New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-23
A REBELLION AT SEA.
THE NEVADA MUTINY CAsE-TESTIMONY OF THE
FIRST MATE, AND DISPOSITIONS OF TIE
SECOND MATE AND A SEAMAN-A sAlLOh
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THE NEVADA MUTINY CAsE-TESTIMONY OF THE
FIRST MATE, AND DISPOSITIONS OF TIE
SECOND MATE AND A sEAMAN-A SAILOR
SHOT BY THE CAPTAIN.
AT the examination, yesterday, before COM
missioner Davenport Of Allen Parker James walters
John Ncyil, and william f. Long, charged with lnei'hs
a mutiny board OF the American ship Nevada on Il
voyage from Boston to Rio Janeiro, the Commissioner
appointed Henry Morris to defend the prisoners W. v"
Burgis, the first mate testified as follows;
When at sea the watch was too 10 e,ms pH w
every half hour AN is we'll Long and & .n thcV
do So nearly all of the watch refused; tod the
should sing ont "Al is WE'LL Long ana NeNHs r,t'
me- and one of them called INC rest OIL t.I told The
was knocked down and kicked tie next h.n w,
Captain that the men had refused to sing oIt d" sai
the CAPTAIN said the men should 40 80 witch and
wach;" the Captain said they shonld nave II ltbot
tcahe; when the men We, We're va va sing out;
On June 49, Parker, Nevi and Long went TO ,ie c ,h
pcners shop and had words VIII te cac ont Parker
clinched the second mate, and they had hgti me S'l
tain stoned il Ncvil told Parker not 10 let the tight
SION when the watch was relieved at night Parker went
behind the second mate ana spht ms irlu 'peh WIN
beayincpn the captain called to Parker and received
the repy, You -, If you want me, come ana get
me-" tie CAPTAIN ordered me to take him
wien attempted it, he was surro nded by men, armed
With knives and beaying-Tns; the Captain said Let
him til morning." in the morning the Captain told
would not go in irons the stood all around Parker
and the Captain fired random shots al them with his re-
vOlyer; Hills attacked the Captain with drawn KNIFE;
the Captain snapped nuskct AZ him. hut il missed fir
he took another musRet and shot him dead; Parker and
Nevis were then put in irons.
The following deposition OF Charles Smith was taken
before United States YiccConsul Francis NJ COrdcro at
Rio Jncro and is in the hands Of the United States
Dstrict-Attorney, to be offered in evidence:
shipped seaman on the Nevada ever since the de-
parturc OF the ship from Boston the crew have been dis
satisfied without any reason when James SandcrSon
was made second mate on account of P,rkcr's inca
10 go ait. and james Walker told him that If
he did not look out lie would get himself into roubc
mates orders when keeping watcl Oh June Is saw
saudcrson and Parker about an okn coat just before
from the second mate, and That he was going to bck'
him. they had some more words after this and Sander
went into the carpenters shop Parker followed him.
in few minutes saw Sandeison ana Parker hghilng
the captain came up aud stopped the fight then
meaning the second mat; when the over the
went into the Orccastc, and James Hill, who
" b.aRed" the second mate; heard Hin say that he
mast out and fix things IN the ships then, sitting
chest with ShcathUiic IN MS hands, he said, look
ing at me, "Terc is going 10 be row on board OF THIS
ship, aud II any man backs out he VII be
-- Of sandcrson, aud see him bleeding
on deck; l would not give him drink
backed OUT he would kill him, Parker sad, Yes by
on the same day during the ogwatch, heard James
strike sinderson that night with Delaying PIN at mid
hai E od WSer on to ec Forward r ; Tepe
iuGly; hit him once with the bcldylng-pn, ana twice
St tdG fa Ark in nas few o mS%TH'' wah S
INN to 20 aft Parker SAID that If the captain wanted
him he must where he wa; when he said this he
ne id Delaying pin in MS hands, ana was surrounded bY
the crew. Bur-iS tie mate, and the captain went 10
to bring Parker who said that he would not 70 IN IOs
James Walters, James Hill, William Long and John
Ncv told Parker to turn i'll they would look out for
him; before q. next day, met Hill at the forecastle
door he told that there going TO he row on
board and that / did not fight he would cut
nv liver out; when he said this he
had a long sheath-knfe in his hand in short time l
heard firing; | heard John Nevil cry MurderW he
then came into the fOrecastle and said, The nrst -
OF an officer that forward viii Kill before this
fight took place told the captain That was AFRAID OF
nv life on board of that ship; If James Hill had not
been Killed he would have murdered some OF the men for
not helping him in the fight during the passage from
dc Janciro the men were not iltreated by
officers when the men found fault the captain
told them that they did not like the ship be would get
them discharged they reached Rio de Janeiro
The following deposition Of James sandersOn, the SEC
ond mate was also taken at Rio dc Janeiro, and will be
offered in evidence
Since the sailing Of the Nevada great dissatisfaction
was shown by the crew without any reason whatever;
wo DAYS after the departure Of he snip the cher mate
was knocked down by James Hill; when the men saw
that was made second mate they did not like 1t, aud
they told 10 90 aft at ALL but 10 make the captain
stand his watch the would not stand watch as l
ordered complained TO the captain, and he told me TO
put up with it, as tie voyage was short one.
The remainder OF the deposition corroborates the tes-
tmony of the first mate. The examination was adj
{ournpd till Friday