Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-02-17

get up the mate viii come and beat you
Turtle replied, ! can't get up If they
kill me- Soon afterward, Hires pulled
him out Of the bunk by the ears, threw
him down in the forecastle, and stamped
upon him heavily. Hires got off Turtle
and said to him, Now get out and 60 TO
the pump Turtle made no reply, and
Hires then picked him up and hove him
on the main deck The ship was on the
port tack, laying over on The starboard
side. Turtle caught hold of a rope yarn
on the main hatch Hires kicked him
under the left ear, took out his knife and
cut the rope yarn, and let Turtle fall into
the lee scuppers, where the water was
about twofeet on deck. / said, i am not
/ going to let this man lie here and die in
| this way, and took Turtle 10 the for cas-
! tie, where ] laid him down. He did not
speak he was so helpless, and his head was
/ all in a gore Of blood. About two mi
nutes afterward Hires asked me, Jack,
is that old niger dead yeti? l said, No,
sir, bu. he's pretty bad Off This was
| about twelve O'Clock at noon. | attend
ed on Turtle until ten o'clock the same
night. He did not speak the whole time,
and was unable to take anything. At
four o'clock the next morning found
him dead on the floor. Before he was
ill-used he seemed pretty well-he had
only sore feet. No one i'll used him at
that time besides Hires, and / am quite
sure he died from the i'll usage Abraham
Rock was witness to part of il, and the
others who Witnessed it are dead. Two
days afterward Hires raid, Sew the old
niger up and throw him overheard. -
In sewing him up ! took hold of hi,
head, and found the bone Of his forehead
/ ptohCH :" 'HC CCHtlc' AHe tuSc Vi lut
bone projected through the skin, and hi,
( head was very much bruised. Turtle
was between fifty and sixty years Of age
About IL o'clock on the same morning
that Turtle died, heard scuffle, and
Hires swearing in the sailroom. | wen
out, saw that Hires had johnson dowI
on tool-chest, choking him with borl
hands. saw blood coming from hi
mouth. Afterward lie aid to me, Jack
feel very bad and am dying. Tn,
mate has choked me to death
AT o'clock the same day johnson
died, and he was thrown overheard tn
day following, with Turtle. johnson wa
about IS years old. About seven day
before we arrived at C3wes, the MAJ
Frank also died. Two or three day
before his death, l saw Lane, the chic
mate, beat him. Between and o'cloc
in the evening of the next day, Fran
was at the wheel, and Lane, who wa
=. standing behind him, said, If you 90
quarter of a point off your course, L
murder you. Directly afterward Ii
struck him on the back of his head wit
Il Delaying pin. He fell on the spokes
=, the wheel, and there Lane continued
beat him with the Delaying pin. Ian
then called Rock to relieve the whee
/ and sent Frank, bleeding, to the pun
Lane beat him for an hour, off and o
Il striking him every three or four minute
Frank called out Murder = twice;
exclaimed, oh God = several times, ar
, he called once for the captain. Fran
bled very much, and appeared to To-
a his senses; he halloed all night, and die
q about II o'clock the next night. II
l. day after Frank died, he was throw
- overheard, and in about three hours afte
10 wards we saw the Start Point.
Il The evidence of this witness REFER,
4, to the deaths Of four colored seamen-
The witnesses in attendance to prove Il
deaths of the other two unfortunate m,
% were Abraham Rock, man of color, al
! Roosevelt, the steward"
-: On the presentation of a protest fro
-, the American Minister, the magistrat
-, decided that they had no jurisdiction
-. the case, and that all parties must be I
turned on hoard the vessel at Cow,
!. when tie United States Consul cou
take such action as he thought proper
J. secure the return of the mates TO Il
country for trial. The reporter of I
{ London Times says that the captain, W
no is not implicated by the evidence, stat
49, that the mates, as well as the crew, h
r., had the yellow fever on the voyage, a
n.y. that it was TO death by that dreadful d
~ ease that the mates attributed the disa
,o pearancc of the men.
The above story appears to US higI
re improbable. That two mates would {
"a. Iiberately murder six men during o
~. guyage---and two of them in one dav