The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-05-29
gss snAs Soa"tp Star.
GREEN DELL, MAY 20, 1873.
Cant, Hall Was Poisoned.


tional statements made by the
survivors of the Polaris:
Capt. Tyson did not speak fully
rs to the death Of Capt. Hall.
He appeard to be deeply grieved
and reticent upon subjects connect
ed with his adventures that espe-
cially, touched his feelings, even
his own suflerings. No doubt Capt.
Tyson and Mr.. Myers are in pos
session of information which they
are unwilling to communicate yet,
but which will doubtless become
public at the proper time.
Esquimaux Joe says, partly in
answer to inquiries, and partly
speaking on his own account with
out being Intercepted at all: 81 was
very fond of Capt. Hall but didn't
like Buddington, who was always
talking behind Halls back, asking
a story all the time. Some OF
the men here Gin st. Johns) and
some in the ship used to quarrel.
| went with Capt. Hall on pur-
pose to go by sledge to the
North. After Hall died Bud
dington would not go. l told
Buddington came to go North.
He would not let me 60. Bud
dington and l quarreled a good
deal about it. / went with Hall
on his last sled, with Hans and
Chester (the mate). We went so
miles north Of the ship on the
ice and land; found musk OK tracks
on tie land. The sun was
nearly gone when we came
back to tho ship. Hall told me
when he was sick that somebody
had given him something bad.
He was sick two weeks. Bud
dington did not take care of him.
l think it was not right. 1t made
me feel bad, sick man, good man,
too, throat swollen something,
couldn't drink, said he burned
inside. ! stopped up with him
every night with another man. Hall
was in the cabin. l talk to
Hall much. He no talk to other
as much as me. I did not zee
Hall in first night after he came
aboard from the sled. l came
aboard with him in the afternoon.
He looked well and happy, and
spoke nice. The four of us,
Hall, Chester, Hans and Joe, had
coffee when we came aboard. ]
had mine 10 my own room, under.
meath the cabin. Hall was in
the cabin and the two others in
the galley. AT 10 o'clock that
night my wife told me that Capt.
Hall was very sick aud vomiting.
lie ate something the next morn.
ing. l 60 to SEQ linn and say,
'What is the matterl' He was all
alone ID the cabin. He say, 'You
pretty well Joe?' Yes,' lie says,
You drink bad coffee last night.
l says'No.' l ask him did he
drink bad coffee? He says, Some
thing bad in the coffee 1 drink
last night making me sick and
stomach bad The same morning
he got very sick, vomiting. After
five days he feel better wake up
and say he want to see my littlegirl
and say to her he think he would
leave her, but did not like to. After
he got better he get tour doctors
books to try and see what make
him sick. lie study hard and say to
me, that name make me sick. Joe
explaind that he Capt. Hall, here
pointed to the name in one of the
books no read ont of. 1t was
something about poison, / think
after Hall died that everybody was
watching one another. Me no
understand what they mean; all
afraid somebody put down poison
in water, bread or something. 1t
looked like he was poisoned to me
all the same. Buddington didn't
like to 60 to the cabin. lie was
quarrelling all the time.
Hans Christians statement upon
this matter, though much briefer,
is to the same effect.
The correspondent says the expe-
diton had passed what Kane sup
posed 10 be the polar sea, which
now proved to be a sound. Be-
yond this they penetrated into
I.obinson's Channel, and we're
there on the last day of August in
1871. Many important circunsian-
ces Enthusiastically indicated the
existence of an uhfrozen ocean
beyond the channel, mild weather,
with fogs and mists. brought
down by northerly winds which
couli coma from M other aource.