Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-07
PlRACI AND MURDER By
COOLIES.
Nine Men Lashed to a
I1awser and anchor and
Thrown Overheard.

Seine weeks ago mention vas made ia
the San Francisco Call that Prussian bark
had been met with in the Ochotsk Sea, IN
charge VI Coolies. and il Was more than
suspected that the vessel had been the
scene OF nutiny. piracy and murder. The
following dreadful details have come 10
hand, having bees communicated BY Capt
T.. r. Nye, Of the whale ship William
Rotch, to the sditsr Of the Henelslu
Adreriisev:
About The end Of Jsnsssy, o. fret Of
February. 1868, the Prussiaa bark Osysltl,
sailing undsr American eeless. lsfs Osiloa,
The principal pert sf Peru, for. Asequipa,
distant abost tWe dsys' sail, With . caEge
Of 0fty coolies, which had been just i'm.
ported from Chisa in the French ship
Prsvsdsnzs, new in this port. The owner
Of the coolies, who vas ass swnsr Of the
vessel, and OF . sugar estate 10 Peru, was
on board also. His bark Was named after
his plantation. He had just purchased
these laborers for his plantation, and had
On board . supply Of rice and stores. t2o,-
900 10 coin, with other valuables.
The next morning after leaving Callao.
| the coolies rose upon the unsuspseting
crew, captured them, and killed the man II
| the wheel and second mate. The captain
and frat officer were in their births asleep,
but we're soon reused BY the neiss. On
seeing the vessel in possession Of the coolisl
they threw ssms benches cut Of the cabin
window and then jumped out. intending 4
save thsmsslvss by swimming ashore. The
pirates then lowered . best, psllsd for the
captain and mate, and killed them beth
while in the water. They then returned
10 the ship, tssk the crew, nine in number
consisting Of Americans, Portuguese ard
Spaniards, tied them sash hand and feot
aud lashsd them oil 70 hawser. They
then fastened a. anchor to the hawsss and
threw the whole overheard. or course tn
anshsr sank, carrying the men With Il e
he bottom, and they we're drowned.
The owner, Mr.. Baraeendsgui, who il
we'll connected 10 Lima, vas LEFT in III,
cabin with his servant. . faithful Chinamsn
who had been vish him many years. H,
vas armed with rsvolvsrs, and seeing hi,
weapons. the pirates feared . modest him
The servant boy then Interested With then
10 spare his ewn and bic masters lives
which they aerssd 70 d on condition tha
he weuld deliver up his weapons to them
This he did after sems delay, svidsntl,
having ssms misg,ving sbsut their honesty
They then put the vessel about, and run Of
before southeast trades, in . northwsstsrll
course for China. There we're four or nv,
rnglsaders in the gang, but nc enc up
pears - have undsrstood navigation. The!
knew that China was "a to the northWesi
and that was absut oil. The voyage acres
the Pacific, more than 10000 miles, up
pears 70 have been made without sssinI
land Or vessels.
On the first Of April, they passed through
the Kurile Islands, into the Ochotsk Sea
where The bark ran iato the ice and lay 70
SIX days, the pirates improving the eppor
tunity 10 fill their water casks. They 70
into clear water on the 23d Of April, en-
came to anchor 81 the "Sanu Spit" in tn
Northeast Gulf, on the west shore Of tn
Kamska,ka Peninsula. Here they took th
owner and his servant ashsre. and allswe,
them to escape. and after travelling aienl
the coast for about thirty miles they cam
10 small settlement, where they foun.
provisions. and remained till whalsr cam
in sight. Mr.. Baraoondsgni was kindly
offered . passage to Honolulu BY Captain
Hamilton, Of the Sea Breszc, and his ser
want Was taken on beard the Hercules, bstl
Of which vessels will be here in few days
Seen after the above two persons wsr
set ashore, the piratioal craft weighed an
Choir, and put II sea, standing ed to III
westward with . stiff east wind. She ha
not been heard from since, and 10 suppose,
to have been wrecked in some part Of tn
Ochotsk SEES. The FIVE ring eaasrs divided
half their prize money Geo, 00O) amen
themselves, $4,000 10 sash, and the baIsnc
wsa divided among the rest, As in number
t222 to each. Whether IL was Of any us
70 them Or not, may never be knswn, q
the bark and the coolies may have been los
in the Ochetsk.
C,pt. Martin. Of the ship Prsvedenxa
informs us that on the voyage frsm Chin,
10 Cailae, these coolies showed no disposi
ton to be refractory, and he had no troub',
whatever with thsm. This tragedy serve!
to illustrate what reckless characters thes
coolies are. and " may we'll wonder thu.
similar scenes have not been enacted here
where gangs Of twenty to thirty coulter
have been shipped in small achooners
without the first thought Of any provislsr
agains. revolt or piracy.