The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-16

| 70 miles distant. Alter this, whist e1anin-
| ing the barometer heard sotnd in the up4
| ler cabin tthe Fearless has two cabins-one
below, which is the main one. and the other
| ON deck where the officers looms, pantry.
| stove ana dining tables are, and through
| which the lower floor is reached,l like TIE
| breaking Of piece Of wood. Our fuel was
! getting short and had ordered that 10 fire
| should be used in The cabin except at meal
| time, and this made OF light wood, and il oc-i
| Cured to me that some one was breaking
wood contrary TO orders to make a FIRE, where.
upon started to see about it, As [ passed
along heard the NOSE again, accompanied
bya ontusion OF sounds--sueh as shunins of
ieet imprecations, eroans and screams at !
which instant / met Mr.. Jones, one OF the
passengers, rushing down the stairs ia alright
AT the next Instant 1 was on the spot. If !
was quite DARK, as we lad all Tie doors, win
dows and shutters closed on account OF tile av-
lnl gale: but could distinguish two nlen in
deadly struggle oEera chest that was on the
starboafd SIDE. Again heard the crack of
/ the pistol. The fash OF The weapon. tie !
smell OF powder and the smoke soon revealed
to me the awful reality before me. Burstins
the door open for light l shouted for hlT.
Pearson, the first mate, who was the officer OF
the deck. then saw who were fighting
Alr. Haswell was Staggering backward with
bis face toward me, still struggling with the
with blood, and his eyes had a look o! hor-
ror in them | spraDg for hatchet at COM
mand to disable the assassin. At this instant
the first mate rushed into the cabin and flung
himself upon the paI ties with the ioIce OF IL
hon; but alas. it was too late The deed OF
death wes done. Haswell had given up, aud
Guptill was beating him over the he1d With
| the butt of bis pistol. Sou at 5d ~ sfa
While the mate he'd the murderer, / sp-unq
to the wounded man to see il there was any
hope The passengers and petty officers now
came in. We washed the blood from the dy-
ing mans head, and found over the lett eye
where the fatal bullet had entered It must
have passed into his Brain. lie was then in
his last throes. Ills pulse ceased 10 beat. lie
gasped and elected great clots of blood. Then
his eyes grew CLASSY and closed forever.
We Immediately put the murderer In irons,
hands and feet, and locked him into his room
taking every movable thing out. i-f
The CHASTITY corpse of the second mate was
removed to the lower cabin and placed on his
own mattress, whilst all gathered around anx-
ious to see If there might not be some signs of
returning lite We placed mirror to his
mouth and ncstris in the hope that some
breath might thus be detected; but all IN vain.
At length his limbs grew cold and we
| gave him up for dead. This was about half
| past three p. no. He must have received the
shots soon after three o'clock.
l secured the pistol-a six barrelIed car
fridge revolver, large as Colts navy size. The
steward said it was his, and that he had offer
ed to sell it to Ggptil before he left Boston.
but did not. Two months ago the third mate
offered to clean it for him, but getting it in
| his possession he never returned it. have it
| now, Just as IT appeared q ftei the fatal deed
all besmeared with the blood of its victim
| AT O'Clock p. m. / called all hands aft and
put the second mates watch in charge of John
| Ayers, good old man who has been sail
maker with me the last FIVE years. Then /
| invited all down TO look at the body of the
murdered officer, whilst read the impressive
prayerof the Episcopal service for the dead.
| All listeDed with tearitii eyes 10 this impress
| sive exercise. That night was an awul one.
| The gale was raging with unwonted fury, the
sea ran mountains high, the sun had gone
| down at half past three O'Clock. The cold
was intense and the driven sleet cut like
| sharp glass, and our mourning ship was lett
| alone with its dead to endure dreary poar
| night. The voices OF all became huShed men
| spoke in whispers and strong inen tremb!ed at
| the thought ofthe assassin's terrible deed Of
! blood. The songs Of cheer with which e'er
| now we were wont to tighten The uloom were.
