The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-08-01

TWO muSketS, went fQlrWaru anu CdAeu up
man (Bicknel from the forecastle, who ha,
no shirt on, and seemed to be wounded
While Bicknel was sitting on the rail, one
of them fired musked at him, and he fel
overheard. The Other then fired, and the
witness thought hit him, for he heard hin
groan heavily. They then called down the
cook who had hid hiIlself, and was unit
then unperceived in another part of the
rigging, ordered him to go to work cook
ing breakfast, which he promptly obeyed
The witness saw knife dashed to a staff
two of the Spaniards were without shirts,
and besmeared with blood, with their
bloody knives sticking in girdles about
their waists. The pirates then went to
work in destroying all the papers belong
ing to the VESSEL which were thrown into
the sea. The leaves of the bibles belong
ing to some of the men were torn out, and
also thrown overheard, as were the sea-
clothing of the sailors. During this de-
struction of these evidences of the charac-
ter of the vessel, Tardy and the Spaniards
kept up a constant huzzaing exulting and
Dragging of their exploit.
The vessel was all a gore of blood : her
deck, mnsts, spars, sails, &c. The cook
was made to take buckets of water and
syash it away; where it could not be got,
ten off the sails, &c. he was made to paint
them over, so as to hide it. Pope, after
one of the other Spaniards had fixed the
rope, hauled up the dead body of the Irish
passenger from below, which was thrown
overheard. During the dreadful scene, the
French passenger was near Tardy at the
helm, and showed every mark of suffering
and sympathy.
Tardy showed the witness a complete
set of Spanish papers for the vessel, repre-
senting her to belong to the Port of Hava-
ma, bound by way of Matanzas to Hamburg
in Europe. Tardy told the witness he had
paid nine doubloons for them. He explain
ed his intention to the witness, of going to
Hamburg A conversation took place be-
tween himself and Tardy as to the improb
ability of getting to Hamburg without
mariners, and with the small stock of pro-
visions they had. 1t resulted in a deter
mina.ion to make to the nearest port in the
United States and to take in hands and
provisions !; and they sailed for st. Marys,
which they nearly reached-but, owing to
contrary winds, they could not make.
They then determined to sail to the Ches-
apeake. After they entered the Capes,
they were spoken by four different pilots,
all of whom Tardy refused; the last, how
ever attempted to go on board, and Tardy
was induced by the witness to permit it, to
prevent suspicion, as the name of the YES
sci had been effaced the day after the
murder Of the crew. The vessel having
been brought to anchor of Old Point Com
tort, the three Spaniards and the cook
we're sent aloft to reef the sails; witness
proposed to Tardy to assist in getting the
boat ready, and to bring it alongside for
him. His proposition was consented to
with some reluctance, and he got into the
boat to take out the plug to let the water
that was in her escape and desired that the
French passenger should take one rope
and Tardy the other and let the boat down.
This they did. AS soon as she touched the
water, instead of bringing her along side,
he made for the shore with all his strength.
He knew there were no loaded arms on
hoard, and that he was safe. Tardy asked
him as he was going off, if he would be-
tray him, he answered no, and fastened to
the shore, where he related the sad story
to the officers in command at the fort.
Mr.. Ferdinand Geunouhac 1.-THE French
passenger,) the next witness examined,
gave in testimony, in many respects SIM
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deck the night of the LIST of June, and
about 2 or O'Clock, he was reused by a
noise on the deck. He found Tardy at
the helm near which he lay. II was dark
and he could not we'll distinguish things;
but he saw two men struggling two or three
yards from him, one of them fell. He did
not know who they were Pope told him
afterwards it was himself killing the Cap
tain; but Felix insisted that he had killed
the Captain. Very soon ne saw man des-
patching some one with an axe, and he
thought he recognized the voice of Pope,
who afterwards told him it was so. He saw
n man coming up from the cabin, and one
of the Spaniards stabbed him, and he fell
back into the cabin. He recognized him
20 be the man who spoke English and had
a sore on his leg, (which was the case, by
Mr.. Dobson's testimony, with the Irish
passenger.)
Felix told him that he had killed him, and
that he thought at the time it was Robin
son coming up with a gun. At day break
the witness saw Robinson and the sailor
in the water, and confirmed all that Dob
son had said respecting them. When the
man was called down from the mast, the
Spaniards got around him. Pope asked
the others why they were delaying killing
him. Couro replied that he wanted to give
him a good and fatal blow, and not to
wound him. He heard the man fall from
the rigging as described by Dobson. The
clothes of the Spaniards were bloody and
they threw them into the sea, as they did
most of the clothes Of the crew and pas
sengers. Three or four days afterwards,
he heard them say that the mate and cook
were only fattening to be killed. Tardy
showed the witness the false papers OBJ
tanned in Havana for the vessel, and said
they cost him IS doubloons. The reason
he gave the witness for saving his life, was,
that he was his countryman that he had
been pirate for great while, and never
injured Frenchman, and should not COM
mence then.
The prisoners were severally found gull
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