1:36:03
You were in the stokehold
at the time of the wreck, were you not?
1:36:07
No, sir.
I was in the orlop.
1:36:09
- You were in the orlop?
- Yes, sir. That's where I was...
1:36:12
when the steamer
smashed against that reef,
1:36:15
and I heard
that dyin' scream.
1:36:21
You heard what?
1:36:23
When the reef tore out
the heart of that ship,
1:36:25
she screamed like a woman.
1:36:28
You mean you heard tearing timbers,
escaping steam.
1:36:32
Twenty years
I know the sea...
1:36:36
like I knows
day from dark.
1:36:39
But I never heard
no sound like that...
1:36:41
'cept when a woman die.
1:36:43
- [Steve] Was there a woman aboard?
- No, sir.
1:36:47
I think she go ashore
before we sail.
1:36:50
- Who?
- The lady what talked to the Cap'n.
1:36:53
[Steve]
A lady?
1:36:56
- You know who she was?
- No, sir.
1:36:58
What did she look like?
1:37:00
I don't rightly "recamember"
how she was dressed,
1:37:05
but she was wrapped in
a mighty pretty shawl.
1:37:09
- What kind of a shawl?
- What color?
1:37:12
What kind of
a shawl?
1:37:15
I don't know,
but it was mighty pretty.
1:37:19
Kind of red and yellow.
1:37:23
[Steve]
Your Honor,
1:37:25
I request permission
to interrupt this testimony,
1:37:28
- and recall Jack Stuart to the stand.
- Granted.
1:37:32
- That's all, Salt Meat.
- Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.
1:37:35
This ghost story has
no bearing on the case.
1:37:38
No woman was rescued
from that ship.
1:37:41
If one was aboard,
1:37:42
murder must be added
to the charge of wrecking.
1:37:47
- Did the Southern Cross
carry passengers?
- No!
1:37:50
- But a woman came aboard
just before you cast off.
- She didn't sail.
1:37:53
You sure of that?
1:37:56
Who saw her leave?
Did you?