The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-16
QUARTERBACK TYRANTs.
The Snfferings of the Sailors of the
"Sunrise."

"Sunrise.v
The case Against the Captain and
First Mate Growing Biacker.
The Mate Absc0nds After Reading the
Newspapers.
STATEMENTS OF THE SAILORS.
A Horrible Revelation OF Atrocious
Cruelty.
Early yesterday morning a rumor was
afloat that Hurts, the first officer of tho
ship Sunrise, against whom grave charges
Of cruelty and inhuman treatment had been
made by tho sailors, had left the ship and
escaped. The second officer, Maloney, 1t
will be remembered, ran away before the
the Sunrise dropped her anchor in the bay.
A Chronicle reporter, the moment the r,l-
NOR was started, was dispatched TO Mciggs
wharf, with instructions to sec Captain
Clarke and ascertain the extent Of CREDIBLE
ity which attached 20 tho report. When
tho wharf was reached it was found that
the Sunrise had already started for her dock
at the foot cf Mission street. ard th,her
the reporter wendell his way
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It was four o'clock before the ship was
made fast lo the dock, aud then the re-
porter and score Of boarding rum
ncrs lcapcd quickly on board. Captain
Clarke advanced. lie Is well built, rather
stout, and his complexion Is swarthy Like
his worthy mate. he wears black
whiskcrs, and there is Il mild radiance in
his eyes which would never impress the
observer with an idea OF cruelty or cold
ness. But those eyes, when excited, twin.
klc and dance about in manner which
shows the man TO possess Il violent temper.
They twinklcd and danced in this way five
minutes after, when he was speaking of the
| annoyance which the charges against IIar-
ris caused him. He invited the reporter into
his cabin. nicely, but not deliberately fur
nishcd saloon, and introduced him TO Mrs.
Clarke. She is pretty and agreeable wo-
man, and evidently feels the disgrace
brought upon her husband painfully. She
is n true wife, however, and believes
thoroughly in the captain. She has doubl-
cd Cape Horn with him, and says that the
charges, Of her own knowledge, are ground
less and absurd.
WHERE IS Mr.. HARRIS!
The reporter opened the conversation.
He asked: Captain Clarke. can you tell
me where DR. Harris is ?"
Captain Clarke--l cannot
Rcporter--Is 1t true that he has run
away and left you to bear the entire bur
den of these charges?
Captain Clarke--I suppose it is true He
left the ship last evening Sunday when
the reporters went away. He asked me
leave to 20 ashore and said he would be
back between l l and IL o'clock. couldn't
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and he went. have not seen him since.
Mrs. Clarke-lIc may have got on a spree
and been detained. 1t is scarcely fair 10
assume that he has run away without
further proof.
Reporter-Captain, did Mr.. Harris say
anything to you about running away?
Captain Clarkc-Well, of course, the
charges of this man Ben annoyed him ex-
cessively. 1t is not very pleasant to be ac
cused of killing three mcA 1t is not very
pleasant even TO be connected with a shin
where such crime is said to have been
committed. Yesterday at dinner he asked
my advice. lie had read the papers and
they were rather hard on him. He said
he did not want to stay here and spend all
his
MONEY TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE.
told him ii was very hard but there was
but one honorable course open to him. He
must stay and stick il out | represented
to him the unpleasant predicament in
which lac would place me if he left the
ship. Finally, he arose from the table and
said that he would remain. | certainly
thought that he would, but he has gone off
somewhere | haven't the slightest idea
where.
Reporter Did he draw his pay before
going:
Captain Clarkc-Oh, no. But that
didn't amount to much.
Rcporier-llayc you anything further to
add to your statement as already pub
lishcdy
uE FEELS ANNOYED.
Captain Clarke don't know that |
have. These charges are. excessively an
noying 10 me. They are made against me
directly, but they naturally reflect upon
and implicatc me as the commanding off
Ger. Now, you can see the absurdity of
this thing yourself. Here | have my wife
and two children with me. Is il reasonable
that would allow men TO be knocked
down before them and beaten till they
bled? ask you this as Il man of sense.
Does It look reasonable ?
The reporter was about TO suggest that
his business was with facts and not reason
ing, when Mrs, Clarke broke in. She |
said:
ave were on deck almost all the time,
and am sure if such thing had hap
pened should have known it, | am so
nervous over these charges that | can
scarcely think or sleep. know | have no
reason to feel so, for my husband is not in
volved. But can't helpit
Captain Clarke (sadly)-Yes, 1t is very
annoying.
CABIN TO FoRECAsTLE.
From the saloon the reporter proceeded
forward Here the sailors were prcnoring