Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-07


Mexican dollars; a live dollar bill of tn. u. y Bank;
a sword case Spy glass. md silver watch, wich
Seenson stated The sailors had gwen hun To pay for
bringing them OFF the Island They also gave John
son some Clothes and bedding. wei and dirty. which
the Inspectors left They brough, Johnson and his
w'fc along with them to Flu;bush, aud len n guard
at the house.
= Yesterday-Dawes. Wansley aud B-nwnrirg we @
examined. The following are The examinations.
Robert ID ives examined--S,ix persons aud the ,ok
shipped ON board the orig Vineyard, bond fop ~
Orleans on the 9Th 9th Of November for Pm, a.
dephia The Captains me was William Thornby
the Mates name was William Roberts; on the 8 In
day out, the Steward camc forward aad said. there
Is money on boa,d; the following persons determined
to take thu vessel. to wii: Charles G. bbs A Church
and the Steward they asked James I alb,, ir he
would Join them; he said as he did not believe
there was any money board: It first de-
termined to kill rho Captain and Mate and if Tai
bot and Browp did not JOIN them, 10 kill them nls,;
they determined to commence the night following
this decision. the witness afraid say any thing
lest they might kill hun also after they had pr pared
their clubs they ont 1t OF another night, they
did MT wish to kill Bownrigg ar Talbo,; on the
22h Nov at nigh they had every thing ready, and
on The ED while Jack Browning was slnf witness
told III" Steward come aft AMI trim Tho ligh. he
Steward came forward with knife his aud. the
Captain was standing beside noss-th" 81 cward
struck the Captain with the pump brake over the
neck: The Captain fell aud the Steward imneda, ely
struck HIM the other SIDE of the neck, tho Can.
tain then hall we'd surd ~" Charles Gibbs and he
cook then seized the Cap an By thu hands aud legs
n.
Church standing by The companion way wal
ing for tho mat to us; he asked what was he
matter, and they Immediately struck him over the
head with club; the mute below and Gibbs follow
cd but was not able - find him; Gibbs then took oul
the binnacle light and turned search for him they
found tn" mate below bleeding: witness LETT the
helm to see what was tn he done withS1im, GibhS
held the mate while Atwell and Church struck him
three or fur times IN the head they then dragged
him on deck and he was vet alive they called IN
witness who went to them. the mate caught II I'D
firm grin Of his hand and the other threw him over
board; the mite swan for about thgcn mnutcs ma
king use of cXclama'ions all the time. Talbot was
then called up and thew gave him some gror. AMI
said they would not hurt him if he would be tru"
to them They told BIO vnrisg the same Gibb-
took charge OF the vrssc and told witness to steer
N f towards l.. Island. That Ugh, they went be
low and took the money and ovcrhulcd the captains
clothes, from which they took gold watch. Tai
sist in tn" division Mex, dav they divided one key,
making about 900 each; three kegs were
divided so; each keg contained ebont 5000 On
Sunday evening. while the vesse about 10
miles snu'h of Southampton light they scu,led her,
and took to he boats. The money belong d to S.
Girard. of Philadelphia. appears by he paners.
All hands steered for Long Island; it blew very
hard, and witness saw the other boat 90 down; wit
ness and three others were III the long boat they
had TO throw more than half the money they had
overheard they saved nbou' $4,000 They buried
on Barren Island. very slightly, above high water
mark. the money they had saved. On arriving
they who brought them Mr.
Jobnston's; MIR Johnston took them - M Loo
nard's, at Gravesend, where they were arrns ed.
Al Mr.. Leonards house, Brownrigg told him (AIr
L.) that the others murderrrs Brownrgg
told the to Mr. Johns on. and gave himself
up. rs did the witness. Witness is % years old and
was born in Lancashire, England; sailed with
Church and Glib, before in the ship Lexington
from Boston to Now Orleans Thu story Gibbs
tod was that they had belonged to the brig Will
liam. and had left her four davs before. that he
cap ain lost. and 'hev wanted 10 get TO Now
" --t.. ID. 81.
gave jacket, spygass and watch To Johnston
for his trouble with hem. Witness does not know
that any money given him. TIL" frs CONVEX
sa'ion the subject of the murder tor place
about week ten DAYS before tn" murder
committed. Never told The captain because he
was afraid Of his life, men going TO
do what thew were about would not stop at anv
thing There were no arms board. except an
old gun. There Ill will against the capita in,
both he and The mate were good men
stepped on board vessel. Understood the cap
tain was ofth ci'v. Neither he nor the mate were
married men Witness intended. when he arrived
in safe place. To give information.
Thomas ]. Wansley, the nlored man. was bronght
forward and anprized of he charg" against him
John Brownrigg then brought forward and his
deposition Of the day previous read TO him in the
OF Wanslev.
BIownrigs examined saws, kill the Captain;
the Steward here wash the blood; the Steward
himself told witness after, that e had killed the Captain
Wanslev oonk and Steward the Seward told witness
thing about the murder until after done the Steward
told witness that he had hove the captain overheard AFTER he
had killed him. he also told ncs that he had killed the mate;
the given nv the Steward and the Others that they
ali would make their fortuoc ny it and would need
ing again: the occurrence frequently talked of after
had heen committed Steward threatened witness
but told him that he had saved his lie and that OF Talbot
Thomas Wansley of the prisoners eNamined-f or
the facts Of his having shprcd cook and steward
and the date Of the murder Knows that murder
committed board but does know who committed it,
fuses who struck the Captain several struck
mate; there combination b~afd To kill the Captain,
who il originated wth originated between
who those believes nf them is in prison
here; the continuation was entered into about 10 DAYS before
the murder; the time fixed bu, the place not
tho who commenced the combination:
the that lost prisons witness believes
me himself the who the Information that there
board
The object Of the murder pr tho did nn; ask the
others combine the hut the question went round
the ships resolved XIII the captain oh Cane
Haeras before they should arrive OF the Delaware: did
strike the Cap'au tho Mate "NO" did strike Ell
Their told YOU did strike both, AND will find II
oush hive and hve h help throw either board?
will hear from the other witnesses" deck
when The captain murdered, and the deed DONE did
offer assist the Canaan cCausr he did not call on him;
sandin. wten tie Mate WIS murdered the
wiinrss deck and the Mate murdered below did
hel, he q