, 1864-12-30

lFrom the Dahlin Nail, Dec. sth.1
| On Monday evening the brig Alciope, from
De1'erara to Liverpool, entered Queenstown
! harbor., On her voyage from Demerara tc
Queenstown there occurred on board a dread
fal tragedy, By which four out Of the nlne
lives. Al the time Of her lea va Dsmarsrn
| there were on board George Walker, lister
John Kelly. mate; Henry West, carpsnter
and siA seamen, namely, Clement and Fran.
els, both Frynchmca; francis Nc Alpine. ~ q
Scotchman Thomas Graham, an Eugiishmau
Miguel Lopez, Spania-1l; and Dan Hill, 8
! negro. The occurrence is still involved il
Inc deepest mystery, and, Of course. must re.
main 50 until judicia!ly Investigated, but the
following Is the version given by the surviv-
ors: Soon after the ship left Dtmerara seve.
ral Of the men committed some trivial breach
O. discipline, for which they were t'loggcd and
dlsfated, but nothing of any importance oc-
CURED till the evening Of Sunday, the Sd Of
November. On thie. evening, At $50 p. m.,
inc captain "as lying, asleep in the cabin, when
ne 4 was aToke oy violent blow on the head.
He thought at once that some p1ssln. vessel
must have come into collision with his and
caused the shock. BE sprang off the sofa on
Which he was lying, and run IN the ladder On
to the deck. He called to the crew to know
what was the matter, but received no answer.
Ae ran at and repeated the question, but got
no ansWer. Just then he heard step behind
him.. and turning sharply ground saw the
fIencAman Francis with heavy hammer in
MS hand The moment the captain turned
Francis aimed blow with the hammer Mt his
nend, and the captain received the blow on
Ills arm Francis aimed Il second blow at the
captain, which missed him, and the cartafn
then ran toward the cabin, Francis pursu;nr
him. Luckily the captain reached the cabin
before bis assailant, md succeeded In locking
himself in, and Francis, after several desperate
efforts TO break open the door, returned to the
deck. Capt. Walker then armed himself With
revolver, and on going On deck, found four
q the eFew fhG;1'fennamely, ;'f McAlpinc, Lopez,
Kelly. the mate. Henry West, the carpenter,
and the two Frenchmen, Clement and F5nn
cis- Tie four men whom the captain found
on the deck we're unable to give the slightest
explanation Of the extraordinary occurrences
which bad taken place, and stated that they
we're ronscd from sleep By hearing noise on
deck, and had come UP to sea what the
matter was. search was Instituted for The
missing men, and near the entrance to The
cabin was found the dead body of the carmen
ter, whose brafns had been dashed out. eri-
IDENTIFY b. blow from some b!un. instru.
ment. A little way from the carpenters body
lay 1he mate, whose throat had been cut from
ear to car, md who was also quite dead. The
terrible deed had evidently been committed
but q short time previously, as the bodies Of
Doth The unfortunate men we're still warm.
Clement and Froncis cnu!d nowhere be found,
on the first appearance Of dawn, the captain
and the four sailors went to the forecastle,
aud ilndlng It closely fastened from the inside
concluded that the missing men must be in.
side. The door vas broken in with sledee-
1aminert and OIL the captain and his followers |
'nshing in they found the two Frenchmen IN |
fde, armed with heavy banners After brief !
,as desneIate struggle; the two men were
The tragedy did not. however, end here. On t
he second day Of their confinement the car,- |
ain, on entering the forecastle, found both
lis prisoners dead. Francis' skull was
lactnred, and Clement presented the
POISON. It is said Ihat Francis himfejf
lashed out his brains By striking his
lead against The side Of the forecastles The
.essel WIS then navigated to Queenstown hv. |.
ne survivors. The three other sailors, It il
ald, refused to sleep With, and closely watched
ne re1aatna movements Of the spaniards, whom they
'renchmen in their. attempt to murder The
aptain and crew, and get possession of the
essel. On the arrival Of the Alcione In fhe
arbor, the captain came on shore and 1oile-ei
2 Information, setting forth the facts detailed
pore. warrants were granted against The
;al M saaoafstI,Lopez, Ra HiH, Graham aud Neal
slf were taken into custody. TheT were
Fonglt before magistrate on Mondav n;nht
I'D remanded. They we're ecain bronS1t
at the Queenstown petty Sc essions On
uesday morning, the presiding magistrates
ing Captain Seymour, aud Alr, Scott.
hc prisoners having Been put forward.
,Ptain Seymour said that in case of
ch Importance the bench lad deter.
incd on rcmanding the prisoners Enr
sht days, In order that the Castle nnthnr;.
s might oe communicated with. Mr.
u nr'en, somel1or. Nho appeared for the cap.
crime, and that being the case their wsr. t
It sufficient grounds for his heinz iront n g
stody. Captain Seymour said TINT although {
ere was no charge at present against TIC +
plain, The bench, considering that four lives Z
q becn lost under Tery mysterious circum-
'nces, could not possibly discharge any Of +
survivors. Although tho remand was t
,nfna1ly for eight days. the captain won1J !,
t, in all probability, be in custody for any- y
ng like that time, as the moment the bench !
ard from the Castle they would procec3
Ii the investigation. The prisoners wcrc
n removed in custody. A
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