The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-05-07

ror was brought TO light III this city, which,
If 1t does not equal that connected with the
ship James Foster for actual mansaughter,
seems II the statements are true, to sur
pass 1t for the long continued unrelenting
brutality exercised over
/ THE VICTIMS.
As the sufferers have not yet had an OPP
! portualty of lnstitutlng legal proceedings
against the perpetrators of the outrage,
statements are given of the unmistakab le
evidences which they carry with them on
their, persons, and which they allege were
placed there by Captain William II Rob
inson and Chief Mate Richard Hoffman,
of the American ship Richard RoJiasan,
now lying at pier No. Al, East River.
Robert Mcdonald, aged twenty TWO
years, born in Scotland, has two front
/ teeth knocked out, as he states with brass
knuckles, holes in his head from being
kicked, and various cuts and bruises on his
body, indicted with brass knuckles,
kicks, &c.
James Brown ged thirty two, born in
! Maryland, has hole in his head, made, as
alleged with an axe-handle, and his hands
are para yzcd from being hung up to the
'galows by his wrists for three quarters
OF an hour at time. He also has bruises
!
| out.
| Charles H. futile, aged twenty-five, born
IN Boston has three gashes upon his head,
done, as alleged, by the brass knuckles, and
a hole through the under lip, inflicted with
pointed instrument
Donald Mckee, aged twenty six, born in
! New ork, has bis nose broken and three,
/ cuts Oh the head, inflicted, as he states.
with piece of grating while standing
the wheel.
Edward Williams, aged twenty four born
IN Norway, has a wound on the right eye,
Inflicted, as alleged, with a piece OF iron
! grating, ha'r pulled out, bruises In the face
from being kicked, and other injuries made
with clubs, behaving pins, &c
Rlchard kouke, aged twenty two, born
IN Denmark. Prussia, has bruises on his
face from being kicked, and others on his
back, made with an axe handle also por-
tons of his hair pulled out.
James Bundell, aged thirty, born in
Manchester, England, has his body horribly
bruised, and was laid up, unable to move
for fourteen days His hair has also been
pulled out.
Frederick Jensen, aged twenty five, born
IN Hamburg, has wounds inflicted as al
legged with brass knuckles, and bruises uron
! nearly every part of his body, aud was
Frustrated for several days, una ble to move.
lie was beaten so many times that he can
not tell the number
The Richard Robinson is an American
vessel built like packet, and is owned by
her captain father, now living in this city.
She does general business in the traus-
poftalon or freight, ana on Saturday last
she arrived this port with a cargo of crock
cry having sailed from Queenstown, Eng
land, on the Goth OF 22l Of March Cap
tain Robinson, who halls from Boston, is
4 man Of medium height aged about IL rty
years. The Chief Mate Hoffman, who be
longs to Williamsburg, l.. l., is a beardless
young man, aged about twenty-three. The
captain and the chief mate abandoned the
moment that she reached this port, and it
Is alleged ESCAPED, leaving the vessel in
possession of the fourth officer and few
hands, mostly apprentices The victims,
whose names have been given, were part
OF the crew OF twenty-one, and were taken
fresh in. Liverpool III January last They
were unusually young and intelligent for
seamen, and but for their bruises and mu-
tllatioEs Would be a fine lot of able bodied
men. They all received some education,
and Mckee was in the late Union army,
where he had finger shot off in battle
HOW THE ALLEGED oCTRAGEs WERE CONS
MITrED.
The ship having taken in her cargo at
Liverpool was hauled of into the river on
the 29,h, and on the ID of February she
started on her voyage to New York The
captain having laid in severa cases of liquor
before leaving port he and the first mate
had, it is alleged, imbibed so much that
they had been in state Of beastly intox>
lcatlon Cor Sc veral days, but remained CONS
paratlvely quiet up to the time of putting
to sea. They then came on deck, and in~
tertered with the mems work, SO that crew
were compelled TO resist them. The two
chief officers hourly became worse, and
continued to drink so much that they
apparently became maddened. They were
both armed with revolvers ana knives. and
the sailors, having but the ir sheath knives,
were. obliged to submit to the outrages
which began to be inflicted upon them
| The ship vent on to Cusca, and then ow-
Ing to the bad management, became 'land-
locked. ExtTicating herself after twenty
four hours delay she put off again, but in
compliance, it is said, with an order of the
! captain, the engineer and carpenter cut
away the bob stay with their axes to
make an excuse for going back to Holly
head two of the crew named respectfully
Anderson and Sullivan, having been beat
en- SO terribly by the captain and second
mate, jumped overheard to avoid being
| killed 1t is known that one of them reached
the land, but the other is supposed to have
been lost. The one who reached the shore
reported at the police station, and the cap
| tain, heard that he was to be arersted
Immediately ordered the ship to sea again
THE CAPTAIN s WIFE.
The only woman abroad was the captains
wife, young woman, who mad great infu-
ence over her husband when sober, and to
whose excrtions and opportunities the bod
les of the crew were, as they allegs saved
from destruction by the captain aud mate
she kept a constant watch over the two
officers, following them about during their
carousais, day and night, until she became
afraid that her own life would be endang~
cred, and left the ship while in the chan
mel, taking a steamer aud reached the land
The captain, determined not to proceed
without his yPI1a StnnpaI at