punish the other • therefore, any snqh.xstatements were not admissible, unless freely , f ■ A w!Ahpcvi. dwice had, gpje nothpig as.^Wist was naturally anxious to find out fbism^,bem g w ,-fheaeoond ?™, cer 'hP »o this time,, did hot appear in the light of a prisoner. * Mr Stoat; Bat he appears, ia ‘Gie'Bght of a person accused. ’ J 1 ’ ’ " "■ ■ .His Werehip would like to'hear Mr"jw gitt He thou At the matter should go down upon the depositions. The Judge Sf: the supreme Court, ih th 4 eveht of the case being sent for trial, would say whether it *rr?~ ■ Mr Haggnt could get tlj.e information by k ogestion ot the S>^ e p lC T 8 *O n ustod y Ot that time ? ■M «phed in the hegaJive. Mr Haggltt then argued that anonfession made, by a person not m custody cleariy admißßibl». ( The S«promwOourt had always decided., that confession* orvadmis-

all xrlfriis. sible and shaft afe)W v it to proceed. . Ex ami* nation continued :—l)odd was not in onatodv oil board Ahip Until Was shorthaßded' and obliged to Use “ a “ I *"*• Re charge >ad been made against Dodd at th« time of the conversation! Ko complaint was made by anyone m»«i ©ur arrival iU port. I asked- Suscd'^bafe caused Green to jamp overboard but I don’t for punishment, bat he would «wt go-SS he then hia coin* 1 sr^s"Sk;& ,ow ?“ the main riggm g on , Q P n^/^ am l frot s n«d B .ne^ 01 . ,**£* SjAgon level with m * m, hj attached to pbrtoh ithppifig off; few ttW

.tapgaUohl royal backstay Is just outside, and' how ft is possible tor anyone to fall off. Thave been, out several times myself, but do nob consider it safe at any time for a ••person to run out- there.The ship was lying over a little : she being, Very crank . Amidships of t,be gallows,’ 5 and one bn each side farther out, are ring-' bolts, which, when perpendicular, are about two’ inches above the tipped surface of the ptlfok.—Was it a pfop- r xhing’for a second mate to- send this man -ta the “gallons? ’ It sometimes done on bojrrdftho shftts, hut I was not aware ef_it being dene aboard mine. It is nothing (Unusual toisend a man to wb royalmjrst- h*udis done.on our ship: and I have been sent there myself for, Jpnuiafejnctnt. 1. don’t think 1 ever sa>r anything of the kind going on on board ‘my vessel. I have been at the royalmast head for punishment many a time.—ls it a second mate’s duty to punish .seaman without consulting the captain ? It is sometimes done on onr ships.—Do you think it a proper thing to send a man on to the “ gallows ” ah twelve at night! I have been sent to the royalmash.hoad at night when it was blowing fresh, and had to scrape the mast.—Do you consider ft proper, supposing a seaman to V« wlwpT-M “toted, at that time of xnght, «zm that state of tho UavQ . s «ft upon.the “ gaJUojvs . 5 J, . should not eo^ifler! }h anything unreasonable ’to put ti man to sit ,np there. I, never understood .««ab a man should stand; on the .‘.VgaUowa. ’’ to^O-thoffjat or more particularly ::I told tutn I thought it was a ratios serious tto give me tionsL—Lasted him—-(Mr i*>tout objected to being admitted in ovii dence, but hiq Worship rul«d that it was ’ 'admissible 1 at a pfblimihary inquiry )1 askeaHtim how it occurffed, but can’t remem*

