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Show 903 " A. He fastened the Marguerite behind one, and the pushed that one up; had the two motor boats we fastened behind the other scow and pushed that up, with the two motor boats. " Q. And the Betsy Ann, did she push or tow say thing? " A. The row boats. " Q. The row boats with the Betsy Ann? " A. Yes. " I think Mr. Wimmer's boat, also, had a row boat to tow. " Q. And all of the crew were riding those boats? " A. Spread out amongst the three outfits. " Q. Don't you recall that you made that trip up stream, that trip which you estimate as being ninety- five miles in length, in thirty- six and a half hours actual running time? " A. I think that was the time we made, the actual running time. " Q. That is your best recollection? " A. Yes. " Q. The trip up stream was in all respects uneventful, wasn't it? " A. We had come to take the ordinary hazards of the river, as sandbars, and so on, as the ordinary, commonplace events. " Q. Regardless of what had induced your state of mind, from your knowledge of all of the experiences in that trip, your regarded it as an uneventful trip up the river; isn't that true? " A. Yes.". R. 2137- 2138. |
