None of the rest substantially contradict this. I assume that
these men have got the truth because I believe it an established fact. My
next proposition is that after she struck the short and long pier and
before she got back to the short pier the boat got right with her bow up.
So says the pilot Parker--that he got her through until her starboard
wheel passed the short pier. This would make her head about even with the
head of the long pier. He says her head was as high or higher than the
head of the long pier. Other witnesses confirmed this one. The final
stroke was in the splash door aft the wheel. Witnesses differ, but the
majority say that she struck thus."
Court adjourned.
14th day, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1857.
Mr. A. LINCOLN resumed. He said he should conclude as soon as possible.
He said the colored map of the plaintiff which was brought in during one
stage of the trial showed itself that the cross currents alleged did not
exist. That the current as represented would drive an ascending boat to
the long pier but not to the short pier, as they urge. He explained from
a model of a boat where the splash door is, just behind the wheel. The
boat struck on the lower shoulder of the short pier as she swung around
in the splash door; then as she went on around she struck the point or
end of the pier, where she rested.
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