The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-04-04
MnnprR ON TIL Hon SEAS

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and murder is from a St Thomas pa
per ofthe 9th FEBRUARY.
The American schooner J, B. Lynd
sew, Of Norfolk, arrived in this port on
monday noon. Her captain, Solomon
s. Riggs, ~relatesthe following account
of a most disastrous mutiny which com
menced on board of his vessel, on the
evening Of Sunday, January 81. at 10
o'clock in the neighborhood OF Fort
Spain, Trinidad, where he left that NOR.
ming. and was bound toaTurk's Island,
to take in salt, and proceed to Elizabeth
CITY, N. @. Her crew was composed
Of John Heeney, mate; Thomas Cos
tllei. Thomas Reid Edward Clements,
seamen; Daniel J. Smith, cook; John
Walker Of Liverpool, a passenger
working bis way to the United Stains
On the evening mentioned, Captain
Riggs, who was lying in his berth, heard
the report Of pistol, and, providing
himself with his own proceeded tosthe
deck. where he heard the mate who
had been at the helm, exclaim for mer-
Ecy, while struggling with Thomas Reid
and Edward Clements, the m%utlneers-
Immediatly on his appearance, the
mate, overcome, fell to the deck,
and Thomas Reid and the captain him
self discharge simultaneously each a PTS
toll the captain receiving a wound IN
the throat, and Thomas Ried a wound
in q and mouth. The captain then
returned to the cabin, where he found
the cook who appeared unconscious OF
what was transpiring, and by their
united efforts succeeded in securing
themselves within the cabin, where they
renamed prisoners for three days
During this period, Ried and Clements
had succeeded in numbering John
Walker, and fastening down in the
~forecastle Thomas CosIelli, and in hois-
ting tho boat out and providing her with
a suit ofsails and oars. Failing how
ever to obtain uncontrolled possession
of the vessel, the idea occurred to them
to scuttIe her, which they proceeded
to do with the boat from the outside
being afraid. seemingly, to trust them
selves within the hold for that pur-
pose.
Thomas Costello, who as already
said, was in the ~forecastle, hearing the
noise cutting on the outside, and finding
he had not been SO firmly fastened, sue
ceeded in releasing himself, and came
on deck without being heard, and with
much good luck CUT loose the painter
ofthe boat, which drihed off. Hi'
next object was to acquaint the Captait
by speaking from the outside Of the
cabin door, ofhis good fortune, which
he only succeeded in doing after repea
ted assurance of his sincerity, and re
qnest ug the captain to convince him
self, from a cabin window where h
might see the boat drifting down, ant
himself going forward and waiting til
the captain opened a part ofthe cabir
door, when he came on deck and after
little while made sail for this port
Captain Riggs is Of opinion that tn
motive which led these men to so des
parate an act was the impression the.
had Of there being much money o.
board although in reality he had onl,
$500, he having received sterling bill
for his cargo, which be sold at Trim
dad.
y. s. consul at st. Thomas, OF
hearing of the mutiny and murders
immediaLly issued the following procla,
nation:
TsOoA11dred dollars reward-Where
as, Thos. Ried , aged 3Oyears S fee
9 inches high, dark complexion and
dark hair, with a wound on his noe,
and mouth: and Edward Clements,
aged % years5 feet 81 inches high,
light complexion and light brown hair
late seamen on board the American
schooner J. B. Lyndsey, Solomon s
Riggs, master were on night Of Sun
day, the 9th Of January last, while Al
sea, guilty Of the murder Of John Hee-
ney, mate and John Walker. passenger
and severly wounding the captain il
the throat, and afterward effecting theil
escape in the vessels boat, which mea.
sures IS feetllong painted black ground
with white streak above her bends:
do hereby offer the above reward 10 say
one hundred dollars for each offender
to any person orpersons who shall appre,
bend and deliver mp to auy Of the U.
is, Consuls in West Indies, or to any
American man-of-war in these seas
the aforesaid Thomas Risd and Edward
elements, who are supposed 10 be some.
where on the Spanish Main = sssoq9ld
Commercial Agency Of The UnHed
/ States Of America at tie. Island 3
St. Thomas, Feb.6, 1850 XXX
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