The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-12-09
rFrom the N. Y. Commercial Adyer-
tiser Of Thursday.
MUTINY AND MURDER

The rumor which we briefly alluded /
to Yesterday afternoon, that the Capt.
of the brig Vineyard had been murder
ed by some ofthe crew, proves too well
founded. The examination ofthe -four
men confined in Flatbush Jail com !
monced Yesterday afternoon before
Judges Hubbard and Terhune. and
the depositions taken, reveal the par
ticulars ofas foul n murder as was ever
committed for the accursed lust Of
gain. The two following examinations
were taken yesterday aiternoon:--
State of New York, /,
County Of Kings
Samuel Leonard, being duly sworn,
saws, that on the Both day of Nov. last
past, four men came TO his house IN the
town Of Gravesend, in said County,
aud one of them engaged him To take
them down to Brooklyn for three dol
lars. That after getting nearly ready
to do so, one Of them who was called
Jack by TIE others, and who since has
called his name John Brownrigg, said
they should 90 no further, that they
were murderers, and had murdered the
captain and mate. This dcponent
saws that the said man, called Jack,
smoke tkese words to IA man who called
himself Charles Gibbs, and "A cOlored
man who calls himself Thomas VIII
liams. That the other person of the
four calls himself Robert Dawes; and
that he also said afterwards, that what
the man called Jack had said, was true.
And this deponent further says, that
soon after this conversation, the man
WIN calls himself Charles Gibbs, asked
deponent to step aside with lnm, and
hurried him TO carry them to Brooklyn,
and offered him 800 to do So. And
this deponent says that it was mention
ed among the said four persons, that
they had been on board the brig Vine
ward of Boston.
SAMUEL LEONARD.
Sworn before US the lst day of Dec.
1880,
Elias Hubbard, Jr. Two nr @I 'hc f"s co,,nsv '"nE
'ohh Ae'"u'e' J Court OF Kings
Co. associated, &c.
State ofNew-York,
County of Kings. %
John Brownrlgg, mariner, being dn-
" sworn, says, that he is a native oi
Great Britain, aud that he was lately a
sailor on board small brig called the
Vineyard, of Boston. That the said
brig sailed from New-Orlcnus on the
Sth or OH of November, for Philadel-
phia. That a colored man who was
taken into custody Yesterday, Tues
day) at the same time with this depo-
nent, and who was steward on board
the said brig, Informed him and the
otbors of the crew of the brig, that
there was money on board, for Stephen
Girard, of Phhdelphia. That on
Tuesday night, the Odd of November,
this deponent was up in the rigging,
attending to his duties, and that while
there, he heard some one cry, "oh
oh oh % That when he came down
one Henry HatweII, sailor, said,
awe have taken charge" And this
deponent says that he then asked
where the captain was, aud the said
Hatwcll answered that he was over
board. And this deponcnt further says
that after this, the man that calls HIM
self Charles Gibbs, acted as captain OF
the brig, and the said ilatwell as mate.
That Gibbs was the only man then left
on board the brig who was navigator.
That the Steward was washing up blood
on the quarter deck, and OH the cabin
ladder. That Gibbs and Hatwel were
engaged in ovcrhnuling the papers and
cargo of the said brig. This deponent
says there were ten kegs of silver mo-
ney, in Mexican dollars, and that they
counted three of the kegs, and found
that each keg contained about 5000,
as near as deponeut can recOllect.
That they continued to sail the brig
until last Sunday, about IL o'clock at
night, when, in sight of the floating
light off l.. l. they got into the boats.
The said Gibbs, tho steward, Robert
Dawes, and this deponent, got Into the
long boat, and the said Hatwell, col
ored man by the name of Church, who
said he belonged to Block Island, and
man called Jim, who is white man,
got into the Jolly boat. Before leav-
ing the brig she was scuttled, and also
set. on fire in the cabin, rs this depo.
ncnt was informed by those on board
the long boat, and this depouent saw
that the brig was on fire when they hat
got considerable distance from her
This deponent further says, that whc,
the crew left the brig, each one had hi
share of the money OH board the boa
he was in. That he took share o
the money to save his life, rs he wa
afra;l ,hny tvn,iIJ L III hin, if bn lid M,