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Show BRUTALITY OF SEA CAPTAIN Manacles Wrists of Sailor and Hangs Him to Bridge of Ship for Hours. New York, March 29 John Johnson, a sailor, in an affidavit filed in the United States court here today charged charg-ed that Captain Henry W. Fnnzy of the American bark Belmont, while at sea March 4, manacled his wrists and hung him up by them on the bridge of the ship for more than four hours, during which time ho lost consciousness. conscious-ness. Ho had been ordered by the first officer, he said, to scrub the deck after finishing a watch. Ho refused and tho officer beat him, later he was put In irons and, deprived of food 1'or many hours, according to the affidavit and then -when he again refused ta .,.., , '"- "Hgttqtt? -? 'I.st?; scrub the deck, Captain Fanzy ordered that he be strung up. Johnson alleged alleg-ed he was not cut down until several members of the crow had appealed to the skipper in his behalf. Captain Fanzy was held in $2,000 ball. The maximum penalty In the event of conviction is $5,000 fine and five years imprisonment. |