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CAPTAIN FRYATT
THE STORY OF HIS JICRDER.
Mr Williiun Harine.Il, chief officer of
thu Brusesls at iii,. time of her can
lure by Gt-nnan dtstroycre in ]91tS
has sent a. report to the. owners of the
vessel describing the so-called trial
and the execution of Captain iFryatt.
Jell states'-'6 °f the Teporl Mr 'art'
i 1 J'lu eDdoavor t' make you under
stand the so-called tribunal or trial.
On July 2-1 Captain Fryatt and mv
f-PJI *W**re OUt-fltinn*v? #i*1 nmcc n,.«^:
«i m the prison and so farl?I could
learu, Captdm Kryatt never added to
or dsparttMi from his open statement.
It was then that wo were first inform
n i *he tribunal that was to follow.
On July 28 w» were told to be ready
lor the tribunal, which was to take
place at Hrugea Town Hall on tho
^rth, at 11. a.m. On July 27, at 9
a.m., the door of the cell was opened
and an escort wus waiting. To my
surprise, four of tie craw were in tho
waiting cell; Kaeh man. was, escorted
o the Town Hall, 'Captein FryaU and
I liemg the --last to go, andBl.jced un
der a strong gunrd until ti- -3| be
gan.
iti)1-2-.1^'4 Captain Fryau, vr«s
colled into Vs place before the socali
ed'lwnel^' and. repeated his previous
statemet. . I followed, and answered
queKticjs that appeared to me ridiuul
oui», not appearing cither to defend
oj- condemn Captain Fryatt. At the
.-Rnitt timo an officor in uniform ap
peared, and approaching Captain
I'ryatt and myself, informed us in
Broken English thai he was for tlie
defence, Tho Naval Kommahdatur of
the port conductod the trial, ad also
acted as interpreter. At 4 p.m. the
Naval Kommandatur informed us that
all was over so far, nnd that the. de
eisjon .rested with the naval officers,
who had retired to another room, and
the verdict would be made known
after we had returned to our cells.
The. officer1. for the defence thon spoke i
again, and said he would dn his ut- |
most to snv« Captain Fryatt. j
HIS LAST HOTiR.
Aft^r oeinsi acain placed in the cells,
the chief warder of the prison came to
me at 5.0 p.m., and told mo I was to
?IO and utip iiith Captain Kryatt, as
that was his last night. I then met
Captain Fryatt, who was very much
distressed, jiot so much because of the
verdict, Out of; the unfair and cowardly
manner in -which everything was done
Hu told me himself that he was to be
shot on the next morning, and after
having a talk, for alwut an hour— it
was then 6.30 p.m.— the prison official '
took liis watch from his poeknt, nnd
said that in a short time the escort
would bo there, and Captaiu FryuU
would be shot at 1 p.m. Tho lam
twenty-five minutes I sjxMit, with him
were very appalling.
At b.55 p.m. 1 wished him good-bv'i,
and promised I would deliver his lu«t
messages, .which ?were mnny, and re
turned to my cell. Punctually at 7
p.m. a very short distance, from the
prison walls a hand commenced to plav,
and poor Krj-att was no more.
Later the same evening an official
wimp to my cell and described to me,
in the best way he could, how Krvatt
died. He was shot by sixteen riiles
the rbullels of which penetrated tliniueli
th' [,hea.rt. carrying with them tho
i body and out at tile Ibiick.
Sir, I was and am .still nroud of
Captain Jryatt's manly conduct richt
tffi.e°wthn 'nSt| ''d ' m'y 'dd tllat
trial' who could fBcThm^The officer
ior the defemv asked him to sit down,
an they did not understand. This is
the best 1 can do from memory, as all
diaries, etc, were tnken awav'
| 'Now, children, you must all a|TO
? up something d urine Ijoiii ' stiH
mother brightly. 'Daisv, what is vou,
j choice?1 Daisy thought a moment.
? '''«-.' *»-= said at last. 'I think
1 11 give up going to church on Sun
days.'
Wife: I wish we hnd a nice honsr
where we could give a dame ! Bus
oand: Just for the pleasure of invit
.-Jig some oi your friends, ell ? Wir.'
i£hers7d *' P''aSUIe '' 11Ot i'-'»«
'A happy marriage,' exclaimed the
widow, 'an ]ik,, a beautiful dream.'
Why? B«-cauHe people go into it
with their eyes snut?' asked the
bachelor girl
Wealthy Sinter: Don't make me look
too ugly, will you? Nervous Artist
(intending to . ibe .-omplimentarv) ;
^ladnm. that would be impossible!
'Why- did the whale enst up
Jonah r' 'Because it was afraid it
would 1«. ned for food hoarding.'
j I-ick: What ar* you lauEhii.g ,,t ?
Mary: Your whiskers. Dkk : Is there
anything humorous in their appear
ance? Mary: '-No; 1iut somehow they
tackle me. ? ?
'He doesn't neem to have altered
in the. least during the last three
has.' 'Oh,' how's that?'' ''He's al
ways snvinR what a fool he tv:ih.'
JLr Will Jfakeiu liad just poi-i-ed the
question to Jfi=s Elderleigh, the V:dy
oi his choice. '1 am sorry.' she jin
swered resolutely, 'I cannot marry
enr.Oura»enient written on my laci-.'
'Ah, truel' sighed the rejected one. i
'I suppose it was ibecause of my in- I
n-fn'lity to rend between the lines.' |
''Recently nt a railway station a lioy
who looked almut 14 'years of n«e,
who was smoking n. cigarette, went up
to the bookiug office and said : 'Half
a return to Birmingham?' 'What! A
kid like you smoking?' ventured the
booking clerk, noticing the Wv'b cifisr
otto. 'Who'ro you calling a kid.
aw in sixteen,' replied the lad, imtoer
tinentljr. 'Oh, you are; -well, -'Jull
lure, please!' '? -I .
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