Wilmington journal., 1875-09-03
Hew YORK Her aid.
THE STORY OF THE COOK.

1ew YORK Herald
THE STORY OF THE COOK.
"Ny nnne IS Henry Aiken." said
the cook, "apd ] come from near
Bremerhaven, in Germany. On the
night Of the 18th If april [ was asleep
i'll r:le hou-.e on ok, next to the cap
tain'a. There were five men forward,
Miller, the Russ Finn. Klue, the
Freuc'man-I don't know how to
spell his naInc-Smilh, the Amerlcan>
The French boy, and JACOB, who is a
Swr de, / vas asleep, and It WIS the
watch of the mate, Charley Patterson;
vi.o vent on DICK 3 to 10 o'ci"ca. aud
Slittjl went 10 the wheel. IEa cap
.a:n uld nI5 wife Wern a-iecp i'll their
omu cahiu. i;ilsu tf,c StcJad ,uAt:
went forward, Smith said tia; tile jib
sheet teas Gus; be cur IT. vita 4 knife, L
su,,p0Se, and he asked jacob Llmbar
t.. go 10 the wheel and reiIe.e him,
III ,le second III lte went foryar't and
sa ) thAt th,, siIett was parted. Smith
and the second mate went out ou the
boom tO tx 1t.
MURDER BY TREACHERY
When they went out ou the boom
Stulth had capstan bar. L did not
see this, as [ was asleep, but they con-
iossed it afterward to me and Smlpii
knocked the second mate on the head
with the capstan bar and stunned him,
and then drew him off into the sea,
and he wasn't seen any more. Then
they called up the inst mate, Cory
Patterson, and S lth and Miller and
klue jumped on him and Knocked
him with the iron capstan bar, and he
said "Oh!" and they threw him over
board, aud he wasn't seen again eth
er. Jacob was at the wheel, but he
did not know of it. The first mate
stood by jacobs wheel and cried out
"What do you want ?" and they told
him that some man had broken his
leg. The French boy was then gagged
by them. [ was asleep, and heard a
voice that was Miller's say out side OF
the house : 'Get up, man has bro
ken his leg" [ heard the missns (the
Captains wife) talking to the captain
III their own cabin. l looked out of
10y window and saw Miller piainly :;
tn, re was a fine moonlight out Miller
had something behind him II his hand
lie shook his fist at me- and / didn't
know What it was for | heaId the
Captains lady say, "Don't go olt,
Will" AMI Miller said to the Captain,
''Why don't yoE come out and help
The man that broke his leg % [ look
td out OF my room to : ce if l could
see either OF the mates, but L could
not see them [ Thought that ghere
was something wrong, and the Capt in
said, 900 forward and see if you can
:. i! L.. 4 1
for the mates again and thore was no
answer. Then [ went out and went
forward on the starbOa,d side, and
stood close to Miller and Smith.
SUSPENSE AND TERROR.
Klue was wit them and looking aft,
where the Captains cabin and n
room were. ] said to Miller. "Nnere
is that man with the broken leg 2" and
they said they said, He is lying il
the boat across the forward hatch.
a;id I asked, "Where are the mates .
AMI they said they are all rjghs,'' ant
also they said to me, For Gods sake
why don't You go forward and hell
| that poor man with the broken leg 2
and | answered, "Oh, nc; you dom
! fool me- L thought that there wa:
| something wrong J. then went al
aI:G told the Captain that I could no
see or hear of the two mates nor til,
! Fcench boy. Ii was then after elevc,
| u'chjck at night, and [ went back into
my room and staid there until abou
| three O'Clock Ill the morning. Ih,
| Captain and [ fastened the doors anC
windows. because we thought that they
| might make q rush, and we were
| frightened because We c)uldn't fine
! the mates. When daylight came
| went forward with al irOu bolt in m1
! hand. The Captain had double-bar
| relied gun, but il had water in If, anC
| he dried it and loaded it with Shot.
went to the main hatch, and they uli
see me. [ said again, "WLere are TIL
mates? and they said, "Ihey are al
! zig ht," " the same as before. They tIeI
said, Come forward and We will te!
you something" and I said, "Yor
| leave me alone; [ viii! goinmv galley
| Ihe galley and the fencn, where six o
the men Gnciuding the boy slept, ha.
a partition between them. | lit a fir.
in the galley, and I came out aftel
| awhile and got revolver 1t was
tivC-barreled one. 1t never had beer
! IL, d, and | came ont and tried OF;
shot: they We're hiding behind til,
house. They came ait after awhile
With stones and bottles Miller hat
stones, and | tol5 him I would go for
ward TO see where the mates were, ant
asked him to drop the stones lie had
He wCuldI'c do Ii. They all haC
stones and bottles. [ fred one sho
Mt hIue, but didn't want to Kill him
dlln' hit him that time. The Gap
tam had "a revolver, and be stood fat
thtr ait; but it was hard 70 hi any @
'h"rn, as they would run forward al,
| back and throw stones and bottles Il
us.
HOIERiC sEIKMIsIIING.