her the details of the conversation. He said •he haft &dbfted the ’man 6n 1 the *‘ gallons,’? but he would net go there.- He insisted upoii his.Kgflßnfii(hy'' stalling him, bub what he struck him ,wfthili don’t kiioW. I believe 1 asked ft he struck him with a.jbelayiog pjn, MI don’t remember his answer. Oh ' , Bhlfti^enl l 'tKj6}«bfih I ! had* 1 conversati'dns with him^btftf’ o6o% ren&mbet what was £*ai(k> Thavs’newltoldjlas madly 'as I can rethat I know.of the matter. I don’t know exactly how long‘Omen had been imthoaeobud mateh' watelP before this- happened; hut it could not have been mote than teu ortwclvodiysi, Previously be had heed iathenfiivt officer's watch. He was shifted ► -because he could not steer. Previous to tht ;Hlh v hkd ndt noticed - xifiyllihg partionlar in th* sefcond l officer's conduct towards Green. l i e«e seven or eight days before thetlTth there was some ch deck. | went,, op* deck; and fonndlthe second .*J»to *pd Gwen guarrelling, but whether -fiii' whs '• hit]fcidg , '‘Greek 6r hot I 'can’t say. It for me ftd'seb whether ; Mtyr. blows uweeou struck. <hj ordered»-thTm .. down i (sax*> to.i<tha main deok.i’The fellow -i-Groen had beenuinsoltat tomis dn m«rh than i> we occasion parid-ionithodeck’lsaid be was a s whjppifig. I did not see Mr Dodd strike him—though I heardiisomed noise. •<d 1 did not see anythin]? i:dn\,Ws (Dhdd’s) bandit' the tim- . ! !>he fot lowing morning --I! believe Queen had his head “bundled ..up.” He was usually ‘ fanned uft ” with rags, 1 and so on; he bkdmWb clotnes on him than he could carry cross exaniniatiorL-*the~ raptai u Said that Greeni- oq [thq. articles as ah Fishman. ... Jjapiej Sfyarn, an ordinary seaman, said * that one eVenfng Dodd sept Green to the M gallows.” . He (withe**) was there himself for sleeping in the watch. Green was stand ftfe oh the pbrtOrail, with -his .krms-folded, apparently thinking, and about four feeit from where hd (Sharp) £as standing. T) l * second mate told Green to go upop

w»e gallows. I‘* Tbfcy'-' had a few words 4W ml* *«»Wt.O Gree^i. g ot , «P°» ™B gallons, and the spin w« rolling jo that IjVi spnld not keep , hiß b»lanoer°H6 the staysail* halyards to prevent him* elf from falling i j)oda told bimlto he u!« he would knock him down. ififealio told pun togo out ; ' : m (loipg so, feU down iMdddbove him to $» Ml by earing him vrfth-: % belaying , pm, and witbwhich he struck him on the legs as he was getting up. Green again fell. Dedd M then struck, him on the heacL.with the'helaying-pin; knocking him down into the le« scuppers, where he lay for,' about five minutes.' Dodd said, “Get up, you son of a b—W* A* he was getting up Dodd again struck him on the Bead with the belaying pin, and Green cried out, “ For God’s sake have mercy, 1 am an - brdman.— *D6d«r replied, * r< rwill give “you mercy, you soiw)f a b and told him to go on the gallows again ; and as he was £1 ‘doingiso he knocked hi» hands from the sheet-pole with.- libe ’ belaying pin," and also struck him, on. the heels and PrSfP. wept, overboard. ’ Dodd looked over . e * hj thfen r.,n aft and called Ule captain. Ten or fifteen minutes elapsed ~ between . Green falling overboard and the captain cming on deck. Witness beard Dodd as he was going aft tell fhe man at the , to put the helm hard down, and after a£ , oallmg.^'Captain Dodd, he "' sent witness call the watch," while the sails 4 bslfig furled Dodd told witness that ever dd ntioncd anything about him olobblbg the mah, he would kill him. : ?v^V r half an hour from "the time Greet. Went overboard. Dodd, when running aft, dropped the belaying pin, whiohjvit&ess picked up and put an the rail. I to'the sergeant of po}ide an Sunday ui ■* o i om ® time before the occurrence „|;P f bepwmber 17, the second ipate and Green , r fh® deck, striking hipi with his fists. The '; f*Ptria Bhid, “ Give it to him: 1 believe he f ; la a rascal.” [The prosecution will endeavor ta dall da many witnesses as they can this evening, ! ®“ d at B ® v en o’clock the Ceurt will adjonm till to-morrow. It is considered certain that . . J“ e caae will go to trial, as Mr Mansford. in i ««S C0 J urß ® P ne of the legal arguments, said - tb . anlc l fc o Bay he would not have to adjudicate upon the case.”] j