The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-24

scriptioa giving his name, age (afty yer'l
date of death, and command Of the North
Polar Expedition. All hands, except the
cook, attended bis funeral. II was DARK
dismal, cold, windy and dissgreeable dsy'
The wind was mournfully bowling, ana
the hearts Of all wero enveloped In the
deepest sadness. ! held a lantern, and oy
the light Of IL the beautiful service oil the
Episcopal church was read by Mr.. Bryant
Few Of those presen. at the our"l
will forget the deeply affecting scene.
Old sailors, whose faces had been bronzea
by summer suns and frozen in Arctic seas
wept aloud Capt. Hall was universally
beloved, and his death at time when the
enterprise promised so hopefully was felt
by bis survivors 90 be an irretrievable
loss. Those thoughts were uppermost IN
the minds Of all and when the funeral
party returned to the ship, there was
hushcd silence attending the Performance
OF every duty
From the statements Of Captain Tyson
Esquimsux Joe and John uuon, the stew
ard Of the Polsris, there seems no reason
to doubt that Captain Buddington sailing
master Of the Polaris, was guilty of mu-
tinous conduct, If not Of even greater
crime. The expedition had reached and
passed what Kane thought 10 be the =, =
lar sea, but which proved to be sound
Beside this, j. had penetrated into Rob
esous channel and many circumstance
unmis,skably indicated the e1is
tence Of an unrrozen body @
water beyond, to tho north and west o
which land was visible a, n great distance
But here the cowardice and perhaps jeal.
ousy Of Captain Burlington in,srfsred tc
prevent further explorations. At coun.
Ill consisting Of Captain Hall, Tyson and
and Chester the mate of the
Polsri-, Buidington refused, to proceed
urther rs was the unse11jhG kssh.of the
ither three, In his capacity he had it ia
ii. power % prevent the course so ur-
emily desired by Captain Hall and which
iould most probably have realized many
his strongest hopes. The sledge
spedition was undertaken imme-
lately sfterwsrd, and FROM
lis Captain Hall returned to die. The
DRY Of Esquinaux Joe is graphic,
ns,udied sud evidently true
nlAux JoEs STORY.
Joe says, - ~. in answer to inquiries
nd partly spsax1O on his own account
'ithout being Intercepted at all; VERY
md Of Captain Hall. Didn't like Bud
inton always talking behind back ask
* story all time. Some men here in
L Johns and some in the ship used
D quarrel. / went with Cap
,in Hall, purpose to 20 sled &c
D nor,h. After Hall died, Budding.on
couldn't go. Tell Buddington l come TO
o north he ~ouln't let me go. Bud
ington and quarreled good deal abou,
/. went with Hall on the last sled, and
ians and Chester 1.-THE mattel; we went
fly miles north of the ship on ice and
and. We found musk OK tracks on land
un nearly gone when we came back T.
nip. Hall told me when he was sick
gave him something bad. He
vas sick two weeks. Buddington did not
AXE care Of him. think il not right
made me feel bad -sck man, good man,
90. Throat swelled something; could
,ot drink said he burn inside. l stopped
With him every night, with another man
Hall in cabin. ! talked with Hall much
he .~is with Others ms muca as me.
didn't see Hall in frat night after he cam,
aboard from sled. l came aboard will
hun in afternoon. He looked we'll, happy
and spoke nice. The four OF us, Hall
Chester, Hans and Joel had coffee wher
came aboard. l had mine in my OWL
room underneath cabin, Hall in
,abin, and two others in galley
At ten o'clock that night my wife told
ne Hall very sick-vorniting--ea some =
hing. Next morning / go see him, and
Ay what matter ?" He all alone in cab
n. He say, you pretty well, JoeT
ay yes He say, you drink bad coffee
,st night / say mo- l ask him did
@ drink bad coffee He say something
ad in coffee drink last night making
ne sick and stomach bad Same morning
le ge, very sick, vomiting. After FIVE
lays he feel better, wake up, and say he
want 10 see my little girl, aid say to her
ne think he would leave her, be get four
io,tor books to try and see what make
him sick. lie study hard and say TO me,
That name is making me sick % Joe
that ho Capt. Halll here
pointed TO name in one of the books,
which he read out. 1t was something
about poison. IL think after Hall died
everybody watching one another. Ne no
understand what they mean. All afraid
somebody put down poison in water,
bread, or something. Il looked like it, he
was poisoned to me. All Thought the
same Burlington didn't like to 90 into
the cabin; he was quarrelling all the time
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