Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1860-03-29

deck and thrown overheard The cabin tJfe.
seated sasstil more horrible appearance than
the deck, the floor aud all the furniture being
covered or spetted with blood. That TIL
Sloop had been the scene of some dreadful and
bloody tragedy there did not seem to be any
doubt; soF it was determined to tow her to
New York immediately and notify the police
.ofsthe discovery
!. The r. A, johnson arrived in New York
about halfpast eight O'Clock, and was inoored
in Fulton market slip It was about noon
when Coroner Schirmer and Doctors Bouton
and Beach proceeded On board the sloep Tor
the purpose ofinvest;gating the matter. The
pier was crowded with fishermen, oyster dea .
ers and others, who were impatiently awaiting
the arrival of the Coroner The sloop Ger
sanlg had the appearance of having recently
been in collision with some vessel, Judging
from the damaged condition of her bowsprit
and cutrwater., Her sails, too, were lying
loose on deck, and everything denoted signs
of confusion and violence The Coroner's
deputies first proceeded to examine the cabin,
which had evidently been the scene Of some
sanguinary struggle. The floor, ceiling,
benches and furniture were all stained with
blood. A cotfee-pot covered with blood and.
human hair, wasfound in corner near the
store. A broom. which had apparently been
used in sweeping the blood from the floor. and
a hammer, also smeared with blood were found
near the conpanion way. There were four
fresh and distinct marks, as if. made with the
blade of 10 knife or sharp hatchet,e upon the
beams and ceiling, and one of the ipdentatiot,s
was ST aiped with blood. Nearly every article
had mere or less blood upon them, and the
clothing of the captain and crew lay strewn
upon the floor
70 The sloep was engaged in the oyster bust
ness, and left Catharine Market slip on the
18th inst, for Keyport, n. j with a. crew OF
the following named persons: Geo. Burr, cap
lain; Nathaniel Clock, mate; Smith Watts
and Oliver Watts, hands. The crew all be-
longed to Islip, L. L. The vessel, it appears,
reached Keyport ia saftey, and left there on
Sunday night bound for Deep Greek, Va, to
trke ina cargo of oysters. The oysters were
intended for Messrs Barnes & Simmons of
keyport, and were intended for planting
Capt. \ ckerson of the schooner John 3
Mather, of D. n lis, Mass, reports that abeu
half past three or four o'clock on Thursday
morning be came in collision with the j 81 rlsIn
while off Staten Island. The Captain saws
there was only one man on deck at the time
and boat hung at the davits. 1t appears
that the murderer must have taken the boat
as none was found on the vessel Captain
Nickerson, on arriving at the East river, saw
the sloop E. A. johnson, and he immediately
recognized her as the one he came in contact
with on the previous night. 9s1
= It is considered almost certain that the mate
who was engaged by Capt Bhrr, Just before
the vessel sailed, and whose name Nicholas
Clock, is an assumed one. committed the mur-
der tempted by the thousand dollars in pos
session of the. captain; that the murder was
committed shertly after midnight on Wednes.
lay morning; that the murderer possessed
himself of the coveted booty, aud made for
land ip the sloop's yawl. He reached some
point on the Staten Island shore at an early
hour on Wednesday mornng, arrived at. what
is known as the lower ' Vanderbilt landing. inst
N time to be too late for the first boat 10 the
city; be CONSEQUENTLY was compelled to wait
ior an hour, till the time for the second boat
10 sail, o'clock, whea Ire went to tile city in
one Of the ferry BEATS pits aa9a2 sgfa.i
While waiting for the boat, he got into
conversation with the dock keeper at Che land,
ing, and asked him where fellow could get
anything to eat or drink He was directed
to asm@ll oyster saloon just at the landing
wi ere he went, sat down. and held a,conEer-
sation With the boy in charge of the saloon.
& be then intimated that he was in a hurryS
to get up to the city, and Was sorry that he
mad missed the first boat He called for two
thinks of bot GIN and two eggs, to pay for |
which he handed a quarter OF a dollar. He
,hen asked how MANY more eggs were on hand
he boy told him there were -four more Hell
'heusasked the proprietor, MIR! Van, Pelt if he |
,onld make an oyster stew, ato which he re- |
;eived an answer in the Affirmative. After
eating the stew he, called for another egg
which, having disposed Of, be handed out a
quarter of q dollar, and declined taking any
;hange, but afterwards took cigar Instead. |
The boy says that hsEtI en-. (" t1ld the boss
not to be scared, aud not 10 cheat himself, as
ne had plenty Of money aud could pay for ev-
'rythipg be bought. He had with him
;lothes-bag, apparently we'll filed.
Two harbor police have been aetively en-
ragged in trying to track the murderer or muir
ierers of the captain and crew of the sloop
At an early hour on Thursday they ascer-
aimed that the fugitive had come up to the |
;ity on the Staten Island toat SodtlIield and
hat he arrived at the battery about 1 a. |
o'clock on the morning Of w edueslay. While
an board the SenthGeld he made the acquain-+
sance of ,enescf the deck hands, on whom, he
imposed story of his being shipwrecked I'M
inc Bay, and bis hurry to the city in consc-
luepcs After showing q bag full Of money
about the size Of . shot bag be went on to
say that he was tlse Captain and owner of
'loop named William Tell; that a schooner
mad run into them that morning, and with the
collision, one man had been killed by the bow
sprt, which forced inward, punched him III
The stomach against tie MAST, distributing his
entFails all over the deck and whether the
other man got en- board The schooner or not
be could mott tell; he did not see where h
sent Or what became Of himi he had not ssen
him since. ~. ,s. s
At this janc'u e, be requested the deck
hal q to count his money for him, as be was
fearful that he had been imposed upon BY some
persep With whom he had been doing busih, 5 ).
The deck-5and proceeded to eouut, the specie
but only got through with the gold, which
consisted Of two ten dollar gold pieces and two
i've dollar gold pieces. All the rest was in
silver, and look as If it mightamount to $500.
The officers also ascertained that when TAX
Isg bis,,stew- in tie saloon at the landing on