Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-06-19
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NoRFoLE, June ).

II mas lai!eh 10 ouf lot TO record case OF this
CHARACTER which tor deliberate wickeness and dia-
| o'lcai aTocly, might almost challenge prece
deht' Inc actors IN the bloody scene were
| hTenchma" named .HIerGnder IGrdy aud three
| SpanIards, his accompllces These miscreants.
who had previously formed their plan, entered az
| passengers OIL board the brig'ne Crawford Capt.
brisnnian, at MaiaDzAs, for ". York. The Cray-
lord belongs to Troy, CMass) was owned by the
captain and his brother, and had taken in a cargo
OF moiasse., coffee, Sc. consigned to G. u s, s.
Rowland, OF II. York, and part of the cargo 40
Mr. y Allen, oil Providence, OR. /. She sail.
ed from Matanzas the 2Sh OF May, nayieated
ny the following PEI sons {:
Capt Henry Brightmsn, of Troy, Mass
tdmund Dob1on, Mate, of Somerse,, Mass.
Asa bckneIi, Seaman OF Connecticut
Jos. Do!veT, do oil Salem, Mass
Oliver Potter do of Westpo,t NI,ss
Nathan -, do
Cook, coored man.
Besides the four passengers mentioned above
there we're the following on ard the Cfa,vford
MIR. orman Robinson, OF Connecticut. OWNING
part OF the cargo
Mr. FefdlnSnd Ginoulhac, French gentleman
An lfishman, by trade carpenter.
An American, from Providence, r. l. also
, carpeater.
The particulars of iie horid and revolving trans
action which followed the sailing I'll the vessel ar.
thus related by Mr. Dobson, the male o. the Cra,v-
iord, 10 Mr.. 1-yiofd, Il OH whose books ve have
copied il -
'' MIR. Dobson states, that all the passengers
came on board as Is usual, and the foreigners ALI
paid their passage money; Tady and two of the
opan'Srds at S4O each, and the other Spaniard,
VINO appeared 10 he KIND OF servant, $50 On
The oInlnS OF he 3lsI uIt. rardy pre- allied uooo
Capt b. to permit the Spanish servant TO a.sis, in
cooking, urging as reason that the duties of the
vessels cook were too great-Capt. u. consented
OUT soon alter ealing, he together .-iih the male
and Mr.. Robinson were tAken very sick and cant
b. expressed his apprehension to the mate that
there had Teen design asaIDsl bis lite.
On the morning OF The FIRST, abou, , O'Clock the
bloody tragedy commenced. The plan appeareL
to have been =. srrsnged, that TarIy aud he three
SpSnArds, each singled Out his man, for al The SAME
moment that Mr. Dobson was stabbed fin the
shoulder, he heard the cry OF Potter and Inc cook
mr' ~ ~ fOteI, succeeded Ia reaching th, tn1in-
cfosS-ueed aud the cook the lUIe-iop but very
iaht win loss OF blood. The captain was stabbed
IN me CABIN, and as soon he cached the deck
| ieh without uiIerinB word; Potter died and fell
from the mast head overheard; Nathan i,n,,.d
overheard, and MIR. Robinson threw himself ONT
| oi the cabin window; oae OF the other men was
deliberately stabbed ON coming out oil the forecas
ue and the Others with the exception of the mate
and cook aud the other french passenger. MI
umouihiac,J all killed and thrown aboard
80 DDDSOh > lle was promised him by Tar
~, u he would come down on deck and Mr.. ID
at inst dubious, ultimately wenf down on dccL
ana 'hen II was that Isrdy who now assumed The
command oil the vessel, developed his views
All 'he Vesseis papers, letters colors and
Whatever else tended ~ sDew her Character we're
destroyed Or thrown overheard. and new set of
papers, manifest, &c. all made out In Spanish
were "ou"eed' t"ey having brought bunting On
BOARD win them, also made a Spanish snsign
Capt Tsrdy t"ld MIR. Uob.on that hrs obisct e.
| 10 proceed 10 Hamburg. and as he wanted a nsvi.
sa'"r, aud II he would never bsrsy bin, be should
be amply compensated. The Circumstance. ., H.
case admitting OF no attentive, Mr.. d. gave him
lhe required assurance 1t was found NECESSARY
however, to touch somewhere for provisions. and
A"Hy suggested The idea OF going Into 81. Mary's
IN Georgia, observing thai lie should not ike To %,
to Savannah or Charleston, for there he ,vas 10
well known. MIR. ID. saw III. cefiifcst. OF mai.
u'aH@aiIoh, which was Issnsd IN Charissio f-b,,,
'ns WINDS being rather adverse, they concluded 10
stand Tor Cape ileniy, where Tardy slated he coui
go into The Chesapeake, aud then take boat ao,i
60 TO Norfolk, where Ac was also acc lsinted. and
procure his supplies"
IN arriving oil The Capes Of Virginia, they vye,,
boarded by pilot, who understanding lheir Office,
TO be TO obtain provisions with the least po.sbl.
ueiay' advised them pnt IN al Old POM Couf,,
81 we most COW enien place, and they accsrdipo
- WuuBh MOI without some reluctance on the usrt
/ % Aa'uy' anchored at The Point, within s,one.
.nro" o. me peach, on Tuesday evening al G o.
| ciOcA' oODn alter snehoring, Tsrdy directed the
mate to hsVe the boat lowered and jroygh, -,
SIDE saying he intended going ashore a. The pom,
The boat was accordingly lowered with an. mat
10 ~ who svaiiIng himself Of 20 favorable an CO.,
poFtunity u Tree himself how an sssocia0on q, ~
these bloody monsters, cast oH the tackles se,z.
an oar and sSuied to- The beach. TsrJy rsicelv.
ins MS movement, bscamg greatly alarmed, and
e'iis0 o'' 70 TIE mate ferr0achiuiy, g are you
going 70 belray me2' Hs CONTINUED TO wetca ,bc J
mate WIN great apparent lrepilalon aarg him lanh