Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-11
CAPT. HALLS DEATH AGAIN.
Tyson's Statement OF the Ctreo nm.
stauces-What He Alleges that He
Saw ON Boa ri the Polnrf~.


New York Sunday morning from her voyage 20
the Arctic in search of the Polsris and her
crew, as stated in yesterdays STAB. A CORE
spondent Of the New York Herald, on board
that vessel, says that on the way down from ST
John he engaA ell In conversation with Captain
Tyson regarding the journey on the ice, and
this led 10 other matters.
CorTespOndent.-How did this story abou,
poisoning start! Was there any talk VI & on
the ship?
ry;On:-well, there was a god deal said on
board, one way and another. When IL was sag-
gested, OF course, IL set all hands wondering
whether there was anything IN Il or not.
CoTrespondent.-When was 1t hrs. hearde
Who started it,
TysOn.-The first OF IL heard was within an
hour after the Old man died, when was liz the
cabin. Before the body was cold e Buin came
and called me out OF the cabin into the Little
sieywsy between the cabin and the rail-, and
said, Don't you say anything about IL TO any
body, but that - Dutch doctor, old Bes-
sci, has poisoned the old man." I said, d.
don't believe il; don't think ~, )" when Bud
said again, " Yes he did; - him. know
Il, tell you; but don't you say anything about
IT. mat was all that was said then, but after
wards BUd' used TO come below very often
Ito the room where Morton and had boarded
up tue alieyway, so as to have a room TO our
selves with some privacy, and tell Us 10 =. look
out for Bessel. He poisoned the old man. and
II you amt careful he'll serve some OF YOU the
same way" Bud" talked that way all the
time.
Correspondent-Do you think DIR. Bes.el
his death ?
Tyson.-No, don't He and Hall didn't get
along well together; but don't think the doc
tor had ANYTHING TO do with it, ii the poor 'old
man" was poisoned.
Correspondent.-were there any suspicious
circumstances connected with HATS illness 20
make you think he was poisoned, or was there
any suspicion of any foul play2
Tysou.-l never saw anything to make me
think he was poisoned. heard. as l stated in
my testimony to the Secretary of the Navy, OF
which HAL told Joe and Hannah, but I'm in
cllned TO think it was only has delIrium. Hall,
during the latter part Of his sickness, couldn't
bear TO have Buddington come near him, and
HERON, the steward, said that he saw Bud
dington seize and choke Hall because the old
man would sign some papers, and after that
Hall seemed afraid OF Buddington, ani on one
occasion, when Buddington went 20 him 70 help
to turn him or help him some way or other, the
.,old man" seized him and dung him half across
the cabin.
Correspondent-Di Heron say what papers
Buddngton wanted Hall to sign?
TysoD.-No; but | guess il was the papers
turning over the command TO Buddingbon.
Correspondent-What papers? Did Hall
have any idea OF turning the command over
Tyson-Yes. I'll tell you how II was. After
the ''Old man and Chester came back from the
sledge journey, and he got better from his first
sickness, he talked 10 several, and said he
thought that if he turned over the immediate
command Of the ship to BuddngtOn, retaining
control of her movements, he would stand II
better, as the responsibility resting upon him
was so great that 1t made him sick aud worried
u
would have more time to devote to the eN-
ploriDg part OF the expedition and would
get well. He said that he would make out the
papers and would sign them, giving the com
mand TO Buddington. He took me with him
one day upon the ice and told me this and asked
me what thought of il. Well, you see how
was fixed; couldn't say anything at all about IL
and told him so. Adsy or two afterwards,
when the old man was sick again, Bud came
around me while was working on the ice, ana
asked me what Hall said TO me when we were
/ : lin aud -
then began talking about what Hall had said
Of the papers relating to the command being
turned over TO him (Bud), and said, g
him, he BUD would make the old
sign Them" and guess it was something about
the same papers that made Bud seize Hall, for
Bud said then that he would make out the
cOrrespOndent.-were they signed that you
know OF?
Tyson.-NO, don't think they were, for il
the poor old fellow died.
Correspondent.-Did Buddington seem to be
affected in any manner by Halls death?
TysOn.-Oh, he isn't man 10 be much affected
by anything, although when he wants TO make
point he will cry and take on as IL he was a.
tender hearted as child. Why, when poor Hall
died il was at TWENTY-FIVE minutes past three in
the morning, November 8, and that same even
ing Bud came below and wanted TO play cards,
but there was none played, for told them they
might have the decency to wait till the poor
sold mans" body was cold at least I'm not a
swearing man and don't want TO swear after
what God did for me in taking me OFF that hor-
rible ice, but | do feel like it when think Of
that man. To show you what kind of a man he
is, I'll tell you. Hou asked me if he showed any
feeling about Halls death. Some time the next
spring after Hall died was ashore one day to
put up good headboard at the grave instead OF
the rough one that had been put up, marked
only with lead pencil, and Buddington went
with me. After / had finished at the grave we
walked back towards the shore, and were talk
ing of Hall and the whole business, and Bud
talked over again why he had advised Hall to
turn the ship south the fall before, instead
Of staying where we ought to have done;
and then about our prospects of getting
further south when the ice broke out.
We stopped at the edge OF the hill and he talked
some time; when we started on he stopped and
turned around, looking toward the poor mans
grave, cleDched his fist and struck downward
with it, as if he was striking some one, and,
stamping his foot at the same time, poured forth
volley of foul abuse upon the dead man, with
threats to some Of the living. And that was not
the only time he talked that way before me and
before others. Now that's the amount of feeling
he had for the man that made him all he was.
He's good sailor, Ill say that for him, and
he's as sharp and keen as they make 'em; but I
tell you he's bad man. He was 50 well known
among the whalemen that none of them hardly
would have anything TO do with him. / see bv
the papers that Buddington says that neither
he nor any one else on the Polaris saw anything
of us on the ice after we broke AWAY. Now
how far was il from where they lived last winter
to McGaryis Rock, of Littleton Island?
Correspondent-Not an inch over a mile and
a half.
Tyson.-well, when ! saw the Poaris the
next morning after We broke away, going up,
she lay just at the rock, where We saw her haN-
sers ashore. / tried TO get on McGary's, and
came within a few fath0ms, when the ice swept
me of. l could see the ship plainly-everybody
did; and if nobody saw us from the Poiaris ft
was because some one on board was particular
TO take care that we were not seen, or else has
browbeaten whoever did see US, so that he dare
not tell the truth. believe as truly as believe
that q merciful Providence brought nineteen
people safely through the cold and starvation
OF 1871 days on the ice that il was intended that
we should not be seen.
RESULT OF THE NEW YORK ELEcTIoN.-Un-
oficial returns from nearly all the counties in
the state, and estimates for the remainder
which will vary but little from the actual
figures, make the democratic majority on the