The New York herald., 1873-10-14
THE SUNRISE CRUELTY.
The Captains Explanation OF the Al
Iexea Orsrages Upon hIs Grew.

The Captains Expia anaaion OF the Al
legged ousrsges Upon sis crew.
tfrom the san franclsco Chronicle. Sept SOL
on saturday last the Buiiesia published the an
nexed extract from the memoranda Of The ship
sunrise, Captain Clarke. las days IRON New YORK =
''on May IA, latitude 81 deg. 30 mln north. long-
tuae s. des. 90 min. west. cnarles RrOwn. a sea-
man. was found missing; native OF France. aged
twenty years. ON MAY 10. latitude 80 deg. o. min
north. longitude 81 deg. os min. west, John Condln
was also found mssing; native u England, aged
thirty-aye years On July 4 latitude 10 min.
north. longitude az deg ~ min vest T. X. Carl
gan (boyl leil from the ioreyard overheard aud
was drowned. He was . native OF Ireland aged
sixteen years.
cAPfAis cLARkr's STORY.
In view OF terrible reports concerning the treat
mcnt OF the scamcn the vessel having come 10
the attention OF Captain Clarke. he called yester-
day and made the anne xed statemenr:--
on May 9, a day or two alter We cleared from
New YORK, the men brought Charles Brown 20 me
and told me the lice were running away with hi'n.
bath. cut his hair and asked the men 70 bring nc
some cloihes 10 put on him. when was told he
had none; got him some clothes out oi the slop
chest and lac vas sent forward To DO what he could
Here was man shipped ~ common seaman
who could not speak . word of Engnsh. being a
5000 miles. May ~ We leu sandy hook. May IA
Harris, the first onicer. came and called ne. lie
TOLD that
cHARLss GROWN COULD NOT nv fouSp.
told him TO have a thorough search maue, and
let me know that he had done 50. Brown could
knots; no one heard any crlcs. and supposed at
the time the forcshcet struck him ana Knocked
where Se was last seen deny that ta,s man Was
ever struck on board OF my snip.
JOHN CoSDLiFF
shipped as an able seaman. Alter we got 10 sea ne
told me that he had been groccryman, aud he
made brag OF II Ia the iorecastle that he was no
best we could with him. He was ordered alOlt 70
clear the royal buntines ana could not get up
there Ihen he was put TO scraplng the decks.
ropes but coiled them the wrong way. he was
put on the lookout aud went TO sleep. ON May 10,
was on deck abat the after hatch with my WIFE,
l saw the men go forward. In about twenty
minutes the second mate reported TO me that
CondliR was missing. l had q diigent search
made, myself assisting. aud the second mate was
cent aloit, but nothing OF condllr was seen or
found. My VIE was on deck, and had there been
cry we must have heard II. There were two shirts
and pair OF pants on board-,his mans properly.
went over tie bows for the purposes OF nature aud
slipped and sank almost Immediately.
40 min. south and longitude Al deg, 20
min. west There was heavy gale
from the north, and the ship was going from ten 60
eleven knots an hour. The crew were Ut work
about all night, as wci as myself. In fact. DID
not leave the deck except now aud again 10 look
foi esail hauled up AT six O'Clock lay down and
caught an hours sleep. At breakfast time heard
thing up and ascertaIned the last time he was OBJ
served was when going up the lore rigging, and
into the sea from the f0rcyard.
since coming into port Franklin, q boarding
house Keeper stole
French seaman, out OF my ship. Belle had no per-
mission 10 leave, and intend TO make Franklin
answer or @ anv cIue no, o.
being put in irons for disobeying orders. As 20
the accusation that Condlif slept with the hogs
saw him asleep under the lorecastle, and asked
why he was there. The men told me tie was lousy,
and sncred 50 that they would not let him sleep
with them. AS to myself any OF my officers not
allowing any man 10 sleep in the forecastle, IL Is
q !aSehood. Ii is 4 singular thing that haiyards
ghould be let 90 TO throw men overheard aud the
men never come to me to report the facts. That
scamen were Kept thirty-six hours without ood Is
a lie OF the worst kind. The men had IRON the
start one-t third more allowance than the supply
sanctioned by law. The second mate, Maloney,
told me he was afraid Charles Belle would arrest
without my permission, while / was at dinner.
Charles Belle shipped for an able seaman and
could not, and, 1t seems, cannot now talk English.
There was no striking by ME OF any seaman Gu
board and did NOT allo~ any striking. My orders
were stringent in that matter. do not know any
cruelty praciised, and the men never complained
TO me about anything. The men had plenty OF
water to wash WITH Wnen we sailed had ninc-
teen men, besides two boatswains, a cook and a
me sixteen. only four OF these were sailors whom
could trust to steer. Some of the other men had
never been to sea be.ore they might have been
employed on canal boats.
Endorsing this statement Captain Clarke has the
signatures OF f. Harris, first officer; Albert clifford.
able seaman, and Morton Van kleeck, ordinary sea-
man. He has also the following certificate from
Andrew Perra ana II. Holloway ITO whom II
may concern. We, the undersigned. cook and
steward, certify that the crew OF the ship sunrise
had the regular rati0ns provided by government,
and in addition had corn -four, beans, rice, salmon
and Goldfish at tines.f
STATEMENT or AN ESCAPED COMMUNIST.
Charles Belle, an escaped communist answered
questions as o!lows last cvcnng:-lhe Captain
had to do with these outrsgcs in having struck me
two or three times; but he did me no material in.
Jury. 1 did not understand an order exactly as TO
pumping the ship. The Captain did not strike
Brown. do not consider the Captain exactly to
blame for these outrages but the mate, Harris;
and lie continued his brutal treatment throughout
the voyage. Besides myself, he showed malice TO
those who went overheard. Nobody saw them go
overheard and l cannot say that they committed
suicide The cause OF Maloney leaving the ship
was that he had row with the Captain about
smoking on deck After the pilot boat had
boarded us Maloncy went ashore in one OF the
ais that are allowed to come alongside. Ma.
loncy never abused us, but was rather Kind 10 Va,
and attempted to teach us English. do not know
he lett the vessel because he was afraid would
have him arrested The Captain knew all about
the proceedings.