The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-24 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT TO THE CITY OF BERLIN

A OGESTION Or SALVAGE.
On Friday, in the Court of Appeal, before Lords
Justices James, Baggallay, and Cotton, and ?fancies'
Assessors, an appeal wan heard on behalf .1 the owners ,
of the Spain from the judmient .1 the Admiralty
Division of the I !and, on the ground that the amount
of salvage awarded by the court below was too little.
Both steamers ply between Liverpool and New York.
The Spain, with 240 passengeis and 110 hands on
board, besides a large and valuable (Argo of fresh
beef, butter, and cheese; and the City of Berlin, with
perdona on board, left New York on the same day.
The total value of the Spain and her cargo was esti-
mated at £154,634. and that of the City of Berlin at
rn1,920. The City of Berlin was the faster ship, but
on the Bth of June her shaft broke, when she was some
500 or Go o mileA from Queenstown. She tried to get
on under nail, but made no way. Her .caytain there.
fore kept her in the course which the Spam would be
likely to take. On the 10th of June, having a signal
of inctress flying, though she had drifted out .1 the
track, the Spain sighted her signal at a distance of
als.nt fifteen miles, and bore down upon her. After
having waited on the master of the Spain, the muter
of the City of Berlin decided to be tor/al to Queens-
town by the Spain, and this wan accordingly done.
The Spain was delayed thereby in her voyage to Liver.
Iss.l a day and a half, claiming salvage service. The
Court awarded the Spain £2,000 and from this the
ownere of the Spain appealed. Mr. Aspinall, Q.C.,
and Mr. Afyburgh appeared for the owners of the
Slain; Mr. Millward, Q.C. and Mr. Clarkson for
the owners of the City of Berlin. Their lordships
ruerved their judgment.

EXECUTION OF A BOY,

The hen-ging-4-Jack Tinware,— -a-hoy, fifteen
years old, ha,, taken place at La Grange, Georgia. In
December het, Thomaaam, apparently in a fit of
jealously, arising during play, killed two children,
aged eight awl two respectively, while their parente
were away at work. On their return to the house
they found Rebecca, the eldest, carefully propped up
against the wall of the house, the whole top of her
heal torn off and the blood and brains falling over her
Issly, :cod hielvia, the baby, lying on the floor, with
her heal crushed and her throat literally cut from ear
to ear. The boy Thomaiwon had, it appeared, a
decided mania for torturing children : he had taken a
little child that was left in his care, and, tying a cord
about its neck, hal hung it out of the window, from
which perilous position it was rescued just in time to
save its life; that he had frequently, without provoca-
tion or excioe, beaten children until he had nearly
killed them; and he had cut a heavy stick the day
before the murders, and had said "Some nigger will
sweat with this stick." In the absence of direct proof
as to who committed the murder, • curious superstition
wail practised. A notion had long pervaded the minds
of the negroes to the effect that if a number of people
were to march by the corpse of a murdered person,
and lay their hands upon the wounds, the blood would
break out afresh as the hand of the undiscovered
murderer touched them. The two little pine coffins
were brought out, and the mutibite4l corpses of the
children placed in full view. 'The simple-minded
negrnea touched the corpses one after the other, with
no effect, until at last Jack came up. It was dis-
covered that he bad tried to escape making the trial
for a long time, awl had only yielded through necessity.
As it was, he was horribly frightened, when he
approached the corpses, and could hardly muster the
courage to lay his hands upon their wounds. At
length, however, amid breathless silence, he touched
the terrible spots one after the other. Oi course no
blood flowed at the touch, and Jack moved on.
The great body of the negroai at once cleared
him of all suspicion, the " trick" having settled the
matter in their opinion. lie afterwards, however,
confessed the crime. At the execution, the boy
approached the gibbet vety reluctantly, showing •
great deal of agitation and fear. During the religious
services he became more composed, and the twitching
of his face showed that he WU suffering acutely and
was making • desperate struggle to appear composed.
Though he had repeatedly said that he had nothing to
say, when the black cap was being adjusted he begged
permission to make is last talk on earth. He said in
alluding to the murder, "I don't know why I killed
them. I suppose the devil was lame." While hewse
admonishing his hearers, especially the boys, to let
his fate be • warning to them, and that the wages of
sin was death, he saw the lather of the murdered
children in the crowd, and, turning to him entreated
him in a very pleading tone to forgive hint, as Mirk.
had. The father, with some hesitancy and much
emotion, said that he would. In speaking of sprltual
matters he said that he had put faith inJista, and he
was saved; that he had no longer • dread of yawning
hell, but that he forgave everybody-the judge, jury,
goalors, and everybody-and hoped to meet them all
in heaven. He waa then placed on the trap of the
gibbet, the noose adjusted, the tigger sprung, and he
was dangling at the end of the rope. As the trap fell
he called out, " Blest me in Heaven " The words
hail scarcely left his lips when the rope tightened
about his neck. The fan of the drop wee six feet, but
his neck was not broken, Md, as newel iev=l* he
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