e said he was sick. He thought he'd been poisoned. He said he was
going forward to lie down, and for me to strike them."

"Who struck the bell at three o'clock?"

"I did, sir."

"When did you hear a woman scream?"

"Just before that."

"What did you do?"

"Nothing. It was the Hansen woman. I didn't like her. She was a bad
woman. When I told her what she was, she laughed."

"Were you ever below in the after house?"

"No, sir; not since the boat was fixed up."

"What could you see through the window beside the wheel?"

"It looked into the chart-room. If the light was on, I could see all
but the floor."

"Between the hours of 1 a.m. and 3 a.m., did any one leave or enter the
after house by the after companion?"

"Yes, sir. Mr. Singleton went down into the chart-room, and came back
again in five or ten minutes."

"At what time?"

"At four bells--two o'clock."

"No one else?"

"No, sir; but I saw Mr. Turner--"

"Confine yourself to the question. What was Mr. Singleton's manner at
the time you mention?"

"He was excited. He brought up a bottle of whiskey from the chart-room
table, and drank what was left in it. Then he muttered something, and
threw the empty bottle over the rail. He said he was still sick."

The cross-examination confined itself to one detail of Charlie Jones's
testimony.

"Did you, between midnight and 3 A.M., see any one in the chart-room
besides the mate?"

"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 dressed?"

"Yes, sir."

"Can you describe what he wore?"

"Yes, sir. His coat was off. He had a white shirt and a white vest."

"Were the shirt and vest similar to these I show you?"

"Most of them things look alike to me. Yes, sir."

The defense had scored again. But it suffered at the hands of Burns,
the next witness. I believe the prosecution had intended to call
Turner at this time; but, after a whispered conference with Turner's
attorneys, they made a change. Turner, indeed, was in no condition to
go on the stand. He was pallid and twitching, and his face 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 helmsman, had been afraid of Singleton
that night, an