The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-09-06
TEnRIDLE IRAGEDYATsr
Murder OF the Captain, Second
Mate nnd Carpenter OF Bar
que C2nrinn, OF Boston.
an MuRDEnER KILLEp.

From the Boston Evening Trt vclcr, Aus. %
The barquc Czarina arrived at this port
this morning IN charge Of the first officer
OF ship d. d. Metcalr, Mr.. serritt, who
gives the particulars Of terrible tragedy
on bo I'd that vessel, resulting in the
de0th Of four persons, ns follows:
The burque CzOrinR is owned by Mr..
John Dwy,r Of this city. had been on a
voyage TO Cronstadt, and was on her re-
turn to this port when the murders took
place.
The captain hired at Queenstown, on
his outward voyage, on Irishman named
John CrottCr % fret mate. This man
was reprimandcd by Capt. Dwyer on the
10Th OF July last, for the bad condition
OF the vessel
AltCr that no more trouble of conse-
quenco occurCd until two days before
the murder, when a dispute tjok place
in the cabin, resulting in the throwing
Of plate at the Captain by Crotter.
which inflicted wound upon his head.
On the uight Of July 80, some time
during the" Middle Watch - n(lrom twelve
to four) Crottcr was seen by boy at
the wheel to go down into the captain's
{ cabin. Il afterw ard appeared that he had
murdered the captain with an az as he
was sleeping in his b rth. .t .
, He then put on some Of the captain's
clothes and took his money, went on deck
again at 4 A. NJ, and murdered the
second mate, Mr.. Cummett Of Boston
probably with the same weapon.
| During the day, the crew finding Crotter
Wua n dpannrofp on1 rc.lT. .---
consulted together and agreed to kill him
J Giving pledge each 70 each. to stand b,
the other, they commenced the attack OF
the next day, July 81. Crotter, howcv
err was not in the humor to submit, anC
aS the crew came around he produced
pair OF revovers loaded with ball.
The attack and defense which followed
was Of the most desperate oharucter.-
The carpenter, who made a pass at Crot.
ter wHs shot and thrown overheard hy
him.
The boy at the wheel threw the carpen.
ter a rope which he caught, but Crott,I
upon perceiving il, cut il, aud the carmen.
ter soon uftcr sunk.
Another man then approached, VIII,
} was shot at by Crotter, but al the momen
+ the iormcr jumped up suddenly, and tn
, ball lodged in the shoulder of Russian
! passenger, Mr.. Alexander Treskeisky.
At this time one Of the crew, who hal
) an adze in his hand for self defense, strucl
{ Crotter severe blow in the shoulder
which somewhat cowed the murderer.
a 1t soon appeared that this wound wa
8 mortal, and he was placed in boat o
deck, where, after several hours Of horr
n BILE raving, he died.
e AT SIX P. N. same day was bonrdcd b
( British burque Harlequin, which obtaine
! the pariicrls-5 CO tiie mutiuy aud proceed
| ed on her course.
/ August Sd was bonrded from shin ID. II
Metc0lf, and obtained from her iiayiga
: tor Mr.. Merritt who brought the C. {,
this port.
!, The mate, after killing the captain, do
stroyod oil the papers.
f The bodies oftho dead were all thrown
. overheard. Copt. Dwyer was ubou
, thirty three years of age, and belongs If
/ this city. Ho leaves wife and one
! child.
The fjllIwing are the names olthe crew,
IIendrioh S. Blumal, Swede; John
Shaw, Henry Can, james Wilson, Eng
lishmen; Carl w. Nesbur, Carl Swer-
holm, both Swedcs, and Charles Percival
! American.
The murderer, Crotter, was an Irish.
man, and doubtless this was not his first
crime upon the high seas,
lie haF been on the coast Of California,
and he often brngged OF the murders he
had committed among the Cinnamon
there.
His design probably was 70 take the
vessel close TO the shore at some appro-
pirate place, set il on fire and abandon
il. With this view he had loaded a
boat on deck with the captains yaluables
and other property. t.++