Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1890 — DIDN’T TOE THE MARK. [ARTICLE]

DIDN’T TOE THE MARK.

Fireman Shay Tells Why He Wag Punished on Board the Enterprise. New York dispatch: In the McCalla investigation Jeremiah Shay, fireman, charged Lieut. Mulligan with cruelty while at Cronstadt. The witness said he was put in irons and tied up with a single line because he did not toe the mark properly on the Quarterdeck, where he had been placed by Lieut. Lumley. The witness said he was tied to prevent him from leaning on the bulwarks' to rest. Michael Murphy, W. F. Heevey, F. W. Betzer, and William Murphy corroborated Shay’s story and testified regarding punishments inflicted on themselves. Lieut. Mulligan was questioned on this point, but he could not remember any such occurrence.