The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-24
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| shoclxinr Cruelties Said 10 Have Been Prnc.
| tised ON the Crew of American Vessel
| by Her OEicers-A Man Jumps Overheard
| The Men Beaten, Bruised and Gashed-The
| Captains Wife their Only Defender.
Another tale Of alleged revolving crueltes on board
a vessel bound from Liverpool 10 this port was de-
| veloped yesterday In this city, anu though not
attended with loss Of life SO great as was the case
| on the ship James Foster Jr, IS still. IL all the do
| tails given are correct a truly shameful case. me
victims are about nstituting legal proceedings. how
| ever which win probably determine the truth or
| fasity OF the charges made by number OF men who
composed the crew, against Captain VIM. II. Robin
| son and Richard Hoffman, CHIEF mate, OF the snip
Richard Robinson, now lying at pier "A East river.
| The members OF the crew who complained OF
| their injuries are Robert Mcdonald aged twenty
two native OF Scotland; James Brown, aged thirty
two, born in Maryland; Charles H. futile, aged
twenty-five, born in Boston; Donald mckee, aged
twenty six, born in New York; Edward Williams,
aged twenty four native OF Norway; Richard,
aged Twenty-Five OF Dcnswigh Prussia; James
Bundel, aged thirty, born in England ana FREQ.
Jannsen, aged twenty-five, native OF Hamburg.
All these men have marks Of some violence upon
their persons, their heads and faces being gaslled,
and bruised. and their hair torn out They were
beaten with clubs, axe-heveS, brass knuckes, &C.,
and several Of them were tied up by the hands,
treatment
The Richard Robinson Is an American vessel.
owned by her captains father, now living in this
city. On Saturday last she arrived at this port with
cargo Of crocXery, having sailed from Queenstown
England on the Goth or ed OF March, Captain
Robinson, who halls from Boston, is o man of
| medium height, aged about thirty years. The chief
mate, Hoffman, who belongs in Williamsburg, L. H.
is about twenty-three years OF age. The captain
a,,l htnH aNnn
| soon as she reached this port leaving the
! vessel in possession Of the fourth ofhcer and a
| few hands, mostly apprentices. The Victims whose
names have been given were part o! the crew OF
January last They have all received some educa-
ton, and Mckee was in the late Union army, where
he had finger shot on IN battle
| THE OUTRAGES.
The ship, having taken on her cargo at Liverpool
hsusd on into the river on the 10Th and on N the
York. The captain having laid In several cases OF
before he and see a1s mate
| of beasty intoxication for several days, but
remained comparatively quiet up to the time Of put
| ting to sea- Then thep came on deck, and inter-
fered with the mems work so that the crew were
compelled to resist them. The two chief officers
were both armed with reviewers and knives, and the
We're We're Obliged to submit to the outrages which
began to be indicted upon ,t them me ship
tSs bad on
Extricating herself after twenty-four hours de-
With an order OF the captain the engineer and car
penter cut away the "bObsayn with their axes to
pairs. In passing the breakwater, near Hollyhead,
two Of the crew, named respectively Anderson and
Sullivan having been beaten terribly by the captain
and second mate jumped overheard to escape being
killed. 1t Is known that one Of them reached the
The one who reached the shore reported at the po-
lice station, and the captain, hearing that he was to
be arrested Immediately ordered the ship to sea
The only female on board was the captains wife,
young woman who had great influence over her
| husband when sober, and to whose eXertons and
opportunities the bodies Of the crew were, as they
allege, saved from destruction by the captain and
| mate. She kept constant watch over the two
drunken Oiicers, following them about during their
carousals, day and night, until she became afraid
the ship while in the channel. taking steamer and
reaching the land. The captain, determined not to
and renamed there for two weeks, until hls wife
Joined him again. aud the ship resumed her voyage.
The captain stu remained night ana day IN the
towards the crew increased in brutality, except as
to the apprentice hands, who seemed TO be favored
for the purpose Of keeping them on the SIDE OF the
| officers.
Edward Williams, Of the victims, says:-They fire.
w's ey woa% n with as each s
each other CI.sd il refused :Ssy would prsf
We're e5%sssd asSs al The amusement
Frsderek Jensen .ays:rhs captain used to call us AFT
and Gu. "a one side Of our hair a our face: And ha and
r'aS IL. es1 n sSsz % @ head Wi.
on which were brass knuekles great many times He beat
sas a%s:s S%.1s .s
% S ss ns y; Sh: s:. TIM
head down iss.i with Il: feet. I'D then fss
rsadfuy sors and sick from his III treatment and spit blood
an ssss G.i S
:na % S with S & WHICH M: OF s
cutting head sna face %
several times he held ny head down by hair ana
% ne sS S
block weighing about thirty pounds and beat me
seaman named Brown :sy.Th: chief mate struck me-
summing M; m: and cutting very S.ss At the sm'
Blunds states captain took BY the hair of my
and amy ss1d as a sd Ss, r.
myself Y any sa} was laid up at Queenstown for two
kicked The face nc head several times Sss:
my nose cutting face head 70 several places ne ha;
me- s sas %s ss
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eral times .'' 49,. -. ~ sr -
Tuttles experienced about the same treatment.
n | AuOtneT way uuOpteu ny Tue captain anu mate
pleasantly whiling away the time during the Ions
days Of debauchInent was to seize the men and
change them Brown states that he hid himself Ia
the hold for days because he was afraid they would
kill him, and when he was found they tied him up TO
| the gallows for forty-tve milute5 with his hands
In irons, the irons cutting into his hands, causing
,, | dreadful pain. While hanging up his feet were
! about foot and a half from the moor. His hands
still parayzed from the effects OF the punish.
| ment
Anew days after leaving Queenstown the last time
the captains wife gained access 10 the stock OF
liquors, and dragging out two cases OF whiskey and
one OF rum tumbled them overheard. She had con-
stanty kept her eyes the captain and many times
when he was committing the 0utrages and threaten.
Ing to take the lives OF the she interfered ana
checked him. The crew state that up to the time