Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-05-02

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wnhthe vessel; copy remains at the Custom House
NY pr9.her was perhaps Interested to the amount Of
~. nAIl The vessel was insured, and believe the
enso was insured in London insured the vessel
lor SLOW and her freight for 81, 600. She oest
aoou, So,ooo. have since received the sum Of thu
,no.a li'srs' The crew were all foreigners, bat
Pro.sc,ea. % not know that the captain was cse-
brated for brutal treatment I a. NOT 80 -. -
Hioirs reason Tor not going again ON deck II certsa
was not IN consequence Of the fastening down of the
companion way because that was not don until afte
the captains death heard the c,nt.;. vn.hoatl
the eutlass, and found the sheath aterward, in hi.
oerth. remember seeing one Of the me. wounded.
after we got on deck At the time tho cantain went
on deck, he did not say that he wanted sssstanc. a.
indeed that he wanted anything. After this as veil
as can recoect, from the excitement, there an
peared to be a cessation Of hostilites W. .ons ~
went to the assistance Of the ain At that TIM;
The second mate had no wounds but the bruise
on his arm / had means of defence if had
gone up on deck. ! do not recollect hearing anv
heavy fall before the captain in the water We
saw nm Tor twenty thirty yards Of the shin
At day light after left the ship, there were two
saiis IN sight; one we thought was our swn; bat we
made from her, and gave chase to the other but
found It useless to keep ii up, because we did net
gain on her. l then scanned the horizon, and saw
enc to wIndward, and by plying at the oars we got
When first got deck, Adams appeared to
be in command. have since heard that he hing
himself in prison, at Emden, in the Kingdom OF
by Mr.. Staples.-They did not offer us back any Of
the property which had been given them from the
cabin windows. They gave US what provisions We
wanted, and ! said we were perfectly satisfied ON
that score. We had compass, but no chart. We
attempted to get glass, but Adams took it away
again
BY the District Attorney-My brother is an Ame-
rican citizen, residing at Philadelphia My reasons
for not going deck that had no arms, and
that it necessary for me to stay below to protect
the ladies. They gave as reason for not letting
ont of the cabin that they should be hanged if got
to land said every thing could to get clear They
asked where wanted to land. / said ON the csast
n. IL al xL~t. III.
liability we should be picked up BY an English yes
sell and carried to some port, and from thonce they
knew thsy rT"i ara se pursued and taken: added
mise from US that we would not disclose the transac-
ton.
BY the Jury-I believe they permitted rs to leave
the vessel under the idea that we should not dis
close or perhaps have the opportunity to do
BY the Coart-At the time we left the brig the
was gsing in. The boat left in leaked badly, bat
il was the best Of the two.
. by District Auorney-The long boat was partially
fitted up for the crew to escape from the brig in
case they were pursued by man Of war Rave
since seen the watch which gave up in the Mar
shals office, and comb which belonged to the cap
tains widow, together with several articles Of CLOTH
Sy Mr.. Cutting-l have understood that these
things were foxsd among Adans's clothes after he
Coansei-Give The language the men used vheu
they said they did not regret what had passed.
Witness-I cannot. They said they had been bad.
liz treated.
Counsel-Say what the captain had done to cause
this violence, or what they said he had done.
Witness-why they said they could not please
him in doing their duty Well they merely said they
were satisfied with what they had done.
District Attsrney--Had Captain Turley used Will
helsas badly during the cruisel
Witness-Not To my know ledge.
Mr. Staples-Did he not often 90 on deck with q
cutlass To- enforce his ordersl
Witncss-I never saw him.
Mr.. Cutting-Was he known commonly as the
Philadelphia dewitt
Witness-Never heard OF it.
James Davey exaniined-I am a native Of England.
last July. The mutiny commenced when we were
out about 30 days. She was afterwards run ashore
on an Island near Emden On the night Of the mutt
ny, ny. was at the wheel from ise when !. was TIA
was reused up by some ene screaming out. 1 be-
eve il was the first mate, and saw getting up q
general scufiie, but could not say what they were
about. l Harry and joe against the mate and
saw two others against the Captain. The gangway
was sent overheard about that time, when saw Joe
and 2d mate struggling, while the other was pushing
him ON the rail could see both their over the
ships side, and then saw Adams take a handspiks
and strike the nate with il. One ofthe all
this time beating the Captain while another was
knc cling on his body. Bill told me he would take
care that should hurt me il | wsuld 90 for
ward and look after the cook ! objected TO going,
and he gave me a kick on the backside and sent me
forward Joe, Bill and Harry were the three that
hove the Captain overheard. The second mate and
Hans got board and never the End mate after
wards. The steward screamed out when he the
Captain lay hold OF the main chains and Harry said
IL he did not hold his tongue they would send him
the way. They then began TO fasten up the
pancn way, and while they were doing that the Cap
tain climbed up the chains, got the bulwarks and
on the deck. At this time Hans had gone 20 the
wheel and the others were standing round the
sompanion. Bill assisted TO fastes it-also
Harry. Joe had his hand and head cut, and did
nothing After the Captain got on deck, Harry
took stick aud beat him on the head and then
Joe and Bill took and threw him overboard.-
The captain said, sob! fe Bill what VIII become OF
Won" The second time he laid hold Of the main
chains again and said "a Men, fyos will take me inI
will look over ALL" bill then went forward and
rot the cooks axe but whether he struck the captain
or not do .ot know heard him begging for mercy;
did not see Joe dosg thing but stood at the rak
looking on; some one threw stick, but do not
know who il was. The last words heard the cap
tain say were MARY oh my dear Mary, I'm DYING,
rhan ;hev bauled down the stsn sails and laid them
a. the ro.panion and over the skylghts; they then
d me 10 20 aoft aad take in the to gallant stun sails
- sepd them down on the deck. Adams and Will
i,ans did the captain between them-sometimes one
,,sold give the orders and sometimes the other Al
breakfast ext morning, Bill said he had struck the
captains hands with the pole Of a1e and the 9th
said they hove two sticks at him. Joe said
hat he struck the chief mate with Ratchet first:
ne also said that the captain coming up when he
struck at him, but the captain hit him with the cut
and cut his hand, which made him drop the cut
After they had possession Of the ship they tosk
some wine before breakfast.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Cutting-I have not told
two different stories in relation to this affair. The
first saw Of it, the captain and the second mate
with Hans, and saw two Of them after
a.. a. ~N.Es