id?"

"I was indignant."

"Think again, Mr. Turner. If you cannot recall, some one else will."

"I threatened to dismiss him and put the first mate in his place. I was
angry, naturally."

"And what did the captain reply?"

"He made an absurd threat to put me in irons."

"What were your relations after that?"

"They were strained. We simply avoided each other."

"Just a few more questions, Mr. Turner, and I shall not detain you. Do
you carry a key to the emergency case in the forward house, the case
that contained the axe?"

Like many of the questions, this was disputed hotly. It was finally
allowed, and Turner admitted the key. Similar cases were carried on
all the Turner boats, and he had such a key on his ring.

"Did you ever see the white object that terrified the crew?"

"Never. Sailors are particularly liable to such hysteria."

"During your delirium, did you ever see such a figure?"

"I do not recall any details of that part of my illness."

"Were you in favor of bringing the bodies back to port?"

"I--yes, certainly."

"Do you recall going on deck the morning after the murders were
discovered?"

"Vaguely."

"What were the men doing at that time?"

"I believe--really, I do not like to repeat so often that I was ill
that day."

"Have you any recollection of what you said to the men at that time?"

"None."

"Let me refresh your memory from the ship's log."

(Reading.) "'Mr. Turner insisted that the bodies be buried at sea, and,
on the crew opposing this, retired to his cabin, announcing that he
considered the attitude of the men a mutiny.'"

"I recall being angry at the men--not much else. My position was
rational enough, however. It was midsummer, and we had a long voyage
before us."

"I wish to read something else to you. The witness Leslie testified to
sleeping in the storeroom, at the request of Mrs. Johns". (reading),
"'giving as her reason a fear of something going wrong, as there was
trouble between Mr. Turner and the captain.'"

Whatever question Mr. Goldstein had been framing, he was not permitted
to use this part of the record. The log was admissible only as a
record on the spot, made by a competent person and witnessed by all
concerned, of the actual occurrences on the Ella. My record of Mrs.
Johns's remark was ruled out; Turner was not on trial.

Turner, pale and shaking, left the stand at two o'clock that day, and I
was recalled. My earlier testimony had mer