Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-06
The Survivors Of the PoIarIs.

APPEARANCE OF BUDDISGTON AND HIS As
soCIATEs-MTsTERY OF CAPTAIN HALLS
Il D#ATH-NORE HINTS AT FOUL PLAY.
The Dundee correspondent Of the New York
Herald, writing Of the Polaris survivors saws:
Chester, the chief mate. was himself worth
travelling long way TO see. his choice
physique, his broad, manly figure, his powerful
baIytOne voice and his finely chiseled COuntC-
nance recalled the Roman < adiatOr. You were
not surprised that such an Individual should be
the
LIFR AND SOUL OF THE EXPEDITION
after its noble leader was laid under the snow
in the darkness OF perpetual Arctic night.
Morton, the second mate, whose exploits as an
explorer under Kane won for him a renOwn
even in this country stands on the o. arter deck
stalwart and vigorous as il he were some
trained athlete painting for the arena. Bud
dington, the sailing master of the expedition, a
heavy, lpmeerlng man. Is as fat as Rorpoise
and fresh and rosy as June flower. He does
not appear TO have been Overweighted with the
| cares of the command which SO un9Npectedly
deyolved upon him, nor to have suffered much
from what must have been far more trying
70 him--the intelligence given 10 him for the
first time at Peterhead that he hal been
charged by the parties left on the foe
with having "made away" with Capt. Hall
The carpenter, the Oldest OF the crew, a neat,
natty little fellow OF fifty summers, in a trim
pilot-cloth suit which one of the ''Arctic" sail
oTs gave him, l. the Beau Nash Of the party. as
well its Virgil; for he it is whe has sung the
peTils and dangers of the voyage in unpardOn-
able dOggerel, which the Dundee local papers
have cruelty published, and which an euterpris-
ing local musical eRirs-pTeIleUF has set 70 music
to the tune of the "l[ing of the Cannibal Is
ands." Schumaun, tue chief engineer, sharp
eyed, thoughtful German Of fine, prepOssessin g
appearance, stands talking TO DR.. Il sci, also q
German, and whose thin, attenuated form aud
nervous manner mark him out as the only one
of the company who was either unGt 10 20 in
the expedition or has suffered physically from
its privatiOns. Campbell, young Sc0tcHman
from GreenOck, leaps on shore and expresses
his delight in getting on
"GTpE SCOTCH GROUND ONCE MORE"
Oden, who is from Connecticut, displays his
shreWd, INFORM Yankee nature in an argument
with a bum boat woman over a handful OF sour
looking apples He il the Down East" peddleT
all over, fragrant with the aroma of wooden nut
megs Others of the crew are two Germans
stolid and reticent, sharing not in the wild stir
and hubbub which peryades tue deck. The
American vice consul for Dundee, Mr.. Reid, a
local attorney of some repute, extends hearty
welcome TO the rescued crew, and marches them
TO a respectable temperance hotel, where a
plentiful repast, which does honor 20 Dundee, Is
provided for them, and rooms are engaged for
the crew and officers. DIR. Bessel boards at a
separate hotel, the Royal where he is IiOnized
by the guests and chaperoned by an American
general.
Is THERE TERRIBLE MYSTERY?
During the stay Of the officers and crew in
Dundee it is remarked that DIR. Bessel keeps
apart from them, that there is no hearty fra
termination between them. although when they
do meet the common cOurtesies OF acQuaint-
anceship are never wanting. IL is not long be-
fore dark stories begin to leak out that there is
deadly feud between Captain Buddington and
IL Il n
the ship-the skeleton Of Captain Hall. Sea
men will speak, and queer inuendos nd sinister
rumors are presently flying in the air. a couple
of days are scarcely gone when one or two OF
those most intimate with the crew are satisfied
that the public interest in the Inflated eNpedi-
ton will soon center on the circumstances assO-
ciated with the death-bed scenes of Capt. Hall.
If two men in that ships company are honest
then there was terrible tragedy on those Polar
seas in the little cabin of the Polaris. The
darkness of the perpetual Arctic night was out
rivalled by the deeper darkness OF a most das-
tardly deed-of murder, in short, most foul and
unnatural. Feeling fully the terrible Importance
of the accusation made, have done my best to
expiscate it. resided at the same hotel with
the officers and crew and endeavored to watch
their habits and ways as closely as could I
became tolerably well acquainted with them.
and engaged frequently and freely in converse
ton with all. The Doctor (Bessel) resided at
another hotel, the Royal, but he was always
ready TO receive one with the utmost frankneSs
and kindness; ready to enter upon all subjects
of conversation save that OF the death Of Cap
tain Hall.
ANTIoIPATIoNs OF INTENDING ARREST.
ave shall be placed under arrest on our ar
rival" he said, ''and prefer, therefore, TO re-
serve what 1 have to say until meet the au-
plicitly enough stated at all times that Hall died
q natural death and Of apoplexy, and that he
would give proper certificate to that effect 70
the proper authorities at the proper time.
Greenwood, an English journalist OF some re-
pute as the author of the "E Experiences of an
Amateur Casual, !" was sent hither by the Lon
uOu DdliN 1cIcSTdp1, anu QlQ MS best to trOt
out the Doctor on the subject of Halls disease.
specially soliciting him for a certificate OF the
Captains death. But he failed to get anything
further than the mere general statement that
apoplexy occasioned death. DR.. Bessel would
not commit himself to any statement As Mr.
Greenwood remarked to me, "wfth DIR. Bes.el,
NUNS the word." He, (Greenwood,) how
ever, was abundsntly satisfied that the stories
about "foul play" were false and groundless,
and has 30 written in the Telegraph. He spent
most Of his time in Dund &c with the Doctor, put
mp at the same hotel with him, and concurs with
all who have met DIR. Bessel In praising his ripe
intelligence and invariable courtesy Of manner:
Captain Buddington is exactly the reverse OF
DIR. Bessel, both physically and mentally. He
is stout heavy and numbering In gait, stoops his
he ad slightly and Il of a ford complexion He
is garruioLs in the extreme, save upon one
point-Captain Halls death. But then lust
here he has 30 many significant shrugs of the
shoulder, muttered whispers and remote
inuendos that one has no difficulty in fathom-
ing all he means as accurately as il he were 10
crate IL all with the exuberalt fuIness on a
Fourth OF July orator. He suspects some one.
have seen a great deal of Buddington and the
crew, and / am satisfied the crew. All OF them
have an affection FOR their sailing master,