Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

rogated my Chinese nurse, I could only
obtain from him such replies as" Me
no sabby; doctor berry angry me talkee
that pigeon" By which he meant he
knew nothing about the matter, and
if he did, he was enjoined by the doctor
to silence, otherwise he would be very
angry with him. However with good
constitution and careful attention,
was soon able to leave my room; and
then, and not before, gathered from
my old friend, Charles Lawrence, one
quite afternoon, the following rather
rambling account of the affair:
L have no OCCASION said Charley,
"to ask you to remember the 9Th Of
March, for that you will do to the end
of your days; but | have also reason to
remember it; for on that day, as [
learned by letter from home by the
last mail, an only brother was killed on
the Great Western Railway, in the col
lision that occurred near Reading.
Well, if you remember that evening, we
were to have great spread at Doug
las. Thompson, Wilkinson, and some
twenty others were invited, including
Captain Wilkes Of course you know
what a jovial fellow Wilkes is, good for
a story or song, and can take his part
in an argument with the best of them.
Everything went off very well during
dinner, and after the cloth had been re-
moved, and one or two songs had been
given the call was for Wilkes. He,
however, who is usually so ready and
willing to oblige, made some excuse
about hoarseness, which, however, was
so palpably fictitious that we all burst
out laughing; and upon 10 pressed
again by some of us, including old
Douglass, he positively refused, and in
timated his intention of going on board
at once. We could see that som ething
had occurred to irritate him, but for
the life Of us none Of us could guess
Before leaving the room however,
Douglass called him to one side, and
asked him the cause Of his going away
so early. He replied that he was I'M
easy In his mind; that depression of
spirits, such as he had never felt before,
had come over him within the last half
hour; but for which he could not &C
count; and asked Douglas kindly not to
detain him, as he wanted to go on
board and see that everything was all
right and if he felt better, they might
expect to see him in the course Of an
hour or SO. And in an hours time he
did return, not to join our party, but to
horrify us with the details of what had
occurred on board the Wild Dayrell
DR.. Anderson, who was one of our
party, went on board Immediately to
attend to you; and Captain Wilkes and
two or three of us proceeded to the
police station to report the matter. The
police took the matter up vigorously;
and thanks to a large reward offered by
the owners, one of the gang turned
Queens evidence; and in the course of
three or four days the whole gang was
safely lodged in the Victoria Jail They
were brought up before the magistrate,
and remanded until you are able to APP
pear against them"
"But | asked What time did Cap
tain Wilkes arrive on board the Wild
Dayrell? 1t was sometime after ten
o'clock of that am sure
"' Yes, he replied; L believe it was
just half-past ten when he pulled
alongside, for five bells were struck
from all the other ships lying alongside
of him, bit not from has oaOn, which at
the time he noticed as very singular.
AS he approached the boat he saw two
boats coming from the direction of
her, but at the time he took no notice
of them; but there is no doubt he
thinks, that these very boats contain
ed the gang
But did they succeed in gettingany
of the treasured? [ again asked
No, not cent of it, thanks to
Chubb. They had tried to pick the
lock; and when they found that they
could otsucceed in that, they tried gun
powder, but with the same result.
The two English seamen were found
tied in their hunks, and quite drunk.
They acknowledged that the steward
had given them three bottles of brandy
early iu the evening, as a present; and
they made good use of it, for they were
half drunk next morning The rest of
the crew were too much afraid of their
own necks to offer any resistance or
give the alarm. The Wild Dayrell sail
ed a couple of days afterwards, butwith
a fresh crew." And so ended Charley's
account.
"About week after this converse
tion,' continued the narrrtor, II ap-
peared at the police court, and swore
to every one of the gang, eight in num-
her, They were sent for trial to the
High Court, and were all found guilty
of mutiny and conspiracy; and SEN
fenced, four of them, to penal servitude
for life, two for fourteen years, and the
remaining two for seven years each"
Fyhat Oyercame Eve.
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