Salt Lake Herald | 1890-03-16 | Page 1 | The Mccalla Court of Inquiry

The JfcCalla Court of Inquiry NEW YORK March 15The McCalla court of inquiry resumed its sessions today to-day G R Graham a seaman of tho i I Enterprise was the first witness Ho told II I how ho had been confined in irons five days on ibo charge of deserting his post At the end of that time Commander Mc Calls released him stating that it had been under misapprehension permission having been given witness to leave his post by Iline the officer in charge of the deck Kline was present when McCalla ordered il d I the svitncss put in irons but did not interfere inter-fere fereJohn Glynn marine orderly told how he was confined in irons for ten days by Mc Calla for going below when he was on post Ho had no fault to find with McCalla Louis Myers seaman told a story of when the ship was off the African coast he refused to pass coal from one of the bunkers which had become ignited and how McCalla threatened to kill him for having as he said smiled at him