The New York herald., 1871-06-10

nis nothing new 10 have to record murder on
sne ocean rhe spirit that prompts 10 murder turks
N the eva breast the wei as on the land.
abe same ocadly hate that is begotten In the tur'
tnolls of nfe on shore may pe engendered In the
Suiei ne Al sea- remarkable instance OF this oc-
carred about the lsin Of last month on board the
snlp Dexter bound for this port from Leghorn. In
lhis case however u wouc seem as II
ran MuRpERER IT WAS WHO DIED.
Tne Dexter. captain p. n. Taylor commanding,
VIA a cargo % marble on board let Leghorn on
tne SIN % April CA the evening OF the 18th OF May
quarrel arosc between two OF the seamen named
snaries r. HAYWARD and John MCGEE, or Magaee as
Ne caIiel himself so far the quarrel goes. the
facs ere very few. Al about eight O'Clock in the
evening ol the iSth OF May the lrst mate OF the
peSter called 10 the forecasile, where he found
Hayward ging on ms back, with MCGEE bending
ever him. McGee AZ the same time
ULKFnseG rRoFusELY FROM THE ABDOMEN.
Investigation showed that the quarrel was
brought aboa, by MCGEE. who. the evening before
had an alteration with Hayward. II would seem
tnaf secret spite must have existed In McGee's
r.snd to..ra Hayward. FOR the immediate cause of
tns a1rsy was evidently the consequence OF
rKSr UP WRATH.
cn the evening of the lTth OF May McGee lost
tox 81 matches, or pretended tnat he had done so,
and went round AL The crew asking if any one had
rctn ~ taken the matches strangely he left Hayward
ff the lass. and. though he expressed no doubt
ahVui lhe ASSERTIONS q ans other of the crew. yet
~aen haseara, stated DC Knew nothing about the
matches Mcerc fold him tnat ne lied, and that be-
lore thc next eyraing ne
woulD ssr II orr wIru mrn.
fhe neN evening a. Harvard was m the fore
caste, NcNec. VINO had been on watch up 10 eight
oclocs entered the iofecaste ana al once informed
Harvard lhat he Wa ihen ana ihcre gong 10 give
4 . hlm according q promise, and. 10 make good
hle word, raised IN iron pelaSing pm which he held
a. ~ hand and struck ~ HAYWARD. Hayward
ffn ~ Nal on
49,, ,,s,.,, ssts ~ ,,., ~ snn.gn % SNnr .s,..
~ =, ss ~ 'ng ~, ~ ao,ocn; a,;
In nis apiNfarn actually iorccd ham 70 dcslst, and
y w,s ,sen ,sksn dosn 70 The nrst mates eaoin,
20 relieve niin hut he dicd IN less than thfee-quar
iers an hour. Harvard was az once
sna closely confined. but as the man bore an ex-
eeneui character among ms mates ana an hands
sspi,in hssrs,ed nm arsr two DAYS i'm i'm
ptironinent and Pc worked out the rest
nnssneai we're necessary lor M own recovery from
tnr wounds he had sustained, iuit OF hair having
sirugg.e hls nose also being Scared ana ms side
badly bruised. Ncaee was deccntly ciotncd pre-.
Nious - burai ana The morning after his death was
ktRlKn ~ TnE sra,
Tue captain reaang ne Ourlai service
The nigni u tne unfortunate occurrence the nrst
mate made the following entry IN the log
a. a. ,sss.y Elsa..s gss ssl, ca.1s' h4ysaae sss
narwsr1 9,ss a. er nsisysas r,n spSs whcs Hsr~ars
.rew y. shsatl sns ana .isbtd S0See shroash 6e vs
en- the arrival of the Dexter TINS port on Thurs
das ns The First precinct police received tntel
gtnce ~ the death On beard. but believing that
lartor police were aware of the occurrence took no
action M the matter. Yesterday morning. however,
Captain Uilman bvcame aware that the harbor boat
was
IGNORANT or ruR nExrER's ARRIVAL
snd he, with some q hls officers. a. once went on
board aud arrested Hayward and four other seamen
tsnppored 70 nc Witnesses ana Patrick . Brlen,
Seth Z. Raon rrauclseo Lecanse and renry u. Per.
Dexter was absent but the poncc too& Hayward and
the others before
rsirsD STATS COMMISSIONER SHIELDS
who adjourned the hearing OF the case unil today,
al noon.
hcGee, as all the crew represent was a very DON'T
ncerlng sort ~ man. aud On all occasion among ms
males asserted superiority on account % hs great
physical advantages.
The captain Of the Dexter Informed HERALD
reporter last evening THAI Al about ave minutes
before eight O'Clock on ihe evening ~ the a1fay
McCee, while on watch, strangely rang the signal
bel Tor temporary rchcl and, aiter leaving his post,
returned IN less than two minutes. y Was inme-
aiasey after belns relieved al elgnt O'Clock that nc
made the attack ON HAYWARD.
Hayward II an Notwithstanding ana srraighifor-
ward sort o. man, wn0 seems nom hls cxterlOr. NJ
least,
not ~ Any way vtCfors.
While Nclee, besides being ~ hefculean frame had
apparently dangerous aud trrAcherous coante.
nance. ~ ~ dlncut o. trace anv secret resentment
between the two neu YCi h T. supposed tnat some
sort 81 Misunderstanding must have existed he-
tween them. McGee. halls ff0m Boston. and nsy-
Madison. ohio Hayward
ADMITS HAVING INFLICTED TnF wUrNp
which caused Mosee's aCAth, buf asserts that. hat
he not done So he would himself have been Killed
and IN proof 81 this, he adds Thai. even when he
was down. Ncsee continued % rtrlke hifn Win tne
Drayu4 uuf4l obliged agas8 from NuANst4Nil.