Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-28
The Oyster slssp Tragedies Mt New York.

The Oyster slssp Tragedies ut New York. f;
THE CASE OF The "sfsAtn-GRRE.r OF THE
cHINAMAN JACKALow, &c.
There seems to be no doubt that the sloop Spray
mas been the scene Of murders terrible as those
committed on board. the sloop T.. A Johnson
no occurrence Of two, such acts of piracy and
murder almost at the same moment, marked alike
py SO much mystery and bloodshed, Sand each
bfonkht to light in b femafkable manner. has
hardly PARALLEL ID the history Of crime. We
condense from the New York Papefs Of yesterday
The following additional details 80
All day Monday the excitement concerning the
slooP Spray, of Guilford, Conn, and the mys-
.erlous fate Of the captain and bis brother, con-
tlnned to increase. The vessel, which had been
hauled into shoal water inside the Battery wall,
was visited by crowds Of persons who were
curious to learn everything which would tend to
throw light upon the affair. ..... 49, z--
the cabin Of tie s,ooP, which was still under
water With a boat-hook they i1shed out from
the berths various articles such as clothing bed
oihg, coils OF rigging. &c. Among them was a
something red, but there was Inference of opin-
lon as to whether it was blood or iron-rust A
gray WOODEN undershirt was found with thick red
e.aIhs near tne neck which, when 1t was pressed.
came ON on 70 the hand, and might have been
blood Soon bed-tck came up Ii had been
nlied with feathers, but they had been washed
OUT. On this tick, near one end, Were conspcu-
Gus stains Of blood foot or more in circurfer-
ence. Shortly afterwards, white cotton under
BED tick was recovered which had large bloody
spots In various places. The discovery of these
articles removed all doubts that murder had
been committed, and 1t seemed apparent that the
bloody deed had been stealthily perpetrated while
the victims were in their berths laborious
search was made in every part of the vessel which
could be reached for the dead bodies, which {
was supposed might be below, but no traces of
them were found. The bloody bed clothing was
taken to the office Of the Harbor Police 10 be
dried. The public curiosity having thus been
brought to light, the eager crowd dualIy dis
persed, and left the Harbor Police in possession
Of the vessel.
ARREST OF THE CHINAMAN
ON landing at Jersey City, on Friday morning,
Jackalow" appears to have concealed himself In
some out-of-the-way place, to escape observation
and arrest. On Saturday, he was seen lounping
about the railroad station in company with two
sailors, with whom he afterwards took passage on
the Morristown train. Having obtained this elm.
to his whereabouts, Harbor Policemen HAYS AID
Carpenter started in pursuit Of him At Jersey
City they learned that person bearing a close
r-sempiance to Chlnaman had been seen BY
the brakeman and engineer of the PHILADELPHIA
tain, which arrived abou: noon lie was walk
Ing en- the road near the Hackensack bridge,
towards Jersey City, While the workmen engaged
IN repairing tae bridge were at dinner. man was
observed coming on the bridge, hut Iacobus who
was In charge, drove him Oft as il was contrary
TO the rules TO allow any foot passengers to pass
over 1t. The circumstance was reported to the
workmen, and they were told he was Chinaman,
ana might be the murderer they had read Of in
tae morning.
While they were standing at the bridge toll
gate Jackalow came to cross the bridge AS he
WAS in theACt Of paying the toll. one of the men
asked himn he was not the man that had at.
tempted to cross the railroad bridge. He replied
tnat he was They then asked him what coun-
trymdn he was, he replied that he was an India
man Becoming satisfied from his conversation
and dress that he was the man they were looking
for, they took him into custody. One of the men,
w Ito lph ind h Inn 1lnl n
the prisoner whirled around suddenly but jmme-
diately afterwards denied that that was his name
Inc men then stopped a train of cars and brought
him to Jersey City, where they arrived at about
O'Clock At the depot ASS stant-Superinteaden
woodruff searched the prisoner and found tied
around his waist small sack and stocking.
in Which there was 1896 80, Of which S237 was
In gold coin. JackalOw was then taken to the
City Prison and locked up, followed by great
crowd.
ExAMISA1Iox OF TIE Prisoner
shortly after O'Clock, the prisoner wa. taken
before Recorder Bedford and Mr. Sanford en-
tered complaint charging Jackalow with the
murder Of Capt. Leete and his brother Oh the
hig h seas, while on board the sloop SPRAY.
The Recorder then asked the accused the fol-
lowing questions
@. W hat is your name
A Sam Patch. daughter
q Where do you belong,
A. belong &c slcop Spray. of Guilford Two
weeks ago. Captain Leete's brother. and me- sam
Patch, another sloop came and struck and capsized
us; both overheard; me down below.
Recorder-Tbat will dc; that's enough
sam fdtCh-Tell you more bime- by when we
90 up there
The prisoner was then committed to the cells. to
await The action of the United states authorities
HIS STATEMENT.
Subseq uently. our reporter visited the prisoner
In the cells. Jackalow willingly e we the follow.
ing disjoiuted statement:
Sailed in the sloop Spray, Of Guilford, Can
tain Lee'e and brother, and ne as cook, going
-
sloop struck and capsized Us CAPTAIN and brotber
went overheard in water and drowned / was
down below cooking Me got I'm s,uall boat and
ABOUT TWO hours there when schooner took me
Oil; the Captains name Webb; SATURDAY. we
came to Jersey City: | went ashore; me cross the
river to Newark; Saturday night get no house
and slept out doors; Sunday night | STAYED TO
Newark; to-day started to come back and went
in the woods to get some nuts. The money
(eJJoSO) was my wages; worked for Captain
I.ccte four years, for $50 month. The men took
me at the bridge: My mamie is Sam Patch; Amer.
lean name Jack Lowe; have been in this country
six years; one year | sold cigars in New York:
one year was on man-ofwar ship, Mississippi
as cock and anything. Last four years was ON
age, and am a native Of an island in the China
Sea. DO not know what they brought me here
for unless it was for taking nuts in the woods.
The prisoner having previously been detected
Ellis took the Precanton to place upon his ankles
a pair Of shackles
J2ckaiow is about feet inches liz height and
rather slender He appeared to be- in good spirits
and smiled " hen he coIversed, but his counter
ance indicates traachery.
MORE PROOF IN THE Johnson C.sv
Some OF the clothing contained in the ba -
found in the possession Of the prisoner has b,sn
ideniitsd by their brother as the property of
Oliver and Smith Watts, aud a new suit of clothes
that belonged 10 Captain Burr likewise tlk.n
from Hicks, has also been identified The stable.
keeper at Fort Tompkins, :. L., who saw man
land last Wednesday morning from yawl- ho?t
also called upon the prisoner and fully recogn;z d
him. while several Others Say that they can sw ar
TO MS being the very man they saw at Staten
Island Oh the morning in question.
A TRUE STATEMENT ABOUT THE MEsILLAR
letter to the st Louis Republican, dated Me
silla, Arizona Territory March 10TH gives an ac
count of serious disturbances in that Quarter. be-
tween the American and Mexican residents II
seems that the difficulty originated between an
American gambler and a Mexican which re-
suited in general melee; pistol Shots were fred
and knives drawn. Only one person killed and
m ,hn xr,ap ,,i..