The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-22
Rumors that Capt. Hall
was poisoned.
Exploration Party for the
Rocky Mountain Region.
The Congressional Excur-
sion South.
Accidents, Fires. Crimes,
ETC., Etc.

New YORK, May 2l--John Heron,
ing statement concerning the sickness of /
Capt Hall:
Capt Hall had good health up to the
time of returning from the sledge expedi- |
ton. He was not sick when he came on
board, but complained soon after, and said |
that the heat of the cabin affected him. | /
asked him what he would have; | was
anxious to get him something nice. He |
did not care about anything but a cup of
coffee, and did not drink even that. He |
was sick fortnight and eat very little. |
He was perfectly delirious the last few |
days. / think he was paralyzed in one |
side There was nothing sudden about |
his death. He was attended by DIR. Bes-
sells and Mr. Morton, who did everything |
in their power to alleviate his sufferings |
Capt. Tyson, speaking of Capt Hail. |
says: Hall was sick fifteen days He |
was miserable when he died, He started |
from the ship on sledge expedition north
ward, on the 10th of October, was absent /
IA days, and returned on the oath to the |
ship. On the Sth of November he died |
and was buried on the 1lth His grave
bore south southeast and about 500 PAGES
distant from the observatory in Polaris !
Bay, which was in latitude 81 deg. 3S min, |
longitude 81 deg A min. On shore we
erected board over it with an inscription
bearing his name, age SO wears, date of his
death and command Of the North Polar
Expedition. All hands except the cook
attended the funeral. 1t was dark, dis
NAL, cold, windy and disagreeable day.
The wind was mournfully hoWling, and the
hearts of all were enveloped in the deepest
sadness. | held a lantern, and by the light
of it the beautiful service of the Episcopal
Church was read by Mr. Bryant. Few of
those present at the burial will forget the
deeply affecting scenes. Old sailors, whose
faces had been bronzed by summer suns,
and frozen in Arctic seas, wept aloud.
Captain Hall was universally beloved and
his death, at time when the enterprise
promised so hopefully, was felt by his sur
vivors TO be an irretrievable loss. Those
thoughts were uppermost in the minds of
all, and when the funeral party returned
TO the ship there was hushed silence at
tending the performance Of every duty.
Esquimaux Joe, in a published state
ment, speaks in disappearing way Of Cap
tain BGddIngtOn, sailing master of the Pol
aris He says that Hall was poisoned, and
that Hall SO expressed himself to him, say
ing there was something bad in the coffee
which he drank on returning from the
sledge expedition: that it made him sick,
and that he had a burning sensation.
Hans Christian 5 statement Is to the
same effect The prevailing impression
among the unfortunate nineteen who were
left behind was that Buddington had will
fully abandoned them TO their fate. He
had been anticipating a breaking up of the
the ice for some time and if he had wished
to have Tyson and his companions on
board could easily have represented mat
tiers TO them in such light that they would
not have ventured to be absent at so criti-
cal a juncture. But no intimation was
given to the men on the ice. he vessel
| did not drift away so suddenlyfthat the
men could not have been rescued from
| their perilous position
/ Capt Tyson says: I could Ihave got
aboard the vessel that night and been there
now, but | would not leave the women and
children My duty was on the ice. II
/ thought he would get back to US next day,
which he could have done. The breaking
away was caused by the foe to which the
/ ship was fastened drifting in between the
| land and some icebergs that were jammed.
The jam broke up the foe and the vessel
broke away 1t was about nine or ten
0 clock in the night. The temperature
was about zero that evening. 1t had been
10 deg. above Captain Tyson thinks the
Ill feeling and bad designs of Buddington
and few others who were his accomplices
had continued from the first on account of
Captain Halls determination to go as far
north as possible, and Buddingtons deter
mination, from fear, or whatever cause,
that be should not After Halls death,
most Of the others were in favor of eontinu-
ing and pushing north, and Tyson SAYS
that Buddington several times expressed
| his determination to send them, Tyson and
his party, on the road to hell as soon as
opportunity offered He characterizes
Buddington as d great scoundrel and de-
ciares that he purposely abandoned them
to destruction. He gives Myres the char
acter Of being energetic, and qualified in
his department, but thinks he was not suf-
ticlently aware Of the condition of affairs
at the time of separation and possibility
getting rescued then, to be able to give
any opinion upon it. The Germans, ac-
cording to his account, ruled the ship after
Hall $ death, and there was neither law
nor system on board, every one working
entirely on his own account
WASHINGTON, May 2I.-Lieut. Wha-
lens exploration party will leave in a few
days. The operation contemplated in the
exploration, and surveys west Of the Tooth
meridian, during the field season include
portions of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and
New Mexico. The expedition will be di-
vlded into four main field parties, one of
which will be again subdivided into four
astronomical parties They will operate
in nearly parallel lines from north to south
calling at most of the old routes of travel
and travelling the area of the backbone of
the continent
The evening Sun says, with reference to
the account of the Arctic adventures, as it
appears in its telegraphic columns to-day,
the suspected poisoning Of Captain Hail.
recall prediction made before the sailing
of the expedition, by person in this city
well acquitted with its personale, that
Hall would never return home, but would
fall a victim to the envy of some enc of the
party"
| GALVESTON, May 2l.-At ten o'clock
this morning the exeursionists were taken
Ior drive on the beach on the Gulf side
oi the city. On returning many of them
Vlslteo the cotton presses, flower gardens,
ana residences Of the citizens. At twelve
cloek an elegant lunch was spread at the
Armory Oh the Galveston Artillery Com
pany, Which was attended not only BY the
ent!re party out by many gentlemen and
ladies OF the city, After partaking of a
bounteous repast, Col Malt, Of the Gal
weston Artillery, called the Assembly tn
order, and after few remarks exnress;ve 70
! of his own and his company's appreciation
of the honor of visit from such d;st;n'
guished gentlemen he introduced Mr.. NH
lack, of Indiana, who made brief speech
Speaking was then entered into rather
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