The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-18
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MORE ATROCITIES AT SEA.
THE rWo STORIES AB0UT TIE I"''
oF rHE sHIP SAINT M4Rh'

m. of,s. Grow Tortured to Death and An
.,he, Murdered Outriaht-brutantV 'hh'
80. . Crc,, 10 Desertion and Lett ship
:, ,he Mercy OF Incompetent scnmen.
.nong the passengers OF the Pacific Mail
-...h,n Colon. which arrived At this port on |
.,-.aav last. were Capt. J. S. Grindle, Harry |
r., soarpenter, nd William skinner, cook, |
-. ,.I,sd ip the American ship Saint Mark
=. t,verpool on the 1st OF March last Tor |
n,cu,nbo Chill. with cargo OF coal. On land-
S.,c New York Capt. Grindle went TO tho
rn,,,d States Hotel, and Boynt and skinner
h,took themselves to a sailors boarding house.
N. captain, who sail that his vessel was lost
m the 0uano Islands on thes;h OF July, attrlo-
utsd the disaster to drunkenness, insuhordlna-
ton. and In rhciency OF the part OF his crew.
The two men however, told another story.
Boynt and Skinner went to United states As
y,stant District Attorney Pullm MS once Ic'ter-
oay, and made a recital about their voyage In
the lfated Saint Mark that. II true Is Shocking
They say that when the Saint Mark sailed from
IIverpool on the 1st OF March she had a crew Of
tvsnty -one men, OF whom eleven were green"
hands, little more serviceab'e than landsmen-
some OF them, indeed, having never been to sea
before. For two or three days nothing unusual
occurred. but after that the Captain began a
peries Of prosecutions that ended three months
ulerward In tho loss OF the ship.
The outrages complained OF were not at FIRST
committed by the Captain In person, but through
tbe instrumentality OF the boatswain. Tho most
rinins offences we're punished with blows with
ricks. ropes ends. and even Delaying pins. and,
- NAV be suppos d, among so lnexDerienced
uew, It was not dlicut TO nnd fault The Cap
sin, too. soon began to take much Of the work
pf barbarity into his own hands, and the crew
h few weeks were In a state OF desperation.
Among the green hands was a young Eng
sshman, a mere boy, not moro than nineteen
yeArs OF age, who among bis messmates had
required the soorque, Of "Long Tom" by
some means this young fellow had offended his
eptaip, and one night, six weeks out from
Liverpool, the Latter attacked him with a rope,
and beat him almost to insenslbility. The lad
never rallied from the effects OF this inhumani-
B, and while Capt Grindle was sitting In the
sAloon at dinner the next day. he was told that
sh victim had just died. 1t Is averred that the
Captain was not in the smallest degree affected
By the intelligence. but quietly ordering the
body to be thrown overheard at once, he went
On with his meal, and. without even the brief
service that usually attends funeral at sea, the
corpse OF the Young Englisbmdn. hardly cold
was lowered in o tue deep.
According to the CON plant made by tho cook
and carpenter. the laos death did not check
either tho Captain or the boatswain. The
Atrocities were continued, and u fortnight aftor
The death Of the nrst victim another man, nick
stronger than Long loin." ana endured a long
pourss OF inhumanity before he succumbed.
Por nearly a week previous to his death he was
nnahle to rise from bis berth, and. as IA the
former case, his body was hardly cold before 1t
eas thrown Into the sea, without funeral ser
yice or ceremony Of any kind.
Several weeks passed, and the long voyage was
drawing TO close, The atrocities, indeed,
were continued. but hardly to the : tme extent
p before. The crew began to hope that the
Captain was beginning to grow apursheDsivs Of
IhA tF.N.t
hey mIgnl reacn Coz limbo without much In
tenslnc 'tion OF their misery. But another vic.
SIN bad 10 be ded To- III list Uefore the Saint
Marx cast anchor in the Chilian port. A sailor
balled Larkegan lad been SO ~ used during the
goyage that he was aim pst dis 4bled. Compelled
70 work, however, he grew we ker every day,
pntil there seemed little prospect of bis reach
ing Coduimbo alive. However slight tue Oh ince
may have been, II was not given lin, tor, as the
BOOK aud CARPENTER allege, ashort tIme before
lhs weasel rived IN port the boatsw in seized
the enfeebled and almost helpless man by the
throat and actually choked him TO death. Nor
BID the inhuman ~ork st,p here. for tue bouy
bea, was thrown into the forecaslle, In order as
Me men were told, to frig nten tue ',tners. 1t is
IVAN. Tor while the vessel lay al COquimoo be
deserted.
Deprived of his subordinate the Captain. &C.
bordinR TO the story OF tue two men, IN q great
Measure dscon inued his oaroarltes. and the
Loyage OF tre SAINT MIRA from hill t. Callao.
Peru. does not seem u have been attended with
my OF tne tragic occufrences that marked the
passage from Liverpool: out, fedrinI tue con
sequences OF us ctlon-, Mnrn tue Nrbsel arrived
u Cliao he had the second mate arrested and
Eied on charge OF cruelty. lie VS. 'onVictsd
md sentenced o a veAr's ini risonment.
H the crew deserted with the exception Of tue
BOOK aud the carpenter. A uumOer Of inex-.
perenced green" hands, made uD OF men
Of all nations, were shipped. ana with THIS
mixed the S-int Mark saled for
lhe Guano Islands. While lying there
lhs chief mate, OF whom Boypt aud Skin
nsr speak In tho highest terms, deserted the
ship, and, Gfter she nad loaded tn a cargo Of
yuanD, the Saint Mark sailel for ho.ne. sac
had been out only lew nOurs when she cot
into the SURF and benz badly nan lied by al
bexpeiienced and probably h lf.drunken crew.
pho ended her disastrous voyage op the 6-n OF
July by drifting uDOn the rocks. he boats
we're In good condition, aud the ither being
toerably hne. all nus Z, ach' q the shore Ia
bfeiy. Thirty eight hours afterwaTd not a ves-
fragments cast up bs he
Tn cook ana tue CARPENTER attribute the loss
yf the snip to the urunk-nness Of Capt. q indie.
FMS he, Of couIse, denies, Charging tnat us
Uew wtrs drunk.
On hearing this story the Assistant District
Attorney sent Boyn and Skinner 10 Ludlow
rreet jiil as witnesses, I'd Capt, Griudie was
arrested by Deputy Mafsual CloWloy IN the
Uni "a states Hotel. lie Vas once before ar
rested on charge ~ cruelty, aud. being rleu
before Judge Woodruff, was acquitted on IA
lechmo .nty IL Is said ta.t he Is a brother OF
Dr. n. ID. urudle, buu also ~ the retired sea
eapthln who Glstple red a lew DAYS ago. lie
ks ken bci r. tDuWlsSiuner Shiclds, ana
Ses-fs fhnbti Cnauneey, ,nI Iping mcTcn tnts.
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