New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-12
al ,bo per,os .s, on board that Inflated vessel vhc:

s be pero, (six) on board that Inflated vessel Vne.
ebo ,,er, sbore were arrested taken 10 Halifax ana
49, Pfur were condemned ard hung. AID TWO re-
iesa,d Tire IL gus account in Thr ~ y. Erpre"
as,, as reliable rs ANYTHING th.t APPEARS N that snc'
The a,tiee 10 The Kingston Wig ,s IN the man cor
rect, as far ss il goes. Inc oaiad,n 'ei 80
with a Qnsl THY Of gnanc, silver ~ bars &C SA~
C,,.f E;,ld,n1 yyboa vessel confscatsd, re-
csiytd from Capt. Mckenzie tree passage come
himself aid son. After rounding the Horn, fe'~
ipg penuaded fonr Of the men, Johuson' He,s
Hnzeop and Jones b consent 10 murder t'e cap.am
and Tie rest Of The crew tn take the vessel 70 tne un"
of ~. Lawrence. scuttc her, aud escape VITA tns
treasures she contained. Accordingly, aitor tncy nu
raseed the Ws Indies, they carried out their ,err'1e
deson killing All but tie cook and steward ana Ia,
ing = con which latter not innocent, tat aiood
bis father 10 kill Capt. Mckenzie when struggling
for his life. But Capt. Fielding and aus son.
who concealed weapons with me eviaeh. ~.
tenon Of Incoming cole posscssors Of the booty were
taken and tied, AMI the cook and steward tCar ana
Csllavavl who 20 this time entirely noccent OF
all that occurred, compelled under penalty oil IN
slant death to throw them overheard, that they 700,
might aso be implicated in the murders, and AFRAID 70
divnlge thtm As Galloway was thro King FieldIngs
son over The Qunwale he c,td for mercy and cldDg~
him 70 bprd that G.. drew him back, wnen the otae"
with upIft,d weapons demanded he should force niia
over or they would kill him o.. also. Alter this they
ran the vessel for the Gulf Of St. Lawrence Intending
10 nut throug the STRAIT Of Canso, but missing their
calculation, went ashore west side OF CapS Canso,
when the authorities OF Guysboro tnot AT ois'ahV cA
charge OF the ves-eI, arrested all board, and re-
ported to the Admiralty auboritiss at Halifax. mo
prisoners were all ordered to Halifax snd injured IN
separate cells where each after few days of solitary
confinement, without fear, favor, or hope Of reward,
voluntarily and without the knowledge that any OF the
others had dope likewise, made full confession Of all
that transpired since they left Valparaiso and with re-
msrkabe accuracy in all particulars, except that each
tried le zen his guilt yet in all these confessions
there word alluson to any other person not
already known TO be of their number, or any record
Of another on the ships books papers
70 that - Hicks" could hardly have been on board.
They were all tried by the law officers Of the Crown
zion. j. w. Johnston Attorney -Generall with very
able lawyers in their Defence before the Chief Justice
tsnce Sir Brenton Halbnrton). -Four Of thcm--John-
son, Anderson, Hazelton, and Jones-were convicted
and hurg, while Car and Galloway were relcssed.
TIE execution took place back Of the Citadel Hill
where saw them taken down from the gibbet.
Ii was my painful duty, among all who were subpe-
paed 10 be the first one sworn on the Jury. | have
seen the likeness Of Hicks given by Frank Leslie,
and bs features those Of OF the prisoners on
that trial. and why be should assume TO be one Of
them challenges my comprehension, unless for greater
notorsty, and furnish marvellous story for book
Pittsburgh, June 8. lSeo IL