Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-03
MUTINY AND MURDER ATSEA.
Horrible Scenes en- Bsard the American
Bark Reindeer

The lates: English papers contai In full particu
lara OF the piracy and murder on board the
The origin Of me N otiny is described az follows:
''On the 9th Of July iast, when about sixteen
miles soutteest OF Malaga, Captain Grove, OF the
English brig Susannah, observed the American
bark Reindeer, with hsr ensign down ana the
,sils hying about IL she Bas sdrift He was
thea some distance from her, but he immedia ely
lowered his quarter gig, AID with four Of his
riviHg alongside, Captain Grove observed a man
with his head parity over tie rail Smoke was
Issuing from the poop Of the deck
Before getting on board, Cepts!n Grsve spck.
70 the half mufCs;ed man o. deck, and En-
deavored to obtain some pGr ai.rs cf the dsrs
ter. The poor fellow was s;sCDg enou IN to s,-
teat part OF the crew lad been murdered by
Two SPan!a,ds, who belonged to the Paiateer
and that after numbering or dtgahifng me crew
tacy had ses Ere 10 tie ship, stove or. bt At and
tasen away the o:ner, and had sade their escape
Inc captain and crew OF Ihe Suscnnah went on
board, and were korTor-rruck On seeing the state
Of the vessel. TIE appearance Cf the mutilated
men on board, the Quantity OF blood deck the
groaaings Of TIE Captsia and men were horrible
beyond description. The steward was on the
deck half murdered and lying In his blood; his
face and head had been so cut and dlsds ured
With knife as 10 mske IL wonderful that he
should have survived. He wss very weak through
loss Of blood, but just able to move The mas.er
OF the Retndeer Captain j. w Hewis,) was on
the man hatch. covered with blanket groaa-
Ing most piteously, insensible.
ThR OFFICERS MURDERED.
at seems tha, Re vss attacked whilst asleep In
his cabin; his head was partly severed from his
body, and II Is supposed he was left 70, dead;
cns-helf Of kir LETT ear was entirely cut of and
when he awoke and was little sensi BILE the cabin
wes full OF sTnOkS; but he has no recollection of
any Of the circuIn tances Of the horrible outrage
The First Mate lad also been attacked and was
eat with knife very severely in the neck and
seriously inirTe3 The Second Mate, John II
hansey, Of Liverpool, and a seaman named Henry
Frost JoGes, Of CaTdiK Were both murdered
ant
them lying there, and thinks that their deaths
muu have been instantaneous; they were I'm the
same position as IL asleep, but the quantity of
blood around thea formed lcrge pool TIE
hearts OF both men were Visible through the ST.
we're knife cuts in their sides, and II would seem
as II they had been struck On the head by some
insGument and then Immediately stab led In the
Isft side, ne1r The heart; their features did not
appear TO .vs been altered; tae ships bow on
board was also attacked By the ruMans, and hav.
Ing recei ved a cn' from knife, ne jumped over
board and swan forward to the bt bs.ay, where
he quietly IetnaineG until the murdere1s left the
vessel
The carpenter and cook were murdered whilst
on decf, and thrown overheard the boy saw
these two attacked and killed, and their bodies
thrown out TIE others OF the crew who b.d nm
TO this time escaped, seeing the isbtful state TO
feretop and cut the top gallant ssuddins .sail
halyerd block 10 protect themselves The
rudans did not venture aI.ft, and Il would see u,
Una, they were snort OF powder, ", although they
"Amongst the crew OF the Reindeer were two
spania'ds. fhey were not IN tie same watch, ,
and on the mig 1t Of this horrible act one Of them
contrived to borrow 4 krife from each man Of the
watch, saying that he wanted TO cut some meat
10 eat. At tnls time the other Spaniard wsa sup
posed TO De ssleep. After having obtained the
knives from The whole OF the crew OF that watch,
and deprived them II their usual means OF pro-
,eclOe, ties two cold olooded murderers set TO
ttsir work III u 6u,lress-like Mariner They nrst
provided the!nselves with two pistols each and
m had k0iu enaI
tides A i'siol w-s presented to the FIRST NJ ate
seVefal Times, out II snapped and did not dis
csa'2e Thus he was spared his tfe hut re-
teive1 some s"vere cuts and injuries from knives
REsCrK OF IHK Survivors.
N"iEe !itti1 hrHe after Capt Grove had been
CT boe-d the Reindeer the American ship Min
>'rc,, Capt L-itoI6, came TO nsr assistance and
rys,y endeavnr was made by taese two ssipmss.
tefs and their crews TO save the bark from burn.
Ing. S1e had been set OF nre fore and aft they
baItened everything down 70 prevent any ali
reaching ihe fr-, and cut holes In her deck, and
for time the fire appeared TO be some~hst sub
dued; when, however, 10 reached the 6ansom
the flames broke out with mush force at the
stern Capt Grove and Capt. Clifford having
cOns1lttd together, they thought IL best 10 "a kt
the whcle Of The crew on boera the Minstrel, and
IN doing so experieEeed some di Guilty In get
ting tire wounded from the ship; they hal 10
Lower iReni down over the side OF the vessel
Capt. Hewitt ct tie same time being senseless
Capt Grove remained close TO the vessel during
the ni1 nj, and sa" her 20 down about a. IN
II next morning
When On board the Rsinte Captain Grow,
nosiced log cook which kad been kept by
Jones, one of tie rUrter-t men from which {,
sppSafed tftt he shiS ped On beard the Mary Ann
In Caro- IN: IN l-ol, and ran from hSs Tares
watches had Were carried g n by "a. mu,a s,s,.
- well a iCuT hundred douars Csptaiu Groy,
has In his possrssioa three Of the kniyes rsed on
the occasion, with tie blood Of che Door un,ds,sJ
snd mutilated crew Of the Reind,er stiii soout
Sem
U-The population Of the sandwich Island.
awinoisd 20 $1,000, from le5 200 In fSpa
ease "a -arrylny on the Inhabitants BY ths
sand