By the foreman of the jury:
“In the face of the warnings at New York that the Lusitania would be torpedoed, did you make any application to the Admiralty for an escort?”
“No, I left that to them. It is their business, not mine. I simply had to carry out my orders to go, and I would do it again.”
Captain Turner uttered the last words of this reply with great emphasis.
By the coroner:
“I am very glad to hear you say so, Captain.”
By a juryman:
“Did you get a wireless to steer your vessel in a northerly direction?”
“No,” replied Captain Turner.
“Was the course of the vessel altered after the torpedoes struck her?”