Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-28

the mates could not be fOand, and she
thought Miller must have been making
more trouble. He went forward, close
TO the three men who stood on the
deck on the starboard side. He asked
for the man who had broken his leg,
and Miller and Smith told him he was
on the forward part Of the boat. Then
he asked for the mates, and the men
made no reply but asked him why he
did not 90 to help the poor man who
was hurt. AIKEN said, "Oh, no, You
can't fool me-" and went back. Then
all was quiet until daybTeak, the Cap
tain barricading the cabin doors, think
ing that the men might make rush
and try to overpower him. A double.
barrelled gun that he had in his cabin
was brought out aud cleaned and loaded
with grapeshot, and his revolver was
loaded. When day broke the Captain
took the gun and the steward and went
] forward to the galley where he also had
a revolver. The men were watching and
a few words were interchanged, they
saying that tie mates were ali night,
and asking him to come further forward.
tIGHTIh9 The MEN.
| He refused, and getting his revolver
walked aft again, firing the pistol once
to see if it was all right, but not aim
ing 1t at any one. He. then approach.
ed the men, who had prepared them
selves with stones and bits of iron as
missiles. They would stand behind
the corner Of the forecastle, to screen
themselves from fire, and would throw
the missiles, and the Captain and
steward would fire with their revolvers
whenever they could see one Of the
mutineers. This was kept up at inter
walls all day without any result, except
ing few wounds. Smith was shot in
the hand. Clew then took Smiths
place as watchman and received a
wound in the bicepe muscle from the
stewards revolver. The shotgun was
discarded after a single trial, the Cap
tain preferring to rely on his revolver.
The Captain ct one time shot Smith
Though the wrist, at which Miller rushed
forward and threw a piece of iron
broken from a stove, which cut the
Captains face. During the day the
Captaln's party had bread and a little
salt beef to eat, and there was
luckily little water aft. The mutt
neers had access to plenty of water, but
had only scraps of food. The galley
was too exposed a place for either
party to attempt to cook anything.
The boy Henry during the day came
aft to the Captain through the hold.
He said that he had been awakened in
the night by Miller, who gagged him
with a wooden comforter and took him
into the hold, when, with Smiths as
sistarce he had tied him to two stan
chions. From this confinement he had
freed himself after a time, and had
hidden In the cargo. Miller had come
down twice to look for him, bringing a
lamp the second time, but the boy had
hidden himself well, and had at
length wormed his way through to the |
stern. During the day the Captain,
with the help of the steward. and Linn |
Der whom be did not trust with a
weapon, and the boy, did all the work !
absolutely necessary, such as pumping |
and chewing down the tOpsails.
THE SURRENDER.
On the second night active hOstili- /
ties were suspended, each party watch
ing the other closely. On the follow
ing morning the insurgents we're MOTTO
be seen. Tired of fighting against such
odds, they remained IN the fOrecastle, !
a room about eight feet square The
others, acting under the Captains or
ders, went forward and closed the fore
castle door and made it fast, the men
inside Offering no resistance and keep
ing quiet. Then a thorough but fruit
less search was made for the mates,
and the Captain, still unable to believe
that they had been killed, was forced
10 think that they were IN the forecas-
lie with the mutineers. The fOrecastle
window on the staTbOard side had been |
nailed up on account of the sea. The
steward tore of some Of the boards and
cooked IN to see If he could see any one.
He saw Miller looking out and fired at
lim, but was ordered by the Ca. tain
not to fire again, as he might hit the
mates. He then commended the sail
)rs TO surrender and set the mates
rec, but no answer was received.
Then the expedient was tried Of
)Oming boiling water into the fore
'astle, but 1t was Unavailing, as 1t
vas too dark to see where TO throw it,
md the men inside were able to avoid
t easily. The Captain bored holes
With an augur through the thin boards
4 different places, but not until Il |
o'clock we're those outside able to get a
new clear enough to enable them to |
now who to shoot at. Then they got
sight at Miller and shot him five
ines. Then Clew was shot through
he lower ribs and the party surren-
Tered. The Captain made Miller and
smith put their hands out and he put
N the irons, and Clew was chained in
lie bunk. Then they confessed to
having murdered the mates. They
aid they had intended TO make their
way to land and to scuttle the schooner
nd desert her.
The Jefferson Borden kept on her
way, speaking a Norwegian vessel and
'etting a seaman from her, and ar
living at London on the sixty.first day |
ut from New Orleans. The mutineers
-ere kept ii irons and obliged TO help
t the pumps, but although their
rounds were numerous they we're not
angerOus, and all were surrendered to |
be proper authorities IN England, and
fterward extTadited on demand Of the
Jnited States authorities.
PADBLED HER OWN BOAT.
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