_____ Forward |_____|Compartment ___________________________|_____|______________________________ \ bath \ |_____| / / \___ ___\ |_____| /Turner’s/ Mrs.\ \ /room_ __/ John’s\ /____/ / room \ \ Main Cabin / / / \___ ___\ / /_ _/bath Mrs. \ \ / Vail’s /room Turner's \___ \ /________/ room \ \ / ______/linen \ \____\ /__/store/ bath \ \ \ /__ room / \ \ \ /___/____/ \__\ /general / Miss \ \ /supplies/ Lee’s \ \ /________/ room \_______\______ _____/________/butler’s \_maid’s\ Chart Room / pantry \\ room used as library / bunk---\\ ___ \ and lounge____ / \_\__\__\_________|____|_/ bunk (wheel)|____| “State what happened on the night of August 11 and early morning of August 12.” “I slept in the storeroom in the after house. As it was very hot, I always left the door open. The storeroom itself was a small room, lined with shelves, and reached by a passageway. The door was at the end of the passage. I wakened because of the heat, and found the door locked on the outside. I lit a match, and found I could unscrew the lock with my knife. I thought I had been locked in as a joke by the crew. While I was kneeling, some one passed outside the door.” “How did you know that?” “I felt a board rise under my knee as if the other end had been trod on. Shortly after, a woman screamed, and I burst open the door.” “How long after you felt the board rise?” “Perhaps a minute, possibly two.” “Go on.” “Just after, the ship’s bell struck six—three o’clock. The main cabin was dark. There was a light in the chart-room, from the binnacle light. I felt my way to Mr. Vail’s room. I heard him breathing. His door was open. I struck a match and looked at him. He had stopped breathing.” “What was the state of his bunk?” “Disordered—horrible. He was almost hacked to pieces.” “Go on.” “I ran back and got my revolver. I thought there had been a mutiny—” “Confine yourself to what you saw and did. The court is not interested in what you thought.”