/ changed to the lpournul diFge aud n,iSerere.
| 1t became ny duty now, to look around ioE
what evidence could find in the case, to be
| given on delivering the crlprit up t. the Unit
! ed States authorities on our arrival in San
| Francisco. Mr. Jones, one of our gentlemen
| passengers, must be the most important wit
| ness, as he .irst beheld the fatal conflict. AT
| SIX bells Is p. m.) it appeared that Guptill
passed along the spar deck asking Charlie
| Dennis, Hallowell boy. bor The time OF day
On being told, he entered the cabin by the
IN the corner of the cabin a6aif on the est1ig s1ig
| side. Evidently Gupti did not see him, and
| Softly he onaned thn Iaor sbs ,,o,., ny 'l,;ai,
| he occunied with the ss,ona mste on3 nno,,'
c bis rbast taLng so,nati;,,t, t,ars,t,,,t,
HasyvalI at tn. t;,ne q, ,s as;, b;s ha.tt
the unner one which il abont "a bigh as C.,,nr
tiirs sbonlJars Tho next ba sa, ,ros ~o = IL
oIaar, ~ .so irs, ,,,,a,'t o;loi ~ roI1s
| head an,i bafara ba I,o,,asi conld onaai ~
nistoI was disebarced AMI ban bs9 entornJ r,a
| the bo,y ~ his victim Tb;s woe tbst 49,
| cracking sound which heard when heln,., !
| Jones then rushed down tnr me I ,net hi,o
| and sDranc to the scene of woe MaanwI;Ia
| the wounded man. in his struuqio far life
| threw bimselfun ana o,,t ofbis Iar,I unon
tho tioor where 4 rnn,,,t taT, :; III upon ~,
| 1ict.a What foovad l,aya I,ea,l,, siasa;I'aa
i>'''' 80 - ~ 50. %
nne .I was hoiuihs the murderer Tor the
i'o hou ~ :. P"s .ne IRONS on MN, ne protested
t sna. 'n's "as "Seiess, as ne uim not want 70
,i.. a Any, anyone eise. eihaih said L; you
e w. sa;d b ,f a,'J si y .l.ae enough
a,.o -, s@I & r M iol y ne
parr,, ~, - bo e..y, y, , Mr,
ooaf;ns,, M - ,,;s rapps ,.a nI. sses ne was
ha da,ihora9a,,, ,,,,t In, ashcu nin, n
His reply was. Yes He frst tbonoht 20.
wait until we got into Good weather I6en be
concluded he could not wait anv Iongar anl
proceeded to kin him al once. Soon affep tIe
deck ouarrel. the first mate found him i, lbe
batch-bouse and telling him what ba,l al
rected him TO saw. ordered him to ,5o tn tj,a
Cantain and have tbe ,nattar eettIed At ,,aaa
He replied in a very determ;ned monner ~
can settle INV own Affairs, =
Guptill Is quite a younp man aI,out %
wears of ace. and resides in C,loncester Mae
sacbusetts' where he is said m he enoaned IN
a nice yo,,po Iadv. He was with me On NV
last yoyage to China. and be;nu verv smart
and bandy. T cave him he third mafa-s noais
tion to helm him aIobo He had hacome a
GOOD navigator. and I had honed ~ 500 him
in due time master of a shin PM II has boa,,l
noticeable this yoyaot. ihot he cond nor hrool.
an oder 6om the second mate n Is t,,,a
Mr. Haswell was rather a harsh man bp1 bs
was good sailor and an able officer. and be-
lieve at heart a good man.
Well, all night the storm bowled over MS
the dead man laid at the door of INV room
and 1t seemed as jf all the fien,ls of the
prince of the Powers of the Air. were abroad
upon, the sea. and the NIGHT. LONG as If was
was not long enough for theii oroies A. last
daylight crept nm TO rs at half mast eiobt and
such a dayi such a skvi I nrav C,od nona of
us NAV ever see again.. I Hir6D I'm
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