The New York herald., 1875-08-24
Arrival Of the Schooner Jefferson
Borden in Port.
A Chapter SURPRISING the
Pirates Own Book"
A HEROIC WIFE AND A GALLANT COOK.
How Battle Ragged for Two Days
in Mid-Ocean.

Staten Island and Bay Ridge three -mastcd
schooner pass up the Narrows and continue on her
way after leaving Quarantine, through the Lower Bay
until she anchor, little north Of Bedloe's
Island the Jersey fats This schooner, the Jefer
son Borden which has become famous, or Infamous,
BY the terrible massacre and equally terrible
combat which succeeded the massacre stopped
At Quarantine by the "Doctor' and Deputy
United States Marshal David H. Crowley
and his assistant William Harris, under special
instructions from the United States authorities al this
port On board Of the jefferson Borden we're Captain
William Patterson, her commander; Mrs Emma Pattcr-
son his wife: D. G. Gott first mate J. Hows second
mate Henry Akin, the cook; Jacob Timber, sailor
before the mast and Andre Aalharaud, ships
boy twenty years Of age The Captain and his
wife are from Edgecombe, Me-. the first officer
ia Boston man, Akin (the cook is native
Of the vicinity Of Bremerhaven, Jacob Timber is
swede and the boy Malharaud is native
Of the Department of Calais France. The schooner
years old, SCI burden, and is valued at
SIS O00 her captain being part Of the vessel
For FIVE years of and on, Mrs. Emma Patterson has
sailed with her husband, Captain william Patterson
his different voyages Her cabin in the after part Of
the schooner, deck is furnished with taste and re-
hnement small parlor organ occupying conspicuous
place while all around the various evidences Of cu
and feminine home comforts seldom to be found
THE EPILoGuR
Our readers through the teegraphc columns Of the
HERALD have already learned good deal about the
terrible tragedy and conflict which occurred board
Of this schooner, and which, given in brief resembles
u chapter from the PIRATES Own Book" rather than
an occurrence in real life On the Sd OF March Of this
year, the Jefferson Borden sailed from New Orleans,
bound for London, with cargo Of oil cakes There
ten persons board and she was in
mato was Corydon Patterson brother
OF the captain, a young and unmarried
man and the second mate Charles II. Patterson, was a
cousin Of Captain Patterson. There four seamen
named Miller, Russian Finlander, Smith Amer
ican and Klue Frenchman, besides Jacob Limber the
Swedish sailor and Mrs Patterson the French boy
Andre Aaharaud and the German cook, Henry
Aiken The passage to England a heavy one
severe weather prevailing and tho schooner
leaked great deal, and the overworked and
kept at the pumps pretty much all the time. Having
50 much work, it is said that they became dissatisfied
Miller Smith and kue muttered ID discontented but
not public manner The passage was long one and,
when fortyseven days out on the night Of April 20,
the schooner was in tho latitude OF the Western or
Azore Islands in the south md-Atantc between 500
and 900 miles from the English Channel
On the night Of that date, at ten o'clock,
1t Jacob Lmbers watch and he had the wheel.
Miller, Smith and Klue mutined and after knocking
the first and second mates the head they threw them
overheard and they disappeared in the and
not heard OF aterward II not until O'Clock Of
Ibe day Of April 22 that the three mutnous murderers
subdued and placed in irons, conflict having in
the meantime ragged between the captain and his
cook Henry Akin, side and the
three principal sssassins Miller, Smith and Klue
the other side, they having received fifteen 10
twenty shots in their bodies before they surrendered
During all this time Mrs. Emma Patterson, delicatey
nurtured and refined woman, present saw the
fighting song on and had to endure its horrors well
suspense, leaving her husbands side but
counselhng him alternately and imploring the mu-
Ineers 10 surrender to their captain and his faithful
nature and Is possibly without parallel for circum-
stance and exciting detail
BOARD THE SCHOONER.
p0rtpr NJ he HIM rda vfcf4ad fha
schooner Jefferson Borden her anchorage Of Bedoes
Island, she having returned from London, at which
have since been extradited and being brought homo
the steamship Bavaria, they imprisoned in
Boston awaiting their trial by the United States author
tics.
