Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-26

promifsd, Storey obiefyed, that it va
.aeceGxry TO fink the I1annrh, for if ihe
arrived fsfe into Tie port the owner and
himielF woald u ruined he therefore re-
speited OF Freeman 70 afiit him in effect
Jog the fsme;" 10 this the witnefs ha2l-
" aiierted, on promile of receiving the
fem Of 3oodollars; il eonieqaence, about.
s O'Clock the mex, morning, the crew
were tent aloft TO reef the fore top fail,
and white they were thus employed the
mate went down into the run through the
cabin fcuttle, ard with a ipike gimblet
bored a number Of holes through the
plarks.
Shortly after, las if BY aeeidentl the
cook was diretaed by Storey to found tie
pump, who difcovered that the vefiel had
three feet water in her hold. The alarm
was then eisen to the crew, that ihe had
ipruRg aleak, ard they were ordered to
the pumps by great exertions they freed
her in about an hour. freeman again
bored other holes, making as he iaid the
number of thirty. The leak now increai.
Cd 70 mech that both pump, could NOT
keep her free, in coniequenee Of which
iignal Of diitrafs was msde 70 capt. Tir-
rel, of the Sally, (,hen in tigbs) who bore
down within hail, when Storey informed
him Of his fisuation, requeiting of him
not to qaie, sbut afford all the af7ifsuce in
his power. II was rather fngular that
the Sally had really fprupg leak, and
the captain had determined to make the
nearei port. Captain Iirrel however
fsnt his boat on board the Hannah, with
fome hands to aflilt at the pumps; but
as might be expected their; efforts PROV
ed Intellectual. 1t was now determined
by Storey and the crew to take out iuch
property as could be eaGIy removed, with
he cloaihing, and then quit her; this
was accordingly done about 6 P. M. of
the third day after leaving Nantaiket
Roads. Storeys with view TO deceive
captain Tirrel, propoied he ihould ta.ry
by the Hannah all night, 70 thar if the
weather continued moderate an attempt
might be made 10 tow her INFO port
He, however, fent Freeman, the mate,
back to the brig, oacnfbly on pretence
Of faving other property, bar with lecret
infrutfions TO knock out if potlible, the
lumber port, 70 that The buhneis might be
lpeedily accomplished this the witnels
effected, but with extreme danger of his
life, fer when the lumber port fell into
the Tea, the water ruined in upon him 70
violently that he had been nigh fnfoca,-
ed. The witnels then returned on board
the Sally, and in a quarter OF an hour the
Hannah went down. The Sally arrived
at Newport five days after, protect was
made before Mr.. Hazard, notary pub
lie, and Ggned by Storey, Freeman and
feaman in the ufual form. Storey wrote
70 Pierpont, from Newport, informing
him of the lofs of the Hannah, in very
agtful manner, concluding his letter by
oblerying, {" that he ihould take care 10
have all the papers in due order, 70 that
in cafe infurance had been effected, he
might be able to recover of the u1der-
writer's"
Such was the fubaance of the evidence
given at the trial by the accomplices,
Southack and Freeman, rel peeting this
villainy. Il may now be proper in the
narration further to fate, that when the
demand was made on the underwriters for
the lois, objections were RATED to paying,
on thele grounds, 6ra as to the Tea wor-
thineis of the veael; fecondly as the real
value of the property on board, from the
apparent inability of Pierpont readily to
command capital fuficient for fuch an
undertaking. To obviatethe hrf Mef1rs.
Lincoln and Wheelwright, ihipwrights of
refpeaability in this town, who repaid the
Hannah, previous TO her falling, made
oath, thar fufficient repairs were made,
49, o,>;r;or n a ,uaC e : RI narf Corn,