The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-11
THE DAILY DISPATCH
Tuesday Morning, Deren,hes n ScSs
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The Mysterious "kadera,s. Murder (,
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We have published an account of the scuttIsnO
and sinking of the schooner Eudora at City Island
near New York city, and the arrest of tho negre
cook who was caught rowing off from her in {
small boat The murder Of Captain wm.g Palmer
and the mate, ~ho have not since been heard from
created great excitement. and crowds have gath.
cred every day 10 witness the process of raising
the sunken vessel, with the hope of discovering
the bodies in her hold
The N. Y. Tribune of Saturday saws:
AT high tide last night the wreck was worke ed In
tow ard the shore about IS feet. At 81 o'clock A.
N this fsernins. at low tide, Capt Arnold and
Mr. Tiley descended into the cabin with lanterns
and continued the search for the murdered victims
The door leading into the state room of the mate
on the port side was broken open and bed clothing
and quantity of wearing apparel were taken out.
This morning two ct the hedqutlts taken from the
mates cabin were found stains of blood upon
them. pair OF wooden drawers belonging to him
were also found, which had boon cut open from the
waistband down The ontire length, and other facts
strengthen the inference that this had been done
after the murder to allow of their being stripped Off
and thus remove us far possible all evidences by
which the body could be identified.
During this forenoon tho wreck was worked in
toward the shore nearly her length, stern on
Larry in the afternoon, about half ebb tide streams
of water were discovered pouring out of the
and low water mark. On examination ii was dis
covered that the vessel had been scuttled by boring
four holes through from the forcastle with an inch
and,ahalf auger. by this means it must have
required from sixteen 10 twenty hours to sink the
vessel About O'clock L. al when the water was
quite shallow in the cabin, Capt. Arnold remov Cd
the slide GU the cabin floor leading to the rum and
with al iron rod Oh one end OF which was a hook,
succeeded III fishing UP four shirts and two pillow
cases which had been secreted there.
IGe llll0W cases aud two OF the shirts were
n.o!e or less stained with blood. Two of them, i
l.G9 Tooen outside shirt aad cotton under-shirt
pt.3Aeig to Capt. Palmer, were cut open in front
aA~ IL STRIPPING them both from the body at the
same time the sleeves were turned Inside out, and
| sit Ill that manner. The Other two shirts were
made one OF white muslin and the other OF pink and
White striped calico. The white one had stain
OF blood on the right sleeve. The captains pis-
nl which was known to be loaded when he loft
lone, was found upon the cabin floor with no
, charge IL it. The mates blue oYeras were found
under some coal Oh the deck with crimson stains
| upon the knees, supposed by solne to be blood
aud by others iron rust. The search was continu.
Cd Ill all parts of the vessel up to o'clock but no
traces of human remains were discovered, and the
TRENDS OF the victims were reluctantly compelled
to abandon their efforts in that quarter as useless
The discoveries OF yesterday indicate degree OF
| shrewdnesS In the murderer. The bodies were
stripped OF every garment, either to prevent far
as possible their being identified if by
having no garments upon them there would be less
chance to fasten on to them if grappled.
There Is now but little doubt in the minds OF
those here that the captain and mate were murder
dered in their beds the night previous to the sinking
of the schooner and the bodies were thrown over.
board and have been floated of by the tide or it
! may be that the bodies were conveyed some dis
| tance from the yawl boat, and then sunk with
| weights.
| The negro cook, Wilson, arrested on suspicion
OF having committed the murder. has changed very
mnch il his manner, and appears as though some
thing was weighing heavily upon his mind 1t ia
thought by some who saw him yesterday, that he
VIII yet disclose :hc facts connected with this dread
full affair, and thus clear up the mystery which
now surrounds it.