The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-27

aion, but the (wpees) could the captain said
nc, neither he shoufa navra ship, but he
~ilhn, 10 axe her ~ any oi the Ant, ST. Thomas
the captain STANDING sno hoidpg 10 the rigging
with biz left hand be seemed 10 be weak John DeCoa
truck him on the head with heaver the cavt Ia sung
out for hep; made mId help hi n nothing
but my hands John Brown m.i. . stab
al my breast it'll dafg.r " had NOT stepped back
", ud have been killed; am not eure whether Ii va.
d Eager or a clap niie; o~n then to the
tain who bad fallen On the deck plunged the dagger
Al This stage Of proceedings Counsel for prisoner said
that only oe OF them bad weapon, and that his oight
not sr rdo the case OF the others He nj 20
usi by The mara me laws, the plain had right
forward AID II he - ont OF bis proper place and
con mepc disturb iDce be IL resoU bls himself for the
Wmntss coD.inued-When I DC Costa strike the
captain With toe hcavcr saw John Ned standing
oiH,ey behind the captain when "a Bro give the
plunge the dagger pe Costa and John Ned were pre-
senf; Smith was Tot there; Certain where smith
sas lie Costa had aheaver in his hand and Brown knife;
saw clasp knife with Smith, dill not ytbing Ia
the hnMd or Ned the captain bleeding arer bo was
sr OK no was strong man; after he struck he sas
very week; when he stabbed he Was lying the
deck he stabbed in the ef, breast did notice
that be was stabbed more than once the then cad
cut In The WATER in the water; heave him overheard
OF minutes after he was stabbed that he ~as
brown overheard can't say whether he was
dead or not at the time but stands " reason that he
was: was John Ned VII. said Sin the water, aud then
all hands thr four (he prisonersl took the cap
am AND threw hi 20 ovei the eang~ay; when tns captain
him; the moment they threw the CAPTAIN overheard
hey sad, snow for the cook after the cook wa aved
overheard they began TO wah the DECK and told me was
a,xn and raid sail for st Thomas wherever marks
OF blooa made they washed them off it vas Ned
up and told me captain; they asked me
go the cabin and they thorn demanded the log
bk (produo-dj this IL H. three OF the prisoners do
ua,uoA tn. log book De Costa was present hut he did
n, speak Engh they told me to enter in the log book
cook and the captain died, and to date little far
ber back tina they sick
O. DID Gu do -os A. did go for the AXE OF my life
the e OF the run OF the vessel with the execution OF the
la page In my handwriting; were on the high
minute. dead reckoning, Longitude % degrees il
seventeen days afterwards reacoed st Tbomas the
c-ttn a. mig an the blows given him were hcavy
bows never the captain after wards; don't know
whether he rank or not was mldshpe at the time he
throw ov' rboIo did not stop the vessel there was
I'd gallant sail breeze OF the sugg ~ted that
h0ud sop the vessel To loo; for the captain the English
language Led on board the vessel she navga ed
in English: ordcs gwen Do Costa Ia English "
uavigsie tn, vessel: The others inter ,reted to him
q c-s-eXamped-i did mt the captain have anything
IN hi h'nd at that 'irne was abou' twenty minutes
IL my sstei taking the reckoning: the captain by
birth Norwegian; am by birth Dane; these four pri
soners are, believe, Foreigners; John Morris Is. believe,
an tngshman rishmsn; the captan and cook called
themselves Americans Kirby seaman on board;
believe he r. al Enghshmap; ! the captain strike
SiDnh when he at the helm. about IL O'Clock; never
made TO the Coast OF Africa before don't know
whether any Of tho men the captain there be-
fore shpp~d with the captain in New York aboard the
vessel were 10 go To several ports when we left Mon
rovs; to take cargo Of palm oil; the captain
TOLD b. expected the voyage ~oad be about five six
months; had a general cargo board; we had
lumber b, ard there tweive thirteen water
ca ks board do not know how many boilers kettles
were on hoard have betn 20 years do not know
any re~scp why the captain went fwward 10 the
when they were a, dinner, but have been good many
years ana alwavs sdereo that the captain Of
vessel Ind right tn anywhere he pleased on the
sei when the Captain strike Smith he (Smth) did
M, strike back but only laid "Dont srike me, Captain
I understand hat muiny Is; there good deal
OF God Oh Deck aier the captain was killed. ne OF the
ptopers gave me any reason why they wanted the
lei togo s. Thomas; they told me TO bring her there
Gic so; OF the others OF the crew. except the
four prkobers, had any trouble with the captain and
never saw any trouble with them before; did not hear
Pr WI ray why he stabbed the cactan; the first knew
OF the csse WA when ca ne ont, and the
B, the District A'iorne,The men Told the 10 k-ep dark
when came Ia ~ Tn mas: tina should 90 10 the Con
sui tell him that the captain and mate hal died AMI
th.y would raw The same: laid .syes.r
BY Juror They excited forward than they
sere afterwards; they app AIRED 10 have been doing
wrong.
Adjourned To 10 o'clock Wednesday morning