Arthur Howell, giving evidence on his own behalf, said he had been ashore, leaving his brother on board to perform his duties. Witness returned just after the fight was over. Several of the crew were Gollected together, but they were not violent. On entering the pantry he saw his brother sitting handcuffed on the medicine chest. He was crying and very drunk. Witness asked: the captain why' his (witness's) brother was to be locked up. He suggested to the captain that he might be able to influence? his brother better than he. "The captain then locked me up (witness went on). I tried to explain that I was only pacifying my brother and might succeed better than the captain. I was locked up for trying to be'a peace-maker."
Continuing, witness said the five of them had been reprimanded at Kobe by the American Consul. He might not have been a cons but said he was. They were told*h the captain's room what the captain and the officers had against them. On the following day when the ship sailed the captain read out the log to them. Witness asked him to explain why he (witness) -should be blamed for breaking up the property. ''That is none of your business. Get out of the room," was the captain's reply. "And I went out of the room like a gentleman," commented witness. As for the broken glass in the bookcase, the money which had been deducted from their pay in respect of this would have bought several bookcases.
In answer to Mr. Snyder, witness declared that he was no more drunk than the chief mate. Pressed to explain himself more fully witness said: "I am not a connoisseur of drunkenness.''
(Laughter).
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