Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-10-13
. WILLIAM STRIKE,
THOMAS COLLINET,
JOSEPH GADETT,
JOAO ANTONIO DEMARAIS,
his
JOSEPH MARlONE COVIEL,
mark.
JACOB BRISTOL.
JACOB BRISTOL.

brig, when the Supercargo, Cd Mate,
and one Of the crew went on board (leay-
ing the West Indian Oh board the Men
tos TO examine the vessel, and see what
state she was in, and found l3 inches
water in her, sails in very bad order. and
nothing to repair thcm-with 20 days
| provisions on board; offered their seviccs
to navigate the Brig to New York, or
any port in the l.. States, which the man
| acting as Master declined acco pting, al
| lcging as reason that the vessel was
not in "A fit condition to go to the United
! States that he intended TO 90 toSt. Thom-
as, and deliver her up to the American
| Consul. lie was asked If he under
stood navigation, and replied yes-and
was then asked what was the course Of
st. Thomas, and answered SW., when
the true course was WNWl w. This
| excited some suspicion that all was not
right, and one Of the crew, Stike, an j.
rishman, wished to go in the boat to the
Mentos, and on showing Of he was order
ed on board, but replied he was merely
going for tobacco. All on board insisted
thathc should not go, and as il was squal-
ly and dark, the boat left Immediately for
the Mcntos, and on arrival on board, he
voluntarily confessed, as well as Bowen,
the horrible fact that Capt Woodbury.
was barbarously murdered, on the 18th
August, by Joao Antonio Demarais, the
now Acting Master, between the hours
Of ~ and / A. NJ, while he slept on the
starboard hen-coop. lie was struck onthc
head three times, with the Cooks Axe,
and stabbed two or three times with IL
knife, and then hove overheard.
/ Dcmarais then went forward and cal
led the Captains watch on deck. All o.
beycd but Strike, who was ordered to re-
main below, but wasaficrwards ordered on
deck, and dragged ait by Damarais, who .
made him feel olthe dents in the hcncoop,
and Informed him that he mad murdered
the Captain, and at the same time ordered
him to remain on deck, and in case he
was found below his brains would be /,
blown out. Immediately upon the con-
icsson Of Strike and Bowen, the
West Indian and Italian were put in
irons, when they also confessed that Strike
and Bowen's statement was correct. 1t
getting to be squalIy and very dark, and
having no provisions to spare, nothing we
could repair the sails with ,and not suili-
cient number Of men attached to our own
ycssclto TO man both, it was thought most
prudent to send the mutinecrs on board
of their vessel, and keep Strike and
Bowen with US, also the briggs papers,
'logbook, &c. and n number Of letters,
"A Il. Al
United States, and the $40 taken from
the West Indian, and proceed on our
course, as it was impossible TO bring both
briggs in with safety
AT 8 80, i. M. put the mutinccrs in I
the boat, and ordered them on board the
Orbit, without rendering them any assis-
tance, and Immediately proceeded on our
course, it blowing very fresh from +.
n. f..
A1er the boat had left US, Strike took
out small package Of gold dust, and
handed it to us for saie-keeping, it being
his proportion Of the gold. lie also in
formed VS. that he had left on board 800
Spanish dollars, his share Of the silver.
Had he given this information il the
first place, we should have cndcavourcd
to have got possession Of the silver and
gold but, at the time, the brig was from
7 10 9 miles, or out Of sight, to windward
Of us, and it would have been impossible
for us to have got to her during the night;
and the Orbit being well armed with two
SIX Founders, cutlasscs, muskets, pistols,
&c, and we not having any arms, deem
ed it most prudent TO let her escape. ;
Strike and Bowen refused TO proceed on :
board the Orbit, saying that they had /
rather be thrown overheard by US, as a
n plot had been laid three days previous c
TO murder them, and one other, as soon
as they made the land. This was also
confirmed by the West ,Indan.-Both
mates had been discharged on the Coast z
Of Africa, and the brig left there without T,
any. H.
The Orbit was l99 tons, built at Bath,
1894, as appears by her Register, and ,
belonged to Capt, Woodbury. and Mes
srs Is. x G. Aymar & Co of Ncw.Y orl<. b
The owners here have no further in a
formation than is contained in the Boston 4
papers. Capt Woodbury., was most
worthy man aged about 15 years and "A
native Of Rhode Island. The Orbit,
ailet hence early in the year for Bahia,
whence she proceeded to the coast Of
Africa. The last letter from the Cap
ain, stated that he expected TO have
cen in New York about the lst of May
lst, and IN consequence of the length of
me that has elapsed, more than five