The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-14
"PooR JACK"
Another Reported Outrage at Sea by a
Tyrannical Officer.
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"A re RIFLE TASK.
A Case that Demands the Strictest Investi
CATION Both Sides Of the Story.

The Hudson, Captain Pratt, fuiLrigged ship, Of
fapsootts line OF packets from London to New
York, arrived in the bay, after stormy passage
nom the Thames, on Monday morning Among
the crew was an Englishman named John B. Num-
day. He shipped as an able seaman, he himself
says, In New York. for the return trip to London.
When the ship arrived in the bay Munday was
lying in bunk in the forecastle, with
BOTH HIS LEGS BROKEN
and severe Commissions about his head and body.
The Hudson was towed into dock at pier 20 East
River on Monday night, and messenger was i'm
mediately despatched to the First precinct station
house. New street. to tell the sergeant on duty that
an ambulance was urgently needed at the above pier
TO convey an injured seaman to the hospital. The
sergeant telegraphed to the Twentysixth precinct,
and In q short time DR.. Amabile went with an am
bulance to pier 20. The injured man, who had both
legs in splinters, was carefully transferred to the
ambulance and removed to the hospital, but not
before the police surgeon Of the First precinct
visited the ship and discovered that one leg had
been severely fractured In two places and the other
fractured just below the knee joint. Captain Pratt
had set the limbs, but the broken parts had not
united. .ss,ssSss,s l!s'ssi
the injured man gave his name as John B. Nun.
day. He said that he was q native Of England and
had been four months in this country before he
shipped on board the Hudson for the return voy.
was forty years of age. When asked by Warden
Brennan how he received his injuries he stated
tnat ne was going al9t on the 2S.h Of last July to
wv Mates FAULT.
,oat fellow vaa W a very feeble condition,
nla .as alTec9r re Of opinion that his In
H.s.g vii pvQFe ia u that he will be a cripple
Hf..n rg fb0vs acts HERALD reporter WIS.,
4LtA .te al yeHie day evening and was shown
tn tas 3 iu nuici Munday lay,
PROPPED UP WITH PILLOWS.
He had handkerchief tied around his head,
and the coarse ss sea shirt which he had on had
probably not during the whole voyage. He has an
hSns g 5 sars sOS
telling the truth when, in reply to the reporters
- THE FOLLOWING PLAIN HISTORY
apparently any spleen or any feeling other than de-
"About the 26th Of July last, think amt Ger.
1rst mate sent me and another man aloft to farl
we weEs We the
royal about hour before. but the mate sail that
4 ohsH Sssn We sss u S
ladder. you know two little ropes near the royal
ne SSeT S w NJ s
- M TO SAVE NY SOUL,
the place was so narrow. When the mate saw me
furi that royal, or iii blow your brains out. The
Captain says it must be done OF must shoot
soon as se of can't 60 Without ns downs
and dashing my brains out was all this time hang
ing on to the ropes and trying to get higher up
when suddenly felt my arms give, ana fell and
struck the house on deck. broke my two legs and
hurt my head as you see. couldn't hold on an.
tes sseensS was
'Wel. sir, would much rather you would ask
my mates that They win be all here to see me on
Sunday, and they will tell your
.'Dtd the captain treat you badly !"
own Ship his st and second mates ties Sap mems
Ibid the mate beat you badyfn
sir s ont N nv me %n DID, s
he HERALD reporter subsequently went on board
Pratt In his stateroom in regard to the occurrence
Captain Pratt Is perfect gentleman in appearance
Snd e anc 70 mate as above
stated. BE seemed very much surprised that the
matter should come
md was hs sScn case n sn6
Z = KNEW NOTHING OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
of the accident. He said he never saw such in1u.
Stes in his life and ne dld not believe at nrst tnat
self set the broken limbs and had Q man to watch
end tend Munday every watch during the remain,
Gould for him, but he believed
j. THE NAN WAS INSANE.
Munday told the captain that he had been stoker
In the English Navy and That the heat was too
much for his head. He used to complain OF his head
when he went aloft. He believed, In fact,
*. THE MAN WAS INSANE.
Y Captain Pratt stated to the reporter most POSI-
lively that he had never given any such order as
to blow Mundays brains out II he did not 60 abort,
but yet he could not say whether the mate said SO
or not. He did not hear him, and II he said 1t 1t
you'd be 9 lie. 1t looked, ne saidl lppyQea6le j
BY = syN]JSS os,7 you THINK ID rooq' ~.
Here Captain Pratt sent fol Mr.. Knight, his FIRST
mate, and asked him to give statement OF the &C.
ton was ANYTHING but satisfactory. he sent the
third mate aioit, ne said, after the men, to make
hurled properly the FIRST time. He sung ont to the
LwnAr ARE rHS MEN DONG :.
Make them furl that sail 4" but he did not speak
about shooting. The man fell Immediately alter.
wards. Mr.. Knight Is tall, pQwerfui-loOkihg man.
md q marked contrast to the poor fellow wing
with manRled body in the Park Hospital.
4 At ali events the story OF the poor sailor bears
The impress OF TRUTH and the case 10 oLe which
Uugt to be investigated by the proper authorities
2 The Hudson has brought another cargo Of valua-
BILE cattle nom the southern shores L6f England
The case has not yet come to the knowledge Of the
authorities and no arrests have been made
EPISCOPAL CHURCH OPENING AT MNDHAM.