The Borden is not by any handsome or
raksh looking vessel and she looked pretty well
Iumbled up after her voyage from the other side She
reached London the 4th Of May thirteen DAYS from
the time OF the assassination Of the two mates When
The reporter boarded the schooner yesterday she was in
charge Of Deputy Marshal Crowley, who awaiting
The return OF Captain Patterson who his arrival in
the baroor had gone ashore TO give bonds for
his appearance a witness on the coming |
trial Of the three mutineers In October The |
new mate, Gott, was standing an, and his wife |
and Mrs Patterson out Of the cabin TO see who
came 70 visit the vessel Mrs Patterson is a lady of
petite figure was dressed in black has pleasant and
Interesting face and TO look at her no one would
imagine that she had encountered such the
two days fight sea on board Of her husband vessel
The reporter asked the first mate, who has
been shipped since tho tragedy and was
not, therefore, an eye witness, to produce
captain absent The brought to the reporter
the COOK, Henry Akin far-haired, blonde whskered
engaged IN cleaning somebody's boot at the time He
asked to give his personal and descrip-
tion Of the tragedy, which he did in broken English
dialect
TIE STORY oP THE COOK
'My name Is Henry Aikinn said the cook t'and /
come from near Bremerhaven, in Germany. On the 1
night OF the 10Th OF April asleep the house on
deck, next TO the captains There were i've for
ward, Miller, the Russ Finn, klue, the Frenchman-- |
j don know how TO spell his name-Smth. the Ameri- |
can, the French boy, and Jacob, who is a Swede |
was asleep and II was the watch Of the mate Charley
Patterson, who went on deck eight ten O'Clock |
and Smith went TO the wheel. The captain and |
his wife we're asleep in their own cabin. when the |
second mate went forward Smith said that the bsheet
was cut; he cut IL with knife suppose and he
asked Jacob Timber 70 TO the wheel and relieve him
and the second mate went forward and saw that the
sheet was parted Smith and the mate went |
out on the boom to fix it
MURHER BY TRzAcaERY
When they went ont on the boon Smith had capstan
bar. did not see this as was asleep but they con-
fcssed 1t afterward to me and Smith Knocked the
second mate the head with the capstan bar and
stunned him. and then threw him on into the sea- and
be wasn't seen any more Then they called up the FIRST
mate Cory Patterson and Smith and Miller and Kue
Jumped on him and knocked him with the iron capstan
bar and be said 'Oh !" and they threw him overheard
nia ne WASN'T seen again either JACOB was
At the wheel, but did not know Of it. The first mate
stood by Jacobs wheel and cried out;-''What do you
wantr' and they told him that some mar had broken
MS leg. The French boy was then gagged by them /
WAS asleep, and beard voice that Miler's say
outside 0l the house Get up, man has broken his
leg heard the miseus the Captains wfe) talking
70 inc captain in their own cabin. l looked
out oi my window and saw Miller plainly;
there was fne moonlight OUT Miller had
somethfng behind him ia his hand; he shook
ms hst at me and ! didn't know what II was for I
heard the Captains lady say, "Dont 60 out wln and
Miller SAID TO the Captain 'Why don't you come out
and belp The man that broke his egYD looked out Of
my room 70 see ~ could either Of the mates but
could not see them. thought that there was some
thing wrong, and the Captain said, "Go forward and
see y you can hnd the mates" The Captain called for
the mates again and there was no answer Then I
stood close ~ Miller and Smith
SUSPENSE TERROR
klue was with them and was looking aft where the
Captainss cabin and my room we're / SAID Ia Miller
where s that man with the broken legy" and they
sad, HE Is lying in the boat tho forward
hatch, and asked 'Whore the mates ~ and tbev
said, ''They all right" and also they said 10 me
"For Gods sake why don't you go forward and help
with he hrnL 10